models/ByteDance/Seedream 4.0

Seedream 4.0

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Seedream 4.0 is ByteDance's image creation model that combines text-to-image generation and image editing into a single architecture, offering fast, high-resolution output up to 4K.

slug · bytedance/seedream-4.0provider · ByteDancefamily · released · 2026-04-08

Quickstart

curl https://api.aigateway.sh/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIGATEWAY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"bytedance/seedream-4.0","prompt":"a cyberpunk cat"}'

Capabilities

Strengths

  • Text-to-image generation
  • Creative control

Use cases

Marketing assetsProduct mockupsConcept art

Pricing

Per image$0.030
You pay pass-through · 5% applied at credit top-up, not per-call.
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API schema

Call Seedream 4.0 from any OpenAI SDK

POST https://api.aigateway.sh/v1/images/generations·Content-Type: application/json·Auth: Bearer sk-aig-...

Request body

json
{
  "model": "bytedance/seedream-4.0",
  "prompt": "A cyberpunk cat at sunset, cinematic lighting",
  "n": 1,
  "size": "1024x1024",
  "response_format": "url"   // or "b64_json"
}

Response

json
{
  "created": 1776947082,
  "data": [
    { "url": "https://media.aigateway.sh/img/abc123.png" }
    // or { "b64_json": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEU..." }
  ]
}

Quickstart

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1", api_key="sk-aig-...")

r = client.images.generate(
    model="bytedance/seedream-4.0",
    prompt="a cyberpunk cat at sunset",
    size="1024x1024",
)
print(r.data[0].url)

Errors

401authentication_errorInvalid or missing API key
402insufficient_creditsWallet empty (PAYG only)
404not_foundUnknown model or endpoint
429rate_limit_errorOver per-minute limit — see Retry-After header
500server_errorUpstream provider failed (retryable)
503service_unavailableUpstream saturated (retryable)
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