Nano Banana Edit API

**Nano Banana Edit** is Google’s AI image-editing model for transforming existing images with text prompts, enabling edits, style changes, and visual refinements.
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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
$0.6877 / 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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