Topaz Image Upscale
Enhance and upscale images up to 4× with crisp, natural detail.
Capabilities
Best for
- •Concept art and mood boards
- •Product and marketing visuals
- •Batch generation at scale
Not for
- •Exact text rendering at small sizes
- •Precise brand-logo reproduction
- •Vector output
Authentication
api key header
The Pika API uses API keys to authenticate requests. Send your key in the X-API-Key header. Your API key is a secret. Don't expose it in browsers or other client-side code. Instead, call the API from your server. The signed-in playground uses a portal session and never sends your API key.
X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY
Endpoint
asynchronous · poll for the result
Reference Uploads
media inputs
Media inputs accept any public URL. To use a local file, POST its content_type and size_bytes to /v1/media/uploads, PUT the file to the returned upload_url, then pass the url.
# 1. Request a presigned upload URL. Send the file's content# type and its exact size in bytes.curl -X POST https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/uploads \-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \-H "Content-Type: application/json" \-d '{"content_type": "image/png", "size_bytes": 12345}'# The response returns two URLs:# upload_url: a temporary URL to upload the file to. Expires in 5 minutes.# url: the permanent Pika URL. Pass it to the model as the input.# {# "upload_url": "https://upload.r2.pika.art/...?X-Amz-Signature=...",# "url": "https://cdn.pika.art/v2/media/uploads/org_abc/9f8e7d.png"# }# 2. Upload the file to upload_url, then pass url to the model.curl -X PUT "<upload_url>" \-H "Content-Type: image/png" \--data-binary @input.png
Generate
POST /v1/media/topaz/topaz-image-upscale/image-upscale
Request
curl -X POST https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/topaz/topaz-image-upscale/image-upscale \-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \-H "Content-Type: application/json" \-d '{"image_url": "https://cdn.pika.art/v2/files/agent/d45537b3-7c9d-4d7e-99c4-af52f07b1599/topaz-rabbits-input.png","upscale_factor": "x2","model": "standard-v2"}'
Response
{"id": "media_8f3a2c91-5b7d-4e0a-9c26-31d4f2a8e6b0","status": "queued"}
Request body
Accepted values
- upscale_factor
- model
- output_format
- subject_detection
- enhancement_strength
Input modes
Use a public URL directly, or POST { content_type, size_bytes } to /v1/media/uploads, PUT the image to the returned upload_url, then pass the url.
Returns
Returns a job object with status , not the final output. Store the id from the response and poll the job until it completes.
Poll status
GET /v1/media/jobs/{request_id}
Request
curl https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/jobs/{request_id} \-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
Response
{"id": "media_8f3a2c91-5b7d-4e0a-9c26-31d4f2a8e6b0","status": "running"}
Poll the job by id until it reaches a terminal state: completed or failed.
The job object
Get result
GET /v1/media/jobs/{request_id}/content
Request
curl https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/jobs/{request_id}/content \-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
Response
{"url": "https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/files/img_8f3a2c91.png"}
Once the job completes, fetch a download URL for the generated media.
Returns
Errors
shared across calls
Errors use conventional HTTP status codes with a JSON body of the shape {"message": "..."}. The one exception is validation: a request body that fails validation returns 422 with a plain-text body.
| Status | When | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 401 Unauthorized | The API key is missing or invalid. | {"message":"Invalid API key"} |
| 403 Forbidden | The key is not active, or the org balance cannot cover the request. | {"message":"Insufficient org balance"} |
| 404 Not Found | No job with that id exists in your org. | {"message":"media job not found"} |
| 409 Conflict | The result was requested before the job completed, or an Idempotency-Key header was reused with a different body. | {"message":"media job is not ready"} |
| 422 Unprocessable Entity | The request body failed validation: an invalid enum value, a missing required field, a wrong type, or malformed JSON. Returned as plain text, not JSON. A schema-valid parameter combination that cannot be priced returns the same status with a JSON message. | Unprocessable entity |
| 429 Too Many Requests | Org limit reached: requests per minute or day, or concurrent jobs. Check the Retry-After header. | {"message":"rate limit exceeded: rpm"} |
| 503 Service Unavailable | The model rail or a backend dependency is temporarily unavailable. Retry with backoff. | {"message":"media dispatch unavailable"} |
Pricing
only successful runs are charged
| Tier | Price |
|---|---|
| standard v2 | $0.13 / image |
| low resolution v2 | $0.13 / image |
| cgi | $0.13 / image |
| high fidelity v2 | $0.13 / image |
| text refine | $0.13 / image |
| wonder 3 | $0.38 / image |
| redefine | $0.76 / image |
| standard max | $0.76 / image |
| wonder | $0.76 / image |
Per-model pricing
Transparent, usage-based rates for every Topaz Labs model.
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