Image Generation Models

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GPT Image 2

OpenAI

Recorded Arena score1383Reference scoreScore points do not measure real-world quality.

API price$0.0042$0.0042 / image · 1024×1024 · low quality · generation only

No eligible alternative is being recommended.

Generate images from text descriptions with PNG output.

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Input formats, model capabilities and prices.

API capabilities and billing references for image generation candidates
Reference	GPT Image 2Available candidate
Input → output	text, image → image
Price for these settings	$0.0042 / image · 1024×1024 · low quality · generation only
Reference Arena score	1383
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.

Generate images from text descriptions with PNG output.

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 generation · Creates one low-quality test image and returns its base64 image data in the response.

GPT Image 2 · Python

import requests

response = requests.post(
    url="https://api.roten-ai.com/v1/images/generations",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ROTEN_API_KEY",
    },
    json={
        "model": "gpt-image-2",
        "prompt": "A simple indigo geometric cube on a plain white background.",
        "n": 1,
        "size": "1024x1024",
        "quality": "low",
        "response_format": "b64_json"
    },
    timeout=180,
)

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

GPT Image 2 · cURL

curl --fail-with-body 'https://api.roten-ai.com/v1/images/generations' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ROTEN_API_KEY' \
  -d '{
  "model": "gpt-image-2",
  "prompt": "A simple indigo geometric cube on a plain white background.",
  "n": 1,
  "size": "1024x1024",
  "quality": "low",
  "response_format": "b64_json"
}'

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

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