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Given a prompt and/or an input image, the model will generate a new image.

Create image
images.generate(**kwargs) -> ImagesResponse { created, background, data, 4 more }
POST/images/generations
Create image edit
images.edit(**kwargs) -> ImagesResponse { created, background, data, 4 more }
POST/images/edits
Create image variation
images.create_variation(**kwargs) -> ImagesResponse { created, background, data, 4 more }
POST/images/variations
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class Image { b64_json, revised_prompt, url }

Represents the content or the URL of an image generated by the OpenAI API.

b64_json: String

The base64-encoded JSON of the generated image. Returned by default for the GPT image models, and only present if response_format is set to b64_json for dall-e-2 and dall-e-3.

revised_prompt: String

For dall-e-3 only, the revised prompt that was used to generate the image.

url: String

When using dall-e-2 or dall-e-3, the URL of the generated image if response_format is set to url (default value). Unsupported for the GPT image models.

class ImageEditCompletedEvent { b64_json, background, created_at, 5 more }

Emitted when image editing has completed and the final image is available.

b64_json: String

Base64-encoded final edited image data, suitable for rendering as an image.

background: :transparent | :opaque | :auto

The background setting for the edited image.

One of the following:
:transparent
:opaque
:auto
created_at: Integer

The Unix timestamp when the event was created.

output_format: :png | :webp | :jpeg

The output format for the edited image.

One of the following:
:png
:webp
:jpeg
quality: :low | :medium | :high | :auto

The quality setting for the edited image.

One of the following:
:low
:medium
:high
:auto
size: :"1024x1024" | :"1024x1536" | :"1536x1024" | :auto

The size of the edited image.

One of the following:
:"1024x1024"
:"1024x1536"
:"1536x1024"
:auto
type: :"image_edit.completed"

The type of the event. Always image_edit.completed.

usage: { input_tokens, input_tokens_details, output_tokens, total_tokens}

For the GPT image models only, the token usage information for the image generation.

input_tokens: Integer

The number of tokens (images and text) in the input prompt.

input_tokens_details: { image_tokens, text_tokens}

The input tokens detailed information for the image generation.

image_tokens: Integer

The number of image tokens in the input prompt.

text_tokens: Integer

The number of text tokens in the input prompt.

output_tokens: Integer

The number of image tokens in the output image.

total_tokens: Integer

The total number of tokens (images and text) used for the image generation.

class ImageEditPartialImageEvent { b64_json, background, created_at, 5 more }

Emitted when a partial image is available during image editing streaming.

b64_json: String

Base64-encoded partial image data, suitable for rendering as an image.

background: :transparent | :opaque | :auto

The background setting for the requested edited image.

One of the following:
:transparent
:opaque
:auto
created_at: Integer

The Unix timestamp when the event was created.

output_format: :png | :webp | :jpeg

The output format for the requested edited image.

One of the following:
:png
:webp
:jpeg
partial_image_index: Integer

0-based index for the partial image (streaming).

quality: :low | :medium | :high | :auto

The quality setting for the requested edited image.

One of the following:
:low
:medium
:high
:auto
size: :"1024x1024" | :"1024x1536" | :"1536x1024" | :auto

The size of the requested edited image.

One of the following:
:"1024x1024"
:"1024x1536"
:"1536x1024"
:auto
type: :"image_edit.partial_image"

The type of the event. Always image_edit.partial_image.

ImageEditStreamEvent = ImageEditPartialImageEvent { b64_json, background, created_at, 5 more } | ImageEditCompletedEvent { b64_json, background, created_at, 5 more }

Emitted when a partial image is available during image editing streaming.

One of the following:
class ImageEditPartialImageEvent { b64_json, background, created_at, 5 more }

Emitted when a partial image is available during image editing streaming.

b64_json: String

Base64-encoded partial image data, suitable for rendering as an image.

background: :transparent | :opaque | :auto

The background setting for the requested edited image.

One of the following:
:transparent
:opaque
:auto
created_at: Integer

The Unix timestamp when the event was created.

output_format: :png | :webp | :jpeg

The output format for the requested edited image.

One of the following:
:png
:webp
:jpeg
partial_image_index: Integer

0-based index for the partial image (streaming).

quality: :low | :medium | :high | :auto

The quality setting for the requested edited image.

One of the following:
:low
:medium
:high
:auto
size: :"1024x1024" | :"1024x1536" | :"1536x1024" | :auto

The size of the requested edited image.

