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DSPy (gateway)

Route DSPy’s underlying LLM calls through the Respan gateway to use 1000+ models from different providers. Only your RESPAN_API_KEY is needed — no separate provider keys required.

Setup

1

Install packages

pip install dspy
2

Set environment variables

export RESPAN_API_KEY="YOUR_RESPAN_API_KEY"

No OPENAI_API_KEY needed — the Respan gateway handles provider authentication.

3

Point DSPy to the Respan gateway

import os
import dspy
lm = dspy.LM(
    "openai/gpt-5-mini",
    api_key=os.environ["RESPAN_API_KEY"],
    api_base="https://api.respan.ai/api",
    cache=False,
)
dspy.configure(lm=lm)
class QA(dspy.Signature):
    question: str = dspy.InputField()
    answer: str = dspy.OutputField()
result = dspy.ChainOfThought(QA)(question="What is the capital of France?")
print(result.answer)

Switch models

Use another OpenAI model ID through the same gateway-backed LiteLLM route.

import os
import dspy
gateway_kwargs = {
    "api_key": os.environ["RESPAN_API_KEY"],
    "api_base": "https://api.respan.ai/api",
    "cache": False,
}
dspy.configure(lm=dspy.LM("openai/gpt-5-mini", **gateway_kwargs))
dspy.configure(lm=dspy.LM("openai/gpt-5.5", **gateway_kwargs))

DSPy’s LiteLLM adapter requires an OpenAI transport prefix for this OpenAI-compatible gateway path. Do not represent Claude or Gemini as openai/... models in this doc; use the Respan API or OpenAI SDK gateway pages for provider-neutral Claude and Gemini examples.

See the full model list.