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+/**
+ * Example usage of the @openrouter/sdk package
+ *
+ * This demonstrates the OpenRouter TypeScript SDK's idiomatic usage patterns:
+ * - Type-safe client initialization
+ * - Non-streaming chat completions
+ * - Streaming chat completions with async iteration
+ * - Automatic usage tracking
+ */
+
+import { OpenRouter } from '@openrouter/sdk';
+
+// Initialize the OpenRouter SDK client
+// The SDK automatically reads OPENROUTER_API_KEY from environment
+const openRouter = new OpenRouter({
+  apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY ?? '',
+});
+
+async function nonStreamingExample() {
+  console.log('=== Non-Streaming Example ===\n');
+
+  // Basic chat completion - returns the full response at once
+  const result = await openRouter.chat.send({
+    model: 'openai/gpt-4o-mini',
+    messages: [
+      {
+        role: 'user',
+        content: 'What is the capital of France?',
+      },
+    ],
+    stream: false, // Explicitly set stream to false for non-streaming
+  });
+
+  // The SDK provides strong typing - result has 'choices' property
+  if ('choices' in result && result.choices[0]) {
+    console.log('Model:', result.model);
+    console.log('Response:', result.choices[0].message.content);
+    console.log('Usage:', result.usage);
+    console.log();
+  }
+}
+
+async function streamingExample() {
+  console.log('=== Streaming Example ===\n');
+
+  // Streaming chat completion - returns an async iterable
+  const stream = await openRouter.chat.send({
+    model: 'openai/gpt-4o-mini',
+    messages: [
+      {
+        role: 'user',
+        content: 'Write a haiku about TypeScript',
+      },
+    ],
+    stream: true, // Enable streaming mode
+    streamOptions: {
+      includeUsage: true, // Include token usage in the final chunk
+    },
+  });
+
+  console.log('Streaming response:');
+  let fullContent = '';
+
+  // The SDK returns an async iterable that you can iterate with for-await-of
+  for await (const chunk of stream) {
+    // Each chunk contains partial data
+    if (chunk.choices?.[0]?.delta?.content) {
+      const content = chunk.choices[0].delta.content;
+      process.stdout.write(content); // Write without newline to see real-time streaming
+      fullContent += content;
+    }
+
+    // Usage stats are included in the final chunk when streamOptions.includeUsage is true
+    if (chunk.usage) {
+      console.log('\n\nStream usage:', chunk.usage);
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.log('\n\nFull response:', fullContent);
+  console.log();
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  try {
+    // Demonstrate both streaming and non-streaming modes
+    await nonStreamingExample();
+    await streamingExample();
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error:', error);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+main();