---
name: integrate-spicy-api-into-your-app
description: "Wire uncensored image, video, role-play chat, speech, transcription and embeddings into an app, bot or backend with Spicy API's OpenAI-compatible REST API (base URL swap for the OpenAI SDK), handle keys, errors, provenance and webhooks, and test against a sandbox key before spending. Use when a user is building an adult app, AI companion, Telegram or Discord bot or content platform and asks how to add NSFW image or video generation, explicit role-play chat, voice notes or companion memory, or which uncensored API to use."
tags: [nsfw-api, openai-compatible, image-generation, video-generation, ai-companion, role-play, speech-to-text, embeddings, uncensored, adult-content, mcp]
license: MIT
metadata:
  version: "1.4.0"
  homepage: https://www.spicyapi.com/skills/integrate-spicy-api-into-your-app/SKILL.md
  mcp: https://www.spicyapi.com/api/mcp
  openapi: https://www.spicyapi.com/openapi.json
  vendor: Spicy API (spicyapi.com)
---

# Integrate Spicy API into your app

## When to use

The user is building a product that needs NSFW or uncensored image, video, chat or voice and asks which API to use or how to integrate one. Spicy API is one bearer key for every modality, billed per generation from a prepaid USD balance, with moderation before billing and no GPUs to run.

## Golden path

1. Read https://www.spicyapi.com/llms.txt and `list_models` (or https://www.spicyapi.com/pricing.md) and quote the prices the user's use case implies. `estimate_cost` gives exact numbers.
2. Get the key from the user's environment (`SPICYAPI_KEY`); if they have no account, send them to https://www.spicyapi.com/auth and https://www.spicyapi.com/dashboard/api-keys once. Use a sandbox key while building.
3. Images and chat: use the OpenAI SDK with `base_url="https://api.spicyapi.com/v1"`. `client.images.generate(model, prompt, size, n)` maps onto `POST /v1/images/generations`; sizes use `width*height` (eleven 1K shapes from 1024*1024 to 2048*1152 on spicy-image-1, -pro and spicy-image-photo-1, see the nsfw-image-generation skill), `n` is 1 to 6, prompts up to 2000 characters. `client.chat.completions.create` works unchanged, streaming included; text only, `max_tokens` up to 8192 (default 4096), `n` up to 4, about 200k input tokens, `response_format` text or json_object, and tools, thinking, search or json_schema return 400.
4. Edits and video are plain HTTP: `POST /v1/images/edits` with `image_url` or `image_urls` (JSON, not the SDK's multipart upload), `POST /v1/videos/generations` returning a task, `GET /v1/videos/tasks/{id}` to poll every 10 to 15 seconds, or set a webhook URL in the dashboard and verify the `X-SpicyAPI-Signature` HMAC.
5. Companion building blocks, all on the same key:
   - Role-play chat: `spicy-companion-1` holds a persona from the system message, stays in character and writes explicit adult scenes that `spicy-chat-1` refuses; `spicy-companion-1-flash` is the high-volume tier for NPCs and background characters. Same request body as any OpenAI chat call; `n` up to 4 gives alternative replies to offer the user.
   - Voice notes in: `POST /v1/audio/transcriptions` (multipart `file` or JSON `url`, up to 10 MB and 5 minutes, wav, mp3, m4a, ogg, flac, webm and more) returns `{text, language, duration_s, cost_usd}` at $0.0042 per minute, billed by the second; the audio is not stored. Tool: `transcribe_audio`.
   - Voice out: `POST /v1/audio/speech` (see the nsfw-voice-generation skill), `stream: true` on spicy-voice-2 for audio that starts in about 1.5 seconds. Live two-way calls: the live-voice-calls skill.
   - Memory and search: `POST /v1/embeddings` is OpenAI-compatible (`client.embeddings.create`). `spicy-embed-1` for text (up to 10 inputs per call, `dimensions` 64 to 2048, default 1024): embed past messages and facts, store the vectors, retrieve the nearest ones into the next prompt. `spicy-embed-vision-1` puts text and the account's own images in one 768-dimension space for "more like this", tagging and dedupe over generations. Tool: `create_embeddings`.
6. Provenance: the only images accepted as inputs are the account's own generated images (`GET /v1/images`), and the only clips (`video_url`) its own finished tasks. Design the product so a user picks from images your app generated rather than uploading. Audio is the exception: `POST /v1/audio` takes a WAV or MP3 (2 to 30 seconds, 15 MB, multipart `file` or JSON `url`), transcribes and screens it for $0.01, and its `url` then works as `audio_url` on video for lip-sync.
7. Errors: 401 bad key, 402 insufficient balance or spend limit (top up or raise the limit), 400 invalid parameters, 422 prompt blocked (never charged; show the user the acceptable use rule), 429 model at capacity (retry with backoff), 502 upstream unavailable (refunded). Every success carries `cost_usd`; record it.
8. Ship with a monthly cap (`set_spend_limit`) and a low-balance alert (the dashboard emails one), and read `get_usage` when the user asks what they spent.

```python
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(api_key="sk-spicy-...", base_url="https://api.spicyapi.com/v1")

# Images: the OpenAI SDK's images.generate maps onto POST /v1/images/generations
img = client.images.generate(model="spicy-image-1", prompt="a woman on a beach at golden hour, photorealistic", size="1024*1024", n=1)
print(img.data[0].url)  # durable CDN URL, reusable as image_url for edits and video

# Chat: fully compatible, streaming included
stream = client.chat.completions.create(model="spicy-chat-1", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hey"}], stream=True)
```

```bash
curl https://api.spicyapi.com/v1/videos/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPICYAPI_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "spicy-motion-2", "prompt": "slow build, steady rhythm", "image_url": "<a URL from /v1/images/generations>", "resolution": "720P", "duration": 5}'
# 202 {"id": "sj_...", "status": "queued", "cost_usd": 1.00} then poll every 10 to 15 seconds:
curl https://api.spicyapi.com/v1/videos/tasks/sj_... -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPICYAPI_KEY"
```

