Image Editing Models

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GPT Image 2

OpenAI

Recorded Arena score1462Reference scoreScore points do not measure real-world quality.

API priceOn requestContact Roten for image-editing pricing.

No eligible alternative is being recommended.

Upload an image as multipart data and describe the edits. The response contains PNG image data.

Prices apply to the stated model settings. Token input rates cover uncached input; output tokens are priced separately. Cache usage and image or video settings can change the charge.

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Input formats, model capabilities and prices.

API capabilities and billing references for image editing candidates
Reference	GPT Image 2Available candidate
Input → output	text, image → image
Price for these settings	Contact Roten for editing pricing.
Reference Arena score	1462
Billing details	Image generation uses the stated size and quality. Contact Roten for image-editing pricing.

Implementation

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Copy an available model request, replace the API key with your own, and run.

API model ID: gpt-image-2

Image generation and multipart image editing, with PNG output.

Upload an image as multipart data and describe the edits. The response contains PNG image data.

Copy the Python or cURL test for GPT Image 2. Replace the API-key placeholder with your own key and run.

GPT Image 2 · image editing · Downloads a sample PNG from Roten and submits it for editing.

GPT Image 2 · Python

import requests

image = requests.get("https://roten-ai.com/examples/sample.png", timeout=30)
image.raise_for_status()

response = requests.post(
    url="https://api.roten-ai.com/v1/images/edits",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ROTEN_API_KEY",
    },
    data={
        "model": "gpt-image-2",
        "prompt": "Change the background of this abstract image to midnight navy while keeping the shapes in place.",
        "size": "1024x1024",
        "n": "1"
    },
    files={"image": ("sample.png", image.content, "image/png")},
    timeout=180,
)

print(response.json())
response.raise_for_status()

GPT Image 2 · cURL

curl --fail-with-body 'https://roten-ai.com/examples/sample.png' -o roten-sample.png && \
curl --fail-with-body 'https://api.roten-ai.com/v1/images/edits' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ROTEN_API_KEY' \
  -F 'model=gpt-image-2' \
  -F 'prompt=Change the background of this abstract image to midnight navy while keeping the shapes in place.' \
  -F 'size=1024x1024' \
  -F 'n=1' \
  -F '[email protected];type=image/png'

Python requires requests: install once with python3 -m pip install requests. cURL examples run directly in your terminal.

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