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{
"id": "FyoPGDh8r3pxcGxo",
"name": "New OpenAI Image Generation",
"tags": [
{
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"name": "image gen",
"createdAt": "2025-04-07T09:41:10.936Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-04-07T09:41:10.936Z"
}
],
"nodes": [
{
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"name": "Convert to File",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.convertToFile",
"position": [
320,
400
],
"parameters": {
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"operation": "toBinary",
"sourceProperty": "b64_json"
},
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},
{
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"name": "OpenAI - Generate Image",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
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],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://api.openai.com/v1/images/generations",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"jsonBody": "={\n \"model\": \"{{ $json.openai_image_model }}\",\n \"prompt\": \"{{ $json.image_prompt }}\",\n \"n\": {{ $json.number_of_images }},\n \"size\": \"{{ $json.size_of_image }}\",\n \"quality\": \"{{ $json.quality_of_image }}\"\n}",
"sendBody": true,
"sendHeaders": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"authentication": "predefinedCredentialType",
"headerParameters": {
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{
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"value": "application/json"
}
]
},
"nodeCredentialType": "openAiApi"
},
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
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},
{
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"name": "When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019",
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"parameters": {},
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},
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"name": "image_prompt",
"type": "string",
"value": "a 4-frame cartoon strip telling a joke\u00a0about\u00a0AI"
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"name": "quality_of_image",
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"name": "size_of_image",
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"value": "1024x1024"
},
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"name": "Separate Image Outputs",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut",
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],
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{
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"name": "Sticky Note",
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"parameters": {
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"height": 220,
"content": "## [CLICK HERE to Watch Video](https://youtu.be/YmDezgolqzU?si=BgMjRm55-T_CYAs7)\n\nOpenAI just dropped API access for their new image generation \u2014 and it changes everything. In this quick walkthrough, I show you exactly how to integrate it with n8n using an HTTP request node. Learn how to send prompts, convert base64 to binary, and automate image handling. This is a big one. Don\u2019t miss it.\n\n\ud83d\udd17 Official API Overview: https://openai.com/index/image-generation-api/\n\ud83d\udd17 API Reference \u2013 Create Image: https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/images/create\n\n### *New: Make.com scenario here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Uz-mA0LnUZ_tnUWBR2AAlVxs3LBlGKfk/view?usp=sharing\n"
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"settings": {
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},
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"connections": {
"Set Variables": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "OpenAI - Generate Image",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Separate Image Outputs": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Convert to File",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"OpenAI - Generate Image": {
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[
{
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"type": "main",
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}
]
]
},
"When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Set Variables",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
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About this workflow
New OpenAI Image Generation. Uses convertToFile, httpRequest, manualTrigger, splitOut. Event-driven trigger; 6 nodes.
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