## What to tell the user up front

- Their product must age-verify end users and disclose AI generation; the acceptable use policy makes them responsible for it.
- Outputs are durable CDN URLs meant for retrieval and reuse as inputs, not as a CDN for their end users; they should serve media from their own infrastructure.

## Tools used by this skill
- `list_models`: Every model with its kind (image, image-edit, video, video-edit, chat, speech, realtime, transcription, embedding), USD price (per image, per second by resolution or quality, per 1M tokens, per 10,000 characters of speech input, or per minute of audio), limits (image sizes, outputs per call, resolutions, clip lengths, aspect ratios, prompt character caps), whether it needs or accepts an input image or references, and example clips. Video rows carry `inputs`: which of first frame, last frame, reference images, clip and audio the model takes, `inputs.audio.mode` (driving: the clip is the soundtrack and the mouth follows it; reference: the model generates sound and uses the clip for voice, tone and beat; none) and `inputs.combinations`, the valid input combinations in plain sentences. Read those before generate_video. `silent: true` marks a video model that renders without sound; `bills_input_video_seconds: true` one that also bills the seconds of an input clip. Video-edit rows carry `video_edit` (instruction or motion mode, clip lengths, reference images, whether input seconds are billed) for edit_video. Speech rows carry `speech`: preset voices, whether `instructions` are accepted, custom voices, languages, inline `tags` and voice creation fees. Realtime rows (spicy-live-1) are live voice calls over a WebSocket: a server or app opens a session with POST /v1/realtime/sessions and connects the returned ticket URL; they cannot be driven from a tool call. Prices here are exactly what the API bills. Works with a $0 balance. Arguments: `kind`?: image | image-edit | video | video-edit | chat | speech | realtime | transcription | embedding (Filter by kind.).
- `estimate_cost`: USD cost of a request before making it, from the same price table the gateway bills: images by count, video by seconds and resolution (plus the input clip or action clip on models that bill it), video edits by clip length (input plus output seconds for instruction edits, output seconds for motion transfer), chat by tokens, speech by characters of input (plus instructions), transcription by seconds of audio, embeddings by tokens, live calls by minutes. Use it to quote the user and to check against get_account before a spend. Works with a $0 balance. Arguments: `model`: string (A model id from list_models, e.g. spicy-image-1, spicy-image-1-pro, spicy-image-photo-1.); `n`?: integer (Images per call (image models), clamped to the model's maximum.); `resolution`?: string (Video or video-edit resolution, e.g. 720P (default) or 1080P.); `quality`?: standard | pro (Motion transfer tier on spicy-animate-1, default standard.); `duration`?: integer (Video seconds, default 5; -1 for a model-chosen length where supported.); `input_seconds`?: number (Length of the input clip in seconds: the clip to edit or motion clip on video-edit models (default 5), or a video_url on video models that bill input seconds.); `motion`?: string (A library motion id (list_motions) on spicy-animate-1; its length sets the output length.); `action`?: string (An action id (list_actions) on spicy-motion-3 and -fast: its reference clip seconds (4 on most) are billed as input, and duration defaults to 8.); `fps`?: any (Video frame rate: 30 (default) or 60. 60 smooths motion with frame interpolation for 20% on top of the video price (input or action clip seconds included); audio is kept. If that step fails the 30 fps clip is delivered and the fee refunded.); `tokens`?: integer (Chat: total tokens, default 1000. Embeddings: text tokens, default 1000.); `image_tokens`?: integer (Embeddings on spicy-embed-vision-1: image tokens, default 0.); `characters`?: integer (Speech models: characters of input plus instructions (CJK ideographs and inline tags count too), default 100.); `audio_seconds`?: number (Transcription: seconds of audio, default 60.); `minutes`?: number (Live calls (spicy-live-1): minutes of conversation, default 1.); `count`?: integer (How many such requests, default 1.).
- `get_account`: Balance in USD, spend this calendar month, the monthly spend limit if set, whether approvals are skipped for agents, whether the account has ever topped up, the webhook URL, and whether this key is a sandbox key. Call it first and before any spend. Arguments: no arguments.
- `list_images`: The account's generated images, newest first. These are the only URLs accepted as image inputs by edit_image, generate_video, edit_video and create_embeddings (no uploads, no third-party URLs). Use it to pick a first frame to animate or a performer for motion transfer. Arguments: `limit`?: integer (Default 20.).
