[Feature]: Add support for OpenAI Image Editing & Inpainting endpoint (/v1/images/edits) - New model gpt-image-1

[mvrodrig]

The Feature

Hello @krrishdholakia , @ishaan-jaff !

I’d like to request support for the OpenAI Image Editing and Inpainting endpoint (/v1/images/edits) using the gpt-image-1 model. Below is a minimal Python example demonstrating a direct request to OpenAI:

import os
import requests
import base64

api_key = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")

url = "https://api.openai.com/v1/images/edits"
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"
}

# Prepare the files for image editing/inpainting
files = [
    ("image[]", ("body-lotion.png", open("body-lotion.png", "rb"), "image/png")),
    ("image[]", ("bath-bomb.png",   open("bath-bomb.png",   "rb"), "image/png"))
]

data = {
    "model":  "gpt-image-1",
    "prompt": "Create a lovely gift basket with these four items in it"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, files=files, data=data)
response.raise_for_status()

# Print the x-request-id
print("x-request-id:", response.headers.get("x-request-id"))

# Decode and save the returned image
result = response.json()
b64 = result["data"][0]["b64_json"]
img_bytes = base64.b64decode(b64)
with open("gift-basket.png", "wb") as img_file:
    img_file.write(img_bytes)

print("Image saved as gift-basket.png")

OpenAI doc: https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/images/createEdit

Related issues requesting the same endpoint:

• #6065

• #6772

• #4922

Thank you for considering this enhancement!

Motivation, pitch

Adding support for the /v1/images/edits endpoint in Litellm would unlock these advanced editing and inpainting workflows directly in applications, keeping Litellm at the cutting edge of AI-powered creativity.

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[ishaan-jaff]

This is reasonable and looks highly requested. I'm aiming to have this ready by next week.

[krrishdholakia]

should we also support this for gemini (since it has image input + output too)

[marty-sullivan]

+1, it would be great to have support for this & token cost tracking