I'm building a multimodal app and need image and text API support

If you’re building a multimodal app, you’ll want an API that can accept both text and images in the same request and return structured output.

What to look for

• Image + text inputs in one API call
• Vision understanding: OCR, object detection, scene understanding, chart reading
• Text generation: summaries, labels, extraction, captions, Q&A
• Structured responses: JSON output for easy integration
• Streaming support if you need low-latency UX

Typical capabilities

• Describe an image
• Extract text from screenshots/documents
• Answer questions about an image
• Combine image context with user instructions
• Generate tags, captions, or classification labels

Example request pattern

You usually send:

• a text prompt
• one or more images (URL, base64, or file upload depending on the API)
• optional response format instructions

Good implementation patterns

• Use image preprocessing for large or noisy images
• Keep prompts specific: “extract all visible text” is better than “analyze this”
• Ask for structured JSON when integrating downstream
• Add fallbacks for unsupported image types or size limits

If you want, I can help with:

1. a sample API request for multimodal input
2. a backend architecture for handling images + text
3. prompt templates for OCR, captioning, or visual Q&A
4. integrating with a specific stack like Python, Node.js, or mobile

If you tell me your preferred language/framework, I can draft a working example.