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OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini

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OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini

GPT-5 Image Mini combines OpenAI’s GPT-5 Mini language capabilities with GPT Image 1 Mini for visual generation and reference-led edits. It accepts text, images and documents and returns text and images, supporting workflows that need both a written response and a visual asset.

About the model

This description covers the model’s capabilities. Available in Ailoot inputs, outputs and options are listed for the selected method below.

GPT-5 Image Mini is a combined language-and-image profile built around OpenAI’s GPT-5 Mini and GPT Image 1 Mini. Its language component interprets a written task and source material, while its image component creates or revises visual content. The published profile emphasizes instruction following, text rendering and detailed image editing. It is useful for a focused visual brief that also needs textual interpretation, explanation or supporting copy.

Bring the written task and visual result together

Prepare a brief with the intended asset, subject, composition and required text. Describe how the image will be used, such as a product concept, an illustration accompanying a short explanation or a visual draft for a page. Ask for the written and visual deliverables explicitly so an explanation of the concept is easy to distinguish from the image itself.

For example, supply a description of a reusable water bottle and request a simple product-scene concept with a short caption. Specify the visible bottle shape, background, light direction and the exact words that belong in the visual. Keep facts used in the caption separate from decorative details in the scene. Review the returned image and written text against those two parts of the brief.

The documented combined profile accepts text, images and files such as PDFs. A document can provide requirements or facts to interpret before creating the visual. An image can supply appearance, layout or an editing source. State each source’s role rather than assume that every attachment should affect every part of the result. Keep source names and ordering clear when several inputs are supplied.

Generate and revise with references

For a new image, specify what should be visible and how the parts relate to one another. For a reference-led edit, identify the change and the details to preserve. A product scene can request a new setting while retaining the item’s recognizable form and visible label. A diagram can ask for a corrected relationship while naming the text and elements that should stay.

The profile’s own published card permits up to sixteen reference images for editing. Choose references that contribute to the task and explain their purpose: the product, character, background or visual treatment. Several references can contain conflicting lighting or composition, so name the intended result clearly. Inspect subject details, lettering and the boundaries of a requested change in the actual returned image.

Text rendering is a documented capability, but a visual draft still needs a word-by-word check. Provide exact wording, punctuation and placement, then compare important labels and numbers with the brief at the intended viewing size. For a repeated series, retain the references and visual requirements with each result and compare the completed images together.

Working context and controls

The combined profile publishes a 400,000-token context window and up to 128,000 completion tokens. These are working-context and completion allowances, separate from an image’s pixel dimensions or the number of returned image artifacts. Organize long source material around the required interpretation and leave room for the response. A compact brief with relevant references is more useful than unrelated documents whose role has not been explained.

Its published text-output contract supports JSON-schema structured results. Define the fields and types when a written result needs to be consumed by an application, and validate the values against the supplied evidence. The combined profile does not expose application function calling. Its use of a language component with image generation is a named profile capability; it does not make every feature of a standalone GPT-5 Mini interface part of this workflow.

Image settings should come from the exact profile and interface being used. Keep the selected configuration with the prompt when comparing revisions. The direct GPT Image 1 Mini component and a combined chat profile have different request arrangements, so component-specific size, masking or output controls need an explicit mapping before they are treated as settings of this combined profile.

Keep the text and image artifacts

The documented chat request schema can select text and image as output modalities. Process the returned text and every actual image artifact that accompanies the completion. Save the images in the format identified by the result and retain the written response with the prompt, source references and settings. A completion containing explanatory text alone is different from a completed visual deliverable, so check what the result actually contains before using it in a layout.

GPT-5 Image Mini is distinct from the full GPT-5 Image profile, which combines GPT-5 with GPT Image 1. Use the Mini profile for bounded language-and-visual tasks whose brief and review criteria are clear. Check composition, object identity, image text and supporting prose, then request the specific correction required. Keep the successful elements and the relevant references in the next brief so a revision has a concrete target.

