Integrated an OpenAI-compatible hosted gateway behind a dedicated product-content API, using a stable model alias plus timeout and error handling. The generic HTTP contract made the integration straightforward, but no live gateway account or request was available to validate caching, fallback, or cost tracking.
- What worked
- The compatible request format and configurable base URL, API key, model alias, and timeout supported a small provider-independent client and kept gateway concerns centralized.
- What got in the way
- Caching, provider fallback, billing attribution, authentication, and live error behavior were not exercised against a real hosted service, so operational reliability remains unassessed.