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AI Gateway

Route your LLM calls through the AI Gateway with a single base URL change. Zero vendor lock-in: always run on the best model at the lowest cost for your use case.

Observability

Attach the native Orq callback handler to your LangGraph to capture traces for every LLM call, graph node, tool use, and retrieval.

AI Gateway

Overview

LangChain is a framework for building LLM-powered applications through composable chains, agents, and integrations with external data sources. By connecting LangChain to Orq.ai’s AI Gateway, you access 300+ models through a single base URL change.

Key Benefits

Orq.ai’s AI Gateway enhances your LangChain applications with:

Complete Observability

Track every chain step, tool use, and LLM call with detailed traces

Built-in Reliability

Automatic fallbacks, retries, and load balancing for production resilience

Cost Optimization

Real-time cost tracking and spend management across all your AI operations

Multi-Provider Access

Access 300+ LLMs and 20+ providers through a single, unified integration

Prerequisites

Before integrating LangChain with Orq.ai, ensure you have:
  • An Orq.ai account and API Key
  • Python 3.8 or higher
To set up your API key, see API keys & Endpoints.

Installation

Configuration

Configure LangChain to use Orq.ai’s AI Gateway via ChatOpenAI with a custom base_url:
Python
base_url: https://api.orq.ai/v3/router

Basic Example

Python

Chains

Build composable chains using LangChain’s pipe operator:
Python

Streaming

Python

Model Selection

With Orq.ai, you can use any supported model from 20+ providers:
Python

Observability

orq_ai_sdk.langchain provides a global setup() function that automatically instruments all LangChain and LangGraph components. Call it once at the top of your application and every LLM call, graph node, tool execution, and retrieval is traced automatically, no callback wiring needed.

Zero configuration

One setup() call and tracing is live, no callbacks, no OpenTelemetry exporters, no extra wiring.

Full graph visibility

Traces preserve the parent-child structure of your LangGraph so you see exactly which node triggered each LLM call or tool use.

Token usage and costs

Input and output token counts are captured on every LLM call and synced to Orq.ai for cost tracking.

Retrieval tracking

Retrieval events include the query and all returned documents, making RAG pipelines fully inspectable.

Installation

orq-ai-sdk is the Orq.ai Python SDK. @orq-ai/node is the Orq.ai Node.js SDK.

Environment Variables

Or set them in code:

Basic Example

Call setup() at the top of your entry point, before invoking any graphs or chains. It globally instruments LangChain so that all subsequent executions are traced automatically.

Async Example

Viewing Traces

Traces appear in the Orq.ai Studio under the Traces tab. Each run is captured as a tree reflecting your graph structure: top-level chain spans for each node, with LLM calls, tool executions, and retrievals nested underneath.
LangChain trace in the AI Studio

LangChain trace in the AI Studio showing the full graph execution hierarchy

What Gets Traced

Evaluations & Experiments

Once your agents are running, use Evaluatorq to score outputs across a dataset and Experiments to compare configurations side-by-side.

Run Evaluations with Evaluatorq

Run parallel evaluations across your agents and compare results.

Run Experiments via the API

Compare agent configurations and view results in the AI Studio.