FLUX 3 Text to Image API

Black Forest Labsimage$0.059 / image

Submit a FLUX 3 Text to Image run over HTTP, then poll it or take a webhook. Results are files on media.ezflows.io. Try it in the playground first.

Async: the POST answers at once with a request id. Poll it, or take the webhook.

  1. 01

    Submit

    Parameters at the top level of the JSON body. Answers 202 with a request id.

    curlPOST /v1/models/flux-3-text-to-image
    curl -X POST https://api.ezflows.io/v1/models/flux-3-text-to-image \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer $EZFLOWS_API_KEY" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{
        "prompt": "Top-down flat-lay on a reclaimed-wood workbench, four components arranged in a clean grid with even daylight: a disassembled brass pocket-watch movement <watch>, a tight coil of bright copper wire <wire>, a teal printed circuit board <board>, and a fan of red-handled jeweler'\''s screwdrivers <drivers>, with a small white index card <label> in the centre. [{\"id\": \"watch\", \"bbox\": [60, 60, 470, 470], \"desc\": \"disassembled brass pocket-watch movement with exposed gears\"}, {\"id\": \"wire\", \"bbox\": [60, 530, 470, 940], \"desc\": \"tightly wound coil of bright copper wire\"}, {\"id\": \"board\", \"bbox\": [530, 60, 940, 470], \"desc\": \"teal printed circuit board with silver solder points\"}, {\"id\": \"drivers\", \"bbox\": [530, 530, 940, 940], \"desc\": \"fan of six red-handled jeweler'\''s screwdrivers\"}, {\"id\": \"label\", \"bbox\": [420, 300, 580, 700], \"desc\": \"a small white index card with the handwritten words BENCH KIT No. 3\"}]",
        "resolution": "1k",
        "aspect_ratio": "auto"
      }'
    
    # 202 Accepted, at once — it never waits for the model:
    # {"request_id": "req_8f2a41c9b70e4d15", "status": "queued",
    #  "poll_url": "https://api.ezflows.io/v1/requests/req_8f2a41c9b70e4d15"}
  2. 02

    Poll

    Same bearer header, every few seconds, until the status is final.

    curlGET /v1/requests/:id
    REQUEST_ID=req_8f2a41c9b70e4d15   # from the POST
    
    while :; do
      BODY=$(curl -s https://api.ezflows.io/v1/requests/$REQUEST_ID \
        -H "Authorization: Bearer $EZFLOWS_API_KEY")
      STATUS=$(echo "$BODY" | jq -r .data.status)
      case "$STATUS" in succeeded|failed|cancelled) break ;; esac
      sleep 3
    done
    
    echo "$BODY" | jq -r '.data.output.artifacts[].url'   # media.ezflows.io, kept 90 days
  3. 03

    Response

    Files are on media.ezflows.io, kept 90 days. A failed run says why and costs nothing.

    json200 · succeeded
    {
      "data": {
        "id": "req_8f2a41c9b70e4d15",
        "model_slug": "flux-3-text-to-image",
        "status": "succeeded",
        "http_status": 200,
        "cost": 0.05863,
        "auth_method": "api_key",
        "error": null,
        "submitted_at": "2026-09-12T18:07:21.114Z",
        "queue_started_at": "2026-09-12T18:07:21.402Z",
        "execution_started_at": "2026-09-12T18:07:22.010Z",
        "first_byte_at": "2026-09-12T18:07:52.871Z",
        "finished_at": "2026-09-12T18:07:55.203Z",
        "io_deleted_at": null,
        "canvas_id": null,
        "canvas_node_id": null,
        "client_attempt_id": null,
        "idempotency_key": null,
        "input": {
          "prompt": "Top-down flat-lay on a reclaimed-wood workbench, four components arranged in a clean grid with even daylight: a disassembled brass pocket-watch movement <watch>, a tight coil of bright copper wire <wire>, a teal printed circuit board <board>, and a fan of red-handled jeweler's screwdrivers <drivers>, with a small white index card <label> in the centre. [{\"id\": \"watch\", \"bbox\": [60, 60, 470, 470], \"desc\": \"disassembled brass pocket-watch movement with exposed gears\"}, {\"id\": \"wire\", \"bbox\": [60, 530, 470, 940], \"desc\": \"tightly wound coil of bright copper wire\"}, {\"id\": \"board\", \"bbox\": [530, 60, 940, 470], \"desc\": \"teal printed circuit board with silver solder points\"}, {\"id\": \"drivers\", \"bbox\": [530, 530, 940, 940], \"desc\": \"fan of six red-handled jeweler's screwdrivers\"}, {\"id\": \"label\", \"bbox\": [420, 300, 580, 700], \"desc\": \"a small white index card with the handwritten words BENCH KIT No. 3\"}]",
          "resolution": "1k",
          "aspect_ratio": "auto"
        },
        "output": {
          "artifacts": [
            {
              "index": 0,
              "kind": "image",
              "contentType": "image/png",
              "url": "https://media.ezflows.io/outputs/<account>/req_8f2a41c9b70e4d15/0.png"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  4. 04

