Connecting Gateway to external apps

[vernal echo]

I am integrating OpenClaw with my custom built app however I keep strucking a lot of issues and it keeps disconnecting, I am using http v1/repsonse but idk if that's the way to do it or not

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[icy dawn]

@vernal echo If you meant the OpenAI “Responses API” shape: OpenClaw does support that, but the endpoint is POST /v1/responses (plural) and it’s disabled by default.

Here’s the quick checklist that usually explains “it disconnects / doesn’t work”:

1. Make sure you’re hitting the right endpoint

• ✅ http://<gateway-host>:18789/v1/responses
• ❌ /v1/response (will 404)

Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway/openresponses-http-api

2. Enable it in your OpenClaw config

{
gateway: {
http: {
endpoints: {

responses: { enabled: true },
},
},
},
}

3. Send Gateway auth

Authorization: Bearer <gateway token or password>

(Uses your normal gateway.auth.* settings.)

4. If you’re streaming (SSE), test with curl first

curl -N http://127.0.0.1:18789/v1/responses \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"model":"openclaw","stream":true,"input":"hi"}'

If curl streams fine but your app “disconnects”, it’s usually:

• your HTTP client buffering/not handling SSE correctly, or
• a proxy/load balancer timing out long-lived HTTP connections.

5. If you actually want Chat Completions compatibility instead
   That’s POST /v1/chat/completions (also disabled by default):
   https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway/openai-http-api

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