API reference
Tokenize

Tokenize helper

Estimate token usage before sending a request.

Endpoint

POST /api/v1/tokenize

Provide the same high-level inputs you would send to chat endpoints.

curl -X POST "https://api.kushrouter.com/api/v1/tokenize" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07",
    "messages": [
      { "role": "user", "content": "Draft a customer onboarding email." }
    ]
  }'

Example response

{ "success": true, "model": "gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07", "tokens": 56 }

Notes

  • Works with OpenAI and Anthropic style messages.
  • Subject to rate limit; may return HTTP 429.

Further reading

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