Doubao API for overseas developers (2026)

A practical guide to calling ByteDance's Doubao from outside mainland China — no CN phone number, no China-only payment — through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

Why Doubao?

32K-context Lite; strong Chinese; via Volcano Ark. It is one of the most capable Chinese-origin models and is widely used for bilingual (Chinese/English) workloads. The catch: the official console requires a mainland identity and RMB payment, which blocks most overseas developers.

Pricing (official, 2026)

ModelInputOutput
Doubao¥0.6/1M tokens¥3.6/1M tokens

Call it via TideLink (OpenAI-compatible)

curl https://447a931e9b6e46249e80a111415cd170.app.workbuddy.link/v1/llm \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"provider":"doubao","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello from abroad"}],"max_tokens":120}'

Swap provider to any other China model without changing your client code.

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