Practical task

Create a labelled refill-bottle scene

Technical example in English

Create a labelled refill-bottle scene

Create a product-scene image of a plain cylindrical blue reusable water bottle with a silver screw cap, standing upright on pale stone. Soft daylight enters from the left. Place the exact word REFILL clearly on the bottle, with no other text, logos, accessories or unsupported product claims. Keep the full bottle visible.

Expected result

One image artifact showing the full specified bottle, left-side daylight and the exact single-word label.

Check the result

Inspect the actual image for bottle shape, cap, complete framing and letter-by-letter spelling of REFILL.
Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat POST /v1/chat/completions openai/gpt-5-image-mini

openai/gpt-5-image-mini

OpenAI /openai/gpt-5-image-mini

Overview

GPT-5 Image Mini combines OpenAI’s GPT-5 Mini language capabilities with GPT Image 1 Mini for visual generation and reference-led edits. It accepts text, images and documents and returns text and images, supporting workflows that need both a written response and a visual asset.

Accepted inputs
Text
Results
Text

Available in Ailoot · inputs & methods

Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat POST /v1/chat/completions
Input types
text
Output types
text
Output format
json or SSE
FieldTypeRequirementValues & limitsDefault
FieldmodelTypestringRequirementRequiredValues & limits
openai/gpt-5-image-mini
Default—
FieldmessagesTypemessage[]RequirementRequiredValues & limits
Minimum items: 1
Default—
Fieldmessages[].roleTypestringRequirementRequiredValues & limits
Examples: system, user, assistant, tool, function
Conditions: These roles are explicitly represented by Source compatibility types; the exact model role set remains model-specific.
Model-specific
Default—
Fieldmessages[].contentTypestring|content_part[]|nullRequirementOptionalValues & limitsDefault—
Fieldmessages[].tool_callsTypetool_call[]RequirementOptionalValues & limitsDefault—
Fieldmessages[].tool_call_idTypestringRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Applies when: role=tool; use actual returned ID
Default—
Fieldmessages[].nameTypestringRequirementOptionalValues & limitsDefault—
Fieldmessages[].reasoning_contentTypestringRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Applies when: Round-trip actual returned reasoning where this model uses it
Default—
Fieldmessages[].reasoning_detailsTypeobject|arrayRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Model-specific
Default—
Fieldmax_tokensTypeintegerRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Minimum: 1
Model-specific
Default—
Fieldmax_completion_tokensTypeintegerRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Minimum: 1
Model-specific
Default—
FieldstreamTypebooleanRequirementOptionalValues & limitsDefaultfalse
Fieldstream_options.include_usageTypebooleanRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Model-specific
Default—
FieldtemperatureTypenumberRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Model-specific
Default—
Fieldtop_pTypenumberRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Model-specific
Default—
FieldstopTypestring|string[]RequirementOptionalValues & limits
Model-specific
Default—
FieldtoolsTypefunction_tool[]RequirementOptionalValues & limits
Model-specific
Default—
Fieldtools[].typeTypestringRequirementOptionalValues & limits
function
Model-specific
Default—
Fieldtools[].function.nameTypestringRequirementRequiredValues & limits
Applies when: function tool supplied
Default—
Fieldtools[].function.descriptionTypestringRequirementOptionalValues & limitsDefault—
Fieldtools[].function.parametersTypeJSON_schemaRequirementOptionalValues & limitsDefault—
Fieldtool_choiceTypestring|objectRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Model-specific
Default—
Fieldparallel_tool_callsTypebooleanRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Model-specific
Default—
Fieldresponse_formatTypeobjectRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Model-specific
Default—
Fieldreasoning_effortTypestringRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Model-specific
Default—
FieldreasoningTypeobjectRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Model-specific
Default—
Fieldservice_tierTypestringRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Model-specific
Default—
FieldinstructionsTypestringRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Compatibility field
Default—
FieldfunctionsTypefunction[]RequirementOptionalValues & limits
Model-specific
Default—
Fieldfunction_callTypestring|objectRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Model-specific
Default—
Fieldprompt_cache_optionsTypeobjectRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Model-specific
Default—
FieldmodalitiesTypestring[]RequirementOptionalValues & limits
text
Default—
FieldproviderTypeobjectRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Conditions: provider.options is rejected on this Ultra text route
Default—
Fieldcache_control.ttlTypestringRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Conditions: 1h is rejected in actual prompt-cache locations
Default—
Input material combinations

