Phota Enhance API Documentation

Phota Enhance API Documentation

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Phota Enhance improves image quality and detail. Supports batch enhancement up to 4 images with JPEG, PNG, or WebP output. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

Features

Phota Enhance restores and upscales images with AI-powered detail reconstruction. Upload a photo and get a sharper, cleaner, higher-quality result — whether you’re restoring an old scan, fixing a compressed image, or preparing assets for high-resolution output. Supports batch processing and multiple output formats.

Why Choose This?

• AI-powered detail reconstruction Recovers fine textures, sharp edges, and lost detail from low-quality or compressed source images.

• Multiple output formats Export in JPEG, PNG, or WebP to fit any downstream workflow or delivery requirement.

• Batch processing Generate multiple enhanced versions in a single run using the num_images parameter.

• 4K output support Upscale to 4K resolution for print, broadcast, or archival use cases.

Parameters

How to Use

1. Upload your image — provide the photo you want to enhance via URL or drag-and-drop.
2. Set num_images (optional) — generate multiple enhanced variations in one run.
3. Choose output format — select jpeg, png, or webp based on your delivery needs.
4. Submit — download your enhanced image.

Pricing

Billing Rules

• Standard: $0.09 per image
• 4K: $0.18 per image (2× base price)
• Total cost = cost per image × num_images

Best Use Cases

• Photo Restoration — Recover detail and clarity from old, faded, or damaged photographs.
• Asset Upscaling — Prepare low-resolution images for high-resolution print or display output.
• E-commerce — Sharpen and clean up product photography for marketplace and storefront use.
• Content Production — Enhance compressed or low-quality source images before publishing.
• Archival & Digitization — Improve scanned documents, film stills, and archival imagery.

Pro Tips

• Use PNG output for images where lossless quality matters, such as product shots or illustrations.
• Use WebP for web delivery — smaller file size with strong quality retention.
• For best results, provide the highest-quality source image available — enhancement works best when there is usable detail to recover.
• Use num_images to generate multiple variations and select the best result.

Notes

• image is the only required field; all other parameters are optional.
• Ensure image URLs are publicly accessible if using a link rather than a direct upload.
• Please ensure your content complies with WaveSpeed AI’s usage policies.

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'
{
  "image": "https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-images/painted-hand-298-332.jpg",
  "num_images": 1,
  "output_format": "jpeg"
}
JSON
)

# 1. Submit the prediction.
SUBMIT_RESPONSE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body \
  -X POST "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/wavespeed-ai/phota/enhance" \
  -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 "${PREDICTION_ID}" ]; then
  printf 'Submission response did not contain a prediction id
' >&2
  exit 1
fi
RESULT_URL=$(printf '%s' "${TASK}" | jq -r '.urls.get // empty')
if [ -z "${RESULT_URL}" ]; then RESULT_URL="https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/${PREDICTION_ID}/result"; fi

# 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) printf '%s\n' "${RESULT}" | jq . >&2; exit 1 ;;
    created|processing) sleep 2 ;;
    *) printf 'Unexpected status: %s
' "${STATUS}" >&2; exit 1 ;;
  esac
done

Parameters

Task Submission Parameters

Request Parameters

Response Parameters

Result Request Parameters

Result Response Parameters