OpenRouter Image Generation Response Format

Problem

When using OpenRouter's image generation models (like google/gemini-2.5-flash-image), the response format differs from expectations. Images are not returned in the standard location, causing parsing failures.

Context / Trigger Conditions

• Using OpenRouter API (https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions) for image generation
• Model is an image generation model (e.g., google/gemini-2.5-flash-image)
• Response returns 200 OK but no image found in expected location
• Looking for image URL or base64 data and not finding it

Solution