Text · UTF8 text

messages[].content

Method parameters and lifecycle
ParameterContract
Parametercontent_typeContractapplication/json
ParameterrequiredContractmodel, messages
Parametermaterial_typesContracttext
ParametermessagesContractmessage array with role/content shape
Parameterfile_materialContractactual UTF-8 document inserted as literal text; no file ID inferred
Parameteroptional_controlsContractstream, temperature, top_p, stop, max_tokens, max_completion_tokens, reasoning, response_format, tools, tool_choice
Parametercontrol_scopeContractmodel-specific; user function tools differ from hosted tools
Parameteroutput_modalitiesContracttext
Parameterhosted_operationsContractfalse
Parametermultimodal_input_bindingContractnull

Lifecycle: synchronous_or_streamed

Send exact model ID with messages.

Context length is not an output cap.

A text file may supply literal text; image/audio/file-object inputs need exact binding.

Pricing

Tariff references do not add request options. Supported parameters are listed for the selected method.

Fast mode
Standard rate When fast mode is selected
Flex mode
Standard rate When flex mode is selected
Maximum reasoning effort
Standard rate When maximum reasoning effort uses the default adjustment

Ailoot rates

Prices by configuration

Match each charge to the conditions shown. Use one rate for each set of alternative configurations.

ConfigurationRate scheduleContext tokens, more thanContext tokens, up to and includingCharge
ConfigurationBase token ratesRate scheduleBase rateContext tokens, more than—Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper boundCharge
Input · Input tokens $0.005 / 1K tokens
Output · Output tokens $0.004 / 1K tokens
Input · Cache read $0.0005 / 1K tokens
Input · Cache write — / 1K tokens
Input · Cache write, 1 hour — / 1K tokens
Output · Image output tokens $0.016 / 1K image tokens
ConfigurationRequest-length tier 1Rate schedule—Context tokens, more than0Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper boundCharge
Input · Input tokens $0.005 / 1K tokens
Output · Output tokens $0.004 / 1K tokens
Input · Cache read $0.0005 / 1K tokens
Input · Cache write — / 1K tokens
Input · Cache write, 1 hour — / 1K tokens

Reference tariff details

Model-level reference schedules do not change method selection, quotes or charges. Active charges use the selected Ailoot method rates.

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini

Prices by configuration

ConfigurationBilling conditionsCharge
ConfigurationOpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini · Default configurationBilling conditionsDefault configurationCharge
Input · Input tokens $0.005 / 1K tokens
Output · Output tokens $0.004 / 1K tokens
Output · Output image $0.016 / 1K tokens
Output · Web search $0.02 per search
Input · Cache read $0.0005 / 1K tokens

Ailoot reserves an estimated amount before a request. After the result, it settles the final charge from measured usage. Streaming settlement uses the final usage record. How reservation and settlement work →

Example requests

Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat

curlPython SDKPython stream
set -eu
: "${AILOOT_API_KEY:?Set your Ailoot API key}"
python3 - <<'PY_REQUEST'
import json,os
from pathlib import Path
p=json.loads('{"model": "openai/gpt-5-image-mini", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Explain the difference between an observation and a hypothesis in three sentences."}]}')

Path("request.json").write_text(json.dumps(p,ensure_ascii=False))
PY_REQUEST
curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AILOOT_API_KEY" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary @request.json -D response-headers.txt -o result.json
python3 - <<'PY_RESULT'
import json
from pathlib import Path
r=json.loads(Path("result.json").read_text())
for x in r.get("choices",[]):
    if x.get("message",{}).get("content"): print(x["message"]["content"])
PY_RESULT
from openai import OpenAI
import os

if not os.environ.get("AILOOT_API_KEY", "").strip(): raise SystemExit("Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request")
client=OpenAI(base_url="https://api.ailoot.ai/v1",api_key=os.environ["AILOOT_API_KEY"],max_retries=0)
result=client.chat.completions.create(model='openai/gpt-5-image-mini',messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Explain observations and hypotheses in three sentences."}])
import base64, json
from pathlib import Path

