Activating your endpoint
Turn on API access to the Ertas AI Gateway by verifying a card or buying credits or a plan, and learn what each endpoint status in the app means.
On this page
Your account gets its own endpoint on the AI Gateway once API access is activated. Two things activate it:
- Verifying a card. Verification places a hold of up to US$1, which is released, and gives you 150 free credits once.
- A purchase: any paid plan or a credit top-up.
Activate from Settings → Billing. You'll see the endpoint's status in Gateway → Overview.
Endpoint status
| Status | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Not set up | API access isn't activated | Verify a card or make a purchase |
| Being set up | Your endpoint is being created. This usually takes a minute or two | Wait; the page updates by itself |
| Ready | API calls work | Create a key and make your first API call |
| Couldn't finish setting up | Setup failed | Contact support |
| Suspended | API calls are paused on this account | Contact support |
While your endpoint is being set up, API calls get 503 ertas_endpoint_provisioning with a Retry-After header. Before activation they get 402 ertas_endpoint_inactive.
Base URL
Every account uses the same base URL, https://gateway.ertas.ai/v1. Your API key tells the gateway which account and credit balance an API call belongs to.