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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# FLUX.1-Kontext [dev]

> In-context image editing model

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  <Card title="Try FLUX.1-Kontext [dev] in the Workbench" icon="flask" href="https://www.oxen.ai/ai/workbench?model=flux-kontext-dev">
    Run this model interactively, tune parameters, and compare outputs.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

**Model ID:** `flux-kontext-dev`

black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-Kontext-dev is a 12 billion parameter **multimodal LVM (vision model)** designed for high-fidelity image editing and generation using both text and image inputs.

It excels in **iterative image editing**, maintaining character, style, and object consistency over multiple successive edits with minimal visual drift. The model reliably performs both local and global modifications, and is noted for its robust contextual understanding and ability to process instructions for precise regional edits or full scene transformations.

Some other noteworthy features of black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-Kontext-dev include:

* Preserving unique elements (like characters or objects) across different scenes and environments, even after several edits.
* Generating novel images with style or character references guided by either text or example images.

| Metric             | Value                                |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------ |
| Parameter Count    | 12 billion                           |
| Mixture of Experts | No                                   |
| Context Length     | 0K (not applicable for vision model) |
| Multilingual       | No                                   |
| Quantized\*        | Yes                                  |
| Precision\*        | FP8                                  |

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

## Example request

<Tip>
  Use the [Workbench](https://www.oxen.ai/ai/workbench?model=flux-kontext-dev) 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.
</Tip>

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Sync">
    See the [image editing reference](/inference-api/reference/image_editing) for more details.

    <Tabs>
      <Tab title="Minimal">
        <CodeGroup>
          ```bash cURL theme={null}
          curl -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/images/edit \
            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
            -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
            -d '{
            "model": "flux-kontext-dev",
            "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/ox/Oxen-Character-Simple-Vector-Graphic/file/main/images/reference/bloxy_white_bg.png",
            "prompt": "High quality illustration of the character riding a cow, with a text bubble saying '\''Woohoo!'\'' - preserve all colors and traits of the original character, and render the cow in the same style"
          }'
          ```

          ```python Python theme={null}
          import os
          import requests

          response = requests.post(
              "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/images/edit",
              headers={
                  "Content-Type": "application/json",
                  "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OXEN_API_KEY']}",
              },
              json={
                  "model": "flux-kontext-dev",
                  "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/ox/Oxen-Character-Simple-Vector-Graphic/file/main/images/reference/bloxy_white_bg.png",
                  "prompt": "High quality illustration of the character riding a cow, with a text bubble saying 'Woohoo!' - preserve all colors and traits of the original character, and render the cow in the same style"
              },
          )
          response.raise_for_status()
          print(response.json())
          ```
        </CodeGroup>
      </Tab>

      <Tab title="All parameters">
        <CodeGroup>
          ```bash cURL theme={null}
          curl -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/images/edit \
            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
            -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
            -d '{
            "model": "flux-kontext-dev",
            "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/ox/Oxen-Character-Simple-Vector-Graphic/file/main/images/reference/bloxy_white_bg.png",
            "prompt": "High quality illustration of the character riding a cow, with a text bubble saying '\''Woohoo!'\'' - preserve all colors and traits of the original character, and render the cow in the same style",
            "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
            "num_inference_steps": 28,
            "guidance": 2.5,
            "output_format": "webp",
            "output_quality": 80,
            "disable_safety_checker": false
          }'
          ```

          ```python Python theme={null}
          import os
          import requests

          response = requests.post(
              "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/images/edit",
              headers={
                  "Content-Type": "application/json",
                  "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OXEN_API_KEY']}",
              },
              json={
                  "model": "flux-kontext-dev",
                  "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/ox/Oxen-Character-Simple-Vector-Graphic/file/main/images/reference/bloxy_white_bg.png",
                  "prompt": "High quality illustration of the character riding a cow, with a text bubble saying 'Woohoo!' - preserve all colors and traits of the original character, and render the cow in the same style",
                  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
                  "num_inference_steps": 28,
                  "guidance": 2.5,
                  "output_format": "webp",
                  "output_quality": 80,
                  "disable_safety_checker": false
              },
          )
          response.raise_for_status()
          print(response.json())
          ```
        </CodeGroup>
      </Tab>
    </Tabs>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Async">
    See the [async queue reference](/inference-api/reference/async_queue) for more details.