    Webhook

    Skip polling: we POST the result to your endpoint, at least once.

    Register
    Create an endpoint under Webhooks in the dashboard; the signing secret is shown once.
    Events
    request.succeeded · request.failed · request.cancelled
    Headers
    ezflows-event-id (dedupe on it) · ezflows-timestamp (unix seconds) · ezflows-signature t=<ts>,v1=<hex HMAC-SHA256 of "<ts>.<raw body>">
    Verify
    Over the exact bytes received, in constant time; reject anything older than five minutes.
    Respond
    Any 2xx within 10 s. Redirects are not followed.
    Retries
    Five, with backoff: 30 s · 60 s · 2 min · 4 min · 8 min. Disabled after five consecutive dead deliveries.
    jsonDelivery body
    {
      "id": "82cf46a4-841e-41d6-b3c7-facc937d3252",
      "type": "request.succeeded",
      "created_at": "2026-09-12T18:07:55Z",
      "data": {
        "id": "req_8f2a41c9b70e4d15",
        "model_slug": "flux-3-text-to-image",
        "status": "succeeded",
        "cost": 0.05863,
        "output": {
          "artifacts": [
            {
              "url": "https://media.ezflows.io/…/0.png"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
    curlverify.sh
    # Create the endpoint under Webhooks in the dashboard; the signing secret is shown once.
    # ezflows-signature: t=<ts>,v1=<hex HMAC-SHA256 of "<ts>.<raw body>">
    # body.json = the exact bytes received. Reject anything older than five minutes.
    EXPECTED=$({ printf '%s.' "$TS"; cat body.json; } \
      | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "$EZFLOWS_WEBHOOK_SECRET" -r | cut -d' ' -f1)
    
    [ "$EXPECTED" = "$V1" ] && echo "valid" || echo "reject"

Parameters 5

NameTypeDefaultAllowedDescription
promptrequiredstringTop-down flat-lay on a reclaimed-wood workbench, four components arranged in a clean grid with even daylight: a disassembled brass pocket-watch movement <watch>, a tight coil of bright copper wire <wire>, a teal printed circuit board <board>, and a fan of red-handled jeweler's screwdrivers <drivers>, with a small white index card <label> in the centre. [{"id": "watch", "bbox": [60, 60, 470, 470], "desc": "disassembled brass pocket-watch movement with exposed gears"}, {"id": "wire", "bbox": [60, 530, 470, 940], "desc": "tightly wound coil of bright copper wire"}, {"id": "board", "bbox": [530, 60, 940, 470], "desc": "teal printed circuit board with silver solder points"}, {"id": "drivers", "bbox": [530, 530, 940, 940], "desc": "fan of six red-handled jeweler's screwdrivers"}, {"id": "label", "bbox": [420, 300, 580, 700], "desc": "a small white index card with the handwritten words BENCH KIT No. 3"}]—Describe subject, composition, lighting and style. Supports bounding-box layouts: tag elements with <id> and append a JSON array of {id, bbox:[y_min,x_min,y_max,x_max] on a 0-1000 grid, desc}.
resolutionenum1k768sq · 1k · 1.5k · 2k · 4kOutput size tier (equal pixel area; exact dimensions follow the aspect ratio). Price scales with the tier.
aspect_ratioenumautoauto · 21:9 · 2:1 · 16:9 · 3:2 · 7:5 · 4:3 · 5:4 · 1:1 · 4:5 · 3:4 · 5:7 · 2:3 · 9:16 · 1:2 · 9:21auto lets the prompt decide, else 1:1. Pick a fixed ratio for a known canvas.
safety_toleranceinteger20–4Input and output moderation level: 0 is strictest, 4 most permissive.
groundingbooleantrue—Let the model ground the prompt in web and image search (real places, products, people in the news). Off for pure imagination.