GPT Image 2 API

About the GPT Image 2 API

What GPT Image 2 does, how it fits in the OpenAI model lineup, and why teams reach for it.

All GPT Image 2 API endpoints

2 endpoints available now on WaveSpeedAI — pick the variant that matches your workflow.

Text To Image

OpenAI's GPT Image 2 Text-to-Image generates high-quality images from natural-language prompts. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

text-to-imagefrom $0.060

Edit

OpenAI's GPT Image 2 Edit enables image editing from natural-language instructions with one or more reference images. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

image-to-imagefrom $0.060

See GPT Image 2 in action

Real outputs generated by the GPT Image 2 API. Hover any video to preview, click to open the full-size viewer.

Generate a screenshot of a live stream where a blonde European-American beauty is live streaming.

Generate a poster image of a European girl group.

Generate a map of recommended tourist attractions around the world

Generate an image: A realistic YouTube screenshot showing the official launchpromotional videofor GPT Image 2 from OpenAl's official account,with comments

Vincent van Gogh style oil painting, side profile portrait of a man, double exposure composition, inside the silhouette a surreal landscape with swirling starry night sky, glowing stars, sunflowers and wheat field, a painter painting on canvas, small town by the lake with reflections, thick expressive brush strokes, post-impressionism style, vintage art poster design, textured paper background, warm yellow and deep blue contrast, highly detailed, artistic and emotional, high resolution

A high-end fashion editorial portrait of a blonde Western female model wearing the earrings shown in the image. The model is in her early 20s, with flawless, radiant skin and subtle freckles. She wears natural, dewy makeup with a soft blush and nude glossy lips. Her features are refined, with high cheekbones and a well-defined jawline. Her blonde hair is styled in a sleek low bun, neatly tucked behind her ears to fully showcase the earrings. She is posed in an elegant side profile, with her eyes gently closed, conveying a calm, graceful, and serene expression. The lighting is warm natural light, with soft botanical shadows cast across her face and shoulders, creating a soft yet high-contrast editorial atmosphere. The light enhances the texture of her skin as well as the reflective shine of the gold and pearl. The background is minimal, in warm beige tones, softly blurred, presenting a premium lifestyle aesthetic. Shot in an ultra-realistic style with fashion magazine quality, using an 85mm lens and shallow depth of field. The earrings are in sharp focus, with soft cinematic lighting, high detail, and a luxurious jewelry advertisement style, in 8K resolution.

How to use the GPT Image 2 API

Four steps from signup to a finished generation. Full Python, Node.js, and cURL examples are in the API section below.

1. 1

   Get an API key

   Sign up for a WaveSpeedAI account and copy your API key from the dashboard. New accounts come with free starter credits — enough to run the playground a few dozen times before billing kicks in.

2. 2

   Submit a prediction

   POST your input as JSON to https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/openai/gpt-image-2/text-to-image. The endpoint returns a prediction id immediately — generations are async so you don't hold an open connection during inference.

3. 3

   Poll for completion

   GET https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/{request_id}/result every 1-2 seconds. The response includes a status field; keep polling until it flips from "queued" or "processing" to "completed".

4. 4

   Read the output URL

   Once status is "completed", read the URL from data.outputs[0]. The URL points to your generated media on the WaveSpeedAI CDN — image, video, audio, or 3D file depending on the GPT Image 2 variant you called.

What you can build with GPT Image 2

Common workflows developers and creators use the GPT Image 2 API for.

Tips for prompting GPT Image 2

Practical advice for getting better outputs from GPT Image 2 — drawn from the patterns that work across image models in production pipelines.

GPT Image 2 API pricing

Pricing is per-output. The final charge scales with the parameters you set in each variant's playground (resolution, duration, output count, references).

Call the GPT Image 2 API

Sign up for an API key at wavespeed.ai/accesskey, then submit a prediction via REST. The playground generates ready-to-paste samples for any combination of inputs.

# 1. Submit a prediction
curl -X POST "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/openai/gpt-image-2/text-to-image" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $WAVESPEED_API_KEY" \
  -d '{}'

# 2. Poll the result until status = "completed"
curl -X GET "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/{request_id}/result" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $WAVESPEED_API_KEY"

# Read the output URL from data.outputs[0].

// npm install wavespeed
const WaveSpeed = require('wavespeed');
const client = new WaveSpeed(); // reads WAVESPEED_API_KEY

const result = await client.run("openai/gpt-image-2/text-to-image", {});
console.log(result.outputs[0]); // → URL of the generated output

# pip install wavespeed
import wavespeed

output = wavespeed.run(
    "openai/gpt-image-2/text-to-image",
    {}
)
print(output["outputs"][0])  # → URL of the generated output

GPT Image 2 vs alternatives

When to pick GPT Image 2 over similar models on WaveSpeedAI.

GPT Image 2 API — Frequently asked questions

Pricing, license, integration — common questions about running GPT Image 2 on WaveSpeedAI.

About OpenAI

The team behind GPT Image 2 and the broader OpenAI model lineup on WaveSpeedAI.

OpenAI is the lab behind ChatGPT, GPT-4 and GPT-5, DALL·E, Sora, and Whisper. Its image and video models are deployed widely across consumer and enterprise applications, with a focus on instruction-following, photorealism, and conservative safety guardrails. The image API is a frequent pick for marketing and editorial use cases that need strict commercial-use clarity.

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