Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Edit API

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Edit enables text-guided image editing powered by Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash model.
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Released
Feb 23, 2026

How to use Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Edit API

Install any OpenAI-compatible SDK, point it at api.aimlapi.com/v1, and set the model to google/gemini-2.5-flash-image-edit.
import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY},
    json={
      "model": "google/gemini-2.5-flash-image-edit",
      "prompt": "Change the background to a sunset beach",
      "image_url": "https://example.com/your-image.png"
    },
)
print(r.json())
const r = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "google/gemini-2.5-flash-image-edit",
    "prompt": "Change the background to a sunset beach",
    "image_url": "https://example.com/your-image.png"
  }),
});
console.log(await r.json());
curl -X POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"google/gemini-2.5-flash-image-edit","prompt":"Change the background to a sunset beach","image_url":"https://example.com/your-image.png"}'

OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Edit API Pricing

TypePrice
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The model has a documented free tier in Google AI Studio, and rate limits are applied per project rather than per API key, with daily quotas resetting at midnight Pacific time.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Edit vs other models

ModelInputOutputContextBest for
Image generation
$0.6877 / 1M
$4.1262 / 1M
128K tokens
Image generation at scale
$0.052 / gen
High-fidelity text-to-image generation
$0.195 / gen (variable)
Image generation at scale

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