Ideogram 4.5 Serverless API

Render exact in-image text and multilingual typography for designs.

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Pricing
~13.51s
POST /v2/ideogram-4.5 · submit + poll
 1# pip install "segmind>=1.1.0"
 2# export SEGMIND_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
 3import segmind
 4
 5# Async (v2): submit to the queue and block until COMPLETED.
 6# run() returns the final result dict (600s deadline, 1.0s poll by default).
 7result = segmind.run(
 8    "ideogram-4.5",
 9    prompt="A two-color screen-printed concert gig poster for an indie band. Headline 'NEON MERIDIAN' in tall condensed hand-drawn letters across the top. Below it a smaller bold line 'with THE PALE FEVER'. A geometric risograph illustration of a fox leaping over city rooftops fills the center. Three lines of text at the bottom: 'SATURDAY 14 MARCH', 'THE GRAND ELECTRIC - PORTLAND', and 'DOORS 8PM / $18'. Coral and midnight-blue risograph print with visible paper grain.",
10    size="832x1248",
11    quality="medium",
12    magic_prompt="auto",
13    enable_copyright_detection=False,
14)
15print(result["status"])                      # COMPLETED
16print(result.get("output"))                  # model output (e.g. media URL)
17print(result["metrics"]["inference_time"])   # server compute seconds
18
19# --- Or submit + poll manually (track request_id, control the cadence) ---
20from segmind import SegmindClient, InferenceFailed, InferenceTimeout
21
22client = SegmindClient()                      # reads SEGMIND_API_KEY
23payload = {
24    "prompt": "A two-color screen-printed concert gig poster for an indie band. Headline 'NEON MERIDIAN' in tall condensed hand-drawn letters across the top. Below it a smaller bold line 'with THE PALE FEVER'. A geometric risograph illustration of a fox leaping over city rooftops fills the center. Three lines of text at the bottom: 'SATURDAY 14 MARCH', 'THE GRAND ELECTRIC - PORTLAND', and 'DOORS 8PM / $18'. Coral and midnight-blue risograph print with visible paper grain.",
25    "size": "832x1248",
26    "quality": "medium",
27    "magic_prompt": "auto",
28    "enable_copyright_detection": False,
29}
30job = client.submit_async("ideogram-4.5", **payload)
31print(job.request_id)                         # available immediately
32try:
33    result = job.wait(timeout=600, interval=1.0)
34except InferenceTimeout as e:
35    print("still running:", e.request_id)
36except InferenceFailed as e:
37    print("failed:", e.detail)

API Endpoint

POSThttps://api.segmind.com/v1/ideogram-4.5

Parameters

promptrequired
string

Describe the image and quote exact text to render in any language. Lead with the subject; keep in-image words short.

Default: "A two-color screen-printed concert gig poster for an indie band. Headline 'NEON MERIDIAN' in tall condensed hand-drawn letters across the top. Below it a smaller bold line 'with THE PALE FEVER'. A geometric risograph illustration of a fox leaping over city rooftops fills the center. Three lines of text at the bottom: 'SATURDAY 14 MARCH', 'THE GRAND ELECTRIC - PORTLAND', and 'DOORS 8PM / $18'. Coral and midnight-blue risograph print with visible paper grain."
enable_copyright_detectionoptional
boolean

Optional post-generation copyright check; adds latency, withholds flagged images. Leave off unless required.

Default: false
magic_promptoptional
string

Prompt expansion: auto or on rewrite it, off keeps it verbatim. Use off for strictly exact wording.

Default: "auto"
Allowed values :
Auto→"auto"
On→"on"
Off→"off"
qualityoptional
string

Render and price tier: low, medium, or high. Medium for most work, high for dense small text, low for drafts.

Default: "medium"
Allowed values :
Low→"low"
Medium→"medium"
High→"high"
seedoptional
integer

Integer 0-2147483647 for reproducible output. Set to repeat a result; omit for variety.

Range: 0 - 2147483647
sizeoptional
string

Output resolution; 1K and 2K cost the same. Match the artifact: 1024x1024 logo, 832x1248 poster, 1728x2304 dense text.

Default: "832x1248"
Allowed values (37 total):
"auto""1024x1024""1152x864""864x1152""1280x720""720x1280""1280x800""800x1280""1120x896""896x1120"+27 more

Response Type

Returns: Text/JSON

Asynchronous requests (v2)

Use Async for video, long-running (>~60s), or high-concurrency workloads; Sync is simplest for fast image & LLM calls. Async submits a request and you poll it to completion.

  1. 1
    POST /v2/ideogram-4.5

    Submit — returns request_id, status_url, response_url

  2. 2
    GET /v2/requests/{id}/status

    Poll — until COMPLETED or FAILED

  3. 3
    GET /v2/requests/{id}

    Result — final response body

Status states

QUEUED— Accepted, waiting for a worker
PROCESSING— Running on a worker
COMPLETED— Done — result body is ready
FAILED— Errored (incl. content/RAI blocks)
  • A FAILED request is served as HTTP 422 — the body still carries the error detail.
  • An unknown or expired request_id returns HTTP 404.
  • Results are retained for 1 hour, then expire.
  • Content / RAI blocks surface as FAILED, not a separate state.
  • Track completion by polling the status endpoint.

Common Error Codes

The API returns standard HTTP status codes. Detailed error messages are provided in the response body.

400

Bad Request

Invalid parameters or request format

401

Unauthorized

Missing or invalid API key

403

Forbidden

Insufficient permissions

404

Not Found

Model or endpoint not found

406

Insufficient Credits

Not enough credits to process request

429

Rate Limited

Too many requests

500

Server Error

Internal server error

502

Bad Gateway

Service temporarily unavailable

504

Timeout

Request timed out