# Meshy V7 Image to 3D API

> Turns a single image into a 3D mesh with 2k geometry option, optional PBR, rigging and animation

Creates a 3D model from one image in `image_url` (JPG, PNG, AVIF or HEIF). `model_type` selects standard, lowpoly or smart-topology, and `target_polycount` accepts 100 to 300000. `geometry_resolution` offers standard or 2k. Texturing can be switched off with `should_texture`, and PBR maps, a pose mode, humanoid rigging and an animation preset are optional.

- Model id: `meshy/v7/image-to-3d`
- Made by: Meshy
- Category: Image to 3D
- Output: 3d
- Price per run: from $0.80 / run (cheapest run $0.80 (800 API credits))
- Run: `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/run/meshy/v7/image-to-3d`
- Quote: `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/quote/meshy/v7/image-to-3d`
- Docs page: https://doitong.com/developers/models/meshy/v7/image-to-3d

## Pricing

Price: **from $0.80 / run** (the lowest tier; the quote prices your exact input). Price per run: the input files are measured before the run (length, resolution, frame rate). The quote measures the same files and is exactly what the run charges.

The full example input below costs $1.20 = 1200 API credits (1 run × $1.20).

Prices are the upstream price in USD, paid from the API balance in API credits (1000 API credits = 1 USD). `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/quote/meshy/v7/image-to-3d` with the same JSON body returns the exact price for that input; the quote is exactly what a run charges. Invalid input is never charged and failed or canceled requests are refunded automatically.

## Input parameters

Send either the canonical name or the native field name (not both). Canonical names are the same across models.

| Parameter | Canonical name | Type | Required | Default | Allowed values / range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `image_url` | `image` | string (image URL) | yes |  |  | Provide the source image for 3D creation by URL or base64 data URI, using .jpg, .jpeg, .png, AVIF, or HEIF. Automatic conversion handles the AVIF and HEIF inputs. |
| `model_type` |  | enum (string) | no | `standard` | `standard`, `lowpoly`, `smart-topology` | 3D mesh mode: choose 'lowpoly' for a low-poly result optimized for cleaner polygons; in this mode Meshy ignores topology, target_polycount, and should_remesh. For a conventional high-detail result choose 'standard', or choose 'smart-topology' to use Meshy-T2 and obtain clean parts generated separately from the outset. |
| `topology` |  | enum (string) | no | `triangle` | `quad`, `triangle` | Model topology choice between Triangle for geometric detail and Quad for surface smoothness. |
| `target_polycount` |  | integer | no | `30000` | 100 – 300,000 | Polygon-count target, capped at 15,000 when model_type is 'smart-topology'. Omitting the target in that mode selects Meshy's lower default of 4,000. |
| `symmetry_mode` |  | enum (string) | no | `auto` | `off`, `auto`, `on` | Choose whether model generation forces symmetry with On, omits it with Off, or decides automatically with Auto. |
| `should_remesh` |  | boolean | no | `true` |  | Enables or disables the remeshing stage. |
| `should_texture` |  | boolean | no | `true` |  | Enables or disables texture generation. |
| `enable_pbr` |  | boolean | no | `false` |  | Adds PBR maps for metallic, roughness, and normal alongside the base color. |
| `is_a_t_pose` |  | boolean | no | `false` |  | T-pose generation switch activated by true; deprecated in favor of pose_mode. |
| `pose_mode` |  | enum (string) | no | `` | `a-pose`, `t-pose`, `` | Leave the string empty to avoid specifying the generated model's pose, or request an A-pose with 'a-pose' or a T-pose with 't-pose'. |
| `texture_prompt` |  | string \| null | no |  | ≤ 600 characters | Text instructions that direct texture generation. |
| `texture_image_url` |  | string (image URL) \| null | no |  |  | 2D reference image that directs texture generation. |
| `enable_rigging` |  | boolean | no | `false` |  | Automatic humanoid rigging, most effective for humanoid models whose limbs are clearly distinguishable. Enabling it rigs the generated model and supplies basic animations for walking and running. |
| `rigging_height_meters` |  | number | no | `1.7` | > 0 | Provide an estimated character height in meters when enable_rigging is true; otherwise, this value has no effect. |
| `enable_animation` |  | boolean | no | `false` |  | Whether the rigged model receives a preset animation, which requires enable_rigging to be true. |
| `animation_action_id` |  | integer | no | `92` |  | Meshy library animation preset ID, with available actions listed at https://docs.meshy.ai/en/api/animation-library. Validation and use apply only when enable_animation is true: values outside [0, 696] are rejected with a 422, and "Idle" corresponds to `0`. |
| `enable_safety_checker` |  | boolean | no | `true` |  | Preprocessing safety-check switch: true makes an input safety check a prerequisite to processing. |
| `geometry_resolution` |  | enum (string) \| null | no |  | `standard`, `2k` | Mesh geometry resolution; the supported Meshy-7 options are standard and 2k. |
| `ultra_mode` |  | boolean | no | `false` |  | Deprecated option superseded by geometry_resolution, which wins if both are supplied; use geometry_resolution='2k' instead. |

File parameters (`image`, `texture_image_url`) take a public `https://` URL, a `data:` URI up to 10 MB, or the `file_url` of an upload from `POST /files`.

