GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst API in Russia — no VPN, no foreign card
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst is OpenAI's Images 2.6 model for detailed compositions and edits where details stay consistent. Connect through RuAPI: pay in USDT from $5, no subscription, your key right after sign-up.
import base64
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key="sk-...",
base_url="https://www.ruapi.ai/v1",
)
img = client.images.generate(
model="gpt-image-2.6-sunburst",
prompt="Draw a ginger cat in a spacesuit with Saturn in the background",
size="1024x1024",
)
open("image.png", "wb").write(base64.b64decode(img.data[0].b64_json))Replace sk-... with a key from the RuAPI Console — the model gpt-image-2.6-sunburst is already set.
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst API price
Current price in US dollars — the same as on the pricing page. Pay in USDT, pay as you go, no subscription.
| model | input $ / 1M | output $ / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| gpt-image-2.6-sunburst | $6.00 image input $9.60 | $36.00 |
Input is the regular price of input tokens, “cache read” is the price of input tokens served from the prompt cache, output is the price of output tokens. The price in your account may be lower.
What is GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst
Sunburst is the second variant of GPT Image 2.6, released on November 4, 2026, together with Flare. OpenAI says it is built for detailed work: complex scenes with many elements and series of edits where details stay consistent. Sunburst is slower than Flare; OpenAI ties its quality gains to quality set to medium or high and warns that a complex request can take up to two minutes. It takes text and images as input and returns an image.
The endpoints are /v1/images/generations and /v1/images/edits. According to OpenAI's docs, when editing you can pass an annotation layer on top of the image (markup), and the model changes only the marked areas; it is not combined with a mask. The new complexity parameter (low, medium, high; high by default) sets how much the model plans the scene before rendering: OpenAI recommends low for most edits and medium or high for busy scenes. According to OpenAI's docs, Sunburst can also generate GIF and SVG, and the Batch API is not supported for the 2.6 models.
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst specs
| Developer | OpenAI |
| Model ID in the RuAPI API | gpt-image-2.6-sunburst |
| Input | text, images |
| Output | images |
| Tool calling | no |
| Status | generally available |
| Protocols on RuAPI | OpenAI Images (/v1/images/generations, /v1/images/edits) |
Specs are from OpenAI’s official documentation (developers.openai.com), checked Nov 11, 2026.
What it’s good for
- Busy scenes with many objects and constraints
- Series of edits to one image without losing detail
- Detailed ad mockups and covers
- Vector illustrations in SVG for websites and slides
When another model is a better fit
- GPT Image 2.6 Flare — The fast 2.6 variant for everyday generation and frequent iterations
- GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst — The previous Sunburst, without GIF or SVG; in our measurement at quality low it uses fewer tokens per image
- Nano Banana Pro — Google's Nano Banana Pro: it thinks the request through before generating and outputs images up to 4K
How to connect GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst from Russia
- Sign up at ruapi.ai — with email, Google or Yandex. No VPN needed.
- Top up with USDT or USDC from 5 USDT. No USDT yet? Buy it with rubles via SBP — step by step in the docs.
- In the Console, open API Keys → Create key.
- Use the address https://www.ruapi.ai/v1 and the model gpt-image-2.6-sunburst.
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See also: GPT Image API in Russia · Documentation · GPT-6 Astra · GPT-6.1 Sol · GPT-6.1 Terra · GPT-6 Sol