Ernie Image Text To Image Turbo API Documentation

Ernie Image Text To Image Turbo API Documentation

Playground

Baidu ERNIE Image Turbo is a distilled, 8-step version of ERNIE Image for fast, low-cost generation. Supports English, Chinese, and Japanese prompts with flexible sizing. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

Features

ERNIE Image Text-to-Image is Baidu’s text-to-image model, generating high-quality images from natural language prompts. It supports prompts in English, Chinese, and Japanese — making it a strong choice for multilingual creative and production workflows.

Why Choose This?

• Multilingual prompt support Write prompts in English, Chinese, or Japanese — the model understands all three natively for accurate, culturally relevant image generation.

• Fast generation Generates images quickly — ideal for rapid iteration, high-volume workflows, and real-time applications.

• Custom size output Specify any output dimensions to match your target format — social media, banners, portraits, or custom layouts.

Parameters

How to Use

1. Write your prompt — describe the subject, scene, style, and mood in English, Chinese, or Japanese.
2. Set size (optional) — specify output dimensions to match your target format.
3. Submit — generate and download your image.

Pricing

Just $0.03 per image.

Best Use Cases

• Multilingual content creation — Generate images from Chinese, Japanese, or English prompts for localized creative workflows.
• Rapid prototyping — Quickly iterate on visual concepts with fast turbo-speed generation.
• Social media & marketing — Produce on-brand visuals at custom sizes for any platform or format.
• E-commerce — Generate product lifestyle and scene imagery at scale.
• Developer integrations — Embed fast, multilingual image generation into apps and pipelines.

Pro Tips

• Be specific in your prompt — include subject, style, lighting, and composition details for the most accurate results.
• Chinese and Japanese prompts can be especially effective for culturally specific aesthetics and artistic styles.
• Use custom size to match your exact delivery format rather than cropping after generation.

Notes

• Only prompt is required; size is optional and defaults to 1024×1024.
• Supported size range: 256–1536 pixels per dimension.
• Please ensure your content complies with Baidu’s usage policies.

Related Models

• ERNIE Image Text-to-Image Turbo — Faster version of the ERNIE image generation model.

Authentication

For authentication details, please refer to the Authentication Guide.

API Endpoints

Submit Task & Query Result

set -euo pipefail

export WAVESPEED_API_KEY="your-api-key"

REQUEST_BODY=$(cat <<'JSON'
{
  "prompt": "A cinematic ocean wave at sunrise, highly detailed",
  "size": "1024*1024"
}
JSON
)

# 1. Submit the prediction.
SUBMIT_RESPONSE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body \
  -X POST "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/wavespeed-ai/ernie-image/text-to-image-turbo" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "${REQUEST_BODY}")

TASK=$(printf '%s' "${SUBMIT_RESPONSE}" | jq 'if type == "object" and has("data") then .data else . end')
PREDICTION_ID=$(printf '%s' "${TASK}" | jq -r '.id // empty')
if [ -z "${PREDICTION_ID}" ]; then
  printf 'Submission response did not contain a prediction id
' >&2
  exit 1
fi
RESULT_URL="https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/${PREDICTION_ID}/result"

# 2. Poll until the prediction finishes.
while true; do
  RESPONSE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body \
    "${RESULT_URL}" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}")
  RESULT=$(printf '%s' "${RESPONSE}" | jq 'if type == "object" and has("data") then .data else . end')
  STATUS=$(printf '%s' "${RESULT}" | jq -r '.status // empty')

  case "${STATUS}" in
    completed) printf '%s\n' "${RESULT}" | jq '.outputs'; break ;;
    failed|cancelled|timeout|deleted) printf '%s\n' "${RESULT}" | jq . >&2; exit 1 ;;
    *) sleep 2 ;;
  esac
done

Parameters

Task Submission Parameters

Request Parameters

Response Parameters

Result Request Parameters

Result Response Parameters