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xAI Images API

The Images API from xAI — 2 operation(s) for images.

xAI Images API is one of 17 APIs that xAI publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Image. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://api.x.ai/v1.

2 operations 2 paths 8 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.x.ai/v1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

xAI Images API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth).

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Images 2
POST
/v1/images/edits
Edit an image based on a prompt.
handle_edit_image_request body → 200400422
POST
/v1/images/generations
Generate an image based on a prompt.
handle_generate_image_request body → 200400422

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are EditImageRequest (9 properties), GenerateImageRequest (7 properties), GeneratedImage (3 properties), GeneratedImageResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GeneratedImage
object
Generated images
3 properties
MediaUsage
object
Billing and cost information for media generation requests (image and video).
1 property 1 required
EditImageRequest
object
Request for editing image
9 properties 1 required
ImageUrl
object
Image input for generation and editing requests. Accepts a public URL, a base64-encoded data URL, or a fileid from the xAI Files API.
2 properties
ImageResolution
string
Resolution for image generation. Only supported by grok-imagine models.
GenerateImageRequest
object
7 properties
GeneratedImageResponse
object
Image generation response for /v1/image/generations endpoint
2 properties 1 required
ImageAspectRatio
string
Aspect ratio for image generation. Only supported by grok-imagine models.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

xai-images-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs xAI publishes across the network.

xAI Api Key API
xAI Chat API
xAI Complete API
xAI Completions API
xAI Documents API
xAI Embedding Models API
xAI Embeddings API
xAI Files API
xAI Image Generation Models API
xAI Language Models API
xAI Messages API
xAI Models API
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