README.md

openai-proxy

Deploy a proxy in front of OpenAI API to allow your frontend to make requests without exposing your API key while enforcing rate limiting. Designed for speed and ease of deployment.

Features

• JWT authentication
• Chat streaming
• Per user rate limiting

Run the example

1. Start the proxy

   export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-XXX
   cargo run

2. Start the example

   cd examples/openai-proxy-js-example
   npm i
   npm run dev
   open localhost:3000