---
title: "Setting Up"
description: "Get Bifrost running in your Go application in 30 seconds with minimal setup and direct code integration."
icon: "play"
---

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## 30-Second Setup

Get Bifrost running in your Go application with minimal setup. This guide shows you how to integrate multiple AI providers through a single, unified interface.

### 1. Install Package

```bash
go mod init my-bifrost-app
go get github.com/maximhq/bifrost/core
```

### 2. Set Environment Variable

```bash
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-openai-api-key"
```

### 3. Create `main.go`

```go
package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "os"

    "github.com/maximhq/bifrost/core"
    "github.com/maximhq/bifrost/core/schemas"
)

type MyAccount struct{}

// Account interface needs to implement these 3 methods
func (a *MyAccount) GetConfiguredProviders() ([]schemas.ModelProvider, error) {
    return []schemas.ModelProvider{schemas.OpenAI}, nil
}

func (a *MyAccount) GetKeysForProvider(ctx *context.Context, provider schemas.ModelProvider) ([]schemas.Key, error) {
    if provider == schemas.OpenAI {
    return []schemas.Key{{
        Value:  os.Getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
            Models: schemas.WhiteList{"*"}, // Keep Models ["*"] to use any model
            Weight: 1.0,
        }}, nil
    }
    return nil, fmt.Errorf("provider %s not supported", provider)
}

func (a *MyAccount) GetConfigForProvider(provider schemas.ModelProvider) (*schemas.ProviderConfig, error) {
    if provider == schemas.OpenAI {
        // Return default config (can be customized for advanced use cases)
        return &schemas.ProviderConfig{
                NetworkConfig:            schemas.DefaultNetworkConfig,
                ConcurrencyAndBufferSize: schemas.DefaultConcurrencyAndBufferSize,
        }, nil
    }
    return nil, fmt.Errorf("provider %s not supported", provider)
}

// Main function implement to initialize bifrost and make a request
func main() {
	client, initErr := bifrost.Init(context.Background(), schemas.BifrostConfig{
		Account: &MyAccount{},
	})
	if initErr != nil {
		panic(initErr)
	}
	defer client.Shutdown()

	messages := []schemas.ChatMessage{
		{
            Role:    schemas.ChatMessageRoleUser,
            Content: &schemas.ChatMessageContent{
                ContentStr: schemas.Ptr("Hello, Bifrost!"),
            },
        },
	}

	response, err := client.ChatCompletionRequest(schemas.NewBifrostContext(context.Background(), schemas.NoDeadline), &schemas.BifrostChatRequest{
		Provider: schemas.OpenAI,
		Model:    "gpt-4o-mini",
		Input:    messages,
	})

	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

    fmt.Println("Response:", *response.Choices[0].Message.Content.ContentStr)
}
```

### 4. Run Your App

```bash
go run main.go
# Output: Response: Hello! I'm Bifrost, your AI model gateway...
```

**🎉 That's it!** You're now running Bifrost in your Go application.

### What Just Happened?

1. **Account Interface**: `MyAccount` provides API keys and list of providers to Bifrost for initialisation and key lookups.
2. **Provider Resolution**: `schemas.OpenAI` tells Bifrost to use OpenAI as the provider.
3. **Model Selection**: `"gpt-4o-mini"` specifies which model to use.
4. **Unified API**: Same interface works for any provider/model combination (OpenAI, Anthropic, Vertex etc.)

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## Next Steps

Now that you have Bifrost running, explore these focused guides:

### Essential Topics

- **[Provider Configuration](./provider-configuration)** - Multiple providers & automatic failovers
- **[Streaming Responses](./streaming)** - Real-time chat, audio, and transcription
- **[Tool Calling](./tool-calling)** - Functions & MCP server integration  
- **[Multimodal AI](./multimodal)** - Images, speech synthesis, and vision

### Advanced Topics

- **[Core Features](../../features/)** - Caching, observability, and governance
- **[Integrations](../../integrations/)** - Drop-in replacements for existing SDKs
- **[Architecture](../../architecture/)** - How Bifrost works internally
- **[Deployment](../../deployment-guides)** - Production setup and scaling

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**Happy coding with Bifrost!** 🚀