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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.
Use this when you need AI-generated images to show up inside an AI Elements chat conversation using the GeneratedImage component.
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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
Compare with
Similar patterns, and when each one is the better fit.
Generate Image (Flux)FreeUse this when you are building a basic Flux image playground and need the minimal generateImage wiring through the AI Gateway to start from.
Generate Image (Grok Imagine)FreeUse this when your app should generate images on xAI Grok Imagine and you want a starting setup that shows results in a basic UI.
Generate Image (OpenAI)FreeUse this when your app should generate images from prompts on OpenAI GPT Image via AI SDK generateImage and the AI Gateway.
Generate Image (Google Gemini)FreeUse this when you are on Google Gemini and need a starting point for prompt-to-image generation with results shown in a simple UI.
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
Download → Next.js app
Use Download → Next.js app in the preview toolbar. You get a zip scaffold (Pro downloads rewrite preview `/view/.../api/*` paths to `/api/*` automatically).
- 2
Extract the zip and install dependencies
Unzip the archive, then run `pnpm install` (or npm / yarn) in the project folder.
- 3
Fill .env.local
The download includes .env.local placeholders when needed. Add real values for: OPENAI_API_KEY.
- 4
Customize the agent and tool files
Adapt prompts, tools, and stop conditions in the generated project for your product.
- 5
Run the app and open the pattern route
Run `pnpm dev`, open the setup/checklist page if present, then navigate to the generated pattern route and verify responses.
Environment variables
OPENAI_API_KEYGet key
Capabilities
AI SDK APIs
generateImageProviders
OpenAI
Files added
6 files
sections/reddit-editor-agent/page.tsxsections/ai-elements-image/layout.tsxlib/request-utils.tscomponents/image-demo.tsxapp/api/image/route.tsREADME.md
Dependencies
6 total
npm packages
4AISDKlucide-reactNext.jsReact
Registry components
emptytooltip
Critical files
1 file
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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