## Example input

Required parameters only:

```json
{
  "image": "https://content.doitong.com/images/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.jpg"
}
```

A fuller example:

```json
{
  "image_url": "https://content.doitong.com/images/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.jpg"
}
```

## Run it

Set `DOITONG_API_KEY` to a key from https://doitong.com/developers/dashboard#keys. `?wait=20` returns the finished request in the same call when it is ready within 20 seconds; otherwise poll `GET /requests/{id}` (it also accepts `?wait=`), or pass `webhook_url`.

### curl

```bash
# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
curl -X POST "https://api.doitong.com/v1/run/meshy/v7/image-to-3d?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "image_url": "https://content.doitong.com/images/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.jpg"
  }'

# Still "queued" or "running"? Poll with the id from the response:
curl "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/REQUEST_ID?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY"
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
const API = "https://api.doitong.com/v1";
const headers = {
  "Authorization": "Bearer " + process.env.DOITONG_API_KEY,
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
};

// Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
let res = await fetch(API + "/run/meshy/v7/image-to-3d?wait=20", {
  method: "POST",
  headers,
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "image_url": "https://content.doitong.com/images/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.jpg"
  }),
});
let request = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(request.error.code + ": " + request.error.message);

// Not finished yet: long-poll until it is
while (request.status === "queued" || request.status === "running") {
  res = await fetch(API + "/requests/" + request.id + "?wait=20", { headers });
  request = await res.json();
}
if (request.status !== "succeeded") throw new Error(JSON.stringify(request.error));
console.log(request.outputs.map((o) => o.url), request.cost.credits + " API credits ($" + request.cost.usd + ")");
```

### Python

```python
import os
import requests

API = "https://api.doitong.com/v1"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["DOITONG_API_KEY"]}

payload = {
    "image_url": "https://content.doitong.com/images/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.jpg",
}

# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
r = requests.post(API + "/run/meshy/v7/image-to-3d", params={"wait": 20}, json=payload, headers=headers)
request = r.json()
if not r.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(request["error"]["code"] + ": " + request["error"]["message"])

# Not finished yet: long-poll until it is
while request["status"] in ("queued", "running"):
    request = requests.get(API + "/requests/" + request["id"], params={"wait": 20}, headers=headers).json()
if request["status"] != "succeeded":
    raise RuntimeError(request["error"])
print([o["url"] for o in request["outputs"]], request["cost"]["credits"], "API credits", "$" + request["cost"]["usd"])
```

### MCP

The MCP server at `https://api.doitong.com/v1/mcp` exposes the tools `search_models`, `get_model`, `quote`, `run`, `get_request`, `cancel_request`, `list_requests`, `create_upload` and `get_account`. A `run` call for this model:

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "run",
    "arguments": {
      "model_id": "meshy/v7/image-to-3d",
      "input": {
        "image_url": "https://content.doitong.com/images/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.jpg"
      },
      "wait_seconds": 20
    }
  }
}
```

## Response

Every call returns a request object. `status` is one of `queued`, `running`, `succeeded`, `failed`, `canceled`. `outputs` lists the generated files with URLs on our storage (kept forever, or 7 days with `?storage=temporary`; `storage` says which); `output` is the model's own result object with the same URLs.

