Seedream 5.0 Lite

Seedream 5.0 lite is ByteDance’s unified multimodal image generation model, built with deeper reasoning and online search capabilities to deliver stronger prompt understanding, better visual reasoning, and more accurate, context-aware image creation.

Inference

$0.04 per image

Text to Image API

Image to Image API

New

API

Capability

Seedream 5.0 Lite Text to Image API

Prompt*

Describe the image (max 2000 characters)

Size

Output image size preset

$0.04/image

Add Funds

Result

Idle

Results will appear here

Cost: $0.04/image

Seedream 5.0 Lite API Implementation Guide

Create Account

Get API Key

Generate your API key from the dashboard and set it as an environment variable.

export MODELHUNTER_KEY="your_api_key"

Go to Dashboard →

Make Your First Call

Follow the API documentation for complete code examples in cURL, JavaScript, and Python, including request format, polling, and error handling.

View API Documentation →

Seedream 5.0 Lite Key Info

Capabilities

Text to Image API
Image to Image API

Pricing

Text to Image API

$0.04 / image

$0.04 per image

Image to Image API

$0.04 / image

$0.04 per image

Use Cases

Text to Image API

Image to Image API

Output Formats

png

jpeg

Max Resolution: 3072x3072

Seedream 5.0 Lite API Documentation

Run the playground first, then open the full API docs for integration details.

About

Next-gen image generation with web search and 3K output

Code Examples

request.sh

1curl -X POST https://api.modelhunter.ai/api/v1/seedream/text-to-image \
2  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
3  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
4  -d '{
5    "model": "seedream-5-0-lite",
6    "input": {
7        "prompt": "A futuristic cityscape at sunset with neon signs",
8        "size": "2K"
9    }
10}'

Schema

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Input

model

string

required

Model ID for this capability.

Value: seedream-5-0-lite

prompt

string

required

Describe the image (max 2000 characters)

size

string

Output image size preset

Options: 2K, 3K

Default: 2K

output_format

string

Image file format

Options: png, jpeg

Default: png

web_search

boolean

Enable web search for real-time content (e.g. latest products, weather)

Default: false

watermark

boolean

Watermark

Default: true

optimize_prompt

string

Enhance prompt for better results (standard mode only)

Options: standard

response_format

string

Response Format

Options: url

Default: url

webhookUrl

string

URL to receive a webhook notification when the task completes.

metadata

object

Custom key-value metadata to attach to the task for tracking.

Response (HTTP 202)

success

boolean

Whether the request was accepted successfully.

data.id

string

Unique task ID. Use this to poll GET /api/v1/tasks/{id} for results.

data.status

string

Task status: pending, processing, completed, failed.

data.type

string

Generation type: text-to-image.

data.provider

string

Provider name: seedream.

data.model

string

Model ID used for generation.

data.created_at

string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the task was created.

data.estimated_seconds

number

Estimated time in seconds until the task completes.

Seedream 5.0 Lite

Seedream 5.0 Lite API Implementation Guide

Create Account

Get API Key

Generate your API key from the dashboard and set it as an environment variable.

export MODELHUNTER_KEY="your_api_key"

Go to Dashboard →

Make Your First Call

Follow the API documentation for complete code examples in cURL, JavaScript, and Python, including request format, polling, and error handling.

View API Documentation →

1curl -X POST https://api.modelhunter.ai/api/v1/seedream/text-to-image \

2 -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \

3 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

4 -d '{

5 "model": "seedream-5-0-lite",

6 "input": {

7 "prompt": "A futuristic cityscape at sunset with neon signs",

8 "size": "2K"

9 }

10}'