Seedream-5.0-Lite | EmpirioLabs AI Docs

Provider: ByteDance
Category: Image Generation
Endpoint: POST /v1/images/generations
Context window: —
Served from: Malaysia

Unified multimodal image model that reasons through prompts before rendering, producing high-resolution and consistent edits and brand visuals.

At a glance

Field	Value
Model id	`seedream-5-0-lite`
Input modalities	text
Output modalities	image
Context window	—
Region	Malaysia
Features	reasoning, editing
New	Yes
Native inference	No

Pricing

Charge	Spec	Rate
Standard	per image	$0.0350

Example request

$ curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/images/generations \
>   -H 'Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY' \
>   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
>   -d '{"model": "seedream-5-0-lite", "prompt": "a misty forest at dawn", "size": "1024x1024"}'

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`prompt`	string	yes	—	Text prompt. With image attached, becomes an editing instruction. For batch mode, describe each image sequentially.
`aspect_ratio`	enum	no	`"1:1"`	Resolved against the size tier to a preset pixel size from BytePlus’s 2K/3K size maps. · Allowed: `1:1`, `16:9`, `9:16`, `4:3`, `3:4`, `3:2`, `2:3`, `21:9`
`quality`	enum	no	`"2K"`	2K ≈ 4MP. 3K ≈ 9MP. · Allowed: `2K`, `3K`
`use_custom_size`	boolean	no	false	Override aspect_ratio + quality with explicit pixels.
`custom_width`	number	no	—	Pixels. Total area must be in [2.56MP, 10.4MP]; aspect must be in [1:16, 16:1]. Only when use_custom_size=true. · Range: 1024 – 3072
`custom_height`	number	no	—	Pixels. Total area must be in [2.56MP, 10.4MP]; aspect must be in [1:16, 16:1]. Only when use_custom_size=true. · Range: 1024 – 3072
`image`	array	no	—	Up to 14 reference image URLs for editing. Triggers image-edit mode.
`batch_enabled`	boolean	no	false	Generate a cohesive set of related images from a single prompt.
`max_images`	number	no	`1`	Batch mode only. Maximum images in the set; the model decides actual count. You’re billed only for images returned. · Range: 1 – 15
`watermark`	boolean	no	false	Add an EmpirioLabs watermark.
`output_format`	enum	no	`"jpeg"`	Allowed: `jpeg`, `png`
`response_format`	enum	no	`"url"`	Allowed: `url`, `b64_json`

Live machine-readable schema is also available at GET https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/models/seedream-5-0-lite.