Grok API in China — no VPN, no foreign card

Router One makes Grok chat models callable from Mainland China without a VPN or foreign card: the same OpenAI-compatible endpoint https://api.router.one/v1 and key that reach GPT, Claude and Gemini, billed per token with a cost trace for every request. xAI's own endpoints are blocked for mainland networks and bill to a foreign card; the gateway removes both blockers.

Grok chat models in the catalog

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

Grok Imagine on the same key

Grok Imagine is in the catalog as two entries — grok-imagine-image and grok-imagine-image-quality — both at a flat per-image unit price, served at the standard images endpoint with the same key and wallet.

Grok Video is not currently in the catalog. For video generation from China, the video page covers the models that are listed — check /models under the video category for the current lineup.

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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