# OpenRouter Wrapper (`watchful_yotar/openrouter-wrapper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/watchful_yotar/openrouter-wrapper.md
- **Developed by:** [Arthur Lacy](https://apify.com/watchful_yotar) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Agents, MCP servers
- **Features:** Limited permissions
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## OpenRouter Wrapper

A thin pass-through Actor that proxies [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai) chat completions through Apify's `apify/openrouter` Standby Actor.

`apify/openrouter` only accepts calls that originate from inside the Apify platform (caller type `APIFY_ACTOR`). This Actor exists to satisfy that requirement: it runs as a normal Apify Actor, and internally makes the call to `openrouter.apify.actor` on your behalf, so it works from any external caller using the standard `run-sync-get-dataset-items` API.

### Input

```json
{
  "prompt": "Your prompt text",
  "model": "openai/gpt-4o-mini",
  "reasoning_effort": "low",
  "response_format": "json_object",
  "temperature": 0
}
```

- `prompt` (required) — the user message to send.
- `model` — OpenRouter model slug, e.g. `openai/gpt-4o-mini`, `anthropic/claude-3.5-haiku`. Defaults to `openai/gpt-4o-mini`.
- `reasoning_effort` — optional: `none` | `low` | `medium` | `high`. Omitted or `none` disables reasoning.
- `response_format` — optional: set to `json_object` to force JSON-mode output.
- `temperature` — optional sampling temperature, e.g. `0` for deterministic output. Omitted uses the model's default.

### Output

A single dataset item:

```json
{ "output": "the model's response text" }
```

On failure, the item instead has `output: null` and an `error` field with the upstream error body.

### Authentication

Uses your Apify API token automatically (`APIFY_TOKEN` is injected into every Actor run by the platform) — no separate OpenRouter account or key needed. Billing flows through your Apify account via `apify/openrouter`'s pay-per-event pricing.

# Actor input Schema

## `prompt` (type: `string`):

The prompt to send to the LLM

## `model` (type: `string`):

OpenRouter model slug e.g. openai/gpt-4o-mini

## `reasoning_effort` (type: `string`):

none | low | medium | high. Omitted or 'none' disables reasoning.

## `response_format` (type: `string`):

Set to 'json_object' to force JSON-mode output.

## `temperature` (type: `number`):

Sampling temperature (0 = deterministic). Omitted uses the model's default.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "model": "openai/gpt-4o-mini"
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("watchful_yotar/openrouter-wrapper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("watchful_yotar/openrouter-wrapper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call watchful_yotar/openrouter-wrapper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,watchful_yotar/openrouter-wrapper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/18Uzt48D47CraqL8a/builds/7d0cqowtZ0KdVhMpN/openapi.json