HiAPI is a unified API gateway that lets developers call a wide range of image, video, and audio generation models through a single endpoint instead of juggling separate integrations for each provider. The core workflow is simple: submit a generation job to the async task API, then either poll for results or set up a callback, and the finished output comes back as a persistent link that stays reachable without you having to build your own storage layer.
It’s built with both human developers and AI agents in mind, offering MCP tools and Skills alongside the standard REST docs, so it plugs into agent-based coding workflows fairly easily. Pricing is transparent and pay-per-task (no token-based billing surprises), with model tiers signaled by suffixes like “@beta” or “@pro” so you can gauge cost before committing, and new users get a small free credit to test real generations before paying for production use.
