# Ideogram V4.0q [instant] API

> Schnellst Text-zu-Bild-Variant vun Ideogram V4.0q, mat liesbarem Text an engem minimale Parametersaz

E vereinfacht Text-zu-Bild-Modell fir Plakater, Logoen an Designs mat liesbarem Text. D'Inpute si limitéiert op de Prompt, `image_size` mat sechs Presets, `num_images` vun 1 bis 4, `seed` a jpeg- oder png-Output. `expansion_model` kann nëmmen None oder Medium sinn. Et gëtt keng Optioun fir Rendering-Geschwindegkeet oder LoRA.

- Model id: `ideogram/v4/instant`
- Made by: Ideogram
- Category: Text to Image
- Output: image
- Price per megapixel of your output image: $0.0075 / megapixel of output image (cheapest run $0.008 (8 API credits))
- Run: `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/run/ideogram/v4/instant`
- Quote: `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/quote/ideogram/v4/instant`
- Docs page: https://doitong.com/lb/developers/models/ideogram/v4/instant

## Pricing

Price: **$0.0075 / megapixel of output image**. Price per megapixel of your output image: the input files are measured before the run (length, resolution, frame rate). The quote measures the same files and is exactly what the run charges.

The full example input below costs $0.008 = 8 API credits (1 MP output image × $0.0075).

Prices are the upstream price in USD, paid from the API balance in API credits (1000 API credits = 1 USD). `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/quote/ideogram/v4/instant` with the same JSON body returns the exact price for that input; the quote is exactly what a run charges. Invalid input is never charged and failed or canceled requests are refunded automatically.

## Input parameters

Send either the canonical name or the native field name (not both). Canonical names are the same across models.

| Parameter | Canonical name | Type | Required | Default | Allowed values / range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `prompt` |  | string | yes |  |  | Prompt, deen d'Bild-Generatioun steiert. |
| `expansion_model` |  | enum (string) | no | `Medium` | `None`, `Medium` | Auswiel vun der Prompt-Erweiderung: de séiere Magic-Prompt-Modell iwwer 'Medium' oder keng Erweiderung iwwer 'None'. |
| `image_size` |  | object {width, height} \| enum (string) | no | `square_hd` | `square_hd`, `square`, `portrait_4_3`, `portrait_16_9`, `landscape_4_3`, `landscape_16_9` | Opléisung fir dat generéiert Bild. |
| `num_images` | `num_outputs` | integer | no | `1` | 1 – 4 | Unzuel vun de Biller, déi erstallt ginn. |
| `seed` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Seed fir d'Generatioun, zoufälleg ausgewielt, ausser Dir gitt e Wäert un. |
| `enable_safety_checker` |  | boolean | no | `true` |  | Sécherheetskontrollschalter, deem seng ausgeschalt Astellung d'Autorisatioun vum Kont erfuerdert. Ouni dës Autorisatioun gëtt all Ufro onofhängeg vun der Astellung kontrolléiert; true aktivéiert d'Kontroll. |
| `output_format` |  | enum (string) | no | `jpeg` | `jpeg`, `png` | Dateiformat vum resultéierende Bild. |

## Example input

Required parameters only:

```json
{
  "prompt": "A red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field"
}
```

A fuller example:

```json
{
  "prompt": "A red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field"
}
```

## Run it

Set `DOITONG_API_KEY` to a key from https://doitong.com/developers/dashboard#keys. `?wait=20` returns the finished request in the same call when it is ready within 20 seconds; otherwise poll `GET /requests/{id}` (it also accepts `?wait=`), or pass `webhook_url`.

### curl

```bash
# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
curl -X POST "https://api.doitong.com/v1/run/ideogram/v4/instant?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "A red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field"
  }'

# Still "queued" or "running"? Poll with the id from the response:
curl "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/REQUEST_ID?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY"
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
const API = "https://api.doitong.com/v1";
const headers = {
  "Authorization": "Bearer " + process.env.DOITONG_API_KEY,
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
};

// Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
let res = await fetch(API + "/run/ideogram/v4/instant?wait=20", {
  method: "POST",
  headers,
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "prompt": "A red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field"
  }),
});
let request = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(request.error.code + ": " + request.error.message);

// Not finished yet: long-poll until it is
while (request.status === "queued" || request.status === "running") {
  res = await fetch(API + "/requests/" + request.id + "?wait=20", { headers });
  request = await res.json();
}
if (request.status !== "succeeded") throw new Error(JSON.stringify(request.error));
console.log(request.outputs.map((o) => o.url), request.cost.credits + " API credits ($" + request.cost.usd + ")");
```

