# Black Forest Labs

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/black-forest-labs/  
**Website:** https://blackforestlabs.ai/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

Black Forest Labs is the company behind the Flux family of image generation models. The Flux API exposes asynchronous image generation endpoints via global and regional base URLs with model-named paths (e.g. /v1/flux-2-pro). Models include FLUX.2 (flex/pro/max/klein), FLUX.1 Kontext, FLUX1.1 [pro] Ultra, FLUX1.1 [pro], FLUX.1 Fill, and FLUX Schnell. Auth via BFL_API_KEY bearer token.

## Kin Score — 30.1 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 30.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 52.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 13.2 |
| Access Clarity | 13.2 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **Flux Image Generation API** — REST API for asynchronous image generation across the Flux model family. Submit a generation request, then poll the returned polling_url for the result. Global endpoint at https...
- **Black Forest Labs Editing API** — Image editing tools (fill, expand, erase).
- **Black Forest Labs Generation API** — Image generation endpoints.
- **Black Forest Labs Utility API** — Result polling, credits, fine-tune management.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Black Forest Labs Agentic Access** — 13 operations · 9 acting

## Security (2)

- **Black Forest Labs Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Black Forest Labs Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Black Forest Labs Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Artificial Intelligence, Image-Generation, Flux, Open Weights, BFL

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/black-forest-labs/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.