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Why use GPT Image 2.5 Flare on OpenAI API?
OpenAI API offers GPT Image 2.5 Flare with competitive pricing. OpenAI is a leading AI research and deployment company dedicated to developing safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence (AGI) for humanity.
Setup recipe
Python + curlpip install openaiexport OPENAI_API_KEY=...import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI() # reads OPENAI_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(gpt-image-2.5-flareRequest example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI() # reads OPENAI_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-image-2.5-flare",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use the model slug directly, e.g. "gpt-4o" or "gpt-4.1-mini".
- The examples expect OPENAI_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Capabilities
About GPT Image 2.5 Flare
GPT Image 2.5 Flare is OpenAI's fastest GPT Image 2.5 model for high-quality everyday image generation, released September 8, 2026. It accepts text and image inputs and produces image outputs, with low through max quality settings. Available via the Image API (model ids gpt-image-2.5-flare and dated snapshot gpt-image-2.5-flare-2026-09-08) and as the Responses API image generation tool model. OpenAI API multimodal token pricing: text input $5.00 / cached $1.25, image input $8.00 / cached $2.00, image output $30.00 per 1M tokens.