Nano Banana Edit API

google/nano-banana-edit
Google's original Nano Banana editor — makes targeted, natural-language edits to existing images and blends in reference photos.
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Released
Feb 27, 2026

How to use Nano Banana Edit API

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

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY},
    json={
      "model": "google/nano-banana-edit",
      "image_urls": [
        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aimlapi/api-docs/main/reference-files/t-rex.png",
        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aimlapi/api-docs/main/reference-files/blue-mug.jpg"
      ],
      "prompt": "Combine the images so the T-Rex is wearing a business suit, sitting in a cozy small café, drinking from the mug",
      "aspect_ratio": "16:9"
    },
)
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/nano-banana-edit",
    "image_urls": [
      "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aimlapi/api-docs/main/reference-files/t-rex.png",
      "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aimlapi/api-docs/main/reference-files/blue-mug.jpg"
    ],
    "prompt": "Combine the images so the T-Rex is wearing a business suit, sitting in a cozy small café, drinking from the mug",
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9"
  }),
});
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/nano-banana-edit","image_urls":["https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aimlapi/api-docs/main/reference-files/t-rex.png","https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aimlapi/api-docs/main/reference-files/blue-mug.jpg"],"prompt":"Combine the images so the T-Rex is wearing a business suit, sitting in a cozy small café, drinking from the mug","aspect_ratio":"16:9"}'

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

Nano Banana Edit API Pricing

TypePrice
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Price shown is per generated image. Up to 3 reference images can be passed via `image_urls`, and `aspect_ratio` accepts 1:1, 9:16, 16:9, 3:4, or 4:3 (default 16:9 when no reference image is given).

Nano Banana 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

Nano Banana Edit takes image, text as input and returns image.

Nano Banana Edit became available on February 27, 2026.

Yes, Nano Banana Edit accepts image input as well as a text prompt.

Nano Banana Edit was built by Google.

Send a request to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations with google/nano-banana-edit as the model id.

Yes. Nano Banana Edit is served through AI/ML API, so the same key and endpoint format used for other models applies.

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