# Not being able to generate images, I am pro user but I am not able to generate images ? can someone guide me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [May 15, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/not-being-able-to-generate-images-i-am-pro-user-but-i-am-not-able-to-generate-images-can-someone-guide-me/123 "2025-05-15T00:23:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vikvang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/67e7ee/32.png) [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/not-being-able-to-generate-images-i-am-pro-user-but-i-am-not-able-to-generate-images-can-someone-guide-me/123/1 "2025-05-15T00:23:17Z")
import requests import json import random from datetime import datetime def generate\_facebook\_post(api\_key, topic=“positivity”): “”“Generates post content and image using Perplexity AI”“” try: # Generate text post post = generate\_post\_text(api\_key, topic) if not post: return None ``` # Save text post text_filename = save_text_to_file(post) # Generate image image_filename = generate_and_save_image(api_key, post, topic) return { "text_file": text_filename, "image_file": image_filename, "content": post } except Exception as e: print(f"Error in main process: {e}") return None ``` def generate\_post\_text(api\_key, topic): “”“Generates post text using Perplexity’s chat API”“” url = “[https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions](https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions)” ``` headers = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}", "Content-Type": "application/json" } prompt = f"""Create a Facebook post about {topic} that includes: - 1-2 short paragraphs - 3 relevant hashtags - 1-2 emojis - Friendly, inspirational tone""" data = { "model": "sonar-pro", "messages": [ { "role": "system", "content": "You are a social media content creator expert" }, { "role": "user", "content": prompt } ] } try: response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data) response.raise_for_status() return response.json()['choices'][0]['message']['content'].strip() except Exception as e: print(f"Text generation failed: {e}") return None ``` def generate\_and\_save\_image(api\_key, post\_text, topic): “”“Generates and saves image using Perplexity’s API”“” url = “[https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions](https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions)” ``` headers = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}", "Content-Type": "application/json" } image_prompt = f"Create a detailed DALL-E 3 prompt for a social media image about {topic} that visually represents: {post_text}" data = { "model": "sonar-pro", "messages": [ { "role": "system", "content": "You are an AI image prompt generator" }, { "role": "user", "content": image_prompt } ], "return_images": True } try: response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data) response.raise_for_status() # Extract image URL from response image_url = response.json()['images'][0]['url'] image_data = requests.get(image_url).content filename = f"facebook_post_{get_timestamp()}.png" with open(filename, 'wb') as f: f.write(image_data) return filename except Exception as e: print(f"Image generation failed: {e}") return None ``` def save\_text\_to\_file(content): “”“Saves text content to a file with timestamp”“” filename = f"facebook\_post\_{get\_timestamp()}.txt" with open(filename, ‘w’) as f: f.write(content) return filename def get\_timestamp(): “”“Generates timestamp for filenames”“” return datetime.now().strftime(“%Y%m%d\_%H%M%S”) # Example usage if **name** == “ **main** ”: API\_KEY = YOUR\_API\_KEY ``` result = generate_facebook_post(API_KEY, "daily motivation") if result: print("Successfully generated:") print(f"Post content: {result['content']}") print(f"Text file: {result['text_file']}") print(f"Image file: {result['image_file']}") else: print("Failed to generate post") ``` ---
**Author:** ![vikvang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/67e7ee/32.png) [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/not-being-able-to-generate-images-i-am-pro-user-but-i-am-not-able-to-generate-images-can-someone-guide-me/123/2 "2025-05-15T00:26:39Z")
The Perplexity API does not have the ability to generate images like it does in the main Perplexity UI. The [`return_images`](https://docs.perplexity.ai/api-reference/chat-completions#body-return-images) parameter is returning images that it finds on the web based on your search, like these from the Perplexity UI: ![ppxl_gen_images](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/sonar1/original/1X/fa7eb72a76696ce5acdafc3c7e039b818f570299.jpeg) You will also need to be in tier 2 for it to actually return images it found on the web, see their [usage tier documentation](https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/usage-tiers). * * * Just a side note, if you are already using Python, I highly recommend just using the OpenAI API, as Perplexity’s API is compatible with it. For example, if you were tier 2, you could ask a question and get internet images as follows: ```python import os from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI(api_key=os.environ.get("PPLX_API_KEY"), base_url="https://api.perplexity.ai") completion = client.chat.completions.create( model="sonar-pro", messages=[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the most recent version of Python?" } ], extra_body={"return_images": True} ) print(completion.choices[0].message) ```