Send a request through the dummy model

Purpose

Send a complete routed request without using a paid provider. The built-in dummy provider returns deterministic responses for local verification.

Prerequisites

• Relay is running at http://localhost:11730.
• You unlocked the admin interface.

Add the provider

1. Open Providers.
2. Add an API Key Provider with these values:

Caution: Do not use http://localhost:11730/v1. That address is Relay's routed gateway. Relay rejects this self-referential provider configuration.

3. Add a model under Local Dummy.
4. Set the model name and upstream model to dummy.
5. Select a Chat-compatible route kind.
6. Enable the model.

Send the request

curl http://localhost:11730/v1/chat/completions \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <RELAY_API_TOKEN>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"model":"dummy","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"wait_0"}]}'

Response — 200 OK

Example non-streaming response (selected fields). Content, model, and usage depend on the selected provider.

{
  "id": "<COMPLETION_ID>",
  "object": "chat.completion",
  "model": "dummy",
  "choices": [
    {
      "index": 0,
      "message": {
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "I waited 0 seconds."
      },
      "finish_reason": "stop"
    }
  ]
}

Expected result

Relay selects Local Dummy/dummy. The response contains a deterministic dummy completion.

Open Logs and confirm these fields:

• Selected provider and model.
• Queue and provider timing.
• Input and output token counts.
• Completion status.

Verification

Open Logs. Confirm the selected Provider and Model, queue and provider timing, token counts, and completion status.

Recovery

• If Relay reports no route, confirm that the provider and model are enabled.
• If Relay rejects the provider URL, use the required /v1/dummy suffix.
• If the dummy provider rejects the prompt, use wait_0, wait_5, or a documented rate-limit command.

Next

Add a provider, model, and group.