Best AI Image Generation APIs in 2026 - DALL-E 3, Midjourney, Ideogram, and Current Alternatives

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="sk-your-api-key",
    base_url="https://crazyrouter.com/v1"
)

response = client.images.generate(
    model="dall-e-3",
    prompt="A futuristic cityscape at sunset with flying cars and neon lights",
    size="1024x1024",
    quality="hd",
    n=1
)

print(response.data[0].url)

curl -X POST "https://crazyrouter.com/mj/submit/imagine" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-your-api-key" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "A majestic dragon flying over a medieval castle, cinematic lighting --ar 16:9 --v 6"
  }'

curl "https://crazyrouter.com/mj/task/{task_id}/fetch" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-your-api-key"

curl -X POST "https://crazyrouter.com/mj/submit/blend" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-your-api-key" \
  -d '{
    "base64Array": ["base64_image_1", "base64_image_2"]
  }'

curl -X POST "https://crazyrouter.com/fal-ai/flux-pro/kontext/text-to-image" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-your-api-key" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "A professional headshot of a business executive in a modern office"
  }'

curl -X POST "https://crazyrouter.com/fal-ai/flux-pro/kontext" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-your-api-key" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "Change the background to a beach sunset",
    "image_url": "https://example.com/original.jpg"
  }'

curl -X POST "https://crazyrouter.com/fal-ai/flux-pro/kontext/max/multi" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-your-api-key" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "Combine these two characters in a fantasy scene",
    "image_urls": ["https://example.com/char1.jpg", "https://example.com/char2.jpg"]
  }'

curl -X POST "https://crazyrouter.com/ideogram/v1/ideogram-v3/generate" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-your-api-key" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "A modern logo for a tech startup called NeuralFlow with clean typography",
    "aspect_ratio": "1:1",
    "style": "design"
  }'

curl -X POST "https://crazyrouter.com/ideogram/v1/ideogram-v3/edit" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-your-api-key" \
  -d '{
    "image": "base64_encoded_image",
    "prompt": "Add a golden border around the logo"
  }'

curl -X POST "https://crazyrouter.com/ideogram/v1/ideogram-v3/replace-background" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-your-api-key" \
  -d '{
    "image": "base64_encoded_image",
    "prompt": "Replace background with a gradient blue sky"
  }'

from openai import OpenAI
import requests

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="sk-your-api-key",
    base_url="https://crazyrouter.com/v1"
)

# Required: User-Agent header for Cloudflare/WAF
default_headers = {
    "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/"
}

def generate_image(prompt, model="dall-e-3"):
    if model == "dall-e-3":
        response = client.images.generate(
            model="dall-e-3",
            prompt=prompt,
            size="1024x1024"
        )
        return response.data[0].url
    elif model == "midjourney":
        headers = {
            **default_headers,
            "Authorization": "Bearer sk-your-api-key"
        }
        response = requests.post(
            "https://crazyrouter.com/mj/submit/imagine",
            headers=headers,
            json={"prompt": prompt}
        )
        return response.json()

# Usage
url = generate_image("A beautiful sunset over mountains")
print(url)