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stability-ai/stable-cascade/sote-diffusion

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POSThttps://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run
Model IDstability-ai/stable-cascade/sote-diffusion
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Input Schema

7 parameters · 1 required · 6 optional

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
promptstringRequiredThe prompt to use for generating the image. Be as descriptive as possible for best results.
seedintegerOptional The same seed and the same prompt given to the same version of Stable Cascade will output the same image every time.
aspect_ratiostringOptionalThe aspect ratio of the generated image. · Options: 21:9, 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4, 1:1, 4:5, 3:4, 2:3, 9:16
21:916:93:24:35:41:14:53:42:39:16
guidance_scalenumberOptionalMin: 0 · Max: 20 · Default: 8
first_stage_stepsintegerOptionalNumber of steps to run the first stage for. · Min: 4 · Max: 50 · Default: 25
second_stage_stepsintegerOptionalNumber of steps to run the second stage for. · Min: 4 · Max: 24 · Default: 10
second_stage_guidance_scalenumberOptional The CFG (Classifier Free Guidance) scale is a measure of how close you want the model to stick to your prompt when looking for a related image to show you. · Min: 0 · Max: 20 · Default: 2
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Output Schema

FieldTypeDescription
idstringUnique identifier for the generation task
statusstringTask status: pending, running, completed, failed, timeout
modelstringModel used for the generation
outputsarrayArray of output items
outputs[].urlstringURL of the generated artifact
outputs[].content_typestringMIME type (e.g. image/png, video/mp4)
errorobject | nullError details if failed, null on success
error.typestringMachine-readable error type code
error.messagestringHuman-readable error description

Async Workflow

This model uses asynchronous execution. Submit a request and poll for the result.

  1. Submit — POST to /v1/run, receive an id
  2. Poll — GET /v1/run/{id} until status is completed, failed, or timeout
  3. Retrieve — Read outputs from the completed response
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Code Examples

Ready-to-run snippets

# Step 1: Submit
curl -X POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "stability-ai/stable-cascade/sote-diffusion",
  "prompt": "newest, extremely aesthetic, best quality, 1girl, solo, pink hair, blue eyes, long hair, looking at viewer, smile, black background, holding a sign, the text on the sign says \"Hello\"",
  "guidance_scale": 8,
  "first_stage_steps": 25,
  "second_stage_steps": 10,
  "second_stage_guidance_scale": 2
}'

# Step 2: Poll result (replace <id>)
curl https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/<id> \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"