LiteLLM Integration

Overview

SaveGate is fully compatible with LiteLLM, making it easy to use multiple AI providers through a single, unified interface. Simply point LiteLLM to SaveGate’s API endpoint.

Why Use LiteLLM with SaveGate?

LiteLLM provides a unified interface across providers, while SaveGate removes rate limits and reduces costs by 30-50%. Together, they’re a powerful combination.

Installation

Install LiteLLM via pip:

pip install litellm

Basic Usage

Method 1: Set API Base Globally

import litellm

# Configure SaveGate as the API base
litellm.api_base = "https://api.savegate.ai/v1"
litellm.api_key = "sk-savegate-xxxxxxxxxxxxx"

# Now use LiteLLM as normal
response = litellm.completion(
    model="gpt-4",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

import os
import litellm

# Set via environment variables
os.environ["OPENAI_API_BASE"] = "https://api.savegate.ai/v1"
os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "sk-savegate-xxxxxxxxxxxxx"

response = litellm.completion(
    model="gpt-4",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)

Method 2: Per-Request Configuration

import litellm

response = litellm.completion(
    model="gpt-4",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
    api_base="https://api.savegate.ai/v1",
    api_key="sk-savegate-xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
)

Using Different Models

LiteLLM with SaveGate supports all major providers:

OpenAI
Anthropic (Claude)
Google (Gemini)
Meta (Llama)

import litellm

litellm.api_base = "https://api.savegate.ai/v1"
litellm.api_key = "your-savegate-api-key"

# GPT-4 Turbo
response = litellm.completion(
    model="gpt-4-turbo",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing"}]
)

# GPT-3.5 Turbo
response = litellm.completion(
    model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)

# O1
response = litellm.completion(
    model="o1-preview",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Solve this complex problem..."}]
)

# Claude 3.5 Sonnet
response = litellm.completion(
    model="claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Write a Python function"}]
)

# Claude 3 Opus
response = litellm.completion(
    model="claude-3-opus-20240229",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Analyze this data..."}]
)

# Claude 3 Haiku (fast & cheap)
response = litellm.completion(
    model="claude-3-haiku-20240307",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Quick question..."}]
)

# Gemini 1.5 Pro
response = litellm.completion(
    model="gemini-1.5-pro",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this document..."}]
)

# Gemini 1.5 Flash
response = litellm.completion(
    model="gemini-1.5-flash",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Quick response needed"}]
)

# Gemini Pro
response = litellm.completion(
    model="gemini-pro",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "General question"}]
)

# Llama 3 70B
response = litellm.completion(
    model="meta-llama/llama-3-70b-instruct",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain machine learning"}]
)

# Llama 3 8B
response = litellm.completion(
    model="meta-llama/llama-3-8b-instruct",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Fast response"}]
)

Streaming Responses

LiteLLM streaming works seamlessly with SaveGate:

import litellm

litellm.api_base = "https://api.savegate.ai/v1"
litellm.api_key = "your-savegate-api-key"

response = litellm.completion(
    model="gpt-4",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Tell me a story"}],
    stream=True
)

for chunk in response:
    if hasattr(chunk.choices[0].delta, 'content') and chunk.choices[0].delta.content:
        print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content, end="", flush=True)

Async Support

Use LiteLLM’s async functions for concurrent requests:

import asyncio
import litellm

litellm.api_base = "https://api.savegate.ai/v1"
litellm.api_key = "your-savegate-api-key"

async def process_messages(messages):
    tasks = []
    for msg in messages:
        task = litellm.acompletion(
            model="gpt-4",
            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": msg}]
        )
        tasks.append(task)

    responses = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
    return [r.choices[0].message.content for r in responses]

# Usage
messages = ["Question 1", "Question 2", "Question 3"]
results = asyncio.run(process_messages(messages))

Router for Load Balancing

Use LiteLLM’s Router with SaveGate for advanced load balancing:

from litellm import Router

# Configure models with SaveGate
model_list = [
    {
        "model_name": "gpt-4",
        "litellm_params": {
            "model": "gpt-4",
            "api_base": "https://api.savegate.ai/v1",
            "api_key": "your-savegate-api-key"
        }
    },
    {
        "model_name": "claude-3-5",
        "litellm_params": {
            "model": "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
            "api_base": "https://api.savegate.ai/v1",
            "api_key": "your-savegate-api-key"
        }
    }
]

router = Router(model_list=model_list)

# Use the router
response = router.completion(
    model="gpt-4",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)

Fallback Between Models

Configure fallbacks to try alternative models if one fails:

from litellm import Router

router = Router(
    model_list=[
        {
            "model_name": "primary",
            "litellm_params": {
                "model": "gpt-4-turbo",
                "api_base": "https://api.savegate.ai/v1",
                "api_key": "your-savegate-api-key"
            }
        },
        {
            "model_name": "fallback",
            "litellm_params": {
                "model": "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
                "api_base": "https://api.savegate.ai/v1",
                "api_key": "your-savegate-api-key"
            }
        }
    ],
    fallbacks=[{"primary": ["fallback"]}]
)

# Will try GPT-4, fall back to Claude if it fails
response = router.completion(
    model="primary",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)

Caching with LiteLLM

Enable caching to reduce costs and improve speed:

import litellm
from litellm import completion
from litellm.caching import Cache

litellm.cache = Cache()
litellm.api_base = "https://api.savegate.ai/v1"
litellm.api_key = "your-savegate-api-key"

# First call - hits API
response1 = completion(
    model="gpt-4",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "What is Python?"}]
)

# Second call - returns cached response
response2 = completion(
    model="gpt-4",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "What is Python?"}]
)

