Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Edit API

google/gemini-2.5-flash-image-edit
Google's fast, low-latency image-editing model — makes precise, natural-language edits to existing photos, from local touch-ups to multi-image fusion.
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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
$0.325 / 1M tokens
$78 / 1M tokens
128K tokens
Image generation at scale
$0.052 / gen
High-fidelity text-to-image generation
$0.195 / gen (variable)
Image generation at scale

Frequently asked questions

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Edit takes image, text as input and returns image.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Edit became available on February 23, 2026.

Yes, Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Edit accepts image input as well as a text prompt.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Edit was built by Google.

Send a request to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations with google/gemini-2.5-flash-image-edit as the model id.

Yes. Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Edit is served through AI/ML API, so the same key and endpoint format used for other models applies.

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