Grok API in China — no VPN, no foreign card

xAI's Grok API is not reachable from Mainland China: the endpoints are blocked and billing requires a foreign card. Router One puts Grok chat models behind its China-reachable, OpenAI-compatible endpoint — same key that reaches GPT, Claude, and Gemini, with a cost trace per request.

Grok chat models in the catalog

The lineup follows the live catalog — current per-token rates are on the models page.

Grok video and images on the same key

Grok Video generates 10- and 15-second clips at a flat per-video unit price posted in the live catalog; the API is asynchronous — submit a task, then poll it.

Grok Imagine generates images at a flat per-image unit price, served at the standard images endpoint with the same key and wallet.

3-step setup

Any OpenAI-compatible client works — set the base URL, pick a Grok model ID from the catalog, and call.

1. 1Create a Router One API keySign up at router.one and create an API key in the dashboard. Top up with a card or Alipay on the hosted checkout, or with USDT/USDC — no foreign credit card required.
2. 2Point your client at the gatewaySet the base URL to https://api.router.one/v1 in the OpenAI SDK or any compatible tool, and use a Grok model ID copied from the /models page.
3. 3Send a request and verifyMake a chat completion call, then open Dashboard → Logs to see the trace: model, tokens, latency, and cost for the request.

# Grok via the OpenAI-compatible endpoint
curl -X POST https://api.router.one/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-your-router-one-key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "<grok-model-id>",
       "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "你好"}]}'

No low fixed cap for normal paid usage. Abuse prevention, per-account protection limits, and upstream constraints may still apply; if a request returns 429, check Dashboard -> Logs or contact support to raise limits.

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