> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.budgetpixel.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Generate image with GPT Image 2.5 Flare > OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Flare — the fast, everyday GPT Image model: high-quality generation with natural text rendering and reliable edits at lower latency than Sunburst. Text-to-image and image editing with up to 9 reference images, 1K/2K/4K output and five quality tiers. Billing: per output image, quality × resolution — at 1K: low 30, medium 40, high 80, xhigh 130, max 250 credits; 2K doubles and 4K triples those. Reference images: the first is free, each additional one adds 5 credits. Default quality medium (40 credits at 1K). **Asynchronous.** Returns a job `id` (the image is not in this response). Poll [`GET /v1/images/{id}`](/api-reference/images/get-image-job-status) until `status` is `succeeded` — the generated image URLs are in that response's `images` array (each `{ url, position }`). Examples, sample output and pricing: [GPT Image 2.5 Flare](https://budgetpixel.com/models/gpt-image-2.5-flare) ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.yaml post /images/gpt-image-2.5-flare openapi: 3.1.0 info: contact: email: support@budgetpixel.com name: BudgetPixel Support description: > The BudgetPixel developer API for programmatic image, video, music and sound-effect generation. Generation is **asynchronous**: you create a job, then poll its status until it reaches a terminal state (`succeeded` / `failed`). You are charged in credits only on success — never for failures, timeouts, or content blocked before generation. **Authentication.** All requests require an API key sent as a bearer token: Authorization: Bearer bpx_live_xxx Create and manage keys from your BudgetPixel account dashboard. The developer API is available on the **Premium** plan and above. **Pricing.** API usage is metered in credits at each model's published price (see `GET /v1/models`), and your plan's model discounts and active promotions apply to API charges exactly as they do on the web — `POST /v1/cost` quotes your discounted price. Pro and Ultra plans include a daily free-models allowance (a shared pool of free generations per day across qualified image models such as FLUX 2 Klein and Qwen-Image) that covers API requests too — the standard price applies once the day's pool is used. Other promotional free daily generations remain web/app-only. Failed generations are never charged. **Rate limits.** Requests are limited per minute: **600 requests/min per API key** and **1200 requests/min per source IP** (defaults; subject to tuning). Every response carries `X-RateLimit-Limit`, `X-RateLimit-Remaining`, and `X-RateLimit-Reset` (seconds until the window resets). Exceeding a limit returns HTTP `429` with a `Retry-After` header — wait that long before retrying. Rejected requests still count against the window, so a tight retry loop keeps you limited; back off instead. Generation jobs additionally have a per-plan concurrency cap (the same one as the web workshop), independent of these request limits. `POST /v1/uploads` also has a dedicated **60 uploads/min per account** cap (it's free/unmetered) on top of these limits. title: BudgetPixel API version: '2026-06-20' servers: - description: Production url: https://api.budgetpixel.com/v1 security: - ApiKeyAuth: [] tags: - description: Account and credit balance name: Account - description: Discover available models and pricing name: Models - description: Upload input media for image/video generation name: Uploads - description: Image job status name: Images - description: FLUX image models name: Black Forest Labs - description: SeeDream image models name: Bytedance - description: Video job status name: Videos - description: Kuaishou Kling video models name: Kling - description: SeeDance video models name: ByteDance (SeeDance) - description: Music and sound-effect job status name: Audios - description: Music generation models name: Music - description: Text-to-sound-effect models (priced per second) name: Sound Effects - description: Format conversion for images, video, and audio name: Conversions - description: Publish posts to your BudgetPixel feed name: Social - description: Content moderation — NSFW rating and CSAM detection name: Moderation - description: Content classification — music genre detection name: Classification paths: /images/gpt-image-2.5-flare: post: tags: - OpenAI summary: Generate image with GPT Image 2.5 Flare description: >- OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Flare — the fast, everyday GPT Image model: high-quality generation with natural text rendering and reliable edits at lower latency than Sunburst. Text-to-image and image editing with up to 9 reference images, 1K/2K/4K output and five quality tiers. Billing: per output image, quality × resolution — at 1K: low 30, medium 40, high 80, xhigh 130, max 250 credits; 2K doubles and 4K triples those. Reference images: the first is free, each additional one adds 5 credits. Default quality medium (40 credits at 1K). **Asynchronous.