Grok Imagine - Text to Image

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Model ID: xai-grok-imagine-image Grok Imagine text-to-image is part of xAI’s Grok Imagine suite, a multimodal creative stack supporting text-to-image generation with strong prompt adherence, cinematic aesthetics, style adaptation (including anime), and advanced world/physics understanding. It excels in believable lighting, coherent composition, and production-ready outputs suitable for video game ads and creative workflows. This endpoint specifically handles text-to-image generation.

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
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": "xai-grok-imagine-image",
  "prompt": "<prompt>"
}'

import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/images/generate",
    headers={
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OXEN_API_KEY']}",
    },
    json={
        "model": "xai-grok-imagine-image",
        "prompt": "<prompt>"
    },
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

curl -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/images/generate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "xai-grok-imagine-image",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
  "resolution": "2k",
  "output_format": "webp"
}'

import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/images/generate",
    headers={
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OXEN_API_KEY']}",
    },
    json={
        "model": "xai-grok-imagine-image",
        "prompt": "<prompt>",
        "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
        "resolution": "2k",
        "output_format": "webp"
    },
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

See the async queue reference for more details.

Minimal
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": "xai-grok-imagine-image",
  "prompt": "<prompt>"
}' | 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 .

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": "xai-grok-imagine-image",
        "prompt": "<prompt>"
    },
)
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')}")

# 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": "xai-grok-imagine-image",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
  "resolution": "2k",
  "output_format": "webp"
}' | 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 .

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": "xai-grok-imagine-image",
        "prompt": "<prompt>",
        "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
        "resolution": "2k",
        "output_format": "webp"
    },
)
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')}")

See the async queue reference for more details.

Minimal
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": "xai-grok-imagine-image",
  "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 .

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": "xai-grok-imagine-image",
        "prompt": "<prompt>"
    },
)
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

# 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": "xai-grok-imagine-image",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
  "resolution": "2k",
  "output_format": "webp"
}' | 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 .

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": "xai-grok-imagine-image",
        "prompt": "<prompt>",
        "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
        "resolution": "2k",
        "output_format": "webp"
    },
)
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

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/xai-grok-imagine-image

Request parameters

Required parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
`prompt`	`string`	—	Prompt for generated image

Optional parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
`aspect_ratio`	`string`	`"16:9"`	Aspect ratio for the generated image One of: 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4, 3:2, 2:3, 2:1, 20:9, 19.5:9, 9:19.5, 9:20, 1:2.
`resolution`	`string`	`"2k"`	Resolution of the generated image One of: 1k, 2k.
`output_format`	`string`	`"webp"`	Format of the output images One of: webp, jpeg, png.

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