Qwen Image Edit Plus API Documentation

Qwen Image Edit Plus API Documentation

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Qwen-Image-Edit-Plus (2509) is a 20B MMDiT image editor with multi-image editing, single-image consistency and native ControlNet support. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

Features

A next-gen image editing model built on Qwen-Image 20B. It delivers precise bilingual (Chinese & English) text editing, supports both appearance-level and semantic-level edits, and preserves the original style.

Why choose this?

  • Dual-mode editing

  • Appearance editing: add/remove/modify elements while keeping all other regions pixel-accurate and unchanged.

  • Semantic editing: higher-level changes—IP creation, pose/rotation, style transfer—allow global pixel updates while keeping semantic intent.

  • Precise text editing (CN/EN) Edit on-image text directly (add/delete/replace) while retaining the original font, size, kerning, and style.

  • Style preservation Maintains palette, lighting, brushwork, and overall look even under substantial edits.

  • Strong benchmark results Evaluated across multiple public editing benchmarks with state-of-the-art performance.

Designed for

  • Design & Marketing teams – Rapid visual iterations, brand-safe edits, and multilingual comps.
  • E-commerce & Social – Clean product touch-ups, quick hero swaps, localized text.
  • Creators & Studios – Concepting, IP style moves, pose/angle changes without repainting.

Example prompts

  • Appearance (CN): 在桌面右上角添加一杯拿铁,不改变其他区域。
  • Semantic (EN): Turn the product into a cyberpunk style while keeping the brand logo and layout consistent.
  • Text edit (EN): Replace the headline "Summer Sale" with "Autumn Sale" and keep the same font and size.

Pricing

Just $0.02 per image !!!

How to use

  1. Upload the source image.
  2. Write the prompt (Chinese or English).
  3. Generate — results arrive in moments.
  4. Output Formats - JPG / PNG / WEBP
  5. Review & iterate — keep the same seed for exact reproduction, or change it for A/B comparisons.

Note

If you did not upload the image locally, please ensure that the image URL is accessible! A successfully accessible image will display a preview in the interface.

Aspect RatioExact (W×H)Exact PixelsRounded (W×H, ÷64)Rounded Pixels
1:11448 × 14482,096,7041408 × 14081,982,464
3:21773 × 11822,095,6861728 × 11521,990,656
4:31672 × 12542,096,6881664 × 12162,023,424
16:91936 × 10892,108,3041920 × 10882,088,960
21:92212 × 9482,096,9762176 × 9602,088,960
1:11024 × 10241,048,5761024 × 10241,048,576
3:21254 × 8361,048,3441216 × 8321,011,712
4:31182 × 8871,048,4341152 × 8961,032,192
16:91365 × 7681,048,3201344 × 7681,032,192
21:91564 × 6701,047,8801536 × 640983,040
1:1323 × 323104,329320 × 320102,400
3:2397 × 264104,808384 × 25698,304
4:3374 × 280104,720448 × 320143,360
16:9432 × 243104,976448 × 256114,688
21:9495 × 212104,940576 × 256147,456

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",
  "images": [
    "https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-images/painted-hand-298-332.jpg"
  ],
  "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/qwen-image/edit-plus" \
  -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
done

Retry temporary errors only while polling, never the submit request. Errors, retries and timeouts

Parameters

Task Submission Parameters

Request Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultRangeDescription
promptstringYes-The positive prompt for the generation.
imagesarray<string>Yes-0 ~ 3 itemsThe images to edit. A maximum of 3 reference images can be uploaded.
sizestringNo-256 ~ 1536Advanced option. The size of the generated media in pixels (width*height).
seedintegerNo--The random seed to use for the generation. -1 means a random seed will be used.
output_formatstringNojpegjpeg, png, webpThe 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

ParameterTypeDescription
codeintegerHTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success)
messagestringStatus message (e.g., “success”)
data.idstringUnique identifier for the prediction, Task Id
data.modelstringModel ID used for the prediction
data.outputsarrayOutput values, usually URL strings; some models return text strings or structured result objects (empty when status is not completed)
data.urlsobjectObject containing related API endpoints
data.statusstringTask status. completed is successful; failed, cancelled, timeout, and deleted are failure terminal statuses.
data.created_atstringISO timestamp of when the request was created (e.g., “2023-04-01T12:34:56.789Z”)
data.errorstringError message (empty if no error occurred)
data.timingsobjectObject containing timing details
data.timings.inferenceintegerInference time in milliseconds

Result Request Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
idstringYes-Task ID

Result Response Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
codeintegerHTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success)
messagestringStatus message (e.g., “success”)
dataobjectThe prediction data object containing all details
data.idstringUnique identifier for the prediction
data.modelstringModel ID used for the prediction
data.outputsarray<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.urlsobjectObject containing related API endpoints
data.statusstringStatus: completed is successful; failed, cancelled, timeout, and deleted are failure terminal statuses
data.created_atstringISO timestamp of when the request was created
data.errorstringError message (empty if no error occurred)
data.timingsobjectObject containing timing details
data.timings.inferenceintegerInference time in milliseconds
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