# alibaba/wan-2.6/text-to-image

> Capable of producing high-quality imagery from natural-language prompts, Alibaba WAN 2.6 Text-to-Image excels in prompt adherence and clean composition. It offers support for various aspect ratios with versatile styles ranging from photorealistic to illustrative for social visuals, ads, and product shots.

## Overview

- **Endpoint**: `https://api.shortapi.ai/api/v1/job/create`
- **Model ID**: `alibaba/wan-2.6/text-to-image`
- **Category**: text-to-image
- **Kind**: inference

## Pricing

Your request will cost $0.026 per image.

For more details, please check our pricing page.

## API Information

This model can be used via our HTTP API or more conveniently via our client libraries.
See the input and output schema below, as well as the usage examples.

### Input Schema

The API accepts the following input parameters:

- **`prompt`** (`string`, _required_):
  Positive text prompt. Length no more than 2100 characters
  - Examples: "An action shot of a black lab swimming..."

- **`negative_prompt`** (`string`, _optional_):
  Negative text prompt. Length no more than 500 characters

- **`num_images`** (`int`, _optional_):
  The number of images to generate
  - Default: `1`
  - Options: "1", "2", "3", "4"

- **`width`** (`int`, _optional_):
  The width of the image. Width and height requirements: the total number of pixels must be between 1280 × 1280 and 1440 × 1440, and the aspect ratio must be within the range 1:4 to 4:1
  - Range: `640` to `2880`

- **`height`** (`int`, _optional_):
  The height of the image. Width and height requirements: the total number of pixels must be between 1280 × 1280 and 1440 × 1440, and the aspect ratio must be within the range 1:4 to 4:1
  - Range: `640` to `2880`

- **`prompt_extend`** (`bool`, _optional_):
  Ntelligent Prompt Rewriting
  - Default: `false`
  - Options: "true", "false"

### Output Schema

The API returns a JSON response with a `job_id` for tracking the request status.

**Create Job Response:**
```json
{
  "code": 0,
  "data": {
    "amount": "0.02",
    "job_id": "<JOB_ID>"
  }
}
```

**Query Job Result (when status is 2, meaning succeeded):**
```json
{
  "code": 0,
  "data": {
    "status": 2,
    "result": {
      "images": [{ "url": "https://..." }]
    }
  }
}
```

## Use Example

To use this model, make an HTTP POST request to the API endpoint, then poll for results using the returned `job_id`.

### Bash (cURL)
```bash
# Step 1: Create a job
response=$(curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.shortapi.ai/api/v1/job/create \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $SHORTAPI_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "model": "alibaba/wan-2.6/text-to-image",
  "args": {
    "prompt": "A hyper‑detailed, hyper‑realistic digital‑meets‑traditional art piece, rendered as a photorealistic colored‑pencil drawing on textured, off‑white artist paper infused with digital depth. Depict a grey‑brown Labmaraner dog bursting from a hand‑drawn sketch into vivid reality while simultaneously running through a shallow body of water, splashing droplets in every direction. The dog’s fur is a rich mix of grey and brown, with lifelike texture transitioning from graphite cross‑hatching and loose construction lines on its hindquarters into fully rendered, ultra‑realistic fur on its face and outstretched paw.The dog has large, expressive, joyful eyes and a focused, energetic expression, capturing both playfulness and determination. Its front paw breaks the boundary of the page and is gently held by a real adult human hand entering from the right—warm‑toned, photorealistic, with visible skin texture, knuckles, and fingernails—creating a striking contrast between illustration and reality.Water splashes around the dog as it emerges, with suspended droplets drawn in a magical‑realist blend of colored pencil, digital shimmer, and soft natural lighting. The background transitions from a blurred, motion‑filled forest landscape into the torn‑edge paper surface, emphasizing the surreal shift between worlds. Shadows are soft and cinematic, enhancing depth and emotional resonance.The overall mood is symbolic and heartwarming—connection, imagination, love, and the breaking of artistic boundaries. Ultra‑high detail, shallow depth of field, realistic graphite texture, fine‑art photography meets illustration, magical‑realism aesthetic. Square format"
  },
  "callback_url": "CALLBACK_URL"
}')
JOB_ID=$(echo "$response" | grep -o '"job_id": *"[^"]*"' | sed 's/"job_id": *//; s/"//g')

# Step 2: Poll for results
curl --request GET \
  --url "https://api.shortapi.ai/api/v1/job/query?id=$JOB_ID" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $SHORTAPI_KEY"
```