One of the following:
:"1024x1024"
:"1024x1536"
:"1536x1024"
:auto
type: :"image_edit.partial_image"

The type of the event. Always image_edit.partial_image.

class ImageEditCompletedEvent { b64_json, background, created_at, 5 more }

Emitted when image editing has completed and the final image is available.

b64_json: String

Base64-encoded final edited image data, suitable for rendering as an image.

background: :transparent | :opaque | :auto

The background setting for the edited image.

One of the following:
:transparent
:opaque
:auto
created_at: Integer

The Unix timestamp when the event was created.

output_format: :png | :webp | :jpeg

The output format for the edited image.

One of the following:
:png
:webp
:jpeg
quality: :low | :medium | :high | :auto

The quality setting for the edited image.

One of the following:
:low
:medium
:high
:auto
size: :"1024x1024" | :"1024x1536" | :"1536x1024" | :auto

The size of the edited image.

One of the following:
:"1024x1024"
:"1024x1536"
:"1536x1024"
:auto
type: :"image_edit.completed"

The type of the event. Always image_edit.completed.

usage: { input_tokens, input_tokens_details, output_tokens, total_tokens}

For the GPT image models only, the token usage information for the image generation.

input_tokens: Integer

The number of tokens (images and text) in the input prompt.

input_tokens_details: { image_tokens, text_tokens}

The input tokens detailed information for the image generation.

image_tokens: Integer

The number of image tokens in the input prompt.

text_tokens: Integer

The number of text tokens in the input prompt.

output_tokens: Integer

The number of image tokens in the output image.

total_tokens: Integer

The total number of tokens (images and text) used for the image generation.

class ImageGenCompletedEvent { b64_json, background, created_at, 5 more }

Emitted when image generation has completed and the final image is available.

b64_json: String

Base64-encoded image data, suitable for rendering as an image.

background: :transparent | :opaque | :auto

The background setting for the generated image.

One of the following:
:transparent
:opaque
:auto
created_at: Integer

The Unix timestamp when the event was created.

output_format: :png | :webp | :jpeg

The output format for the generated image.

One of the following:
:png
:webp
:jpeg
quality: :low | :medium | :high | :auto

The quality setting for the generated image.

One of the following:
:low
:medium
:high
:auto
size: :"1024x1024" | :"1024x1536" | :"1536x1024" | :auto

The size of the generated image.

One of the following:
:"1024x1024"
:"1024x1536"
:"1536x1024"
:auto
type: :"image_generation.completed"

The type of the event. Always image_generation.completed.

usage: { input_tokens, input_tokens_details, output_tokens, total_tokens}

For the GPT image models only, the token usage information for the image generation.

input_tokens: Integer

The number of tokens (images and text) in the input prompt.

input_tokens_details: { image_tokens, text_tokens}

The input tokens detailed information for the image generation.

image_tokens: Integer

The number of image tokens in the input prompt.

text_tokens: Integer

The number of text tokens in the input prompt.

output_tokens: Integer

The number of image tokens in the output image.

total_tokens: Integer

The total number of tokens (images and text) used for the image generation.

class ImageGenPartialImageEvent { b64_json, background, created_at, 5 more }

Emitted when a partial image is available during image generation streaming.

b64_json: String

Base64-encoded partial image data, suitable for rendering as an image.

background: :transparent | :opaque | :auto

The background setting for the requested image.

One of the following:
:transparent
:opaque
:auto
created_at: Integer

The Unix timestamp when the event was created.

output_format: :png | :webp | :jpeg

The output format for the requested image.

One of the following:
:png
:webp
:jpeg
partial_image_index: Integer

0-based index for the partial image (streaming).

quality: :low | :medium | :high | :auto

The quality setting for the requested image.

One of the following:
:low
:medium
:high
:auto
size: :"1024x1024" | :"1024x1536" | :"1536x1024" | :auto

The size of the requested image.

One of the following:
:"1024x1024"
:"1024x1536"
:"1536x1024"
:auto
type: :"image_generation.partial_image"

The type of the event. Always image_generation.partial_image.

ImageGenStreamEvent = ImageGenPartialImageEvent { b64_json, background, created_at, 5 more } | ImageGenCompletedEvent { b64_json, background, created_at, 5 more }

Emitted when a partial image is available during image generation streaming.

One of the following:
class ImageGenPartialImageEvent { b64_json, background, created_at, 5 more }

Emitted when a partial image is available during image generation streaming.

b64_json: String

Base64-encoded partial image data, suitable for rendering as an image.

background: :transparent | :opaque | :auto

The background setting for the requested image.

