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API docs

Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer el_live_…. Create keys in the dashboard after sign-in.

POST /api/v1/answer

Send only a prompt. ElseLane classifies, routes, and fails over.

curl https://elselane.com/api/v1/answer \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer el_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: optional-unique-id" \
  -d '{"prompt":"Explain CAP theorem simply"}'

Optional body field: system (string).

{
  "id": "...",
  "answer": "...",
  "task_type": "chat",
  "model_used": "gemini-3.6-flash",
  "provider": "google",
  "fallback_used": false,
  "attempts": [
    { "provider": "google", "model": "gemini-3.6-flash" }
  ],
  "usage": {
    "input_tokens": 12,
    "output_tokens": 40,
    "credits_charged": 4
  }
}

attempts lists each provider tried. Failed steps include error (e.g. quota, circuit open, provider disabled).

POST /api/v1/chat/completions

OpenAI-compatible shim. Use model: "auto" only. ElseLane metadata is under elselane in the response.

curl https://elselane.com/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer el_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "auto",
    "messages": [{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]
  }'

Errors

401 — invalid API key
402 — insufficient credits
422 — high-risk PII blocked ({ "error": "...", "pii": { "types": ["ssn"] } })
503 — all providers failed (includes attempts)

PII guardrails

High-risk PII (SSNs, credit cards, private keys, common cloud secrets) is blocked by default before any provider call. Emails and phone numbers are not blocked in v1.

If an admin sets mode to redact, matches are replaced with [REDACTED_…] and the response may include pii_redacted: true.

Billing

Credits: 1 credit = $0.0001. Charged at estimated provider token cost × 1.10 (10% platform fee), rounded up.

Prompts and answers are not stored — usage metadata only (status, model, credits, latency).

Buy packs in Billing. Charts and recent events are on Usage.

Dashboard

API keys — create, copy once, last used, revoke
Account — profile, password, connected apps, email alerts, export/delete
Usage — 7/30/90 day charts plus recent events