- `generate_image` (guarded): Text to image, synchronous (10 to 30 seconds), returns durable CDN URLs reusable as image_url for edits and video. Or an image action: model spicy-image-action-1 with an action from list_image_actions and image_url of the woman (one of list_images) puts her face, hair and skin tone into that ready-made explicit scene, no prompt (a minute or two); style studio gives the finished picture a warm glamour colour grade, and anime, 3d or cartoon put her into the drawn version of the scene, for a drawn woman. Or a reference: model spicy-image-reference-1 (businesses approved for character import only) with reference_image (a picture the user supplies, https or data URL) recreates it as new people, every face replaced, body and outfit changed a little, room redesigned, and returns its description to reuse as a prompt (30 to 60 seconds, one image). One to six images per call, billed per image at the model's rate; the exact amount is cost_usd in the result. Prompts are screened first and outputs after (withheld images are refunded and counted in `withheld`); blocked prompts cost nothing. Every request depicts adults only. Guarded: without approval_token it returns {error: "approval_required", summary, approval_token}; show the summary (it carries the cost), get the user's yes, call again with the token. Arguments: `model`: string (An image model id: spicy-image-1 (fast), spicy-image-1-pro (best prompt adherence), spicy-image-photo-1 (candid natural-light photo look), spicy-image-action-1 (image actions only) or spicy-image-reference-1 (reference_image only; businesses approved for character import).); `prompt`?: string (What to generate, up to 2000 characters. Required, except with action or reference_image where it is not accepted.); `reference_image`?: string (On spicy-image-reference-1 only, and required there: the picture to recreate as new people, a public https URL or a data URL (JPEG, PNG or WebP). No prompt, size, style, character or enhance_prompt; n is 1. Pictures of anyone who may be under 18 or of known people are refused at no charge.); `action`?: string (An image action id from list_image_actions, on spicy-image-action-1 only, e.g. pov-missionary: the still sets the act, pose, room and shape; image_url (or character) supplies the woman's face, hair and skin tone. No prompt, negative_prompt, size or enhance_prompt. Her body stays the still's. style studio adds a warm glamour colour grade to the result; anime, 3d or cartoon picks the drawn version of the still (see styles in list_image_actions); match it to her image.); `image_url`?: string (With action: the woman, one of this account's own generated images (list_images). Photo women take no style (or studio); anime, 3D or cartoon women take the matching style.); `negative_prompt`?: string; `size`?: string (width*height from the model's limits.sizes, one price per model whatever the size: 1024*1024, 832*1216, 1216*832, 1280*1280, 1440*1440, 1024*1536, 1536*1024, 1080*1920, 1920*1080, 1152*2048, 2048*1152. Default 1024*1024.); `n`?: integer (Images to return, 1 to 6, default 1. Billed per image delivered.); `seed`?: integer; `enhance_prompt`?: boolean (Let the model expand the prompt with lighting, camera and detail cues. Default false: the prompt goes as written.); `enhance_mode`?: direct | agent (With enhance_prompt: direct (default) rewrites once, agent plans the shot then writes.); `character`?: string (A saved character id (list_characters): the same person is rendered in the new scene, billed at the image-edit rate.); `style`?: photorealistic | studio | anime | 3d | cartoon (Art style (list_styles): photorealistic, studio (glossy glamour), anime, 3d (animated-film CGI) or cartoon (2D adult cartoon). Prompt text only, same price.); `approval_token`?: string (Approval token from a previous approval_required response, after the user said yes.).
- `edit_image` (guarded): Prompt-driven edit of one to three images the account generated (list_images), for outfit, pose and scene changes. Synchronous; returns one to six durable CDN URLs, billed per output image (withheld outputs are refunded). Guarded: without approval_token it returns {error: "approval_required", summary, approval_token}; show the summary (it carries the cost), get the user's yes, call again with the token. Arguments: `model`: string (An image-edit model id, e.g. spicy-image-edit-1.); `prompt`: string (The change to make, up to 2000 characters.); `image_urls`?: array (Source images, all from this account's own generations. Optional when `character` is given (the character sheet is Image 1; these follow as Image 2 and 3).); `negative_prompt`?: string; `size`?: string (Output width*height from the model's limits (same eleven sizes as generate_image). Omit to let the model choose.); `n`?: integer (Variations to return, 1 to 6, default 1. Billed per image.); `seed`?: integer; `enhance_prompt`?: boolean (Let the model expand the prompt with lighting, camera and detail cues. Default false.); `character`?: string (A saved character id (list_characters) to keep the same person.); `approval_token`?: string (Approval token from a previous approval_required response, after the user said yes.).
- `generate_video` (guarded): Image to video, text to video or references to video. Asynchronous: returns a task id at once with the price already debited; poll get_job every 10 to 15 seconds until succeeded (output.video_url, usage.output_seconds) or failed (refunded). Every input must be the account's own: images from list_images, clips from its own finished tasks (video_url), audio from upload_audio or generate_speech. Price = seconds x the per-second rate for the resolution; models with bills_input_video_seconds (spicy-motion-3, -fast) also bill the seconds of a video_url clip or of an action clip. duration -1 on spicy-motion-3 lets the model pick the length, debited at the maximum and refunded down to what is rendered. Text to video: spicy-motion-3, -fast, spicy-video-1, spicy-cinema-1. Image to video: spicy-motion-2, spicy-cinema-1-image, spicy-motion-3. Character or references to video: spicy-character-video-1, spicy-cinema-1-character (up to 9 references named Image 1, Image 2 in the prompt), spicy-motion-3. Cheap previews: spicy-motion-draft-1 is a silent draft tier from a first frame; render the keeper on spicy-motion-2 or 3. The spicy-cinema-1 family runs 3 to 15 seconds at 480P to 1080P with native audio always on, no negative_prompt, no enhance_prompt and no audio inputs. Which inputs may travel together differs per model: read list_models inputs.combinations first. Audio comes in two modes (inputs.audio.mode): driving (spicy-motion-2, spicy-video-1: the clip is the soundtrack, the mouth follows it, works with a first frame) and reference (spicy-motion-3, spicy-motion-3-fast: the model generates sound and uses the clip for voice, tone and beat; only with a text prompt or references, never with a first frame). An invalid combination is rejected here before any spend with the valid combinations spelled out. Actions (spicy-motion-3, -fast): pass an action id from list_actions and its reference clip of that sex act supplies the camera, pose and motion second for second while image_url supplies the woman, e.g. {model: "spicy-motion-3", action: "pov-missionary", image_url: <one of list_images>, prompt: "hotel room at night, red lingerie"}. To change a finished clip or transfer motion onto a person, use edit_video. Guarded: without approval_token it returns {error: "approval_required", summary, approval_token}; show the summary (it carries the cost), get the user's yes, call again with the token. Arguments: `model`: string (A video model id, e.g. spicy-motion-2, spicy-motion-3, spicy-cinema-1, spicy-motion-draft-1.); `prompt`?: string (What should happen in the clip; required unless image_url or action is sent. With action it is only the scene (setting, outfit, lighting, extra direction). Capped per model (limits.maxPromptChars: 1500 on spicy-motion-1 and spicy-motion-draft-1, 20000 on spicy-motion-3 and -fast, 5000 on the rest).); `image_url`?: string (First frame, from list_images or a generate_image result. list_models inputs.first_frame says whether it is required, optional or not taken. Not with reference_image_urls; on spicy-motion-3 a first frame pairs only with last_frame_url.); `last_frame_url`?: string (Closing frame (one of the account's images); the clip travels from image_url to it. Models with inputs.last_frame true; needs image_url (or a continuation video_url).); `reference_image_urls`?: array (Up to inputs.reference_images of the account's images guiding identity and look without fixing the first shot (a character counts as one). Exclusive with image_url. See inputs.combinations.); `video_url`?: string (output.video_url of one of the account's own finished tasks. inputs.continuation_clip (spicy-motion-2): continues the clip in place of image_url (2 to 10 s in; duration is the whole output incl. the clip, billed in full). inputs.reference_video (spicy-motion-3, -fast): reference clip to extend or edit (15 s max; clip plus duration within 30 s), never with image_url.); `audio_url`?: string (A clip from upload_audio or generate_speech (its url, exact; 2 to 30 seconds). What it does depends on inputs.audio.mode: driving (spicy-motion-2, spicy-video-1) makes it the soundtrack with the mouth following it, and works with a first frame; reference (spicy-motion-3, -fast) guides voice, tone and beat while the model generates the sound, and only goes with a text prompt or references, never with image_url. Rejected on models with mode none (spicy-motion-1, spicy-character-video-1).); `audio_urls`?: array (Several upload_audio clips, up to inputs.audio.max_clips (5 on spicy-motion-3 and -fast, 15 s total); other models take a single audio_url.); `audio_mode`?: driving | reference (Optional guard: what you expect the audio to do. Must equal the model's inputs.audio.mode or the call is rejected naming a model that offers it. Omit to use the model's mode.); `resolution`?: string (480P, 720P (default) or 1080P, within the model's limits.resolutions.); `duration`?: integer (Seconds, default 5 (8 with action), within the model's limits (2 to 30; 3 to 15 on the spicy-cinema-1 family). -1 where inputs.smart_duration is true (spicy-motion-3, -fast): the model chooses; debited at the maximum, settled to the rendered length.); `aspect_ratio`?: string (Text-to-video, references and action only (no first frame or video_url), where inputs.aspect_ratio is true; values in limits.aspectRatios. 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4 on spicy-video-1 (default 16:9); plus 21:9 on spicy-motion-3 and -fast, where omitting it lets the model choose; plus 4:5, 5:4 and 9:21 on spicy-cinema-1 and spicy-cinema-1-character.); `negative_prompt`?: string (What to avoid. Ignored on spicy-motion-3, spicy-motion-3-fast and the spicy-cinema-1 family.); `enhance_prompt`?: boolean (Let the model expand the prompt with lighting, camera and detail cues. Default false. Not on the spicy-cinema-1 family.); `audio`?: boolean (Generate audio where the model supports it. spicy-motion-draft-1 is always silent; the spicy-cinema-1 family always has audio.); `seed`?: integer; `character`?: string (A saved character id (list_characters). Only on models that take references: spicy-character-video-1 (no first frame needed), spicy-cinema-1-character, spicy-motion-3, spicy-motion-3-fast.); `action`?: string (An action id from list_actions, e.g. pov-missionary. Runs on spicy-motion-3 and spicy-motion-3-fast: the action's reference clip sets camera, pose and motion; image_url becomes the woman (her identity, not a first frame) and prompt is optional, only the scene. Not with video_url or last_frame_url. duration defaults to 8 and aspect_ratio to the action's own (any supported ratio may be requested); clip plus duration within 30 s. The clip's seconds are billed as input seconds on top of the output.); `style`?: photorealistic | studio | anime | 3d | cartoon (Art style (list_styles): photorealistic, studio (glossy glamour), anime, 3d (animated-film CGI) or cartoon (2D adult cartoon). Prompt text only, same price.); `fps`?: any (Video frame rate: 30 (default) or 60. 60 smooths motion with frame interpolation for 20% on top of the video price (input or action clip seconds included); audio is kept. If that step fails the 30 fps clip is delivered and the fee refunded.); `approval_token`?: string (Approval token from a previous approval_required response, after the user said yes.).
