# Google Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)

> Google's latest image editing model in Gemini 2.5 - a multimodal model that natively understands and generates images with capabilities for character consistency, multi-image fusion, conversational editing, and visual reasoning

- **Provider**: replicate
- **Model ID**: google/nano-banana
- **Category**: image_generation
- **Credits**: 70 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 multiple images)
- `aspect_ratio` (string, optional): Aspect ratio of the generated image (Default: `1:1`; Options: `match_input_image`, `1:1`, `2:3`, `3:2`, `3:4`, `4:3`, `4:5`, `5:4`, `9:16`, `16:9`, `21:9`)
- `output_format` (string, optional): Format of the output image
- `prompt` (string, **required**): A text description of the image you want to generate

## Example Request

```json
{
  "model": "google/nano-banana",
  "input": {
    "image_input": [
      "https://replicate.delivery/pbxt/NbYIclp4A5HWLsJ8lF5KgiYSNaLBBT1jUcYcHYQmN1uy5OnN/tmpcqc07f_q.png",
      "https://replicate.delivery/pbxt/NbYId45yH8s04sptdtPcGqFIhV7zS5GTcdS3TtNliyTAoYPO/Screenshot%202025-08-26%20at%205.30.12%E2%80%AFPM.png"
    ],
    "output_format": "jpg",
    "prompt": "Make the sheets in the style of the logo. Make the scene natural. "
  }
}
```

## 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-editing, image-generation, multimodal, gemini, google, character-consistency, multi-image-fusion, conversational-editing, visual-reasoning

## Documentation

https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs