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Generate Image (Grok Imagine)
Generate Image (Grok Imagine)
Generate images from text prompts using xAI Grok Imagine through the Vercel AI Gateway.
Use this when your app should generate images on xAI Grok Imagine and you want a starting setup that shows results in a basic UI.
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Problems solved
Technical challenges this implementation handles out of the box.
- Generate images from text prompts with xAI Grok Imagine
- Display generated image results in a simple demo UI
- Wire Grok Imagine image generation through the AI SDK and AI Gateway
Use cases
Products and workflows this pattern is designed to support.
- Grok Imagine prompt-to-image playgrounds
- Marketing concept image drafts
- xAI image generation onboarding demos
- Creative brief visualization tools
Compare with
Similar patterns, and when each one is the better fit.
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 (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 TextFreeUse this when you need a minimal API route that calls an AI Gateway model with generateText and returns one finished plain text response.
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: AI_GATEWAY_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
AI_GATEWAY_API_KEYGet key
Capabilities
AI SDK APIs
generateImagegatewayExternal services
ai-gateway
Files added
4 files
app/page.tsxapp/layout.tsxcomponents/image-demo.tsxapp/api/generate-image/route.ts
Dependencies
10 total
npm packages
4AISDKlucide-reactNext.jsReact
Registry components
input-groupseparatoremptyalertbuttontooltip
Critical files
1 file
generate-image/route.tsAPI route using AI SDK generateImage with xai/grok-imagine-image through the Vercel AI Gateway. Uses aspectRatio (not size) because Grok Imagine does not support size.
Requirements
- Complexity
- Beginner
