Seedream 5.0 Lite

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Model ID: bytedance-seedream-5-lite bytedance/seedream-5-lite is an image generation model. It offers image generation with built-in reasoning, example-based editing, and deep domain knowledge. Some other noteworthy features of bytedance/seedream-5-lite include multi-reference control (up to 14 images), batch generation (up to 15 images), 3K resolution support, and sequential image generation mode.

Metric	Value
Parameter Count	Unknown
Mixture of Experts	Unknown
Context Length	Unknown
Multilingual	No
Quantized*	Unknown

*Quantization is specific to the inference provider and the model may be offered with different quantization levels by other providers.

Example request

Use the Workbench as a request builder: configure parameters for this model in the UI, then open the API tab to copy the exact cURL or Python call.

Sync
Async
Async with SSE

See the image generation reference for more details.

Minimal
Basic parameters
All parameters

curl -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/images/generate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "bytedance-seedream-5-lite",
  "prompt": "<prompt>"
}'

curl -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/images/generate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "bytedance-seedream-5-lite",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "image_input": [
    "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png"
  ]
}'

curl -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/images/generate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "bytedance-seedream-5-lite",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "image_input": [
    "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png"
  ],
  "size": "2K",
  "aspect_ratio": "match_input_image",
  "output_format": "png"
}'

See the async queue reference for more details.

Minimal
Basic parameters
All parameters

# Enqueue, capture the generation id.
GEN_ID=$(curl -s -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "bytedance-seedream-5-lite",
  "prompt": "<prompt>"
}' | jq -r '.generations[0].generation_id')

# Poll the single generation until it 404s (terminal state).
while curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
    "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue/$GEN_ID" | grep -q "^200$"; do
  sleep 5
done
echo "Done. See the 'Async with SSE' tab to receive the result URL."

# Enqueue, capture the generation id.
GEN_ID=$(curl -s -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "bytedance-seedream-5-lite",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "image_input": [
    "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png"
  ]
}' | jq -r '.generations[0].generation_id')

# Poll the single generation until it 404s (terminal state).
while curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
    "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue/$GEN_ID" | grep -q "^200$"; do
  sleep 5
done
echo "Done. See the 'Async with SSE' tab to receive the result URL."

# Enqueue, capture the generation id.
GEN_ID=$(curl -s -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "bytedance-seedream-5-lite",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "image_input": [
    "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png"
  ],
  "size": "2K",
  "aspect_ratio": "match_input_image",
  "output_format": "png"
}' | jq -r '.generations[0].generation_id')

# Poll the single generation until it 404s (terminal state).
while curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
    "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue/$GEN_ID" | grep -q "^200$"; do
  sleep 5
done
echo "Done. See the 'Async with SSE' tab to receive the result URL."

See the async queue reference for more details.

Minimal
Basic parameters
All parameters

# Enqueue, capture the generation id.
GEN_ID=$(curl -s -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "bytedance-seedream-5-lite",
  "prompt": "<prompt>"
}' | jq -r '.generations[0].generation_id')

# Stream the SSE channel, grab the data line that follows a
# media_generation_completed event for our id, and pretty-print it.
curl -sN -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" https://hub.oxen.ai/api/events \
  | awk -v id="$GEN_ID" '
    /^event: media_generation_completed$/ { expect=1; next }
    /^data: / && expect {
      payload = substr($0, 7)
      if (index(payload, "\"generation_id\":\"" id "\"")) { print payload; exit }
      expect = 0
    }
  ' | jq .

# Enqueue, capture the generation id.
GEN_ID=$(curl -s -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "bytedance-seedream-5-lite",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "image_input": [
    "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png"
  ]
}' | jq -r '.generations[0].generation_id')

# Stream the SSE channel, grab the data line that follows a
# media_generation_completed event for our id, and pretty-print it.
curl -sN -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" https://hub.oxen.ai/api/events \
  | awk -v id="$GEN_ID" '
    /^event: media_generation_completed$/ { expect=1; next }
    /^data: / && expect {
      payload = substr($0, 7)
      if (index(payload, "\"generation_id\":\"" id "\"")) { print payload; exit }
      expect = 0
    }
  ' | jq .

# Enqueue, capture the generation id.
GEN_ID=$(curl -s -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "bytedance-seedream-5-lite",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "image_input": [
    "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png"
  ],
  "size": "2K",
  "aspect_ratio": "match_input_image",
  "output_format": "png"
}' | jq -r '.generations[0].generation_id')

# Stream the SSE channel, grab the data line that follows a
# media_generation_completed event for our id, and pretty-print it.
curl -sN -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" https://hub.oxen.ai/api/events \
  | awk -v id="$GEN_ID" '
    /^event: media_generation_completed$/ { expect=1; next }
    /^data: / && expect {
      payload = substr($0, 7)
      if (index(payload, "\"generation_id\":\"" id "\"")) { print payload; exit }
      expect = 0
    }
  ' | jq .

Fetch model details

The models endpoint returns the full model object, including its json_request_schema.

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/models/bytedance-seedream-5-lite

Request parameters

Required parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
`prompt`	`string`	—	Text prompt for image generation

Optional parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
`image_input`	`array<string>`	—	Input image(s) for image-to-image generation. List of 1-14 images for single or multi-reference generation.
`size`	`string`	`"2K"`	Image resolution: 2K (2048px) or 3K (3072px). One of: 2K, 3K.
`aspect_ratio`	`string`	`"match_input_image"`	Image aspect ratio. Use ‘match_input_image’ to automatically match the input image’s aspect ratio. One of: match_input_image, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16, 3:2, 2:3, 21:9.
`output_format`	`string`	`"png"`	Output image format. One of: png, jpeg.

Inference API

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