Minimax Image Subject Reference

POST/v1/run

Image 01 Subject Reference by MiniMax - AI-powered image editing, style transfer, and transformation. Edit photos with natural language instructions, remove backgrounds, change styles, and enhance images effortlessly.

Request body

Submit an async generation request. The model field selects the model; other fields are model-specific input parameters.

stringmodelrequired

Model identifier. Set to minimax/image-01/subject-reference.

Default: minimax/image-01/subject-reference

stringpromptrequired

Text prompt for image generation (max 1500 characters)

stringimagerequired

URL of the subject reference image to use for consistent character appearance

Optional<boolean>prompt_optimizer

Whether to enable automatic prompt optimization

Default: false

Optional<string>aspect_ratio

The aspect ratio of the generated image.

Allowed values: 21:9, 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4, 1:1, 4:5, 3:4, 2:3, 9:16

Response Schema

The submit endpoint returns an accepted generation task. Poll the result endpoint with the returned id for terminal outputs or errors.

Optional<string>error

Error message if the task failed. Empty on success.

stringidrequired

Unique identifier for the generation task.

Optional<string>model

Model ID used for the prediction.

Optional<array>outputs

Array of generated content. Empty when status is not completed.

stringstatusrequired

Status of the task: pending, running, completed, failed, or timeout.

Allowed values: pending, running, completed, failed, timeout

Model capabilities

array<string>capability_tagsrequired

Capabilities declared by the model registry.

Default: image-to-image

stringexecution_moderequired

Execution mode declared by the model registry.

Default: async

# 1. Submit a generation request
curl -X POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "minimax/image-01/subject-reference",
  "prompt": "A beautiful woman with a crown on her head.",
  "image": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/minimax/image-01/subject-reference/input_image_0.png",
  "aspect_ratio": "21:9"
}'

# 2. If the response is still running, poll the returned id
curl https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/run_abc123 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY"

Response202 Accepted

{
  "id": "run_abc123",
  "model": "minimax/image-01/subject-reference",
  "status": "running",
  "outputs": []
}