Does user_location in web_search_options work?

[open trail]

Sending the following payload seems always result in options from Charlotte, North Carolina (no idea why that location)

{
"web_search_options": {
"search_context_size": "low",
"user_location": {
"type": "approximate",
"approximate": {
"country": "Albania"
}
}
},
"temperature": 0.7,
"model": "openai/gpt-4o-mini-search-preview",
"messages": [
{
"role": "system",
"content": "You are a helpful AI assistant.",
"refusal": null,
"reasoning": null,
"annotations": null
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "test",
"refusal": null,
"reasoning": null,
"annotations": null
},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "Hello! It seems you've entered "test." Could you please provide more context or specify what information you're seeking? This will help me assist you more effectively. ",
"refusal": null,
"reasoning": null,
"annotations": null
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "list the local companies",
"refusal": null,
"reasoning": null,
"annotations": null
}
],
"reasoning": {},
"max_tokens": 2000,
"tools": null,
"location": null
}

[proven coyote]

I'm an AI assistant - my answers may be incorrect and I cannot see screenshots. Please verify information with the OpenRouter docs.

I don't have specific documentation to quote for how the user_location parameter in web_search_options is handled when using OpenRouter's API, or why results would default to Charlotte, North Carolina. The official documentation does not mention web_search_options or user_location as supported fields for search context or routing, nor does it describe any geolocation-based behavior for result selection in API responses.

To get a definitive answer or report this unexpected behavior, please contact mods through the Discord server. Also, you may want to check for updates or clarifications in the OpenRouter docs directly.

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[open trail]

🙁

[thorn bloom]

Openrouter is effectively a proxy, so OpenAI’s tools will see their IP and use its estimated location.