Ideogram Deploy Integration

Overview

Deploy applications using Ideogram's AI image generation API (api.ideogram.ai). Covers API key management, deploying generation endpoints with proper timeout configuration, image storage setup, and CDN integration for serving generated images.

Prerequisites

Ideogram API key stored in IDEOGRAM_API_KEY environment variable
Cloud storage for generated images (S3, GCS, or R2)
Platform CLI installed (vercel, docker, or gcloud)

Instructions

Step 1: Configure Secrets

# Vercel
vercel env add IDEOGRAM_API_KEY production
vercel env add IMAGE_STORAGE_BUCKET production

# Cloud Run
echo -n "your-key" | gcloud secrets create ideogram-api-key --data-file=-

Step 2: Generation API Endpoint

// api/generate.ts
export async function POST(req: Request) {
  const { prompt, style, aspectRatio } = await req.json();

  const response = await fetch("https://api.ideogram.ai/generate", {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "Api-Key": process.env.IDEOGRAM_API_KEY!,
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      image_request: {
        prompt,
        model: "V_2",
        style_type: style || "REALISTIC",
        aspect_ratio: aspectRatio || "ASPECT_1_1",
        magic_prompt_option: "AUTO",
      },
    }),
  });

  const result = await response.json();

  // Upload to cloud storage
  const images = [];
  for (const img of result.data) {
    const stored = await uploadToStorage(img.url);
    images.push(stored);
  }

  return Response.json({ images });
}

Step 3: Docker with Image Processing

FROM node:20-slim
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libvips-dev
WORKDIR /app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm ci --only=production
COPY . .
RUN npm run build
EXPOSE 3000  # 3000: 3 seconds in ms
CMD ["node", "dist/index.js"]

Step 4: Vercel Configuration

{
  "functions": {
    "api/generate.ts": {
      "maxDuration": 60
    }
  }
}

Step 5: Health Check

export async function GET() {
  const hasKey = !!process.env.IDEOGRAM_API_KEY;
  return Response.json({ status: hasKey ? "healthy" : "missing_key" });
}

Error Handling

Issue	Cause	Solution
Generation timeout	Complex prompt	Increase function timeout to 60s
Content filtered	Prompt policy violation	Review Ideogram content guidelines
Storage upload fails	Bad credentials	Verify storage bucket permissions
Rate limited	Too many requests	Queue generation jobs

Examples

Basic usage: Apply ideogram deploy integration to a standard project setup with default configuration options.

Advanced scenario: Customize ideogram deploy integration for production environments with multiple constraints and team-specific requirements.

Resources

Next Steps

For multi-environment setup, see ideogram-multi-env-setup.

Output

Configuration files or code changes applied to the project
Validation report confirming correct implementation
Summary of changes made and their rationale

ideogram-deploy-integration