From question to rows in three commands
Pipe straight into jq
-j prints the raw response, so the whole result is one JSON document.
price.summary rather
than max_usd: a flat-priced tool has no ceiling, so max_usd on one of those
is null.
Branch on the exit code
3 is the one worth handling separately in a long-running loop: it means
the work is fine and the money ran out, so retrying immediately just burns
requests.
Stop before you run out
Batch a file of inputs
-f - reads the input from stdin, so anything that can generate JSON can drive
the CLI.
Long-running calls
Animate a local photo
--image uploads the file straight to storage and passes the handle, so the
picture never has to be published anywhere and never has to be base64. The run
answers with a link to the MP4 rather than the file, and that link is the model
provider’s and temporary, which is why the download is in the same script.
Two workspaces on one machine
CI
Nosetup, no config file, nothing written to disk:
Against a local gateway
--api to setup and it is remembered in your config, so you only need
it once per profile.
What a call actually cost
web.search calls was $1.00. What they cost was
about a cent, because billing follows what the call actually consumed. See
Pricing.