{"id":879,"date":"2026-07-06T14:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quickref.me\/blog\/?p=879"},"modified":"2026-07-06T14:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:48:58","slug":"ai-image-generation-apis-cheat-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quickref.me\/blog\/ai-image-generation-apis-cheat-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Image Generation APIs Cheat Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"

This cheat sheet covers common patterns for calling image generation APIs \u2014 model IDs, request parameters, prompting syntax, and cost math.<\/span><\/p>\n

Getting Started<\/b><\/h2>\n

Image models {.row-span-2}<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Model<\/b><\/td>\nKnown for<\/b><\/td>\nAPI model ID<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FLUX 1.1 Pro<\/span><\/td>\nPhotorealism, prompt adherence<\/span><\/td>\nflux-pro\/v1.1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FLUX Schnell<\/span><\/td>\nSpeed, drafts<\/span><\/td>\nflux\/schnell<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stable Diffusion 3.5<\/span><\/td>\nStyles, open weights<\/span><\/td>\nstable-diffusion-v35-large<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DALL\u00b7E 3<\/span><\/td>\nInstruction following<\/span><\/td>\ndall-e-3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Imagen 4<\/span><\/td>\nClean detail<\/span><\/td>\ngoogle\/imagen-4.0-generate-001<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Recraft V3<\/span><\/td>\nBrand styles, SVG<\/span><\/td>\nrecraft-v3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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IDs shown for a multi-provider endpoint; direct provider APIs use their own naming.<\/span><\/p>\n

Basic call<\/b><\/h3>\n

curl https:\/\/api.aimlapi.com\/v1\/images\/generations \\<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0-H “Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY” \\<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0-H “Content-Type: application\/json” \\<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0-d ‘{<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“model”: “flux-pro\/v1.1”,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“prompt”: “isometric illustration of a data center, soft colors”,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“size”: “1024×1024”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0}’<\/span><\/p>\n

Image APIs are synchronous: one request, one response.<\/span><\/p>\n

Basic call (Python)<\/b><\/h3>\n

import requests<\/span><\/p>\n

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resp = requests.post(<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“https:\/\/api.aimlapi.com\/v1\/images\/generations”,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0headers={“Authorization”: f”Bearer {API_KEY}”},<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0json={<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“model”: “flux-pro\/v1.1”,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“prompt”: “isometric illustration of a data center”,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“size”: “1024×1024”,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0},<\/span><\/p>\n

)<\/span><\/p>\n

url = resp.json()[“data”][0][“url”]<\/span><\/p>\n

Response handling<\/b><\/h3>\n