aid: black-forest-labs
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/black-forest-labs/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Black Forest Labs
kind: company
description: >-
  Black Forest Labs is the company behind the Flux family of image generation models. The
  Flux API exposes asynchronous image generation endpoints via global and regional base URLs
  with model-named paths (e.g. /v1/flux-2-pro). Models include FLUX.2 (flex/pro/max/klein),
  FLUX.1 Kontext, FLUX1.1 [pro] Ultra, FLUX1.1 [pro], FLUX.1 Fill, and FLUX Schnell. Auth via
  BFL_API_KEY bearer token.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  license_evidence:
    not_product:
    - black-forest-labs/flux
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  - repository-not-product
  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  - {url: 'https://blackforestlabs.ai/', status: 301, note: 'declared website redirects to https://bfl.ai/ — a different registrable domain (blackforestlabs.ai -> bfl.ai), possible rename or acquisition (probed 2026-09-03, roadmap#169)'}
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/black-forest-labs.png
x-docs-platform: mintlify
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-20
tags:
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Image Generation
  - Flux
  - Open Weights
  - BFL
tags_raw:
  - AI
  - Image Generation
  - Flux
  - Open Weights
  - BFL
  - Image-Generation
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: black-forest-labs:flux
  name: Flux Image Generation API
  description: >-
    REST API for asynchronous image generation across the Flux model family. Submit a generation request,
    then poll the returned polling_url for the result. Global endpoint at https://api.bfl.ai with regional
    alternatives at https://api.eu.bfl.ai (GDPR) and https://api.us.bfl.ai. Model-name path pattern /v1/{model}.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.bfl.ai/
  baseURL: https://api.bfl.ai
  tags:
  - Image Generation
  - Flux
  - Async
  - Polling
  - Image Editing
  tags_raw:
  - Image Generation
  - Flux
  - Async
  - Polling
  - Text-to-Image
  - Image Editing
  - Image-Generation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bfl.ai/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://dashboard.bfl.ai/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://bfl.ai/pricing
  - type: LlmsText
    url: https://docs.bfl.ml/llms.txt
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/black-forest-labs/flux
- aid: black-forest-labs:black-forest-labs-editing-api
  name: Black Forest Labs Editing API
  description: Image editing tools (fill, expand, erase).
  humanURL: https://docs.bfl.ai/
  baseURL: https://api.bfl.ai
  tags:
  - Editing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/black-forest-labs-editing-api-openapi.yml
- aid: black-forest-labs:black-forest-labs-generation-api
  name: Black Forest Labs Generation API
  description: Image generation endpoints.
  humanURL: https://docs.bfl.ai/
  baseURL: https://api.bfl.ai
  tags:
  - Generation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/black-forest-labs-generation-api-openapi.yml
- aid: black-forest-labs:black-forest-labs-utility-api
  name: Black Forest Labs Utility API
  description: Result polling, credits, fine-tune management.
  humanURL: https://docs.bfl.ai/
  baseURL: https://api.bfl.ai
  tags:
  - Utility
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/black-forest-labs-utility-api-openapi.yml
common:
  - type: CapabilityMap
    url: capabilities/black-forest-labs-capability-edges.yml
    name: Black Forest Labs Business Capability Map
  - type: AgenticAccess
    url: agentic-access/black-forest-labs-agentic-access.yml
  - type: DomainSecurity
    url: security/black-forest-labs-domain-security.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/black-forest-labs-authentication.yml
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bflai
  - type: Website
    url: https://blackforestlabs.ai/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bfl.ai/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/black-forest-labs
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/black-forest-labs-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/black-forest-labs-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/black-forest-labs-finops.yml
  - type: Blog
    url: https://bfl.ai/blog
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com