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Step-by-Step Migration Guide: Moving from Legacy OSRM to Drayroute APIs

Seamlessly transition your existing routing pipelines to Drayroute v1 with zero downtime, turnkey drop-in SDK compatibility, and high availability SLAs.

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Marcus Vance
Developer Advocate • September 15, 2026

Key Article Takeaways

  • Drop-in OSRM JSON request & response compatibility layer.
  • Instant API key authorization with zero infrastructure management.
  • 99.99% uptime SLA backed by multi-region automatic failover.

Migrating from self-hosted OSRM or OpenTripPlanner clusters to a managed cloud API can feel daunting when your fleet management platform handles thousands of concurrent dispatches.

We built Drayroute v1 with an OSRM-compatible translation layer. You can simply swap your API host endpoint to `api.drayroute.com/v1/routes` while maintaining your existing request parameters.

In this guide, we walk through configuring your Authorization headers, mapping custom truck parameters, and leveraging our TypeScript/Python SDKs for instant error handling and retry exponential backoffs.

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