Ideogram Events & Async Patterns

Overview

Ideogram's API is synchronous -- each call blocks until the image is generated (5-15 seconds). For production applications, wrap it in async patterns: job queues for batch generation, callbacks for downstream processing, and pipelines for image post-processing. This skill covers BullMQ queue patterns, callback handlers, and asset processing pipelines.

Prerequisites

• IDEOGRAM_API_KEY configured
• Redis for BullMQ job queue
• Storage for generated images (S3, GCS, or R2)
• Understanding of Ideogram models and style types

Instructions

Step 1: Job Queue for Async Generation

import { Queue, Worker } from "bullmq";
import { writeFileSync, mkdirSync } from "fs";
import { join } from "path";