How to List Models

How to List Models

Retrieve available models from WaveSpeedAI via API.

Endpoint

GET https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/models

Request

curl --location --request GET 'https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/models' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}'

Response

{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "model_uuid": "wavespeed-ai/flux-dev",
        "name": "FLUX Dev",
        "category": "text-to-image",
        "description": "High-quality text-to-image generation"
      },
      {
        "model_uuid": "google/veo3",
        "name": "Veo 3.1",
        "category": "image-to-video",
        "description": "Image to video generation"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response Fields

FieldTypeDescription
model_uuidstringUnique model identifier
namestringDisplay name
categorystringModel category
descriptionstringModel description

Filter by Category

curl --location --request GET 'https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/models?category=text-to-image' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}'

Categories

CategoryDescription
text-to-imageGenerate images from text
image-to-imageTransform images
text-to-videoGenerate videos from text
image-to-videoAnimate images
video-to-videoTransform videos
text-to-audioGenerate audio

Python Example

import os
import requests
 
api_key = os.environ.get("WAVESPEED_API_KEY")
 
def list_models(category=None):
    url = "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/models"
    if category:
        url += f"?category={category}"
 
    response = requests.get(
        url,
        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"}
    )
    return response.json()["data"]["items"]
 
# List all models
all_models = list_models()
print(f"Total models: {len(all_models)}")
 
# List only text-to-image models
t2i_models = list_models(category="text-to-image")
for model in t2i_models:
    print(f"- {model['name']}: {model['model_uuid']}")

Pagination

For large result sets:

curl --location --request GET 'https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/models?page=1&page_size=50' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}'
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