awesome-genmedia SDXL-Lightning by ByteDance
Generate images in just 4 steps with SDXL Lightning by ByteDance. Optimized for ultra-fast generation while maintaining quality, ideal for rapid prototyping and real-time applications.
Quick Start
Requires an each::labs API key. Get one at eachlabs.ai.
curl -X POST https://api.eachlabs.ai/v1/prediction \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-API-Key: $EACHLABS_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "sdxl-lightning-4step",
"version": "0.0.1",
"input": {
"prompt": "A superhero smiling, bright colors, dynamic pose",
"width": 1024,
"height": 1024,
"num_inference_steps": 4,
"scheduler": "K_EULER"
}
}'
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| disable_safety_checker | boolean | true | Disable safety checker for generated images |
| guidance_scale | number | 0 | Controls how much to follow the prompt vs generating creatively |
| height | integer | 1024 | Height of generated image |
| negative_prompt | string | worst quality, low quality | Exclude from generated content |
| num_inference_steps | integer | 4 | Number of processing steps |
| num_outputs | integer | 1 | Number of outputs to generate |
| prompt | string | A superhero smiling | Text prompt for generation |
| scheduler | string | K_EULER | Scheduler. enum: DDIM, DPMSolverMultistep, HeunDiscrete, KarrasDPM, K_EULER_ANCESTRAL, K_EULER, PNDM, DPM++2MSDE |
| seed | integer | - | Random seed for reproducibility |
| width | integer | 1024 | Width of generated image |
Examples
Batch fast generation:
curl -X POST https://api.eachlabs.ai/v1/prediction \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-API-Key: $EACHLABS_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "sdxl-lightning-4step",
"version": "0.0.1",
"input": {
"prompt": "a cute robot character, 3D render, Pixar style, colorful, detailed",
"negative_prompt": "blurry, low quality, distorted, ugly",
"width": 1024,
"height": 1024,
"num_outputs": 4,
"num_inference_steps": 4,
"seed": 42
}
}'
Portrait with custom scheduler:
curl -X POST https://api.eachlabs.ai/v1/prediction \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-API-Key: $EACHLABS_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "sdxl-lightning-4step",
"version": "0.0.1",
"input": {
"prompt": "a beautiful woman with flowing red hair, dramatic lighting, professional photography",
"width": 768,
"height": 1024,
"num_inference_steps": 4,
"scheduler": "DPMSolverMultistep"
}
}'
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