** Returns a job `id` (the image is not in this response). Poll [`GET /v1/images/{id}`](/api-reference/images/get-image-job-status) until `status` is `succeeded` — the generated image URLs are in that response's `images` array (each `{ url, position }`). Examples, sample output and pricing: [GPT Image 2.5 Flare](https://budgetpixel.com/models/gpt-image-2.5-flare) operationId: createImage_gpt_image_2_5_flare requestBody: content: application/json: schema: properties: aspect_ratio: default: '1:1' description: Output aspect ratio. enum: - '1:1' - '4:3' - '3:4' - '5:4' - '4:5' - '16:9' - '9:16' - '3:2' - '2:3' - '21:9' - '9:21' - '2:1' - '1:2' type: string num_images: default: 1 description: Number of images to generate. maximum: 4 minimum: 1 type: integer output_format: default: png description: Output image format. enum: - png - jpeg type: string prompt: description: Text description of the image to generate. type: string quality: default: medium description: >- Rendering quality. Per image at 1K: low 30, medium 40, high 80, xhigh 130, max 250 credits (scaled by resolution). enum: - low - medium - high - xhigh - max type: string reference_images: description: >- Optional reference images (up to 9) for image editing and composition. Each item is a public image URL, a data URI, raw base64, or an uploaded-file URL from POST /v1/uploads. Omit for text-to-image. The first reference is free; each additional one adds 5 credits per generated image. items: type: string maxItems: 9 type: array x-bpx-media: image resolution: default: 1K description: >- Output resolution tier. 2K bills 2× and 4K 3× the 1K price of the chosen quality. enum: - 1K - 2K - 4K type: string required: - prompt type: object required: true responses: '200': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateImageResponse' description: Job accepted. '400': $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden' '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests' components: schemas: CreateImageResponse: properties: id: description: Opaque job id — use it to poll status. example: img_a1b2c3d4e5f6 type: string message: type: string model: type: string status: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JobStatus' type: object JobStatus: description: Lifecycle state. `succeeded`/`failed`/`timeout` are terminal. enum: - pending - starting - processing - completing - succeeded - failed - timeout type: string Error: properties: error: properties: code: description: Stable machine-readable code. example: model_not_available type: string message: type: string type: description: Error category. example: invalid_request_error type: string required: - type - code - message type: object required: - error type: object ModerationBlocked: description: >- Returned (with HTTP 400) when the input content moderation gate blocks a generation request. The block is a property of the request's prompt or input media — reword the prompt or change the input and retry. Branch on `restriction_reason`, which is stable and machine-readable. properties: error: description: Human-readable explanation of the block. type: string restriction_reason: description: Stable machine-readable block reason. enum: - input_csam - input_explicit_adult - input_upload_nudity - input_celebrity_likeness - strict_model_nsfw type: string required: - error - restriction_reason type: object responses: BadRequest: content: application/json: schema: oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerationBlocked' description: >- The request was malformed, referenced an unavailable model, or was blocked by input content moderation (moderation blocks carry a `restriction_reason` — see ModerationBlocked). Unauthorized: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' description: Missing or invalid API key. Forbidden: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' description: >- Authenticated but not permitted (plan gate, ownership, account restriction). Content-moderation blocks are 400, not 403. TooManyRequests: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' description: Rate or queue limit reached. Retry after a short delay. securitySchemes: ApiKeyAuth: bearerFormat: bpx_live_* description: 'API key as a bearer token: Authorization: Bearer bpx_live_xxx' scheme: bearer type: http ````