Black Forest Labs model
FLUX.2 Flex
FLUX.2 Flex is a Black Forest Labs model listed in the NextModel catalog for image understanding, multimodal chat workloads. Its listed price is $0.2 / image, with a — token context window.
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What is FLUX.2 Flex in NextModel?
FLUX.2 Flex is a Black Forest Labs model listed in the NextModel catalog for image understanding, multimodal chat workloads. Its listed price is $0.2 / image, with a — token context window.
Best use cases
- image understanding
- multimodal chat
OpenAI-compatible code example
Keep the OpenAI SDK style, set base_url to NextModel, and use the catalog model ID black-forest-labs--FLUX.2-flex.
Python
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
base_url="https://api.nextmodel.app/v1"
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-flex",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello from NextModel"}]
)
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