Model API

Image2Pixel

Name: Image2Pixel
Price: 0.09 USD

Turn images into pixel-perfect retro art

Model id

Use this in every request

image2pixel

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": "image2pixel",
  "input": {
    "image_url": "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": "image2pixel", "quote_id": "QUOTE_ID", "input": {"image_url":"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 image2pixel
Name	Type	Description
`image_url`required	string (image URL)	The image URL to process into improved pixel art
`max_colors`	integer	Maximum number of colors in the output palette. Set None to disable limit. Default: `32`
`auto_color_detect`	boolean	Enable automatic detection of optimal number of colors. Default: `false`
`fixed_palette`	array of colors	Optional fixed color palette as hex strings (e.g., ['#000000', '#ffffff']).
`detect_method`	string (enum)	Scale detection method to use. Default: `auto` One of: `auto`, `runs`, `edge`
`scale`	integer	Force a specific pixel scale. If None, auto-detect.
`downscale_method`	string (enum)	Downscaling method to produce the pixel-art output. Default: `dominant` One of: `dominant`, `median`, `mode`, `mean`, `content-adaptive`
`trim_borders`	boolean	Trim borders of the image. Default: `false`
`transparent_background`	boolean	Remove background of the image. This will check for contiguous color regions from the edges after correction and make them transparent. Default: `false`
`cleanup_morph`	boolean	Apply morphological operations to remove noise. Default: `false`
`cleanup_jaggy`	boolean	Remove isolated diagonal pixels (jaggy edge cleanup). Default: `false`
`snap_grid`	boolean	Align output to the pixel grid. Default: `true`
`alpha_threshold`	integer	Alpha binarization threshold (0-255). Default: `128`
`dominant_color_threshold`	number	Dominant color threshold (0.0-1.0). Default: `0.05`
`background_tolerance`	integer	Background tolerance (0-255). Default: `0`
`background_mode`	string (enum)	Controls where to flood-fill from when removing the background. Default: `corners` One of: `edges`, `corners`, `midpoints`
`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`

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$0.09/ run

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