def save_result(data, stem="result"):
    # Keep every field, including usage, IDs, reasoning and tool requests.
    Path(stem + ".json").write_text(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
    print(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
    def save_blob(encoded, suffix, label):
        raw = base64.b64decode(encoded, altchars=b"-_", validate=True)
        ext = "png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") else "jpg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "webp" if raw[:4] == b"RIFF" and raw[8:12] == b"WEBP" else suffix
        file = Path(stem + "-" + label + "." + ext)
        file.write_bytes(raw)
        print("Saved", file)
    for index, block in enumerate(data.get("content") or []):
        print("Content", index, json.dumps(block, ensure_ascii=False))
    for choice in data.get("choices") or []:
        print("Choice", choice.get("index"), json.dumps(choice.get("message", choice.get("delta", {})), ensure_ascii=False))
    for index, item in enumerate(data.get("output") or []):
        print("Output", index, json.dumps(item, ensure_ascii=False))
        if item.get("type") == "image_generation_call" and item.get("result"):
            save_blob(item["result"], item.get("output_format") or "bin", "output-" + str(index))
    for ci, candidate in enumerate(data.get("candidates") or []):
        for pi, part in enumerate((candidate.get("content") or {}).get("parts") or []):
            print("Candidate/part", ci, pi, json.dumps(part, ensure_ascii=False))
            blob = part.get("inlineData") or part.get("inline_data")
            if blob and blob.get("data"):
                mime = blob.get("mimeType") or blob.get("mime_type")
                suffix = {"image/png":"png", "image/jpeg":"jpg", "image/webp":"webp", "audio/wav":"wav", "audio/mpeg":"mp3", "video/mp4":"mp4"}.get(mime, "bin")
                save_blob(blob["data"], suffix, "candidate-" + str(ci) + "-part-" + str(pi))

save_result(result.to_dict(mode="json"))
from openai import OpenAI
import os
from pathlib import Path

if not os.environ.get("AILOOT_API_KEY", "").strip(): raise SystemExit("Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request")
client=OpenAI(base_url="https://api.ailoot.ai/v1",api_key=os.environ["AILOOT_API_KEY"],max_retries=0)
import base64, json
from pathlib import Path

def save_result(data, stem="result"):
    # Keep every field, including usage, IDs, reasoning and tool requests.
    Path(stem + ".json").write_text(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
    print(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
    def save_blob(encoded, suffix, label):
        raw = base64.b64decode(encoded, altchars=b"-_", validate=True)
        ext = "png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") else "jpg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "webp" if raw[:4] == b"RIFF" and raw[8:12] == b"WEBP" else suffix
        file = Path(stem + "-" + label + "." + ext)
        file.write_bytes(raw)
        print("Saved", file)
    for index, block in enumerate(data.get("content") or []):
        print("Content", index, json.dumps(block, ensure_ascii=False))
    for choice in data.get("choices") or []:
        print("Choice", choice.get("index"), json.dumps(choice.get("message", choice.get("delta", {})), ensure_ascii=False))
    for index, item in enumerate(data.get("output") or []):
        print("Output", index, json.dumps(item, ensure_ascii=False))
        if item.get("type") == "image_generation_call" and item.get("result"):
            save_blob(item["result"], item.get("output_format") or "bin", "output-" + str(index))
    for ci, candidate in enumerate(data.get("candidates") or []):
        for pi, part in enumerate((candidate.get("content") or {}).get("parts") or []):
            print("Candidate/part", ci, pi, json.dumps(part, ensure_ascii=False))
            blob = part.get("inlineData") or part.get("inline_data")
            if blob and blob.get("data"):
                mime = blob.get("mimeType") or blob.get("mime_type")
                suffix = {"image/png":"png", "image/jpeg":"jpg", "image/webp":"webp", "audio/wav":"wav", "audio/mpeg":"mp3", "video/mp4":"mp4"}.get(mime, "bin")
                save_blob(blob["data"], suffix, "candidate-" + str(ci) + "-part-" + str(pi))

with client.chat.completions.stream(model='openai/gpt-5-image-mini',messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Explain observations and hypotheses in three sentences."}]) as stream:
    with Path("stream-events.jsonl").open("w",encoding="utf-8") as log:
        for event in stream:
            payload=event.to_dict(mode="json")
            log.write(json.dumps(payload,ensure_ascii=False)+"\n"); log.flush()
            print(json.dumps(payload,ensure_ascii=False))
    final=stream.get_final_completion()
    save_result(final.to_dict(mode="json"),"stream-result")

Receive and save results

Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat

json or SSE

Keep all completed results

Keep every complete returned response, file and content part.