    <Tabs>
      <Tab title="Minimal">
        <CodeGroup>
          ```bash cURL theme={null}
          # 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": "flux-kontext-dev",
            "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/ox/Oxen-Character-Simple-Vector-Graphic/file/main/images/reference/bloxy_white_bg.png",
            "prompt": "High quality illustration of the character riding a cow, with a text bubble saying '\''Woohoo!'\'' - preserve all colors and traits of the original character, and render the cow in the same style"
          }' | jq -r '.generations[0].generation_id')

          # Poll until the generation reaches a terminal status.
          while true; do
            STATUS=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
              "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue/$GEN_ID" | jq -r '.status')
            echo "Status: $STATUS"
            case $STATUS in succeeded|failed|cancelled) break;; esac
            sleep 5
          done

          # Print the result.
          curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
            "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue/$GEN_ID" | jq .
          ```

          ```python Python theme={null}
          import os
          import time
          import requests

          HEADERS = {
              "Content-Type": "application/json",
              "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OXEN_API_KEY']}",
          }

          enqueue = requests.post(
              "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue",
              headers=HEADERS,
              json={
                  "model": "flux-kontext-dev",
                  "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/ox/Oxen-Character-Simple-Vector-Graphic/file/main/images/reference/bloxy_white_bg.png",
                  "prompt": "High quality illustration of the character riding a cow, with a text bubble saying 'Woohoo!' - preserve all colors and traits of the original character, and render the cow in the same style"
              },
          )
          enqueue.raise_for_status()
          generation_id = enqueue.json()["generations"][0]["generation_id"]

          while True:
              data = requests.get(
                  f"https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue/{generation_id}",
                  headers=HEADERS,
              ).json()
              if data["status"] in {"succeeded", "failed", "cancelled"}:
                  break
              time.sleep(5)

          if data["status"] == "succeeded":
              print(f"Result: {data['result_url']}")
          else:
              print(f"Generation {data['status']}: {data.get('error_message')}")
          ```
        </CodeGroup>
      </Tab>

      <Tab title="All parameters">
        <CodeGroup>
          ```bash cURL theme={null}
          # 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": "flux-kontext-dev",
            "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/ox/Oxen-Character-Simple-Vector-Graphic/file/main/images/reference/bloxy_white_bg.png",
            "prompt": "High quality illustration of the character riding a cow, with a text bubble saying '\''Woohoo!'\'' - preserve all colors and traits of the original character, and render the cow in the same style",
            "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
            "num_inference_steps": 28,
            "guidance": 2.5,
            "output_format": "webp",
            "output_quality": 80,
            "disable_safety_checker": false
          }' | jq -r '.generations[0].generation_id')

          # Poll until the generation reaches a terminal status.
          while true; do
            STATUS=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
              "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue/$GEN_ID" | jq -r '.status')
            echo "Status: $STATUS"
            case $STATUS in succeeded|failed|cancelled) break;; esac
            sleep 5
          done

          # Print the result.
          curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
            "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue/$GEN_ID" | jq .
          ```

          ```python Python theme={null}
          import os
          import time
          import requests

          HEADERS = {
              "Content-Type": "application/json",
              "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OXEN_API_KEY']}",
          }

          enqueue = requests.post(
              "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue",
              headers=HEADERS,
              json={
                  "model": "flux-kontext-dev",
                  "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/ox/Oxen-Character-Simple-Vector-Graphic/file/main/images/reference/bloxy_white_bg.png",
                  "prompt": "High quality illustration of the character riding a cow, with a text bubble saying 'Woohoo!' - preserve all colors and traits of the original character, and render the cow in the same style",
                  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
                  "num_inference_steps": 28,
                  "guidance": 2.5,
                  "output_format": "webp",
                  "output_quality": 80,
                  "disable_safety_checker": false
              },
          )
          enqueue.raise_for_status()
          generation_id = enqueue.json()["generations"][0]["generation_id"]

          while True:
              data = requests.get(
                  f"https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue/{generation_id}",
                  headers=HEADERS,
              ).json()
              if data["status"] in {"succeeded", "failed", "cancelled"}:
                  break
              time.sleep(5)

          if data["status"] == "succeeded":
              print(f"Result: {data['result_url']}")
          else:
              print(f"Generation {data['status']}: {data.get('error_message')}")
          ```
        </CodeGroup>
      </Tab>
    </Tabs>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Async with SSE">
    See the [async queue reference](/inference-api/reference/async_queue) for more details.

    <Tabs>
      <Tab title="Minimal">
        <CodeGroup>
          ```bash cURL theme={null}
          # 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": "flux-kontext-dev",
            "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/ox/Oxen-Character-Simple-Vector-Graphic/file/main/images/reference/bloxy_white_bg.png",
            "prompt": "High quality illustration of the character riding a cow, with a text bubble saying '\''Woohoo!'\'' - preserve all colors and traits of the original character, and render the cow in the same style"
          }' | 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 .
          ```

          ```python Python theme={null}
          import json
          import os
          import requests

