Pollinations

Generate an image URL from a text prompt. Returns a shareable/embeddable URL without downloading the image. Supports all image models and parameters including image-to-image with the 'image' parameter.

Generate an image from a text prompt and return the base64-encoded image data. Full control over all generation parameters. Supports image-to-image with kontext, seedream, nanobanana models.

Generate multiple images in parallel (up to 10). Best with sk_ keys (no rate limits). pk_ keys will be rate-limited. Each prompt generates one image with shared parameters.

Generate a video from a text prompt or image. Models: veo (text-to-video, 4-8s, audio), seedance (text/image-to-video, 2-10s), seedance-pro (best quality). Use 'image' parameter with seedance models for image-to-video generation.

Generate a video URL from a text prompt. Returns a shareable/embeddable URL without downloading the video. Models: veo (4-8s, audio), seedance (2-10s), seedance-pro (best quality).

Analyze and describe an image using vision-capable AI models. Pass an image URL and optionally a custom prompt. Great for image captioning, content analysis, OCR, and visual Q&A.

Analyze a video using AI. Supports YouTube URLs and direct video links. Uses gemini-large for native video understanding (frames + audio). Great for video summarization, content analysis, and Q&A about videos.

List all available image and video generation models with their capabilities. Shows which models support image-to-image, video generation, and other features. Models are fetched dynamically from the API.

Generate text from a simple prompt. Easy-to-use text generation with essential parameters. For advanced features (tool calling, multi-turn, audio), use chatCompletion instead.

OpenAI-compatible chat completions with ALL parameters. Supports: - Multi-turn conversations with message history - Function/tool calling for AI agents - Audio input/output (openai-audio model) - Reasoning mode (kimi, perplexity-reasoning, openai-large, gemini-large) - JSON/structured output - Built-in Gemini tools (google_search, code_execution, etc.) - Perplexity web search with citations

List all available text generation models with their capabilities. Shows which models support reasoning, tools, audio, vision, etc. Models are fetched dynamically from the API.

Search the web for real-time information using search-enabled models. Returns answers with source citations. Great for current events, facts, research.

Get pricing information for all models. Shows cost per token/image in pollen.

Generate an audio response to a text prompt. The AI will respond to your prompt with speech.

Generate speech that says the provided text verbatim. Direct text-to-speech.

List all available audio voices and supported formats. Voices are fetched dynamically from the API.

Transcribe audio from a URL. Uses gemini-large for accurate speech-to-text transcription.

Set your pollinations.ai API key for authenticated requests. Get your key at https://enter.pollinations.ai/keys

Get information about the currently set API key

Clear the stored API key

Get the current Pollen balance for the authenticated API key. Returns key-scoped balance if the key has its own budget, otherwise account-wide. Requires an API key with 'account:usage' permission.

Get usage history for the authenticated key. By default returns the most recent per-request records (model, cost, tokens, latency). Set 'daily: true' for a daily aggregated summary grouped by date and model. Requires 'account:usage' permission.

List quests and earned rewards for the authenticated account. Read-only; claiming rewards requires a dashboard session. Requires 'account:usage' permission.