Get your API key forSeedream 5 Lite API: image generation API
One key for Seedream 5 Lite and every other top image and video model. Create your API key in minutes and start generating from your code, one request at a time.
1curl https://aiwings.io/api/v1/images \2-H "Authorization: Bearer $AIWINGS_API_KEY" \3-H "Content-Type: application/json" \4-d '{5"prompt": "A sunlit minimalist living room with an arched window",6"model": "seedream-5-lite",7"quality": "3K",8"aspect_ratio": "16:9",9"wait": true10}'
What the API can make.
Real, unedited images made with AiWings, at 2K and 3K. Open any image full size, then copy the exact prompt to try it yourself.
Ultra-wide scenes at 21:9
21:9 · 4704 × 2016 px
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Ultra-wide cinematic photograph of a vast mirror-like salt flat at blue hour. A thin layer of water perfectly reflects a dense Milky Way and a few warm-lit rock monoliths far on the horizon, with faint ripples near the foreground. The last glow of sunset sits on the horizon line, fading into deep indigo. Long-exposure astrophotography look, tack-sharp stars, ultra-detailed polygonal salt crystals in the foreground. No people.
Keep your product, change the scene
4:5 · 1728 × 2304 px
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Using the coffee bag from the reference image exactly as it appears (same kraft bag, same black print, same label text), place it large in the frame, centered and facing the camera, on a sunlit light-oak kitchen counter, with a glass pour-over server dripping fresh coffee and a small bowl of roasted beans softly out of focus behind it. Keep every word on the label sharp and readable. Soft morning light from a window on the left, gentle shadows, shallow depth of field, editorial food photography. No people.
Interiors that look photographed
16:9 · 4096 × 2304 px
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Photorealistic interior of a sunlit minimalist living room in Japandi style: a low oak sofa with bouclé cushions, a curved travertine coffee table, a tall arched window with sheer linen curtains moving softly, a large monstera in a stone pot, a woven jute rug, warm plaster walls and one ceramic vase with dried pampas grass. Late-morning light casting long soft shadows across the floor, architectural magazine photography, 24mm tilt-shift lens. No people.
Editorial layouts with text
3:4 · 1728 × 2304 px
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The cover of a fictional design magazine called ATLAS printed on matte paper, photographed flat from above on a pale concrete surface with a soft shadow. A large elegant serif masthead across the top reads exactly 'ATLAS'. The cover image is a minimalist white spiral staircase seen from above in warm daylight. Three cover lines in clean sans-serif read exactly 'THE QUIET ARCHITECTURE ISSUE', 'Stairs that float' and 'Why small rooms feel bigger'. Small details: a barcode in the bottom-right corner and 'No. 41' near the masthead. No people.
Illustration with real texture
4:3 · 2304 × 1728 px
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A layered paper-cut diorama of a mountain village at dusk inside a shadow-box frame: seven stacked layers of hand-cut colored paper in deep teal, indigo, plum, coral and cream, each lit from behind by warm LEDs so the edges glow. Tiny house windows lit like stars, pine trees, a winding path and a crescent moon cut from gold foil paper. Macro lens, shallow depth of field, visible paper fiber texture. No people.
Simple per-image pricing.
Each image costs a fixed number of credits, charged when the job starts and refunded automatically if it fails. Credits are shared with every other model.
- 2K image
$0.050
per image · 5 credits
Images per month
- Basic · $9200
- Pro · $19400
- Scale · $39800
- 3K image
$0.050
per image · 5 credits
Images per month
- Basic · $9200
- Pro · $19400
- Scale · $39800
Prices are shown at the top-up rate of $0.01 per credit. Plans include more credits per dollar, so subscribers pay a little less.
- Maker
- ByteDance
- Model id (API)
seedream-5-lite- Reference images
- Up to 14
- Output
- PNG, saved to your library
- Aspect ratios
- 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16, 3:2, 2:3, 21:9
- Resolutions
- 2K, 3K
One key. Every model.
Pick a model and see the real request. Every image model shares one format, so switching is changing the model and nothing else.
1curl https://aiwings.io/api/v1/images \2-H "Authorization: Bearer $AIWINGS_API_KEY" \3-H "Content-Type: application/json" \4-d '{5"prompt": "A vintage poster for a desert oasis city",6"model": "seedream-5-lite",7"quality": "3K",8"aspect_ratio": "1:1",9"wait": true10}'
- Model id
seedream-5-lite- Cost
- $0.050
- 5 credits per image at 3K See Seedream 5 Lite →
Prefer your AI agent? Use it there too.
The same model works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client. Connect AiWings once and just ask for it by name.
ClaudeCreate an ultra-wide 21:9 image of a salt flat under the Milky Way with Seedream 5 Lite at 3K.
How to set up Claude →- ChatGPT
Open the AiWings upload widget, then place my product photo on a sunlit oak kitchen counter with Seedream 5 Lite.
How to set up ChatGPT → - Cursor
Generate a 16:9 hero image of a bright minimalist living room with Seedream 5 Lite and save it to public/hero.webp.
How to set up Cursor →
Using another tool? Any MCP client works too. See the MCP docs →
Monthly credits for images and videos.
$9/month
- 1,000 credits per month
- Works in any AI agent (MCP)
- Full API access
- Every image and video model
- Top-up packs anytime
- Cancel anytime
$19/month
- 2,000 credits per month
- Works in any AI agent (MCP)
- Full API access
- Every image and video model
- Top-up packs anytime
- Cancel anytime
$39/month
- 4,000 credits per month
- Works in any AI agent (MCP)
- Full API access
- Every image and video model
- Top-up packs anytime
- Cancel anytime
5 free credits when you sign up, no card required. Credits work for images and videos. See what credits buy
Seedream 5 Lite API, answered.
Create an API key in your AiWings dashboard, then send a POST request to /v1/images with the model set to seedream-5-lite. The same request format works for every image model, so you can switch models by changing one field.
Start building with Seedream 5 Lite.
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