Photo to Anime API reference

Call Photo to Anime from your own code with one PopNow API key. Below are the exact model IDs to send, every input field the model accepts, what each request costs in USD, and a request you can paste into a terminal.

At a glance

Made by: PopNow
Output: Image
From: $0.05 USD per image
Model IDs: popnow/photo-to-anime-v1/edit

Prices are in USD, charged to your separate API wallet. A task reserves the maximum possible charge when accepted and settles actual usage on completion; any remainder is released. Failed tasks are not charged. Call POST /api/v1/jobs/quote for an exact quote before running.

Edit Image

popnow/photo-to-anime-v1/edit

Price

Option	USD
`Default`	$0.05 per image

Parameters

Field	Type	Default	Allowed	What it does
`image_url`Required	`string`	—	—	The photo to turn into anime: JPEG, PNG or WebP, up to 10 MB.
`prompt`Optional	`string`	—	up to 1,000 characters	Optional extra direction, appended as a new sentence after the built-in instruction (the LoRA author's "transform into anime" plus an explicit redraw line), e.g. a detail to keep.
`aspect_ratio`Optional	`string`	—	1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4, 3:2, 2:3, 21:9, 9:21	Optional output aspect ratio. Leave it empty to keep the shape of the photo.
`output_format`Optional	`string`	`jpeg`	jpeg, png, webp	File format of the returned image.
`seed`Optional	`integer`	—	0 to 2147483647	Random seed for controlled comparisons.

Example request

This request runs as it is; any field you leave out uses its default. Put your key in POPNOW_API_KEY first.

The example uses PopNow sample files in image_url. Replace them with your own public HTTPS links, uploads or saved assets.

POST /api/v1/jobs/createTask

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: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{
  "model": "popnow/photo-to-anime-v1/edit",
  "input": {
    "prompt": "Change the orange jacket to deep forest green and add soft golden-hour light; keep the face, pose and background unchanged",
    "image_url": "https://media.popnow.ai/influencer/examples/marco.webp"
  }
}'

The response carries a taskId straight away. Read the result with GET /api/v1/jobs/recordInfo, or add callBackUrl to be notified.

GET /api/v1/jobs/recordInfo

curl "https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/jobs/recordInfo?taskId=TASK_ID_FROM_CREATE_TASK" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $POPNOW_API_KEY"