optimize_generated_image
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Optimize an AI-generated image for the web
The step after image generation. gpt-image, DALL-E, Flux, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion hand back 2-8 MB PNGs; this returns the same picture as a web-ready webp (default), avif, jpeg or png, metadata stripped, transparency kept on webp/avif/png. Optional max_dimension caps the longest side (never upscales); optional q or quality_target (smallest file with SSIM >= target, flat surcharge) control quality. Same price as convert. If the result is not smaller than the input it is still returned but free (X-Pig-Billed: 0). X-Pictomancer-Bytes-Before/-After/-Saved-Percent report the saving. The input's C2PA manifest, if any, is reported in X-Pictomancer-C2PA-Input but is not carried over: re-encoding invalidates it.
### Responses:
**200**: Processed image binary (Success Response)
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Type: image/jpeg
**Example Response:**
"string"Content-Type: image/png
**Example Response:**
"string"Content-Type: image/webp
**Example Response:**
"string"Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| delivery | string | no | |
| source | string | yes | Image source: a public URL (https://...) or a base64-encoded string (optionally as a data URI like data:image/png;base64,...). |
| format | string | no | Output format: webp (default), avif, jpeg or png. webp, avif and png keep transparency; jpeg flattens it. |
| q | integer | no | Quality (1-100). Maps to libvips Q parameter. Omit to use the encoder default; or set quality_target instead. |
| quality_target | number | no | Target SSIM (0-1]: the worker searches for the smallest file that still scores at least this. Alternative to q; mutually exclusive with it. Carries a flat surcharge for the extra encodes. |
| max_dimension | integer | no | Cap on the longest side in pixels. Larger images are scaled down to fit, aspect ratio preserved; smaller images are never upscaled. |
| strip | boolean | no | Strip metadata. Defaults to true: generated images carry no EXIF worth keeping. Metadata includes any C2PA manifest, which would be invalid after re-encoding anyway. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"delivery": {
"oneOf": [
{
"properties": {
"mode": {
"type": "string",
"const": "inline",
"title": "Mode",
"default": "inline"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"type": "object",
"title": "InlineDelivery"
},
{
"properties": {
"mode": {
"type": "string",
"const": "put_url",
"title": "Mode"
},
"put_url": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 2083,
"minLength": 1,
"format": "uri",
"title": "Put Url",
"description": "Customer-signed presigned PUT URL where the optimized bytes will be written. Must be https://. Cloud credentials never reach our infrastructure; only the URL itself is used and discarded after the request."
},
"headers": {
"anyOf": [
{
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "object"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"title": "Headers",
"description": "Optional storage headers to include on the PUT call (Content-Type, Cache-Control, x-amz-acl, etc.). Whitelisted at SSRF layer."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"type": "object",
"required": [
"mode",
"put_url"
],
"title": "PutUrlDelivery"
},
{
"properties": {
"mode": {
"type": "string",
"const": "callback_url",
"title": "Mode"
},
"callback_url": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 2083,
"minLength": 1,
"format": "uri",
"title": "Callback Url",
"description": "Customer endpoint where the optimized bytes will be POSTed. Must be https://. For async/large jobs. We send an X-Pig-Sha256 header of the body so the receiver can verify integrity. No credentials are stored on our side; secure the endpoint with a token in the URL itself."
},
"headers": {
"anyOf": [
{
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "object"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"title": "Headers",
"description": "Optional headers to include on the POST call (Content-Type, Cache-Control, x-amz-*, etc.). Whitelisted at SSRF layer."
},
"secret": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"title": "Secret",
"description": "Optional HMAC secret. When set, we sign the POST body with HMAC-SHA256 and send 'X-Pig-Signature: sha256=<hex>'. Used per request and never stored. Recompute the HMAC on your endpoint to authenticate the callback (constant-time compare)."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"type": "object",
"required": [
"mode",
"callback_url"
],
"title": "CallbackDelivery"
}
],
"title": "delivery",
"discriminator": {
"propertyName": "mode",
"mapping": {
"callback_url": "#/components/schemas/CallbackDelivery",
"inline": "#/components/schemas/InlineDelivery",
"put_url": "#/components/schemas/PutUrlDelivery"
}
},
"type": "string"
},
"source": {
"type": "string",
"title": "source",
"description": "Image source: a public URL (https://...) or a base64-encoded string (optionally as a data URI like data:image/png;base64,...)."
},
"format": {
"type": "string",
"title": "format",
"description": "Output format: webp (default), avif, jpeg or png. webp, avif and png keep transparency; jpeg flattens it.",
"default": "webp"
},
"q": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "integer"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"title": "q",
"description": "Quality (1-100). Maps to libvips Q parameter. Omit to use the encoder default; or set quality_target instead.",
"type": "integer"
},
"quality_target": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"title": "quality_target",
"description": "Target SSIM (0-1]: the worker searches for the smallest file that still scores at least this. Alternative to q; mutually exclusive with it. Carries a flat surcharge for the extra encodes.",
"type": "number"
},
"max_dimension": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "integer"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"title": "max_dimension",
"description": "Cap on the longest side in pixels. Larger images are scaled down to fit, aspect ratio preserved; smaller images are never upscaled.",
"type": "integer"
},
"strip": {
"type": "boolean",
"title": "strip",
"description": "Strip metadata. Defaults to true: generated images carry no EXIF worth keeping. Metadata includes any C2PA manifest, which would be invalid after re-encoding anyway.",
"default": true
}
},
"title": "optimize_generated_imageArguments",
"required": [
"source"
]
}