- `upload_audio` (guarded): Bring in a WAV or MP3 (2 to 30 seconds, 15 MB max) from a public https URL for lip-sync and audio-driven video. The clip is transcribed and the transcript screened like a prompt; flat $0.01 for that screening. A clip that fails the screen is discarded with the same 422 shape as a blocked prompt; a 503 means screening was unavailable and nothing was charged. The returned url is what audio_url and audio_urls on generate_video accept; external audio URLs are rejected there. Guarded: without approval_token it returns {error: "approval_required", summary, approval_token}; show the summary (it carries the cost), get the user's yes, call again with the token. Arguments: `url`: string (Public https URL of the WAV or MP3 to fetch (private and plain-IP hosts are refused).); `approval_token`?: string (Approval token from a previous approval_required response, after the user said yes.).
- `transcribe_audio` (guarded): Speech to text from a public https URL of an audio file (wav, mp3, m4a/mp4, ogg/opus, flac, webm and more; up to 10 MB and 5 minutes). Synchronous; returns {id, text, language, duration_s, cost_usd}. Billed by the second at the model's per-minute rate (minimum charge applies); the audio is not stored and nothing is screened, since nothing is generated. Use it for voice notes in a companion app or to read back a clip. Guarded: without approval_token it returns {error: "approval_required", summary, approval_token}; show the summary (it carries the cost), get the user's yes, call again with the token. Arguments: `url`: string (Public https URL of the audio file (private and plain-IP hosts are refused).); `model`?: string (A transcription model id, default spicy-transcribe-1.); `language`?: string (Optional hint: English, Chinese, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, French or Russian. Omit to detect.); `user`?: string (Your own id for the end user making this request.); `approval_token`?: string (Approval token from a previous approval_required response, after the user said yes.).
- `create_embeddings` (guarded): Embedding vectors for search, memory and recommendations, OpenAI-compatible. spicy-embed-1: text, input a string or up to 10 strings (8,192 tokens each), dimensions 64, 128, 256, 512, 768, 1024 (default), 1536 or 2048. spicy-embed-vision-1: text and images in one 768-dimension space, input items are strings, {text} or {image} where every image is one of the account's own generated images (list_images); use it for "more like this" over the account's outputs, tagging and near-duplicate detection. Returns {data: [{index, embedding}], usage, cost_usd}; billed per token (minimum charge applies). Vectors are long: ask for small dimensions (256) when you only need to compare a few items here. Guarded: without approval_token it returns {error: "approval_required", summary, approval_token}; show the summary (it carries the cost), get the user's yes, call again with the token. Arguments: `model`: string (An embedding model id: spicy-embed-1 (text) or spicy-embed-vision-1 (text and images).); `input`: any (A string, or up to 10 items. Objects ({text} or {image}) only on spicy-embed-vision-1.); `dimensions`?: integer (spicy-embed-1 only: 64, 128, 256, 512, 768, 1024 (default), 1536 or 2048.); `encoding_format`?: float | base64 (float (default) or base64 (little-endian float32).); `approval_token`?: string (Approval token from a previous approval_required response, after the user said yes.).
- `get_job`: Status of a video task from generate_video or edit_video (queued, processing, finalizing, succeeded with output.video_url and usage, or failed and refunded) or of a logged image, chat, speech, transcription or embedding request by id. Arguments: `id`: string (Task or request id, e.g. sj_...).
- `get_usage`: Spend and request counts over the last N days, totalled and broken down by model, type and source (playground, api, agent), with the error count. Reads the account's request log. Arguments: `days`?: integer (Default 7.).
- `create_api_key` (guarded): Mint a new key for this account (plaintext returned once, stored hashed; at most 500 active keys). sandbox: true makes a key that answers everything from fixtures and bills nothing. Keys made with a sandbox key are always sandbox keys. Keep keys in environment variables, never in chat. Guarded: without approval_token it returns {error: "approval_required", summary, approval_token}; show the summary (it carries the cost), get the user's yes, call again with the token. Arguments: `name`: string (A label, e.g. Production or Agent.); `sandbox`?: boolean (Fixture-only key, nothing billed. Default false.); `approval_token`?: string (Approval token from a previous approval_required response, after the user said yes.).
- `set_spend_limit` (guarded): Cap what this account can spend per calendar month (UTC), enforced at debit time on every surface: requests past the cap return 402 without charging. Lowering or setting a limit never needs approval; raising or removing one does. null removes the limit. Arguments: `monthly_usd`: any (Monthly cap in USD, or null to remove it.); `approval_token`?: string (Approval token from a previous approval_required response, after the user said yes.).
- `read_acceptable_use`: The acceptable use policy as markdown: prohibited content (minors in any form, images or video of real people with or without consent, non-consensual scenarios and the rest), age-verification duties for the customer's product, enforcement. Read it before the first generation and tell the user what their product must do. Works with a $0 balance. Arguments: no arguments.

