Runpod

Overview This short guide explains how use python to generate an image using RunPod. What it does Creates a RunPod job using the /run endpoint with a text prompt. Polls the /status/{id} endpoint until the job reaches COMPLETED. Reads output.image_url (a data:image/png;base64,... string), decodes the base64 payload, and saves it as {job_id}.png (or into --outdir). The script is organized with small functions: create_job(prompt, key, base_url) — create a job and return the API response JSON. poll_job(job_id, key, base_url, timeout) — poll until completion and return the final JSON payload. save_image_from_output(output, job_id, out_dir) — decode and write the PNG to disk. Prerequisites requests package (install with pip install -r requirements.txt or pip install requests) A RunPod API key Set your key using an environment variable: ...