Keep every choice and its content/tool calls/reasoning. In SSE assemble deltas by choice/tool index, retain the final finish reason and usage.

If the original response needs checking

Keep request/response IDs and headers. No generic text job retrieval URL is supplied.

Response fields
FieldType
Fieldchoices[].indexTypeinteger
Fieldchoices[].message.contentTypestring|null
Fieldchoices[].message.tool_callsTypetool_call[]
Fieldchoices[].message.reasoning_contentTypestring
Fieldchoices[].message.reasoning_detailsTypeobject|array
Fieldchoices[].finish_reasonTypestring|null
FieldusageTypeobject
Errors and next steps
ResponseConditionNext step
Response400 · invalid_request_errorConditionInvalid required fields, material representation or parameter valueNext stepCorrect the indicated fields before a new creation request.

Aliases

Model aliases

Ailoot Ultra openai/gpt-5-image-mini

Method path aliases

/v1/images

Related caller IDs

openai/gpt-5-image-mini

Ailoot Ultra · Images POST /v1/images/generations openai/gpt-5-image-mini

openai/gpt-5-image-mini

OpenAI /openai/gpt-5-image-mini

Overview

GPT-5 Image Mini combines OpenAI’s GPT-5 Mini language capabilities with GPT Image 1 Mini for visual generation and reference-led edits. It accepts text, images and documents and returns text and images, supporting workflows that need both a written response and a visual asset.

Accepted inputs
Text · Images
Results
Images

Available in Ailoot · inputs & methods

Ailoot Ultra · Images POST /v1/images/generations
Input types
text, image
Output types
image
FieldTypeRequirementValues & limitsDefault
FieldmodelTypestringRequirementRequiredValues & limits
openai/gpt-5-image-mini
Default—
FieldpromptTypestringRequirementRequiredValues & limits
Minimum length: 1
Default—
Fieldaspect_ratioTypestringRequirementOptionalValues & limits
1:1, 3:2, 2:3, auto
Default—
FieldqualityTypestringRequirementOptionalValues & limits
auto, low, medium, high
Default—
FieldbackgroundTypestringRequirementOptionalValues & limits
auto, transparent, opaque
Default—
FieldnTypeintegerRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 10
Default—
Fieldinput_referencesTypearrayRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Minimum items: 0
Maximum items: 16
Default—
Fieldoutput_compressionTypeintegerRequirementOptionalValues & limits
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 100
Default—
FieldproviderTypeobjectRequirementOptionalValues & limitsDefault—
Method parameters and lifecycle
ParameterContract
Parametercontent_typeContractapplication/json
ParameterrequiredContractmodel, prompt
Parametermaterial_typesContracttext, image

Lifecycle: synchronous_result_then_owned_library

GET /v1/media/tasks/{task_id} · actual returned task_id or media library record

GET /v1/media/assets/{asset_id}/content

GET /v1/media/assets

GET /v1/media/assets/{asset_id}

Pricing

How the final charge is calculated

The displayed rates estimate the cost before generation. The final charge is calculated from the cost recorded for the original generation. Measured output duration and forecast quantities are not the final billable quantity.

Tariff references do not add request options. Supported parameters are listed for the selected method.

Fast mode
Not specified When fast mode is selected
Flex mode
Not specified When flex mode is selected
Maximum reasoning effort
Not specified When maximum reasoning effort uses the default adjustment

Estimated rates for comparison

Prices by configuration

Match each charge to the conditions shown. Use one rate for each set of alternative configurations.

