Prefect Pony Xl LoRA API Documentation
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Features
Prefect Pony XL LoRA is an anime-focused text-to-image model with on-the-fly LoRA loading. It keeps the vibrant, stylized look of Prefect Pony XL and lets you apply up to 3 LoRAs in a single request for consistent characters, signature art styles, or specific concepts.
Why Choose This?
- Anime and illustration quality: Tuned for character art, expressive faces, clean linework, and bold color.
- LoRA support: Load up to 3 LoRAs per request, each with its own scale, for targeted style and subject control.
- Custom dimensions: Set any width and height to match your target format.
- Prompt adherence control: Adjust
guidance_scaleto trade off between creativity and strict prompt following. - Reproducible results: Fix the seed to recreate an image or explore controlled variations.
- Multiple output formats: Export as JPEG, PNG, or WebP.
Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| prompt | Yes | Text description of the image you want to generate. |
| size | No | Output dimensions in pixels, as width*height. Default: 1024*1024. |
| loras | No | Up to 3 LoRA objects. Each object uses {path, scale}, where path is a direct .safetensors URL and scale controls LoRA intensity. Scale range: 0–4. Default: 1. |
| guidance_scale | No | How closely the image follows the prompt. Range: 0–20. Default: 3.5. |
| seed | No | Random seed for reproducibility. Use -1 for a random seed. |
| output_format | No | Output file format: jpeg, png, or webp. Default: jpeg. |
How to Use
- Write your prompt — describe the subject, style, colors, and mood. Tag-style prompts work well.
- Set dimensions — choose the width and height for your target format.
- Add LoRAs (optional) — provide up to 3 LoRAs, each with its own
pathandscale. - Adjust guidance scale (optional) — raise it for stricter prompt following, lower it for looser, more creative results.
- Set seed (optional) — use
-1for random, or a fixed number to reproduce a result. - Choose output format — JPEG for smaller files, PNG for lossless quality, WebP for a balance of both.
- Run — submit the request and download your image.
Pricing
Flat rate per image generation. Adding LoRAs does not change the price.
| Output | Cost |
|---|---|
| Per image | $0.02 |
Best Use Cases
- Consistent characters — apply a character LoRA to keep the same look across many images.
- Signature art styles — use a style LoRA to match a specific illustrator look or series aesthetic.
- Anime portraits and key art — generate expressive character portraits, covers, and posters.
- Concept and fan art — explore outfits, poses, and scenes quickly and affordably.
- Stickers and social content — produce eye-catching stylized visuals at volume.
Pro Tips for Best Results
- Use LoRAs trained for Pony-family SDXL models. LoRAs built for other base models will not load correctly.
- Include the LoRA’s trigger words in your prompt when the LoRA requires them.
- Start with a LoRA scale around
0.7–1.0. Lower it if the style overpowers your prompt, and raise it if the effect is too subtle. - When stacking multiple LoRAs, reduce each scale slightly so they do not compete.
- Quality tags such as
score_9, score_8_up, score_7_upat the start of the prompt often improve results. - Keep the seed fixed while tuning LoRA scale or guidance so you can compare changes directly.
Notes
- The LoRA
pathmust be a publicly accessible direct download URL to a.safetensorsfile. - Generation time may vary with resolution, the number of LoRAs, and current queue load.
- For generation without LoRAs, see Prefect Pony XL.
Authentication
For authentication details, please refer to the Authentication Guide.
API Endpoints
Submit Task & Query Result
set -euo pipefail
export WAVESPEED_API_KEY="your-api-key"
REQUEST_BODY=$(cat <<'JSON'
{
"prompt": "A cinematic ocean wave at sunrise, highly detailed",
"size": "1024*1024",
"guidance_scale": 3.5,
"output_format": "jpeg"
}
JSON
)
# 1. Submit the prediction once. Never retry this request automatically:
# a retry after an unclear failure can create a second, billed task.
CHECK='The task may already exist. Check History or the predictions list before submitting again.'
