Image Variations

POST /images/variations

Image Variations

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.example.com/images/variations

import requests

url = "https://api.example.com/images/variations"

response = requests.post(url)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'POST'};

fetch('https://api.example.com/images/variations', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.example.com/images/variations",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.example.com/images/variations"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.example.com/images/variations")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.example.com/images/variations")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "created": 123,
  "data": [
    {
      "url": "<string>",
      "b64_json": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

Creates a variation of a given image.

This endpoint only supports dall-e-2.

Method Signature

client.images.create_variation(
    image=open("image.png", "rb"),
    n=2,
    size="1024x1024"
)

Parameters

image · file · required

The image to use as the basis for the variation(s). Must be a valid PNG file, less than 4MB, and square.

model · string

The model to use for image generation. Only dall-e-2 is supported at this time.

n · integer

The number of images to generate. Must be between 1 and 10.

response_format · string

The format in which the generated images are returned. Must be one of url or b64_json. URLs are only valid for 60 minutes after the image has been generated.

size · string

The size of the generated images. Must be one of:

• 256x256
• 512x512
• 1024x1024

user · string

A unique identifier representing your end-user, which can help OpenAI to monitor and detect abuse. Learn more.

Returns

Returns an ImagesResponse object containing the image variations.

created · integer

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) of when the image was created.

data · array

The list of generated images.

Show Image object

url · string

The URL of the generated image (when response_format=url). URLs are only valid for 60 minutes.

b64_json · string

The base64-encoded JSON of the generated image (when response_format=b64_json).

Examples

Create variations with URL response

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()

response = client.images.create_variation(
    image=open("image.png", "rb"),
    n=3,
    size="1024x1024"
)

for i, image in enumerate(response.data):
    print(f"Variation {i + 1}: {image.url}")

Create variations with base64 response

import base64
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI()

response = client.images.create_variation(
    image=open("original.png", "rb"),
    n=2,
    size="512x512",
    response_format="b64_json"
)

for i, image in enumerate(response.data):
    image_data = base64.b64decode(image.b64_json)
    with open(f"variation_{i}.png", "wb") as f:
        f.write(image_data)
    print(f"Saved variation_{i}.png")

Multiple smaller variations

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()

# Generate 10 small variations for quick preview
response = client.images.create_variation(
    image=open("source.png", "rb"),
    n=10,
    size="256x256"
)

print(f"Generated {len(response.data)} variations")
for i, image in enumerate(response.data):
    print(f"Variation {i + 1}: {image.url}")