## Setup (once per user)

1. Key: the user signs in once at https://www.spicyapi.com/auth (Google or email). The account is live at once with a $0 balance and a Default key shown once at https://www.spicyapi.com/dashboard/api-keys. Keep the key in an environment variable (`SPICYAPI_KEY`), never in chat, never in client-side code. With one key you can mint more with `create_api_key`.
2. Connect. MCP (Streamable HTTP): `https://www.spicyapi.com/api/mcp` with header `Authorization: Bearer <key>`. Claude Code: `claude mcp add --transport http spicyapi https://www.spicyapi.com/api/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer sk-spicy-..."`. Cursor, Codex and any URL-plus-headers client: same URL and header. REST instead of MCP: `POST https://www.spicyapi.com/api/v1/tools/<tool_name>` with the same header and a JSON body of arguments; `GET https://www.spicyapi.com/api/v1/tools` lists them; OpenAPI 3.1 at https://www.spicyapi.com/openapi.json. OAuth 2.1 clients (Claude custom connectors, ChatGPT, directory scanners) need only the URL: the endpoint advertises its authorization server, the user signs in and consents in the browser, and the token it returns is an API key they can revoke in the dashboard.
3. Dry run first: a key created with Sandbox ticked (or `create_api_key` with `sandbox: true`) answers every endpoint and every tool from fixture output flagged `sandbox: true`, needs no balance and bills nothing. Build against it, then swap the key. Never present sandbox output to the user as a real generation.
4. Money: `get_account` shows the balance; `estimate_cost` prices a request from the same table the API bills; `get_topup_link` returns a card or crypto checkout URL (presets $50, $100, $250, $500, $1000, minimum $50) that the USER opens and pays in the browser. Never enter card details yourself. A 402 means the balance ran out or the monthly limit was hit.
5. Rate limit: 60 requests per minute per key on the agent surfaces.

## Rules that always apply

- Guarded tools (`generate_image`, `edit_image`, `generate_video`, `edit_video`, `transcribe_audio`, `create_embeddings`, `upload_audio`, `delete_audio`, `generate_speech`, `create_voice`, `delete_voice`, `create_character`, `delete_character`, `create_api_key`, `revoke_api_key`, and `set_spend_limit` when raising or removing a limit) first return `{error: "approval_required", summary, approval_token}`. Show the summary to the user verbatim (it carries the cost), get an explicit yes in the conversation, then call the tool again with the same arguments plus `approval_token` (15-minute expiry, bound to those exact arguments). Never approve in bulk or reuse a token for a different action. The account can turn approvals off in the dashboard; moderation, provenance and the spend limit still apply.
- Input images for `edit_image`, `generate_video`, `edit_video` and `create_embeddings` must be images this account generated (`list_images`); input clips (`video_url`) must be the account's own finished tasks. Uploads and third-party URLs are rejected before any charge; do not try to work around it. The external inputs are audio: `upload_audio` takes a WAV or MP3 (2 to 30 seconds) from a public URL, transcribes and screens it for $0.01, and its returned `url`, or the `url` of a `generate_speech` clip, is what `audio_url` accepts; `transcribe_audio` reads any public audio URL into text.
- The same person across many outputs: `create_character` from 1 to 3 generated images of them, then pass the returned id as `character` to `generate_image`, `edit_image` or `generate_video` (`spicy-character-video-1` needs no first frame). This is the supported way to get consistency; never ask the user for a photo.
- Read `read_acceptable_use` before the first generation: adults only, no minors in any form (including "young-looking" or youth-coded content), no images or video of real people (with or without consent; voice clones need the speaker's written consent), no non-consensual scenarios. Blocked prompts return 422 and cost nothing; repeated attempts terminate the account. Tell the user their product must age-verify its end users and disclose that content is AI-generated.
- When the user's product serves other people, pass each person's own stable id as `user` on every call. Screening history, strikes and suspensions then apply to that one person (403 `end_user_suspended`) instead of the whole account, and the id is kept with each generation's record, so a report about one person's output is traced to them and not to everyone on the account.
- Everything is scoped to the account behind the key; there is no way to read another account's data.
- Spicy API is spicyapi.com. spicyapi.ai is an unrelated aggregator; do not mix their prices or models.

