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Image Generation Demo
Image Generation Demo
Generate images using DALL-E 3 with prompt optimization and style presets. Includes real-time preview, downloads, and batch processing.
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Problems solved
Technical challenges this implementation handles out of the box.
- Display AI-generated images inside an AI Elements chat
- Stream image generation results into the conversation UI
- Demonstrate GeneratedImage wiring with the AI SDK
Use cases
Products and workflows this pattern is designed to support.
- Image generation chat demos
- Creative brief assistants with visual outputs
- Product mock conversations that show images
- AI Elements image component showcases
Setup
Requirements, wiring steps, and what this pattern adds to your project.
Getting started
Pick how you want to pull this pattern in. Then wire env vars and routes the same way.
- 1
Install from the preview toolbar
Copy the install command above and run it in your project — Pro patterns include a short-lived token.
- 2
Add environment variables to .env.local
OPENAI_API_KEY
- 3
Point client fetches at your API routes
Replace preview `/view/.../api/...` paths with `/api/...` in the installed files.
- 4
Customize the agent and tool files
Adapt prompts, tools, and stop conditions for your product — Copy for AI in the toolbar helps seed that work.
- 5
Run your dev server and open the pattern route
Install dependencies if needed, then start the app and verify responses.
Environment variables
OPENAI_API_KEYGet key
Capabilities
AI SDK APIs
generateImageProviders
OpenAI
Files added
6 filessections/reddit-editor-agent/page.tsxsections/ai-elements-image/layout.tsxlib/request-utils.tscomponents/image-demo.tsxapp/api/image/route.tsREADME.md
Dependencies
6 totalnpm packages
4AISDKlucide-reactNext.jsReact
Registry components
emptytooltip
Critical files
image/route.tsAPI route implementing AI image generation: uses experimental_generateImage from AI SDK with OpenAI DALL-E 3 model. Shows the pattern for using the experimental image generation API.
Requirements
- Complexity
- Beginner
- Setup time
- ~15 minutes
- Node
- 24+
- Memory
- 512MB
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