OpenAI

OpenAI Images API

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

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 3

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

POST /images/edits Edit or extend an existing image with a prompt · Creates an edited or extended image given one or more source images and a… #

Ask an LLM

“How do I change part of an existing picture by describing the edit?”

“Can I use a mask so only one area of my image gets repainted?”

Tell an agent

Edit image {image} so that {prompt}.

Repaint only the masked area {mask} of {image} with {prompt}.

POST /images/generations Generate an image from a text prompt · Creates an image given a prompt. Learn more #

Ask an LLM

“How do I create a brand-new image from a text description?”

“Can I request several images at once in a particular size?”

Tell an agent

Generate an image of {prompt}.

Create {n} images of {prompt} at {size}.

POST /images/variations Create variations of an existing image · Creates a variation of a given image. This endpoint only supports `dall-e-2` #

Ask an LLM

“Can I get a few alternative versions of a picture without writing a prompt?”

“Which model supports making image variations?”

Tell an agent

Make a variation of image {image}.

Create {n} variations of {image} at {size}.

Documentation

https://platform.openai.com/docs/assistants/overview

https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/assistants

https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/text-to-speech

https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/audio

https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/speech-to-text

https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/audio/

https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/voice-agents/

https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat

https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/embeddings

https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/embeddings

https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/files

https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/fine-tuning

https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/fine-tuning

https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/images

https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/images

https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/image-generation

https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/images-vision

https://platform.openai.com/docs/models

https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/models

https://platform.openai.com/docs/assistants/how-it-works/managing-threads-and-messages

https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/threads

https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/completions

Specifications

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openai/refs/heads/main/openapi/openai-images-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openai/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openai-chat-completion-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openai/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openai-embedding-schema.json

Other Resources

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openai/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openai-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OpenAI Images API
  description: The OpenAI REST API. Please see https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference for more details.
  version: 2.3.0
  termsOfService: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use
  contact:
    name: OpenAI Support
    url: https://help.openai.com/
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/openai/openai-openapi/blob/master/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://api.openai.com/v1
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:


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