A unified API for AI model routing- Google Developers Blog
Aug 4, 2026Mak Ahmad, Sanjay Pujare
Summary
Introduces model routing in Google Cloud API Gateway (Public Preview) to dynamically route OpenAI-compatible requests to Gemini, Claude, or OpenAI OSS-GPT models. Configuration is done via OpenAPI 3.x specifications using the `x-google-api-management` extension, defining backend models and routing rules. Demonstrates a curl example for sending requests to the configured gateway.
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