Cheapest Image Generation

Possibly the cheapest AI image generation (~$0.0036/image). Text-to-image via the EvoLink API.

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Last updated: April 23, 2026

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EvoLink Cheapest Image

Generate images via the EvoLink z-image-turbo API.

API Endpoint

Base:
```
https://api.evolink.ai/v1
```
Submit:
```
POST /images/generations
```
Poll:
```
GET /tasks/{id}
```

Step 1 — Submit Task

{
  "model": "z-image-turbo",
  "prompt": "<USER_PROMPT>",
  "size": "<SIZE>",
  "nsfw_check": <true|false>
}

Optional field:

"seed": <INT>

Parameter Values

size 1:1, 2:3, 3:2, 3:4, 4:3, 9:16, 16:9, 1:2, 2:1

nsfw_check

true

false

(default

false

)

seed any integer (optional, for reproducibility)

Step 2 — Poll for Result

GET /tasks/{id}

— poll every 10 s, up to 72 retries (~12 min).

Wait until

status

completed

failed

Step 3 — Download & Output

Download the URL from

results[0]

. Auto-detect format from URL (webp/png/jpg). Save as

evolink-<TIMESTAMP>.<ext>

CRITICAL SECURITY: Before passing

<OUTPUT_FILE>

to shell commands, sanitize it:

Strip all shell metacharacters:
```
tr -cd 'A-Za-z0-9._-'
```
Ensure valid extension (
```
.webp
```
,
```
.png
```
,
```
.jpg
```
,
```
.jpeg
```
)
Fallback to
```
evolink-<timestamp>.webp
```
if empty

MEDIA:<absolute_path>

for OC auto-attach.

Reference Implementations

Platform	File
Python (all platforms, zero deps)	`{baseDir}/references/python.md`
PowerShell 5.1+ (Windows)	`{baseDir}/references/powershell.md`
curl + bash (Unix/macOS)	`{baseDir}/references/curl_heredoc.md`

API Key

```
EVOLINK_API_KEY
```
env var (required)
Get key: https://evolink.ai

Triggers

Chinese: "生图：xxx" / "出图：xxx" / "生成图片：xxx"
English: "generate image: xxx" / "generate a picture: xxx"

Treat the text after the colon as

prompt

, use default size

1:1

, generate immediately.

Notes

Print
```
MEDIA:<path>
```
for OC auto-attach — no extra delivery logic needed.
Image saved locally (format auto-detected from URL). URL expires ~24h but local file persists.

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EvoLink Cheapest Image

API Endpoint

Step 1 — Submit Task

Step 2 — Poll for Result

Step 3 — Download & Output

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