Name: GPT Image 1 Model API
Brand: OpenAI

Overview

What is GPT Image 1 API?

GPT Image 1 is OpenAI's first-generation image generation model combining language understanding with visual synthesis.

Technical Specifications
- Supported inputs: Image, Text
- Output: Image
- Endpoint: /images/generations

Performance Benchmarks
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GPT Image 1 API Pricing
- Input: $6.5 / 1M tokens
- Output images: $52 / 1M tokens

Where to Use GPT Image 1

High-volume image generation
Produce product visuals, thumbnails, and marketing assets programmatically at scale.

Creative and concept art
Turn text prompts into illustrations, mockups, and design explorations.

Image editing and variations
Provide a reference image to guide edits, restyles, or variations.

Code Sample
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Uptime and performance

Uptime (24h): 100%
Uptime (7d): 100%
Availability (24h): 100%
Error rate (24h): 0%
End-to-end latency (24h median): 19.0s

Measured on the AI/ML API gateway across live traffic. Figures are medians unless stated. Last updated 2026-10-12.

Use cases

Game designers generating consistent assets and characters
Advertisers and marketers creating visual content and storyboards
Educators crafting interactive materials and storybooks
UI/UX designers prototyping interfaces with photorealistic elements
Content creators producing diverse style images for social media and digital art

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How to use GPT Image 1 Model API

Install any OpenAI-compatible SDK, point it at api.aimlapi.com/v1, and set the model to openai/gpt-image-1.

import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY},
    json={
      "model": "openai/gpt-image-1",
      "prompt": "A cat holding a sign that says hello"
    },
)
print(r.json())

const r = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "openai/gpt-image-1",
    "prompt": "A cat holding a sign that says hello"
  }),
});
console.log(await r.json());

curl -X POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"openai/gpt-image-1","prompt":"A cat holding a sign that says hello"}'

OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.