Function Calling

Use LiteLLM’s function calling with SaveGate:

import litellm

litellm.api_base = "https://api.savegate.ai/v1"
litellm.api_key = "your-savegate-api-key"

functions = [
    {
        "name": "get_weather",
        "description": "Get the current weather in a location",
        "parameters": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
                "location": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "The city and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA"
                },
                "unit": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "enum": ["celsius", "fahrenheit"]
                }
            },
            "required": ["location"]
        }
    }
]

response = litellm.completion(
    model="gpt-4",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "What's the weather in Boston?"}],
    functions=functions,
    function_call="auto"
)

print(response.choices[0].message.function_call)

Error Handling

Handle errors gracefully:

import litellm
from litellm.exceptions import RateLimitError, AuthenticationError

litellm.api_base = "https://api.savegate.ai/v1"
litellm.api_key = "your-savegate-api-key"

try:
    response = litellm.completion(
        model="gpt-4",
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
    )
except RateLimitError as e:
    print(f"Rate limit error: {e}")
    # With SaveGate, this should be rare!
except AuthenticationError as e:
    print(f"Auth error: {e}")
    # Check your API key
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")

Best Practices

Use Environment Variables

Store credentials securely:

import os
import litellm

litellm.api_base = os.getenv("SAVEGATE_API_BASE", "https://api.savegate.ai/v1")
litellm.api_key = os.getenv("SAVEGATE_API_KEY")

Enable Logging

Debug issues with LiteLLM’s built-in logging:

import litellm

litellm.set_verbose = True  # Enable detailed logging

Use Async for Scale

Process multiple requests concurrently:

import asyncio
import litellm

async def process_batch(prompts):
    tasks = [
        litellm.acompletion(
            model="gpt-4",
            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": p}]
        )
        for p in prompts
    ]
    return await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

Monitor Costs

Track usage through SaveGate dashboard:

View costs by model
Set budget alerts
Analyze usage patterns
Optimize model selection

Complete Example

Here’s a full example combining multiple features:

import os
import asyncio
import litellm
from litellm import Router
from dotenv import load_dotenv

# Load environment variables
load_dotenv()

# Configure SaveGate
litellm.api_base = "https://api.savegate.ai/v1"
litellm.api_key = os.getenv("SAVEGATE_API_KEY")

# Enable caching
from litellm.caching import Cache
litellm.cache = Cache()

# Create router with multiple models
router = Router(
    model_list=[
        {
            "model_name": "fast",
            "litellm_params": {
                "model": "gpt-3.5-turbo",
                "api_base": "https://api.savegate.ai/v1",
                "api_key": os.getenv("SAVEGATE_API_KEY")
            }
        },
        {
            "model_name": "smart",
            "litellm_params": {
                "model": "gpt-4-turbo",
                "api_base": "https://api.savegate.ai/v1",
                "api_key": os.getenv("SAVEGATE_API_KEY")
            }
        },
        {
            "model_name": "code",
            "litellm_params": {
                "model": "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
                "api_base": "https://api.savegate.ai/v1",
                "api_key": os.getenv("SAVEGATE_API_KEY")
            }
        }
    ]
)

async def process_requests():
    # Process multiple requests concurrently
    tasks = [
        router.acompletion(
            model="fast",
            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Quick question"}]
        ),
        router.acompletion(
            model="smart",
            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Complex analysis needed"}]
        ),
        router.acompletion(
            model="code",
            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Write a function"}]
        )
    ]

    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
    return [r.choices[0].message.content for r in results]

if __name__ == "__main__":
    results = asyncio.run(process_requests())
    for i, result in enumerate(results, 1):
        print(f"\nResponse {i}:")
        print(result)

Migration Guide

From OpenAI SDK to LiteLLM + SaveGate

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(api_key="sk-openai-xxx")

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)

import litellm

litellm.api_base = "https://api.savegate.ai/v1"
litellm.api_key = "sk-savegate-xxx"

response = litellm.completion(
    model="gpt-4",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)

Resources

LiteLLM Documentation

Official LiteLLM documentation

LiteLLM GitHub

LiteLLM source code and examples

SaveGate Models

Complete list of supported models

API Reference

SaveGate API documentation

Getting Started

Core Concepts

SDK Integration

Guides

Overview

Why Use LiteLLM with SaveGate?

Installation

Basic Usage

Method 1: Set API Base Globally

Method 2: Per-Request Configuration

Using Different Models

Streaming Responses

Async Support

Router for Load Balancing

Fallback Between Models

Caching with LiteLLM

Function Calling

Error Handling

Best Practices

Complete Example

Migration Guide

From OpenAI SDK to LiteLLM + SaveGate

Resources

LiteLLM Documentation

LiteLLM GitHub

SaveGate Models

API Reference

​Overview

Why Use LiteLLM with SaveGate?

​Installation

​Basic Usage

​Method 1: Set API Base Globally

​Method 2: Per-Request Configuration

​Using Different Models

​Streaming Responses

​Async Support

​Router for Load Balancing

​Fallback Between Models

​Caching with LiteLLM

​Function Calling

​Error Handling

​Best Practices

​Complete Example

​Migration Guide

​From OpenAI SDK to LiteLLM + SaveGate

​Resources

LiteLLM Documentation

LiteLLM GitHub

SaveGate Models

API Reference

Overview

Installation

Basic Usage

Method 1: Set API Base Globally

Method 2: Per-Request Configuration

Using Different Models

Streaming Responses

Async Support

Router for Load Balancing

Fallback Between Models

Caching with LiteLLM

Function Calling

Error Handling

Best Practices

Complete Example

Migration Guide

From OpenAI SDK to LiteLLM + SaveGate

Resources