The migration process can be based on an incremental transformation strategy involving four main steps:
- key replacement: Place the project's
OPENAI_API_KEYThe environment variable is replaced with the Vercel-suppliedAI_GATEWAY_API_KEY - Terminal Redirection: Add to the OpenAI client initialization code the
base_url='https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1'parameters - Model Identification Conversion: To convert the original
gpt-4etc. model names are rewritten asopenai/gpt-4standardized form - test and verify: Focus on checking the compatibility of the input and output formats of the models, especially the parameter differences of the non-OpenAI-based models.
The main differences before and after the modification are focused on the configuration layer, and the business logic code usually does not need to be modified. It is recommended that this be done in the development environment first:
- Parallel testing of old and new endpoints
- Validation of backup mechanisms
- Cost Monitoring Calibration
This low-intrusive retrofit solution minimizes migration risks.
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