# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
  -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
  "model": "z-image/turbo",
  "prompt": "A hyper-realistic, close-up portrait of a tribal elder from the Omo Valley, painted with intricate white chalk patterns and adorned with a headdress made of dried flowers, seed pods, and rusted bottle caps. The focus is razor-sharp on the texture of the skin, showing every pore, wrinkle, and scar that tells a story of survival. The background is a blurred, smoky hut interior, with the warm glow of a cooking fire reflecting in the subject's dark, soulful eyes. Shot on a Leica M6 with Kodak Portra 400 film grain aesthetic.",
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
  "output_format": "png"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .id)
for attempt in $(seq 1 120); do
  status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
  case "$status" in completed|failed|timeout) break ;; esac
  sleep 2
  result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
    "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$run_id")
done
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
[ "$status" = completed ] || { echo "Generation ended: $status" >&2; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$result"