ConfigurationRate scheduleForecast quantityCharge
ConfigurationBase token ratesRate scheduleBase rateForecast quantity—Charge
Input · Input tokens · Estimate for comparison only — / 1K tokens
Output · Output tokens · Estimate for comparison only — / 1K tokens
Input · Cache read · Estimate for comparison only — / 1K tokens
Input · Cache write · Estimate for comparison only — / 1K tokens
Input · Cache write, 1 hour · Estimate for comparison only — / 1K tokens
ConfigurationEstimated generation costRate schedule—Forecast quantityone generation estimateCharge
Output · Estimated generation cost · Estimate for comparison only $0.065536 estimate before generation

This estimate is not an additional charge or a fixed rate for the completed generation.

Ailoot reserves an estimated amount before a request. After the result, it settles the final charge from measured usage. Streaming settlement uses the final usage record. How reservation and settlement work →

Example requests

Ailoot Ultra · Images

curl
set -eu
: "${AILOOT_API_KEY:?Set your Ailoot API key}"
export AILOOT_API_KEY
python3 - <<'PY_REQUEST'
import json,os
from pathlib import Path
p={'model': 'openai/gpt-5-image-mini', 'prompt': 'a red panda astronaut floating in space, studio lighting'}

Path("request.json").write_text(json.dumps(p,ensure_ascii=False))
PY_REQUEST
curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AILOOT_API_KEY" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary @request.json -D response-headers.txt -o result.json
python3 - <<'PY_RESULT'
import base64, json, os, subprocess
from pathlib import Path
from urllib.parse import urlsplit, urljoin

def save_images(items):
    if not items: raise SystemExit("No completed images; retain the full response")
    for index, item in enumerate(items):
        encoded=item.get("b64_json")
        uri=item.get("url", "")
        if not encoded and uri.startswith("data:image/"):
            header, separator, encoded=uri.partition(",")
            if not separator or ";base64" not in header: raise SystemExit("Unsupported image data URI")
        if encoded:
            raw=base64.b64decode(encoded,validate=True)
        elif uri:
            uri=urljoin("https://api.ailoot.ai",uri)
            parsed=urlsplit(uri)
            if parsed.scheme!="https" or not parsed.netloc or parsed.username or parsed.password:
                raise SystemExit("Invalid returned image URL")
            owned=parsed.netloc=="api.ailoot.ai" and parsed.path.startswith("/v1/media/assets/") and parsed.path.endswith("/content")
            args=["curl","--fail-with-body","--silent","--show-error",uri]
            if owned: args += ["-H","Authorization: Bearer "+os.environ["AILOOT_API_KEY"]]
            temporary=Path(f"image-{index}.bin")
            subprocess.run(args+["-o",str(temporary)],check=True)
            raw=temporary.read_bytes()
            temporary.unlink()
        else: raise SystemExit("Image has neither bytes nor URL")
        if not raw: raise SystemExit("Empty image result")
        ext="png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG") else "jpg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "webp" if raw[:4]==b"RIFF" and raw[8:12]==b"WEBP" else "svg" if raw.lstrip().startswith((b"<svg",b"<?xml")) else "bin"
        Path(f"image-{index}.{ext}").write_bytes(raw)
    print("Every returned image saved; complete response metadata retained")
save_images(json.loads(Path("result.json").read_text())["data"])
PY_RESULT

Receive and save results

Ailoot Ultra · Images

Download each returned image or save its Base64 contents

  • GET /v1/media/tasks/{task_id}
  • GET /v1/media/assets/{asset_id}/content
  • GET /v1/media/assets
  • GET /v1/media/assets/{asset_id}
Other content reads
Read existing owned assets
set -eu
: "${AILOOT_API_KEY:?Set your Ailoot API key}"
curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/media/assets \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AILOOT_API_KEY" -o owned-assets.json
# Preserve every returned asset and follow its exact signed content URL. Do not construct a signed token.
Keep all completed results

Save every completed image; retrieve each returned URL or decode its Base64 contents.

Retain the complete response and headers, every actual output, original returned identifiers and all usage fields. Recover the original operation without submitting creation again.