### Python

```python
import os
import requests

API = "https://api.doitong.com/v1"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["DOITONG_API_KEY"]}

payload = {
    "prompt": "A red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field",
}

# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
r = requests.post(API + "/run/ideogram/v4/instant", params={"wait": 20}, json=payload, headers=headers)
request = r.json()
if not r.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(request["error"]["code"] + ": " + request["error"]["message"])

# Not finished yet: long-poll until it is
while request["status"] in ("queued", "running"):
    request = requests.get(API + "/requests/" + request["id"], params={"wait": 20}, headers=headers).json()
if request["status"] != "succeeded":
    raise RuntimeError(request["error"])
print([o["url"] for o in request["outputs"]], request["cost"]["credits"], "API credits", "$" + request["cost"]["usd"])
```

### MCP

The MCP server at `https://api.doitong.com/v1/mcp` exposes the tools `search_models`, `get_model`, `quote`, `run`, `get_request`, `cancel_request`, `list_requests`, `create_upload` and `get_account`. A `run` call for this model:

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "run",
    "arguments": {
      "model_id": "ideogram/v4/instant",
      "input": {
        "prompt": "A red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field"
      },
      "wait_seconds": 20
    }
  }
}
```

## Response

Every call returns a request object. `status` is one of `queued`, `running`, `succeeded`, `failed`, `canceled`. `outputs` lists the generated files with URLs on our storage (kept forever, or 7 days with `?storage=temporary`; `storage` says which); `output` is the model's own result object with the same URLs.

```json
{
  "id": "req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t",
  "object": "request",
  "model": "ideogram/v4/instant",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "created_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:00Z",
  "started_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:02Z",
  "completed_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:09Z",
  "queue_position": null,
  "cost": {
    "credits": 8,
    "usd": "0.008",
    "charged": 8,
    "refunded": 0
  },
  "input": {
    "prompt": "A red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field"
  },
  "output": {
    "images": [
      {
        "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
        "content_type": "image/jpeg",
        "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
        "file_size": 1843200,
        "width": 1024,
        "height": 768
      }
    ],
    "timings": {},
    "seed": 42,
    "has_nsfw_concepts": [
      false
    ],
    "prompt": "string"
  },
  "outputs": [
    {
      "type": "image",
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
      "content_type": "image/jpeg",
      "file_size": 1843200,
      "width": 1024,
      "height": 768,
      "stored": true
    }
  ],
  "error": null,
  "metrics": {
    "inference_seconds": 6.8
  },
  "urls": {
    "self": "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t",
    "cancel": "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/cancel"
  }
}
```

### Output fields (`output`)

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `images` | array of object {url, content_type, file_name, file_size, width, height} | Biller, déi vum Modell erstallt goufen. |
| `timings` | object |  |
| `seed` | integer | Seed fir d'Bild-Generatioun, inklusiv dem zoufälleg gewielte Wäert, wann am Input kee Seed uginn ass; soss gëtt de geliwwerte Wäert widderholl. |
| `has_nsfw_concepts` | array of boolean | Gëtt un, ob NSFW-Konzepter an de generéierte Biller optrieden. |
| `prompt` | string | Prompt, deen während der Bild-Generatioun benotzt gëtt. |

## Related models

- [Ideogram V4.0 Text to Image](https://doitong.com/developers/models/ideogram/v4.md) (`ideogram/v4`): from $0.0075 / megapixel of output image
- [Ideogram V4.0q \[fast\]](https://doitong.com/developers/models/ideogram/v4/fast.md) (`ideogram/v4/fast`): from $0.00525 / megapixel of output image
- [Ideogram V4.0q Text to Image (LoRA)](https://doitong.com/developers/models/ideogram/v4/lora.md) (`ideogram/v4/lora`): from $0.0113 / megapixel of output image
- [Ideogram V4.0q Image to Image](https://doitong.com/developers/models/ideogram/v4/image-to-image.md) (`ideogram/v4/image-to-image`): from $0.0075 / megapixel of output image
- [Ideogram V4.0q Image to Image LoRA](https://doitong.com/developers/models/ideogram/v4/image-to-image/lora.md) (`ideogram/v4/image-to-image/lora`): from $0.0113 / megapixel of output image
- [Ideogram V4.0q Tiling](https://doitong.com/developers/models/ideogram/v4/tiling.md) (`ideogram/v4/tiling`): from $0.03 / megapixel
- [Ideogram V4.0q Tiling LoRA](https://doitong.com/developers/models/ideogram/v4/tiling/lora.md) (`ideogram/v4/tiling/lora`): from $0.0338 / megapixel
- [Ideogram V4.0q LoRA Trainer](https://doitong.com/developers/models/ideogram/v4/trainer.md) (`ideogram/v4/trainer`): $0.00675 / step

## Links

- HTML page: https://doitong.com/developers/models/ideogram/v4/instant
- All models and guides for AI agents: https://doitong.com/developers/llms.txt
- OpenAPI 3.1 with this model's typed request body: https://doitong.com/developers/openapi.json?model=ideogram/v4/instant
- Errors: https://doitong.com/developers/docs/errors
- Model details as JSON: https://api.doitong.com/v1/models/ideogram/v4/instant