Date: November 4, 2025
Status: ✅ FORCED TO USE OPENROUTER GPT-5 IMAGE MINI
MUST use: ChatGPT 5 Image Mini via OpenRouter
NOT allowed: OpenAI DALL-E 3 directly
Endpoint: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions
Model: openai/gpt-5-image-mini
Parameters:
{
model: 'openai/gpt-5-image-mini',
messages: [
{
role: 'user',
content: `Generate an image: ${prompt}. Create a high-quality image with size ${size}.`
}
],
modalities: ['image', 'text'], // Request both image and text
image_size: size, // 1024x1024, 1792x1024, 1024x1792
n: 1
}Backend tries multiple formats:
- Format 1:
choices[0].message.images[](standard OpenRouter image format) - Format 2:
message.content[]array withimage_urltype - Format 3: Extract image URL from
message.contentstring (regex) - Format 4:
data[]array (fallback)
- Model
openai/gpt-5-image-minimay return text responses instead of images - Parameter
modalities: ['image']may not trigger image generation - Response may contain image URL in text content
- 401 Unauthorized: OpenRouter API key invalid or format incorrect
- Solution: Use OpenRouter API key (format:
sk-or-v1-...) - Do NOT use: OpenAI API key directly
- Solution: Use OpenRouter API key (format:
- Text Response: Model returns text instead of image
- Solution: Backend will extract image URL from text if available
- Open browser: http://localhost:3000
- Go to Image tab
- Enter prompt: "A beautiful sunset over mountains"
- Select aspect ratio: Square (1:1)
- Click "Generate Image"
- Check Backend Logs:
- Look for:
🔵 FORCE: Using OpenRouter Chat Completions with GPT-5 Image Mini - Look for:
🔵 OpenRouter API Response - Check response structure
- Look for:
tail -f /tmp/backend.logLook for:
🔵 FORCE: Using OpenRouter Chat Completions with GPT-5 Image Mini🔵 Calling OpenRouter API with model: openai/gpt-5-image-mini...🔵 OpenRouter API Response: {...}
{
"choices": [{
"message": {
"images": [{
"image_url": {
"url": "https://..."
}
}]
}
}]
}{
"choices": [{
"message": {
"content": [
{
"type": "image_url",
"image_url": {
"url": "https://..."
}
}
]
}
}]
}{
"choices": [{
"message": {
"content": "Here is the image: https://example.com/image.jpg"
}
}]
}Backend: ✅ FORCED TO USE OPENROUTER GPT-5 IMAGE MINI
Endpoint: ✅ https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions
Model: ✅ openai/gpt-5-image-mini
Response Handling: ✅ MULTI-FORMAT SUPPORT
Error Handling: ✅ ENHANCED
Build: ✅ SUCCESS
-
Test with OpenRouter API Key:
- Use OpenRouter API key (format:
sk-or-v1-...) - Do NOT use OpenAI API key
- Check backend logs for response structure
- Use OpenRouter API key (format:
-
If Model Returns Text:
- Backend will try to extract image URL from text
- Check backend logs for actual response format
- May need to adjust prompt or parameters
-
If Still Fails:
- Verify OpenRouter API key is correct
- Check if model
openai/gpt-5-image-miniis available - Check backend logs for detailed error
Status: ✅ FORCED TO USE OPENROUTER GPT-5 IMAGE MINI - READY FOR TESTING