Ernie Image

POST/v1/run

Ernie Image Turbo is Baidu's advanced text-to-image AI model. Create photorealistic images, illustrations, and concept art from natural language descriptions with exceptional detail and prompt adherence.

Request body

Submit an async generation request. The model field selects the model; other fields are model-specific input parameters.

stringmodelrequired

Model identifier. Set to baidu/ernie-image/turbo.

Default: baidu/ernie-image/turbo

stringpromptrequired

Text prompt for image generation. Supports English, Chinese, and Japanese.

Optional<string>aspect_ratio

The aspect ratio of the generated image.

Allowed values: 21:9, 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4, 1:1, 4:5, 3:4, 2:3, 9:16

Optional<number>guidance_scale

Classifier-free guidance scale.

Range: 1 to 20

Default: 1

Optional<integer>num_inference_steps

Number of denoising steps. Turbo model is optimized for 8 steps.

Range: 1 to 20

Default: 8

Optional<string>output_format

Output image format.

Allowed values: jpeg, png

Default: jpeg

Optional<integer>seed

Random seed for reproducibility.

Response Schema

The submit endpoint returns an accepted generation task. Poll the result endpoint with the returned id for terminal outputs or errors.

Optional<string>error

Error message if the task failed. Empty on success.

stringidrequired

Unique identifier for the generation task.

Optional<string>model

Model ID used for the prediction.

Optional<array>outputs

Array of generated content. Empty when status is not completed.

stringstatusrequired

Status of the task: pending, running, completed, failed, or timeout.

Allowed values: pending, running, completed, failed, timeout

Model capabilities

array<string>capability_tagsrequired

Capabilities declared by the model registry.

Default: text-to-image

stringexecution_moderequired

Execution mode declared by the model registry.

Default: async

# 1. Submit a generation request
curl -X POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "baidu/ernie-image/turbo",
  "prompt": "A serene mountain landscape at sunset with golden light",
  "aspect_ratio": "21:9",
  "output_format": "jpeg"
}'

# 2. If the response is still running, poll the returned id
curl https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/run_abc123 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY"

Response202 Accepted

{
  "id": "run_abc123",
  "model": "baidu/ernie-image/turbo",
  "status": "running",
  "outputs": []
}