Ideogram Install & Auth

Overview

Set up Ideogram API authentication for AI image generation. Ideogram provides a REST API at api.ideogram.ai for text-to-image generation, editing, remixing, upscaling, and describing images. Authentication uses an Api-Key header on every request.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ or Python 3.10+
• Ideogram account at ideogram.ai
• API key from Ideogram dashboard (Settings > API Beta)
• Payment method configured (auto top-up billing)

Instructions

Step 1: Get Your API Key

1. Log into ideogram.ai
2. Navigate to Settings (burger icon) > API Beta
3. Accept the Developer API Agreement
4. Click Manage Payment and add billing info via Stripe
5. Click Create API key -- store it immediately, it is shown only once