If the original response needs checking

Keep the returned X-Client-Request-ID for reconciliation. Read only actual returned task_id/asset_id values or the owned media library; never build a task URL from the operation ID and never resubmit creation.

Response fields
FieldType
FieldcreatedType
Fielddata[].urlType
Fielddata[].b64_jsonType
FieldusageType

Aliases

Model aliases

Ailoot Ultra openai/gpt-5-image-mini

Method path aliases

/v1/images

Related caller IDs

openai/gpt-5-image-mini

Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages POST /v1/messages openai/gpt-5-image-mini

openai/gpt-5-image-mini

OpenAI /openai/gpt-5-image-mini

Overview

GPT-5 Image Mini combines OpenAI’s GPT-5 Mini language capabilities with GPT Image 1 Mini for visual generation and reference-led edits. It accepts text, images and documents and returns text and images, supporting workflows that need both a written response and a visual asset.

Accepted inputs
Text
Results
json · sse

Available in Ailoot · inputs & methods

Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages POST /v1/messages
Input types
text
Output types
json, sse
Output format
JSON or SSE
FieldTypeRequirementValues & limitsDefault
FieldmodelTypestringRequirementRequiredValues & limits
openai/gpt-5-image-mini
Default—
FieldmessagesTypemessage[]RequirementRequiredValues & limitsDefault—
Fieldmessages[].roleTypestringRequirementRequiredValues & limits
user, assistant
Default—
Fieldmessages[].contentTypestringRequirementRequiredValues & limitsDefault—
Fieldmax_tokensTypeintegerRequirementRequiredValues & limitsDefault—
FieldstreamTypebooleanRequirementOptionalValues & limitsDefaultfalse
Input material combinations

Text · UTF-8 text

messages[].content string

Method parameters and lifecycle
ParameterContract
Parametercontent_typeContractapplication/json
ParameterrequiredContractmodel, messages, max_tokens
Parameteroptional_controlsContractstream
Parametermaterial_typesContracttext
Parametertext_file_materialContractRead the actual UTF-8 document and put its text in the indicated input or message content string.

Lifecycle: synchronous_or_streamed

Pricing

Tariff references do not add request options. Supported parameters are listed for the selected method.

Fast mode
Standard rate When fast mode is selected
Flex mode
Standard rate When flex mode is selected
Maximum reasoning effort
Standard rate When maximum reasoning effort uses the default adjustment

Ailoot rates

Prices by configuration

Match each charge to the conditions shown. Use one rate for each set of alternative configurations.

ConfigurationRate scheduleContext tokens, more thanContext tokens, up to and includingCharge
ConfigurationBase token ratesRate scheduleBase rateContext tokens, more than—Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper boundCharge
Input · Input tokens $0.005 / 1K tokens
Output · Output tokens $0.004 / 1K tokens
Input · Cache read $0.0005 / 1K tokens
Input · Cache write — / 1K tokens
Input · Cache write, 1 hour — / 1K tokens
Output · Image output tokens $0.016 / 1K image tokens
ConfigurationRequest-length tier 1Rate schedule—Context tokens, more than0Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper boundCharge
Input · Input tokens $0.005 / 1K tokens
Output · Output tokens $0.004 / 1K tokens
Input · Cache read $0.0005 / 1K tokens
Input · Cache write — / 1K tokens
Input · Cache write, 1 hour — / 1K tokens

Ailoot reserves an estimated amount before a request. After the result, it settles the final charge from measured usage. Streaming settlement uses the final usage record. How reservation and settlement work →

Example requests

Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages

Complete minimal JSON bodycurl · use your UTF-8 documentPython · save the complete result
{
  "model": "openai/gpt-5-image-mini",
  "max_tokens": 128,
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Summarize the incident report."
    }
  ],
  "stream": false
}
set -eu
: "${AILOOT_API_KEY:?Set your Ailoot API key}"
: "${AILOOT_TEXT_FILE:?Set your actual UTF-8 document}"
export AILOOT_TEXT_FILE
python3 - <<'PY_REQUEST'
import json, os
from pathlib import Path

