Python OpenAI Generate Image with DALL·E

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To generate an image, you need to create an account and API key if you haven’t already. You can learn more about this in my tutorial here: 👇

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Do you have an API key? Great!

To generate an image with DALL·E copy&paste the following code and replace your API key and the string description of the image to be generated (prompt)

import os
import openai

# Your API Key Here: 👇
openai.api_key = 'sk-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'

# Your Image Prompt Here: 👇
prompt = "An oil painting of a dancing robot in the style of Monet"

response = openai.Image.create(
    prompt=prompt,
    n=1,
    size="256x256",
)

print(response["data"][0]["url"])

The output is a URL from where you can download the image:

https://oaidalleapiprodscus.blob.core.windows.net/private/org-CR1YqwB9GAtSsAKHpN1935Dy/user-57ZUj7285WTxwzVJdiweq6JS/img-n9aRtAjhyJMeOzZTXztvkGGD.png?st=2023-04-25T07%3A19%3A14Z&se=2023-04-25T09%3A19%3A14Z&sp=r&sv=2021-08-06&sr=b&rscd=inline&rsct=image/png&skoid=6aaadede-4fb3-4698-a8f6-684d7786b067&sktid=a48cca56-e6da-484e-a814-9c849652bcb3&skt=2023-04-25T08%3A17%3A09Z&ske=2023-04-26T08%3A17%3A09Z&sks=b&skv=2021-08-06&sig=57InZSNLylU1peJpPN8yynKvbiKBaLqhVn3l5c9oOSk%3D

You can change the size, e.g., to 1000×1000 pixels — but it’ll cost you more and takes longer:

# ...

response = openai.Image.create(
    prompt=prompt,
    n=1,
    size="1024x1024",
)

# ...

Here’s the pricing table by the way from the official API page:

ResolutionPrice
1024×1024$0.020 / image
512×512$0.018 / image
256×256$0.016 / image

Yeah, this article just cost me $0.054. 😱

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