OpenAI's flagship image model with strong prompt fidelity, crisp text rendering, and instruction-based editing across up to 16 reference images.
OpenAIImage GenerationReleased Apr 21, 2026Proprietary EndpointOpenAI's flagship image model with strong prompt fidelity, crisp text rendering, and instruction-based editing across up to 16 reference images.
Also known as OpenAI GPT Image 2
gpt-image-2/v1/images/generationsopenai/gpt-image-2Live pay-as-you-go rates from the EmpirioLabs catalog. You are billed only for what you use, with no monthly minimum.
GPT Image 2 runs through POST /v1/images/generations. The request returns a job_id right away; poll GET /v1/jobs/{job_id} until the job completes and read the output URLs from the result. Or add "sync": true to skip polling: the request stays open and returns the finished OpenAI-style image response directly, so OpenAI SDKs work as-is. Get an API key from the EmpirioLabs dashboard.
curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/images/generations \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "gpt-image-2",
"prompt": "Describe what you want GPT Image 2 to generate."
}'curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/jobs/JOB_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY"import requests
response = requests.post(
"https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/images/generations",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY"},
json={
"model": "gpt-image-2",
"prompt": "Describe what you want GPT Image 2 to generate.",
},
)
job = response.json()
# Generation runs as an async job. Poll until it completes.
import time
while True:
status = requests.get(
f"https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/jobs/{job['job_id']}",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY"},
).json()
if status.get("status") in ("completed", "failed"):
print(status)
break
time.sleep(5)Request parameters supported by the GPT Image 2 API on EmpirioLabs. Defaults apply when a field is omitted.
| Parameter | Type | Default | Range / values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prompt | string | - | - | Text prompt. With input images attached, becomes an editing or compositing instruction. |
| quality | enum | medium | low, medium, high | Rendering quality tier. Higher tiers produce more detail and cost more per image. |
| size | enum | 1024x1024 | 1024x1024, 1536x1024, 1024x1536 | Output resolution: square, landscape, or portrait. |
| image | array | - | - | Up to 16 input image URLs for editing or multi-reference composition. |
| num_images | number | 1 | 1 to 4 | Number of images to generate. Each is billed separately. |
| moderation | enum | auto | auto, low | Content filtering strictness applied by the model service. |
| response_format | enum | url | url, b64_json | Return signed URLs or base64 image data. |
Quality tiers Low, Medium, and High set the rendering fidelity and the per-image price. Output sizes are 1024x1024, 1536x1024, and 1024x1536. Attach up to 16 images to edit or composite them, with the prompt as the instruction.
On EmpirioLabs, GPT Image 2 is billed pay as you go: Low $0.012 per image; Medium $0.106 per image; High $0.422 per image. The live rate card on this page always matches what the API charges.
GPT Image 2 is served through POST /v1/images/generations on api.empiriolabs.ai with standard bearer-token authentication.
Yes. The EmpirioLabs playground runs GPT Image 2 in the browser with the same parameters the API exposes, so you can test prompts before writing code.
Create an EmpirioLabs account, then generate a key under API Keys in the dashboard. Billing is pay-as-you-go credits, so you only pay for the requests you make.
Check out our pricing or reach out if you want your own model deployed on our stack.
