Anthropic-Compatible API

Every CaseDesk deployment exposes an Anthropic Messages API-compatible endpoint:

https://getcasedesk.com/proxy/{deployment-id}/anthropic/v1/messages

You can use it as a drop-in replacement for the Anthropic API by overriding the base URL in the official SDK.

:::warning Always call from your server — never from the browser CaseDesk does not expose CORS headers. Direct browser requests will fail. Always route requests through your own backend server. :::

curl

curl https://getcasedesk.com/proxy/{deployment-id}/anthropic/v1/messages \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
  -d '{
    "model": "llama3.1:8b",
    "max_tokens": 1024,
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum entanglement in simple terms."}]
  }'

The anthropic-version: 2023-06-01 header is required — it matches the version expected by the Anthropic Messages API format.

Python

Install the SDK if you haven't already:

pip install anthropic

import anthropic

client = anthropic.Anthropic(
    base_url="https://getcasedesk.com/proxy/{deployment-id}/anthropic",
    api_key="not-needed",
)

message = client.messages.create(
    model="llama3.1:8b",
    max_tokens=1024,
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum entanglement in simple terms."}
    ],
)
print(message.content[0].text)

The api_key value is not used for authentication — CaseDesk authenticates at the proxy level using your account session. Pass any non-empty string.

Node.js (server-side only)

Install the SDK if you haven't already:

npm install @anthropic-ai/sdk

import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';

const client = new Anthropic({
  baseURL: 'https://getcasedesk.com/proxy/{deployment-id}/anthropic',
  apiKey: 'not-needed',
});

const message = await client.messages.create({
  model: 'llama3.1:8b',
  max_tokens: 1024,
  messages: [
    { role: 'user', content: 'Explain quantum entanglement in simple terms.' },
  ],
});

console.log(message.content[0].text);

Supported request fields

The endpoint accepts the standard Anthropic Messages API request body:

Field	Required	Notes
model	Yes	The model tag from your deployment (e.g. llama3.1:8b, deepseek-r1:14b)
messages	Yes	Array of {role, content} objects
max_tokens	Yes	Maximum tokens to generate
system	No	System prompt string
temperature	No	Sampling temperature (0–1)
stream	No	Set to true for server-sent events streaming

Replace {deployment-id} with the ID shown on your deployment detail page.