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List Routing Strategies

GET https://api-gateway.merge.dev/routing/strategies

List all available routing strategies with descriptions.

Reference: https://docs.merge.dev/merge-gateway/api-overview/routing/list-strategies

OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: gateway
  version: 1.0.0
paths:
  /routing/strategies:
    get:
      operationId: list-strategies
      summary: List Routing Strategies
      description: List all available routing strategies with descriptions.
      tags:
        - subpackage_routing
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Routing_listStrategies_Response_200'
servers:
  - url: https://api-gateway.merge.dev
    description: Production
components:
  schemas:
    RoutingStrategiesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItemsMlRouting:
      type: object
      properties:
        score_exponent:
          type: number
          format: double
        behavior:
          type: string
      title: >-
        RoutingStrategiesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItemsMlRouting
    RoutingStrategiesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItems:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        is_intelligent:
          type: boolean
        description:
          type: string
        ml_routing:
          oneOf:
            - $ref: >-
                #/components/schemas/RoutingStrategiesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItemsMlRouting
            - type: 'null'
      title: RoutingStrategiesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItems
    Routing_listStrategies_Response_200:
      type: object
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
          enum:
            - list
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: >-
              #/components/schemas/RoutingStrategiesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItems
      title: Routing_listStrategies_Response_200

Examples

Response

{
  "object": "list",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "single",
      "name": "SINGLE",
      "is_intelligent": false,
      "description": "Always use the first configured provider"
    },
    {
      "id": "fallback",
      "name": "FALLBACK",
      "is_intelligent": false,
      "description": "Try providers in priority order until one succeeds"
    },
    {
      "id": "cost_optimized",
      "name": "COST_OPTIMIZED",
      "is_intelligent": true,
      "description": "ML-based routing: route 70%+ of requests to cheaper models",
      "ml_routing": {
        "score_exponent": 2,
        "behavior": "Compresses upper score range (more traffic to cheap models)"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "balanced",
      "name": "BALANCED",
      "is_intelligent": true,
      "description": "ML-based routing: balance cost and quality 50/50",
      "ml_routing": {
        "score_exponent": 1,
        "behavior": "Linear score mapping (even distribution)"
      }
    }
  ]
}

SDK Code

import requests

url = "https://api-gateway.merge.dev/routing/strategies"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api-gateway.merge.dev/routing/strategies';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api-gateway.merge.dev/routing/strategies"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api-gateway.merge.dev/routing/strategies")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse response = Unirest.get("https://api-gateway.merge.dev/routing/strategies")
  .asString();

request('GET', 'https://api-gateway.merge.dev/routing/strategies');

echo $response->getBody();

using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api-gateway.merge.dev/routing/strategies");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api-gateway.merge.dev/routing/strategies")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()