if ! SUBMIT_RESPONSE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body \
--connect-timeout 10 --max-time 60 \
-X POST "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/wavespeed-ai/prefect-pony-xl-lora" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "${REQUEST_BODY}"); then
printf 'Submit failed. %s\n' "${CHECK}" >&2
exit 1
fi
TASK=$(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. %s\n' "${CHECK}" >&2
exit 1
fi
RESULT_URL="https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/${PREDICTION_ID}/result"
# 2. Poll until the prediction reaches a final status.
BODY_FILE=$(mktemp)
trap 'rm -f "${BODY_FILE}"' EXIT
while true; do
# Transient errors (429, 5xx) are retried, honoring Retry-After.
HTTP_CODE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body \
--connect-timeout 10 --max-time 60 --retry 5 --retry-delay 2 \
--output "${BODY_FILE}" --write-out '%{http_code}' \
"${RESULT_URL}" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}" || true)
case "${HTTP_CODE}" in
2??) ;;
000|429|5??) # dropped connection or temporary error: keep polling
printf 'Task %s: HTTP %s, polling again in 10s\n' "${PREDICTION_ID}" "${HTTP_CODE}" >&2
sleep 10; continue ;;
*) printf 'Task %s: HTTP %s\n' "${PREDICTION_ID}" "${HTTP_CODE}" >&2
cat "${BODY_FILE}" >&2; exit 1 ;;
esac
RESULT=$(jq 'if type == "object" and has("data") then .data else . end' "${BODY_FILE}")
STATUS=$(printf '%s' "${RESULT}" | jq -r '.status // empty')
case "${STATUS}" in
completed) printf '%s\n' "${RESULT}" | jq '.outputs'; break ;;
failed|cancelled|timeout|deleted)
printf 'Task %s ended with status %s\n' "${PREDICTION_ID}" "${STATUS}" >&2
printf '%s\n' "${RESULT}" | jq . >&2; exit 1 ;;
*) sleep 2 ;;
esac
doneRetry temporary errors only while polling, never the submit request. Errors, retries and timeouts
Parameters
Task Submission Parameters
Request Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prompt | string | Yes | - | The positive prompt for the generation. | |
| size | string | No | 1024*1024 | 256 ~ 1536 | The size of the generated media in pixels (width*height). |
| loras | array<object> | No | 0 ~ 3 items | List of LoRAs to apply (max 3). | |
| loras[].path | string | Yes | - | - | URL or the path to the LoRA weights. |
| loras[].scale | number | No | 1 | 0 ~ 4 | The scale of the LoRA weights. This is used to scale the LoRA weight before merging it with the base model. |
| guidance_scale | number | No | 3.5 | 0 ~ 20 | The guidance scale to use for the generation. |
| seed | integer | No | - | - | The random seed to use for the generation. -1 means a random seed will be used. |
| output_format | string | No | jpeg | jpeg, png, webp | The format of the output image. |
Every model also accepts the global request options enable_sync_mode and enable_base64_output; see their pages for details.
Response Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| code | integer | HTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success) |
| message | string | Status message (e.g., “success”) |
| data.id | string | Unique identifier for the prediction, Task Id |
| data.model | string | Model ID used for the prediction |
| data.outputs | array | Output values, usually URL strings; some models return text strings or structured result objects (empty when status is not completed) |
| data.urls | object | Object containing related API endpoints |
| data.status | string | Task status. completed is successful; failed, cancelled, timeout, and deleted are failure terminal statuses. |
| data.created_at | string | ISO timestamp of when the request was created (e.g., “2023-04-01T12:34:56.789Z”) |
| data.error | string | Error message (empty if no error occurred) |
| data.timings | object | Object containing timing details |
| data.timings.inference | integer | Inference time in milliseconds |
Result Request Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | Yes | - | Task ID |
Result Response Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| code | integer | HTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success) |
| message | string | Status message (e.g., “success”) |
| data | object | The prediction data object containing all details |
| data.id | string | Unique identifier for the prediction |
| data.model | string | Model ID used for the prediction |
| data.outputs | array<string | object> | Array of generated outputs (empty when status is not completed). Items are usually URL strings, but may be text strings or structured result objects, depending on the model. |
| data.urls | object | Object containing related API endpoints |
| data.status | string | Status: completed is successful; failed, cancelled, timeout, and deleted are failure terminal statuses |
| data.created_at | string | ISO timestamp of when the request was created |
| data.error | string | Error message (empty if no error occurred) |
| data.timings | object | Object containing timing details |
| data.timings.inference | integer | Inference time in milliseconds |