Model API

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Nano banana lite is the efficiency-focused model in the image generation family. Sub-2 second latency with cost-effective generation and editing, fast multi-turn local edits, and 14 supported aspect ratios.

Model id

Use this in every request

google/nano-banana-lite/edit

This model has other modes with their own ids: google/nano-banana-2-lite.

Run it

Quote the input, start the generation with the quote, then poll the job. Set RAYWAKE_API_KEY first; see Authentication.

# 1. Price the exact input (quotes are valid for up to 10 minutes)
curl -s https://api.raywake.com/v1/quotes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RAYWAKE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "google/nano-banana-lite/edit",
  "input": {
    "prompt": "A red ceramic cup on a wooden table, soft morning light",
    "image_urls": [
      "https://example.com/input.png"
    ]
  }
}'

# 2. Start the generation with the quote_id from step 1
curl -s https://api.raywake.com/v1/generate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RAYWAKE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{"model": "google/nano-banana-lite/edit", "quote_id": "QUOTE_ID", "input": {"prompt":"A red ceramic cup on a wooden table, soft morning light","image_urls":["https://example.com/input.png"]}}'

# 3. Poll until the status is terminal
curl -s https://api.raywake.com/v1/jobs/JOB_ID \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RAYWAKE_API_KEY"

Input

Input fields for google/nano-banana-lite/edit
Name	Type	Description
`prompt`required	string	The prompt for image editing.
`system_prompt`	string	Optional system instruction that steers the model's persona and output style across the request. Leave blank to omit; when provided, it is sent as the system instruction to Gemini (or as a system message on OpenAI-compatible providers).
`aspect_ratio`	string (enum)	The aspect ratio of the generated image. Supports extreme ratios: 4:1, 1:4, 8:1, 1:8. Default: `auto` One of: `auto`, `21:9`, `16:9`, `3:2`, `4:3`, `5:4`, `1:1`, `4:5`, `3:4`, `2:3`, `9:16`, `4:1`, `1:4`, `8:1`, `1:8`
`image_urls`required	array of image URLs	The URLs of the images to use for image-to-image generation or image editing.
`num_images`	integer	The number of images to generate. Default: `1`
`seed`	integer	The seed for the random number generator.
`output_format`	string (enum)	The format of the generated image. Default: `png` One of: `jpeg`, `png`, `webp`
`safety_tolerance`	string (enum)	The safety tolerance level for content moderation. 1 is the most strict (blocks most content), 6 is the least strict. Default: `4` One of: `1`, `2`, `3`, `4`, `5`, `6`
`sync_mode`	boolean	If `True`, the media will be returned as a data URI and the output data won't be available in the request history. Default: `false`
`limit_generations`	boolean	Experimental parameter to limit the number of generations from each round of prompting to 1. Set to `True` to to disregard any instructions in the prompt regarding the number of images to generate and ignore any intermediate images generated by the model. This may affect generation quality. Default: `true`
`thinking_level`	string (enum)	When set, enables model thinking with the given level ('minimal' or 'high') and includes thoughts in the generation. Omit to disable. One of: `minimal`, `high`

Output

A succeeded job lists its results under outputs, stored on our side. See Jobs for every field.

Job excerpt

"outputs": [
  { "type": "image", "url": "https://…", "mime_type": "image/png", "thumbnail_url": "https://…" }
]

Pricing

up to, default options$0.16/ run

The exact charge for your input comes from a quote. How charges settle