# Nano Banana 2 Lite

> Google's lightweight Nano Banana 2 variant built on Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, tuned for faster and cheaper generation. Retains conversational editing, multi-image fusion, and character consistency from the full Nano Banana 2.

- **Provider**: replicate
- **Model ID**: google/nano-banana-2-lite
- **Category**: image_generation
- **Credits**: 80 per request
- **Pricing Type**: fixed

## API Endpoint

Base URL: https://api.core.today/v1

### Create Prediction
POST /predictions

### Get Status
GET /predictions/{job_id}

### Cancel
DELETE /predictions/{job_id}

## Authentication

Header: `X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY`

## Input Parameters

- `image_input` (array, optional): Input images to transform or use as reference (supports up to 14 images) (Default: `[]`)
- `aspect_ratio` (string, optional): Aspect ratio of the generated image (Default: `match_input_image`; Options: `match_input_image`, `1:1`, `1:4`, `1:8`, `2:3`, `3:2`, `3:4`, `4:1`, `4:3`, `4:5`, `5:4`, `8:1`, `9:16`, `16:9`, `21:9`)
- `output_format` (string, optional): Format of the output image (Default: `jpg`; Options: `jpg`, `png`)
- `prompt` (string, **required**): A text description of the image you want to generate

## Example Request

```json
{
  "model": "google/nano-banana-2-lite",
  "input": {
    "prompt": "your prompt here"
  }
}
```

## Response Format

```json
{
  "job_id": "abc123",
  "status": "pending",
  "provider": "replicate",
  "model": "black-forest-labs/flux-schnell",
  "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "result": null,
  "error": null
}
```

Status values: `pending`, `processing`, `completed`, `failed`, `cancelled`

## Usage Flow

1. POST /predictions with model and input → receive job_id
2. Poll GET /predictions/{job_id} until status is `completed` or `failed`
3. Result contains output URL(s) or data

## Output Type

url

## Tags

image-generation, text-to-image, image-editing, gemini, google, character-consistency, multi-image-fusion, conversational-editing

## Documentation

https://replicate.com/google/nano-banana-2-lite