GPT Image 2.6 Flare API

About GPT Image 2.6 Flare

GPT Image 2.6 Flare is the fast tier of OpenAI's GPT Image 2.6. A medium 1K image took about 12 to 16 seconds in testing. It has the same five quality levels, sizes up to 4K, edits with up to 16 pictures, masks and marked-up copies, and looping GIFs as Sunburst. Compared with GPT Image 2.5 it adds GIF output, marked-up copies, transparent backgrounds in text to image, and an optional reasoning effort setting.

Call it with the model name openai/gpt-image-2.6-flare/edit on POST /jobs/createTask, from $0.02232.

Introduction

GPT Image 2.6 Flare Image Editing takes existing images and a description of the revision you want. It serves quick iteration on outfits, locations and other visual changes using 1–16 supplied sources.

The first input is the picture being revised, and later inputs can supply reference details. In our tests, a rainy Paris outfit revision kept the subject recognizable while replacing the clothing and surrounding scene.

Key features

• Reference roles: address inputs as Image 1, Image 2 and so forth to explain their contributions.
• Optional masks: supply a PNG with transparent repaint pixels at the dimensions of the first input.
• Output framing: leave the ratio unset to retain the first source’s shape at 1k, or select a ratio for 2k and 4k.
• Detail and size choices: five quality levels and three resolution tiers also apply to revisions.
• Background delivery: transparent output requires PNG or WebP, while JPEG is another format for other results.

Request parameters

Pricing

Prices are in USD. The API uses a separate USD balance. Website credits cannot be used or transferred to it, and API funds cannot be transferred to website credits. When a task is accepted, we reserve the maximum quoted amount from your API balance. On completion, we charge for actual usage, never more than the hold, and release the remainder. If the task fails, the hold is released.

Billed on the tokens each request uses: $4.50 per 1M text input tokens, $7.20 per 1M image input tokens and $27.00 per 1M image output tokens. The table lists the square-image price for each tier, so other ratios usually cost less. With several output images, input tokens count once per image.

Send the same request body to POST /jobs/quote to see the estimated and maximum USD charge before running. A quote does not run the task or charge your balance.

Use cases

• Seasonal outfit concepts: preview a camel coat on a supplied portrait for a rainy-weather campaign.
• Setting variations: move a subject from an existing photograph into a blue-hour street scene.
• Graphic revisions: mark part of a draft poster and ask for a new painted backdrop in that region.

Prompt guide & pro tips

• Identify the base first: write “revise Image 1” before naming the desired result.
• List what to retain: say “preserve the subject’s appearance” when changing wardrobe and location.
• Separate reference instructions: try “take the background colors from Image 2” to clarify source roles.
• Use a focused mask instruction: ask for “a teal wall in the marked region” alongside a prepared PNG.
• Review a defined change: use “camel trench coat at blue hour” rather than combining unrelated alternatives.

API quick start

Call the GPT Image 2.6 Flare API in three steps

1. Create an API key. Sign in to PopNow and create a key in the API console. Keys start with sk-popnow-. API calls use your separate USD balance.
2. Send the request. POST /jobs/createTask with model openai/gpt-image-2.6-flare/edit and an input object that follows the parameter table. The response returns a task ID straight away.
3. Get the result. Poll GET /jobs/recordInfo with the task ID, or pass a callBackUrl and we post the result to it. Download the output links when the task succeeds.

# 1. Create the task. Keep the Idempotency-Key if you retry after a network error.
export IDEMPOTENCY_KEY="$(uuidgen)"
curl -X POST https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/jobs/createTask \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $POPNOW_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "openai/gpt-image-2.6-flare/edit",
  "input": {
    "prompt": "A ceramic teapot on a linen cloth, soft window light, muted palette",
    "image_urls": [
      "https://media.popnow.ai/influencer/examples/marco.webp"
    ],
    "resolution": "1k",
    "quality": "medium",
    "num_outputs": 1,
    "background": "auto",
    "output_format": "png"
  }
}'

# 2. Copy data.taskId from the response, then poll until state is succeeded, failed, canceled or expired.
TASK_ID="TASK_ID_FROM_RESPONSE"
curl "https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/jobs/recordInfo?taskId=$TASK_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $POPNOW_API_KEY"

Replace the prompt and any links with your own. The API tab has the response, polling and callback reference.

GPT Image 2.6 Flare API questions

More about GPT Image 2.6 Flare

Try it

GPT Image 2.6 Flare AI Image Generator onlineCreate images with GPT Image 2.6 Flare in PopNow

Endpoints

GPT Image 2.6 Flare · Create Image

Docs

GPT Image 2.6 Flare model ID and input schema in the API docsPopNow API quickstart: send your first requestImage generation guide for the PopNow APIWebhooks: get GPT Image 2.6 Flare results without polling