## Prices (USD, for when the user asks)

| Model | Kind | Price | Limits | Inputs (audio mode, valid combinations) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `spicy-image-1-pro` | image | $0.09 per image | sizes 1024*1024, 832*1216, 1216*832, 1280*1280, 1440*1440, 1024*1536, 1536*1024, 1080*1920, 1920*1080, 1152*2048, 2048*1152; up to 6 outputs per call |  |
| `spicy-image-photo-1` | image | $0.08 per image | sizes 1024*1024, 832*1216, 1216*832, 1280*1280, 1440*1440, 1024*1536, 1536*1024, 1080*1920, 1920*1080, 1152*2048, 2048*1152; up to 6 outputs per call |  |
| `spicy-image-1` | image | $0.06 per image | sizes 1024*1024, 832*1216, 1216*832, 1280*1280, 1440*1440, 1024*1536, 1536*1024, 1080*1920, 1920*1080, 1152*2048, 2048*1152; up to 6 outputs per call |  |
| `spicy-image-action-1` | image | $0.15 per image | up to 4 outputs per call |  |
| `spicy-image-reference-1` | image | $0.24 per image | up to 1 output per call |  |
| `spicy-image-edit-1` | image-edit | $0.15 per image | sizes 1024*1024, 832*1216, 1216*832, 1280*1280, 1440*1440, 1024*1536, 1536*1024, 1080*1920, 1920*1080, 1152*2048, 2048*1152; up to 6 outputs per call; needs image_url (one of your generated images) |  |
| `spicy-motion-3` | video | $0.1 per second at 480P, $0.2 per second at 720P, $0.4 per second at 1080P | resolutions 480P, 720P, 1080P; 2 to 30 seconds; text-to-video aspect ratios 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 21:9; prompt up to 20,000 characters; reference clip (video_url) up to 15 seconds; the input clip's seconds are billed too, at the same rate; image_url optional (text-to-video without it) | Audio: reference audio (the model generates sound and uses the clip for voice, tone and beat), up to 5 clips and 15s total. Valid combinations: "Text prompt only, with aspect_ratio; dialogue written in the prompt is spoken natively"; "First frame (image_url), optionally a last frame (last_frame_url); no references or audio in the same request"; "Reference images (up to 10, or a character) plus a text prompt: same person, framing chosen by the model"; "Reference images, a reference video (video_url, 15s max) and reference audio (up to 5 clips, 15s total) in any mix, with a text prompt; audio guides voice, tone and beat while the words come from the prompt" |
| `spicy-motion-3-fast` | video | $0.14 per second at 480P, $0.28 per second at 720P, $0.56 per second at 1080P | resolutions 480P, 720P, 1080P; 2 to 30 seconds; text-to-video aspect ratios 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 21:9; prompt up to 20,000 characters; reference clip (video_url) up to 15 seconds; the input clip's seconds are billed too, at the same rate; image_url optional (text-to-video without it) | Audio: reference audio (the model generates sound and uses the clip for voice, tone and beat), up to 5 clips and 15s total. Valid combinations: "Text prompt only, with aspect_ratio; dialogue written in the prompt is spoken natively"; "First frame (image_url), optionally a last frame (last_frame_url); no references or audio in the same request"; "Reference images (up to 10, or a character) plus a text prompt: same person, framing chosen by the model"; "Reference images, a reference video (video_url, 15s max) and reference audio (up to 5 clips, 15s total) in any mix, with a text prompt; audio guides voice, tone and beat while the words come from the prompt" |
| `spicy-cinema-1-image` | video | $0.14 per second at 480P, $0.28 per second at 720P, $0.36 per second at 1080P | resolutions 480P, 720P, 1080P; 3 to 15 seconds; prompt up to 5,000 characters; needs image_url (one of your generated images) | Audio: no audio input. Valid combinations: "First frame (image_url) with a text prompt; the output keeps the image's shape" |
| `spicy-motion-2` | video | $0.2 per second at 720P, $0.3 per second at 1080P | resolutions 720P, 1080P; 2 to 15 seconds; prompt up to 5,000 characters; needs image_url (one of your generated images) | Audio: driving audio (the clip is the soundtrack and the mouth follows it). Valid combinations: "First frame (image_url), optionally a last frame (last_frame_url)"; "First frame plus driving audio (audio_url): the clip becomes the soundtrack and the mouth follows it"; "First frame, last frame and driving audio together"; "A clip to continue (video_url, 2 to 10s) instead of a first frame, optionally with a last frame" |
| `spicy-character-video-1` | video | $0.2 per second at 720P, $0.3 per second at 1080P | resolutions 720P, 1080P; 2 to 15 seconds; prompt up to 5,000 characters; image_url optional (text-to-video without it) | Audio: no audio input. Valid combinations: "A character (or reference images) plus a text prompt"; "A character plus a first frame (image_url) that opens the clip" |
| `spicy-cinema-1-character` | video | $0.14 per second at 480P, $0.28 per second at 720P, $0.36 per second at 1080P | resolutions 480P, 720P, 1080P; 3 to 15 seconds; text-to-video aspect ratios 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 4:5, 5:4, 9:21, 21:9; prompt up to 5,000 characters | Audio: no audio input. Valid combinations: "A character or reference images (up to 9) plus a text prompt that names them Image 1, Image 2..." |
