NVIDIA: Switchyard

nvidia/switchyard

Switchyard is an open-source model router that switches between multiple models to optimize the cost of requests. By default it will use OpenRouter market data to select the most popular...

Modalities: text->text
Price: Variable
Context: 1M
Released: Sep 21, 2026
Knowledge cutoff: —

Providers

Every request enters through InfAPI. One key calls every model in the catalog. Upstream groups, ratios, and tiers are not shown.

Endpoint	Input	Output	Context	Status
InfAPI	Variable	—	1M	Available

Input: Text
Output: Text
Tokenizer: Router
Max output: —
Endpoint: Chat

Pricing

Listed price for this model on this gateway. Token prices are per 1M tokens.

Item	Price	Unit
Inputprompt	Variable	varies by route

API

The gateway speaks the OpenAI Chat Completions API. Point any compatible SDK at https://infapi.cc/v1 and send the model slug below.

Get your API key

Create a key on the keys page and set it as an environment variable: Keys

shell

export INFAPI_API_KEY=sk-...

Make your first request

Use nvidia/switchyard

Python

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://infapi.cc/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer $INFAPI_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={
        "model": "nvidia/switchyard",
        "messages": [
            {
                "role": "user",
                "content": "Introduce yourself in three sentences."
            }
        ]
    },
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json()["choices"][0]["message"]["content"])

Endpoint

POST https://infapi.cc/v1/chat/completions

Authorization: Bearer $INFAPI_API_KEY

Using third-party SDKs

Point the OpenAI SDK at https://infapi.cc/v1 with $INFAPI_API_KEY. The HTTP samples above are the request shape this gateway accepts.

Python (OpenAI)

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://infapi.cc/v1",
    api_key="$INFAPI_API_KEY",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="nvidia/switchyard",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Introduce yourself in three sentences."}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

TypeScript (OpenAI)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://infapi.cc/v1",
  apiKey: "$INFAPI_API_KEY",
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  "model": "nvidia/switchyard",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Introduce yourself in three sentences."
    }
  ]
});

console.log(response.choices[0]?.message?.content);

Supported parameters

This model does not publish a parameter list.

FAQ

What is this model?

Switchyard is an open-source model router that switches between multiple models to optimize the cost of requests. By default it will use OpenRouter ma…

How much does it cost?

Variable

What inputs and outputs does it support?

text->text

When was it released?

Sep 21, 2026

Try this model

Endpoint

Input

Output

Context

Status

InfAPI

Variable

—

Available

Item

Price

Unit

Inputprompt

Variable

varies by route

API

The gateway speaks the OpenAI Chat Completions API. Point any compatible SDK at https://infapi.cc/v1 and send the model slug below.

Get your API key

Create a key on the keys page and set it as an environment variable: Keys

shell

export INFAPI_API_KEY=sk-...

Make your first request

Use nvidia/switchyard

Python

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://infapi.cc/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer $INFAPI_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={
        "model": "nvidia/switchyard",
        "messages": [
            {
                "role": "user",
                "content": "Introduce yourself in three sentences."
            }
        ]
    },
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json()["choices"][0]["message"]["content"])

Endpoint

POST https://infapi.cc/v1/chat/completions

Authorization: Bearer $INFAPI_API_KEY

Using third-party SDKs

Point the OpenAI SDK at https://infapi.cc/v1 with $INFAPI_API_KEY. The HTTP samples above are the request shape this gateway accepts.

Python (OpenAI)

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://infapi.cc/v1",
    api_key="$INFAPI_API_KEY",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="nvidia/switchyard",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Introduce yourself in three sentences."}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

TypeScript (OpenAI)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://infapi.cc/v1",
  apiKey: "$INFAPI_API_KEY",
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  "model": "nvidia/switchyard",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Introduce yourself in three sentences."
    }
  ]
});

console.log(response.choices[0]?.message?.content);

Supported parameters

This model does not publish a parameter list.