### JavaScript (Fetch API)
```javascript
// Step 1: Create a job
const response = await fetch(`https://api.shortapi.ai/api/v1/job/create`, {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${SHORTAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "alibaba/wan-2.6/text-to-image",
    "args": {
      "prompt": "A hyper‑detailed, hyper‑realistic digital‑meets‑traditional art piece, rendered as a photorealistic colored‑pencil drawing on textured, off‑white artist paper infused with digital depth. Depict a grey‑brown Labmaraner dog bursting from a hand‑drawn sketch into vivid reality while simultaneously running through a shallow body of water, splashing droplets in every direction. The dog’s fur is a rich mix of grey and brown, with lifelike texture transitioning from graphite cross‑hatching and loose construction lines on its hindquarters into fully rendered, ultra‑realistic fur on its face and outstretched paw.The dog has large, expressive, joyful eyes and a focused, energetic expression, capturing both playfulness and determination. Its front paw breaks the boundary of the page and is gently held by a real adult human hand entering from the right—warm‑toned, photorealistic, with visible skin texture, knuckles, and fingernails—creating a striking contrast between illustration and reality.Water splashes around the dog as it emerges, with suspended droplets drawn in a magical‑realist blend of colored pencil, digital shimmer, and soft natural lighting. The background transitions from a blurred, motion‑filled forest landscape into the torn‑edge paper surface, emphasizing the surreal shift between worlds. Shadows are soft and cinematic, enhancing depth and emotional resonance.The overall mood is symbolic and heartwarming—connection, imagination, love, and the breaking of artistic boundaries. Ultra‑high detail, shallow depth of field, realistic graphite texture, fine‑art photography meets illustration, magical‑realism aesthetic. Square format"
    },
    "callback_url": "CALLBACK_URL"
})
});
const data = await response.json();
const JOB_ID = data.job_id;

// Step 2: Poll for results
const result = await fetch(`https://api.shortapi.ai/api/v1/job/query?id=${JOB_ID}`, {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${SHORTAPI_KEY}`
  }
});
const resultData = await result.json();
console.log(resultData);
```

### Python (Requests)
```python
import requests

# Step 1: Create a job
url = "https://api.shortapi.ai/api/v1/job/create"
payload = {
  "model": "alibaba/wan-2.6/text-to-image",
  "args": {
    "prompt": "A hyper‑detailed, hyper‑realistic digital‑meets‑traditional art piece, rendered as a photorealistic colored‑pencil drawing on textured, off‑white artist paper infused with digital depth. Depict a grey‑brown Labmaraner dog bursting from a hand‑drawn sketch into vivid reality while simultaneously running through a shallow body of water, splashing droplets in every direction. The dog’s fur is a rich mix of grey and brown, with lifelike texture transitioning from graphite cross‑hatching and loose construction lines on its hindquarters into fully rendered, ultra‑realistic fur on its face and outstretched paw.The dog has large, expressive, joyful eyes and a focused, energetic expression, capturing both playfulness and determination. Its front paw breaks the boundary of the page and is gently held by a real adult human hand entering from the right—warm‑toned, photorealistic, with visible skin texture, knuckles, and fingernails—creating a striking contrast between illustration and reality.Water splashes around the dog as it emerges, with suspended droplets drawn in a magical‑realist blend of colored pencil, digital shimmer, and soft natural lighting. The background transitions from a blurred, motion‑filled forest landscape into the torn‑edge paper surface, emphasizing the surreal shift between worlds. Shadows are soft and cinematic, enhancing depth and emotional resonance.The overall mood is symbolic and heartwarming—connection, imagination, love, and the breaking of artistic boundaries. Ultra‑high detail, shallow depth of field, realistic graphite texture, fine‑art photography meets illustration, magical‑realism aesthetic. Square format"
  },
  "callback_url": "CALLBACK_URL"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {SHORTAPI_KEY}",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
data = response.json()
JOB_ID = data.get("job_id")

# Step 2: Poll for results
result_url = f"https://api.shortapi.ai/api/v1/job/query?id={JOB_ID}"
result = requests.get(result_url, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {SHORTAPI_KEY}"})
print(result.json())
```