| `spicy-cinema-1` | video | $0.14 per second at 480P, $0.28 per second at 720P, $0.36 per second at 1080P | resolutions 480P, 720P, 1080P; 3 to 15 seconds; text-to-video aspect ratios 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 4:5, 5:4, 9:21, 21:9; prompt up to 5,000 characters | Audio: no audio input. Valid combinations: "Text prompt only, with aspect_ratio; the clip has native audio" |
| `spicy-video-1` | video | $0.2 per second at 720P, $0.3 per second at 1080P | resolutions 720P, 1080P; 2 to 15 seconds; text-to-video aspect ratios 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4; prompt up to 5,000 characters | Audio: driving audio (the clip is the soundtrack and the mouth follows it). Valid combinations: "Text prompt only, with aspect_ratio"; "Text prompt plus driving audio (audio_url): the clip becomes the soundtrack and motion follows it" |
| `spicy-motion-draft-1` | video | $0.05 per second at 720P, $0.075 per second at 1080P | resolutions 720P, 1080P; 2 to 15 seconds; prompt up to 1,500 characters; always silent; needs image_url (one of your generated images) | Audio: no audio input. Valid combinations: "First frame (image_url) with a text prompt; the clip is silent" |
| `spicy-motion-1` | video | $0.2 per second at 720P, $0.3 per second at 1080P | resolutions 720P, 1080P; 2 to 10 seconds; prompt up to 1,500 characters; needs image_url (one of your generated images) | Audio: no audio input. Valid combinations: "First frame (image_url) with a text prompt" |
| `spicy-video-edit-1` | video-edit | $0.2 per second at 720P, $0.3 per second at 1080P | resolutions 720P, 1080P; text-to-video aspect ratios 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4; prompt up to 5,000 characters; the input clip's seconds are billed too, at the same rate; edits your own 2 to 10 second clips (output up to 10 seconds) with up to 4 reference images, aspect_ratio, keep_audio |  |
| `spicy-cinema-1-edit` | video-edit | $0.28 per second at 720P, $0.48 per second at 1080P | resolutions 720P, 1080P; prompt up to 5,000 characters; the input clip's seconds are billed too, at the same rate; edits your own 3 to 30 second clips (output up to 15 seconds) with up to 5 reference images, keep_audio |  |
| `spicy-animate-1` | video-edit | $0.24 per second at standard, $0.36 per second at pro | resolutions standard, pro; motion transfer: image_url plus a motion id (GET /v1/videos/motions) or your own 2 to 30 second clip, quality standard or pro, billed per output second; needs image_url (one of your generated images) |  |
| `spicy-companion-1` | chat | $1 per 1M prompt tokens and $2.8 per 1M completion tokens (minimum $0.001 per request) |  |  |
| `spicy-companion-1-flash` | chat | $0.1 per 1M prompt tokens and $0.8 per 1M completion tokens (minimum $0.0005 per request) |  |  |
| `spicy-chat-1` | chat | $0.8 per 1M prompt tokens ($0.16 when served from cache) and $2.4 per 1M completion tokens (minimum $0.001 per request) |  |  |
| `spicy-voice-2` | speech | $0.40 per 10,000 characters of input text | input up to 5,000 characters; 2 preset voices; `instructions` steer emotion, pace and delivery; inline tags like [whispers], [excited], [giggles] inside `input`; WAV or MP3 URL usable as audio_url on video, or `stream: true` for raw audio as it is synthesized |  |
| `spicy-voice-2-flash` | speech | $0.30 per 10,000 characters of input text | input up to 5,000 characters; 9 preset voices; `instructions` steer emotion, pace and delivery; inline tags like [whispers], [excited], [giggles] inside `input`; WAV or MP3 URL usable as audio_url on video, or `stream: true` for raw audio as it is synthesized |  |
| `spicy-voice-1-expressive` | speech | $0.23 per 10,000 characters of input text | input up to 600 characters; 21 preset voices; `instructions` steer emotion, pace and delivery; WAV output, a URL usable as audio_url on video |  |
| `spicy-voice-1-custom` | speech | $0.23 per 10,000 characters of input text; creating a voice costs $0.40 (designed) or $0.02 (cloned), once | input up to 600 characters; speaks your designed and cloned voices (vc_...); WAV output, a URL usable as audio_url on video |  |
| `spicy-voice-1` | speech | $0.20 per 10,000 characters of input text | input up to 600 characters; 45 preset voices; WAV output, a URL usable as audio_url on video |  |
| `spicy-live-1` | realtime | per 1M tokens: text in $0.46, audio in $1.86, text out $1.4, audio out $3.74, billed per turn (about half a cent per minute of conversation; opening a session needs a $0.05 balance) | 28 voices, up to 13 minutes per session, POST /v1/realtime/sessions then a WebSocket |  |
| `spicy-transcribe-1` | transcription | $0.0042 per minute of audio, billed by the second (minimum $0.0001 per request) | wav, mp3, m4a, ogg, flac, webm and more, up to 10 MB and 5 minutes |  |
| `spicy-embed-1` | embedding | $0.14 per 1M tokens |  |  |
| `spicy-embed-vision-1` | embedding | $0.18 per 1M text tokens and $0.06 per 1M image tokens |  |  |

Public docs: https://www.spicyapi.com/docs (every page is also available as markdown by appending `.md`). Product overview for agents: https://www.spicyapi.com/llms.txt