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Replicate — User Guide

Run open models in the cloud.

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Strengths

No need to configure the GPU environment, call the API directly
Supports thousands of open source models (images, videos, audios, text)
Pay as you go, no minimum spend
Can deploy your own models for others to use
Python/JavaScript SDK is easy to use

Best for

Quickly call image generation models such as Stable Diffusion and FLUX
Run computationally intensive models such as video generation and audio processing
AI functional testing during prototype development phase
Deploy and share your trained models
Run open source models without a GPU

Quickly call image generation model

The most common use of Replicate is to invoke image generation models without requiring a local GPU.

Scenario

Call FLUX to generate images

Prompt example

import replicate

# Set API Token (obtained from replicate.com/account)
# export REPLICATE_API_TOKEN=your-token

output = replicate.run(
    "black-forest-labs/flux-schnell",
    input={
        "prompt": "A serene Japanese garden with cherry blossoms, "
                  "traditional stone lantern, photorealistic",
        "num_outputs": 1,
        "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
        "output_format": "webp",
        "output_quality": 90
    }
)

# output is a list of image URLs
print(output[0]) #Print image URL

# Download image
import requests
img_data = requests.get(output[0]).content
with open("output.webp", "wb") as f:
    f.write(img_data)

Output / what to expect

Generate high-quality images in seconds, Returns a temporary URL, FLUX Schnell is one of the fastest high-quality image generation models available.

Tips

FLUX Schnell is fast but slightly lower quality, FLUX Dev is higher quality but slower, choose based on your needs.

Scenario

Call the video generation model

Prompt example

import replicate

output = replicate.run(
    "minimax/video-01",
    input={
        "prompt": "A butterfly landing on a flower, "
                  "macro photography, slow motion",
        "duration": 5,
    }
)

# Video generation takes a long time
print(output) # Return video URL

Output / what to expect

Generate 5 seconds of high-quality video, The generation time is about 2-5 minutes, Returns the downloadable video URL.

Tips

Video generation takes longer than image generation, so it is recommended to use asynchronous calling.

Starter & above

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