          API_KEY = os.environ["OXEN_API_KEY"]
          AUTH = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"}

          enqueue = requests.post(
              "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue",
              headers={**AUTH, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
              json={
                  "model": "flux-kontext-dev",
                  "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/ox/Oxen-Character-Simple-Vector-Graphic/file/main/images/reference/bloxy_white_bg.png",
                  "prompt": "High quality illustration of the character riding a cow, with a text bubble saying 'Woohoo!' - preserve all colors and traits of the original character, and render the cow in the same style"
              },
          )
          enqueue.raise_for_status()
          generation_id = enqueue.json()["generations"][0]["generation_id"]

          with requests.get(
              "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/events",
              headers=AUTH,
              stream=True,
          ) as stream:
              event_name = None
              for line in stream.iter_lines(decode_unicode=True):
                  if line.startswith("event: "):
                      event_name = line.removeprefix("event: ")
                  elif line.startswith("data: ") and event_name == "media_generation_completed":
                      payload = json.loads(line.removeprefix("data: "))
                      if payload.get("generation_id") == generation_id:
                          print(payload)
                          break
          ```
        </CodeGroup>
      </Tab>

      <Tab title="All parameters">
        <CodeGroup>
          ```bash cURL theme={null}
          # 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": "flux-kontext-dev",
            "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/ox/Oxen-Character-Simple-Vector-Graphic/file/main/images/reference/bloxy_white_bg.png",
            "prompt": "High quality illustration of the character riding a cow, with a text bubble saying '\''Woohoo!'\'' - preserve all colors and traits of the original character, and render the cow in the same style",
            "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
            "num_inference_steps": 28,
            "guidance": 2.5,
            "output_format": "webp",
            "output_quality": 80,
            "disable_safety_checker": false
          }' | 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 .
          ```

          ```python Python theme={null}
          import json
          import os
          import requests

          API_KEY = os.environ["OXEN_API_KEY"]
          AUTH = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"}

          enqueue = requests.post(
              "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue",
              headers={**AUTH, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
              json={
                  "model": "flux-kontext-dev",
                  "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/ox/Oxen-Character-Simple-Vector-Graphic/file/main/images/reference/bloxy_white_bg.png",
                  "prompt": "High quality illustration of the character riding a cow, with a text bubble saying 'Woohoo!' - preserve all colors and traits of the original character, and render the cow in the same style",
                  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
                  "num_inference_steps": 28,
                  "guidance": 2.5,
                  "output_format": "webp",
                  "output_quality": 80,
                  "disable_safety_checker": false
              },
          )
          enqueue.raise_for_status()
          generation_id = enqueue.json()["generations"][0]["generation_id"]

          with requests.get(
              "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/events",
              headers=AUTH,
              stream=True,
          ) as stream:
              event_name = None
              for line in stream.iter_lines(decode_unicode=True):
                  if line.startswith("event: "):
                      event_name = line.removeprefix("event: ")
                  elif line.startswith("data: ") and event_name == "media_generation_completed":
                      payload = json.loads(line.removeprefix("data: "))
                      if payload.get("generation_id") == generation_id:
                          print(payload)
                          break
          ```
        </CodeGroup>
      </Tab>
    </Tabs>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## Fetch model details

The [models endpoint](/inference-api/reference/models/overview) returns the full model object, including its `json_request_schema`.

```bash theme={null}
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/models/flux-kontext-dev
```

## Request parameters

### Required parameters

| Field         | Type     | Default                                                                                                                                                                                           | Description                                                                                       |
| ------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `input_image` | `string` | `"https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/ox/Oxen-Character-Simple-Vector-Graphic/file/main/images/reference/bloxy_white_bg.png"`                                                                           | Image to use as reference. Must be jpeg, png, gif, or webp. Format: uri.                          |
| `prompt`      | `string` | `"High quality illustration of the character riding a cow, with a text bubble saying 'Woohoo!' - preserve all colors and traits of the original character, and render the cow in the same style"` | Text description of what you want to generate, or the instruction on how to edit the given image. |

### Optional parameters

| Field                    | Type      | Default  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------------ | --------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `aspect_ratio`           | `string`  | `"16:9"` | Aspect ratio of the generated image. Use 'match\_input\_image' to match the aspect ratio of the input image. One of: 1:1, 16:9, 21:9, 3:2, 2:3, 4:5, 5:4, 3:4, 4:3, 9:16, 9:21, match\_input\_image. |
| `num_inference_steps`    | `integer` | `28`     | Number of inference steps Range: 4 – 50.                                                                                                                                                             |
| `guidance`               | `number`  | `2.5`    | Guidance scale for generation Range: 0 – 10.                                                                                                                                                         |
| `seed`                   | `integer` | —        | Random seed for reproducible generation. Leave blank for random.                                                                                                                                     |
| `output_format`          | `string`  | `"webp"` | Output image format One of: webp, jpg, png.                                                                                                                                                          |
| `output_quality`         | `integer` | `80`     | Quality when saving the output images, from 0 to 100. 100 is best quality, 0 is lowest quality. Not relevant for .png outputs Range: 0 – 100.                                                        |
| `disable_safety_checker` | `boolean` | `false`  | Disable NSFW safety checker                                                                                                                                                                          |