One of the following:
:transparent
:opaque
:auto
created_at: Integer

The Unix timestamp when the event was created.

output_format: :png | :webp | :jpeg

The output format for the requested image.

One of the following:
:png
:webp
:jpeg
partial_image_index: Integer

0-based index for the partial image (streaming).

quality: :low | :medium | :high | :auto

The quality setting for the requested image.

One of the following:
:low
:medium
:high
:auto
size: :"1024x1024" | :"1024x1536" | :"1536x1024" | :auto

The size of the requested image.

One of the following:
:"1024x1024"
:"1024x1536"
:"1536x1024"
:auto
type: :"image_generation.partial_image"

The type of the event. Always image_generation.partial_image.

class ImageGenCompletedEvent { b64_json, background, created_at, 5 more }

Emitted when image generation has completed and the final image is available.

b64_json: String

Base64-encoded image data, suitable for rendering as an image.

background: :transparent | :opaque | :auto

The background setting for the generated image.

One of the following:
:transparent
:opaque
:auto
created_at: Integer

The Unix timestamp when the event was created.

output_format: :png | :webp | :jpeg

The output format for the generated image.

One of the following:
:png
:webp
:jpeg
quality: :low | :medium | :high | :auto

The quality setting for the generated image.

One of the following:
:low
:medium
:high
:auto
size: :"1024x1024" | :"1024x1536" | :"1536x1024" | :auto

The size of the generated image.

One of the following:
:"1024x1024"
:"1024x1536"
:"1536x1024"
:auto
type: :"image_generation.completed"

The type of the event. Always image_generation.completed.

usage: { input_tokens, input_tokens_details, output_tokens, total_tokens}

For the GPT image models only, the token usage information for the image generation.

input_tokens: Integer

The number of tokens (images and text) in the input prompt.

input_tokens_details: { image_tokens, text_tokens}

The input tokens detailed information for the image generation.

image_tokens: Integer

The number of image tokens in the input prompt.

text_tokens: Integer

The number of text tokens in the input prompt.

output_tokens: Integer

The number of image tokens in the output image.

total_tokens: Integer

The total number of tokens (images and text) used for the image generation.

ImageModel = :"gpt-image-1.5" | :"dall-e-2" | :"dall-e-3" | 2 more
One of the following:
:"gpt-image-1.5"
:"dall-e-2"
:"dall-e-3"
:"gpt-image-1"
:"gpt-image-1-mini"
class ImagesResponse { created, background, data, 4 more }

The response from the image generation endpoint.

created: Integer

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) of when the image was created.

background: :transparent | :opaque

The background parameter used for the image generation. Either transparent or opaque.

One of the following:
:transparent
:opaque
data: Array[Image { b64_json, revised_prompt, url } ]

The list of generated images.

b64_json: String

The base64-encoded JSON of the generated image. Returned by default for the GPT image models, and only present if response_format is set to b64_json for dall-e-2 and dall-e-3.

revised_prompt: String

For dall-e-3 only, the revised prompt that was used to generate the image.

url: String

When using dall-e-2 or dall-e-3, the URL of the generated image if response_format is set to url (default value). Unsupported for the GPT image models.

output_format: :png | :webp | :jpeg

The output format of the image generation. Either png, webp, or jpeg.

One of the following:
:png
:webp
:jpeg
quality: :low | :medium | :high

The quality of the image generated. Either low, medium, or high.

One of the following:
:low
:medium
:high
size: :"1024x1024" | :"1024x1536" | :"1536x1024"

The size of the image generated. Either 1024x1024, 1024x1536, or 1536x1024.

One of the following:
:"1024x1024"
:"1024x1536"
:"1536x1024"
usage: { input_tokens, input_tokens_details, output_tokens, 2 more}

For gpt-image-1 only, the token usage information for the image generation.

input_tokens: Integer

The number of tokens (images and text) in the input prompt.

input_tokens_details: { image_tokens, text_tokens}

The input tokens detailed information for the image generation.

image_tokens: Integer

The number of image tokens in the input prompt.

text_tokens: Integer

The number of text tokens in the input prompt.

output_tokens: Integer

The number of output tokens generated by the model.

total_tokens: Integer

The total number of tokens (images and text) used for the image generation.

output_tokens_details: { image_tokens, text_tokens}

The output token details for the image generation.

image_tokens: Integer

The number of image output tokens generated by the model.

text_tokens: Integer

The number of text output tokens generated by the model.