source_file = Path(os.environ['AILOOT_TEXT_FILE'])
if not source_file.is_file():
    raise SystemExit('Set AILOOT_TEXT_FILE to your actual UTF-8 document')
text = source_file.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
if not text.strip():
    raise SystemExit('Choose a document containing text')
payload = {'model': 'openai/gpt-5-image-mini', 'max_tokens': 128, 'messages': [{'role': 'user', 'content': 'Summarize the incident report.'}]}
payload['messages'][0]['content'] = 'Summarize this material and quote supporting source passages.\n\n' + text
Path('request.json').write_text(json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False), encoding='utf-8')
PY_REQUEST
curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/messages \
  -H "x-api-key: $AILOOT_API_KEY" -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary @request.json -D response-headers.txt -o result.json
python3 - <<'PY_RESULT'
import json
from pathlib import Path

result = json.loads(Path('result.json').read_text(encoding='utf-8'))
print(json.dumps(result, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
PY_RESULT
import json, os
from pathlib import Path

source_file = Path(os.environ['AILOOT_TEXT_FILE'])
if not source_file.is_file():
    raise SystemExit('Set AILOOT_TEXT_FILE to your actual UTF-8 document')
text = source_file.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
if not text.strip():
    raise SystemExit('Choose a document containing text')
payload = {'model': 'openai/gpt-5-image-mini', 'max_tokens': 128, 'messages': [{'role': 'user', 'content': 'Summarize the incident report.'}]}
payload['messages'][0]['content'] = 'Summarize this material and quote supporting source passages.\n\n' + text
from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
from urllib.error import HTTPError

api_key = os.environ['AILOOT_API_KEY']
if not api_key.strip():
    raise SystemExit('Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request')
headers = {'x-api-key': 'PLACEHOLDER_KEY', 'anthropic-version': '2023-06-01', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
headers['x-api-key'] = api_key
request = Request('https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/messages', data=json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf-8'), headers=headers, method='POST')
try:
    with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as response:
        raw = response.read()
        Path('response-headers.txt').write_text(str(response.headers), encoding='utf-8')
except HTTPError as error:
    Path('result.json').write_bytes(error.read())
    Path('response-headers.txt').write_text(str(error.headers), encoding='utf-8')
    raise
Path('result.json').write_bytes(raw)
import json
from pathlib import Path

result = json.loads(Path('result.json').read_text(encoding='utf-8'))
print(json.dumps(result, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))

Receive and save results

Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages

JSON or SSE

Keep all completed results

Keep every complete returned response, file and content part.

Keep all content blocks, thinking signatures and actual tool-use IDs. Assemble all SSE block deltas; a first text block is not the complete output.

If the original response needs checking

Keep request/response IDs and headers. No generic text job retrieval URL is supplied.

Response fields
FieldType
FieldidTypestring
FieldmodelTypestring
Fieldcontent[]Typetext|thinking|tool_use|other content block
Fieldstop_reasonTypestring|null
FieldusageTypeobject
Errors and next steps
ResponseConditionNext step
Response400 · invalid_request_errorConditionInvalid required fields, material representation or parameter valueNext stepCorrect the indicated fields before a new creation request.

Aliases

Model aliases

Ailoot Ultra openai/gpt-5-image-mini

Method path aliases

/v1/images

Related caller IDs

openai/gpt-5-image-mini

FAQ · OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini
What inputs and results are available?

POST /v1/chat/completions · openai/gpt-5-image-mini: text → text

POST /v1/images/generations · openai/gpt-5-image-mini: text, image → image

POST /v1/messages · openai/gpt-5-image-mini: text → json, sse

Which fields does the request use?

POST /v1/chat/completions · openai/gpt-5-image-mini: model, messages, stream, modalities, provider

POST /v1/images/generations · openai/gpt-5-image-mini: model, prompt, aspect_ratio, quality, background, n, input_references, output_compression, provider

POST /v1/messages · openai/gpt-5-image-mini: model, messages, max_tokens, stream

What limits apply?

POST /v1/chat/completions · openai/gpt-5-image-mini: messages.min_items: 1

POST /v1/images/generations · openai/gpt-5-image-mini: n.minimum: 1; n.maximum: 10; output_compression.minimum: 0; output_compression.maximum: 100

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