```json
{
  "id": "req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t",
  "object": "request",
  "model": "meshy/v7/image-to-3d",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "created_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:00Z",
  "started_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:02Z",
  "completed_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:09Z",
  "queue_position": null,
  "cost": {
    "credits": 1200,
    "usd": "1.20",
    "charged": 1200,
    "refunded": 0
  },
  "input": {
    "image_url": "https://content.doitong.com/images/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.jpg"
  },
  "output": {
    "animation_glb": {
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
      "content_type": "image/jpeg",
      "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
      "file_size": 1843200
    },
    "animation_fbx": {
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
      "content_type": "image/jpeg",
      "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
      "file_size": 1843200
    },
    "model_glb": {
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
      "content_type": "image/jpeg",
      "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
      "file_size": 1843200
    },
    "thumbnail": {
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
      "content_type": "image/jpeg",
      "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
      "file_size": 1843200
    },
    "model_urls": {
      "glb": {
        "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
        "content_type": "image/jpeg",
        "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
        "file_size": 1843200
      },
      "fbx": {
        "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
        "content_type": "image/jpeg",
        "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
        "file_size": 1843200
      },
      "obj": {
        "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
        "content_type": "image/jpeg",
        "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
        "file_size": 1843200
      },
      "usdz": {
        "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
        "content_type": "image/jpeg",
        "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
        "file_size": 1843200
      },
      "blend": {
        "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
        "content_type": "image/jpeg",
        "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
        "file_size": 1843200
      },
      "stl": {
        "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
        "content_type": "image/jpeg",
        "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
        "file_size": 1843200
      }
    },
    "texture_urls": [
      {
        "base_color": {
          "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
          "content_type": "image/jpeg",
          "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
          "file_size": 1843200
        },
        "metallic": {
          "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
          "content_type": "image/jpeg",
          "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
          "file_size": 1843200
        },
        "normal": {
          "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
          "content_type": "image/jpeg",
          "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
          "file_size": 1843200
        },
        "roughness": {
          "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
          "content_type": "image/jpeg",
          "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
          "file_size": 1843200
        }
      }
    ],
    "seed": 42,
    "rigged_character_glb": {
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
      "content_type": "image/jpeg",
      "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
      "file_size": 1843200
    },
    "rigged_character_fbx": {
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
      "content_type": "image/jpeg",
      "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
      "file_size": 1843200
    },
    "basic_animations": {
      "walking_glb": {
        "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
        "content_type": "image/jpeg",
        "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
        "file_size": 1843200
      },
      "walking_fbx": {
        "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
        "content_type": "image/jpeg",
        "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
        "file_size": 1843200
      },
      "walking_armature_glb": {
        "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
        "content_type": "image/jpeg",
        "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
        "file_size": 1843200
      },
      "running_glb": {
        "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
        "content_type": "image/jpeg",
        "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
        "file_size": 1843200
      },
      "running_fbx": {
        "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
        "content_type": "image/jpeg",
        "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
        "file_size": 1843200
      },
      "running_armature_glb": {
        "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
        "content_type": "image/jpeg",
        "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
        "file_size": 1843200
      }
    },
    "rig_task_id": "string"
  },
  "outputs": [
    {
      "type": "file",
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
      "content_type": "image/jpeg",
      "file_size": 1843200,
      "stored": true
    }
  ],
  "error": null,
  "metrics": {
    "inference_seconds": 6.8
  },
  "urls": {
    "self": "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t",
    "cancel": "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/cancel"
  }
}
```

### Output fields (`output`)

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `animation_glb` | object {url, content_type, file_name, file_size} \| null | Animation result containing the 3D model as GLB; the response omits this result unless enable_animation is true. |
| `animation_fbx` | object {url, content_type, file_name, file_size} \| null | Animation result containing the 3D model as FBX; the response omits this result unless enable_animation is true. |
| `model_glb` | object {url, content_type, file_name, file_size} | GLB file containing the generated 3D object. |
| `thumbnail` | object {url, content_type, file_name, file_size} \| null | Thumbnail showing a preview of the generated model. |
| `model_urls` | object {glb, fbx, obj, usdz, blend, stl} | Links to the 3D model in various formats. |
| `texture_urls` | array of object {base_color, metallic, normal, roughness} | Texture file objects in an array structured to match the Meshy API. |
| `seed` | integer \| null | Generation seed, when available. |
| `rigged_character_glb` | object {url, content_type, file_name, file_size} \| null | Rigging result delivered as a GLB character file; absent from the response unless enable_rigging is true. |
| `rigged_character_fbx` | object {url, content_type, file_name, file_size} \| null | Rigging result delivered as an FBX character file; absent from the response unless enable_rigging is true. |
| `basic_animations` | object {walking_glb, walking_fbx, walking_armature_glb, running_glb, running_fbx, running_armature_glb} \| null | Basic walk and run animations, included only if enable_rigging is true. |
| `rig_task_id` | string \| null | Identifier for the rigging task; included only if enable_rigging is true. |

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## Links

- HTML page: https://doitong.com/developers/models/meshy/v7/image-to-3d
- All models and guides for AI agents: https://doitong.com/developers/llms.txt
- OpenAPI 3.1 with this model's typed request body: https://doitong.com/developers/openapi.json?model=meshy/v7/image-to-3d
- Errors: https://doitong.com/developers/docs/errors
- Model details as JSON: https://api.doitong.com/v1/models/meshy/v7/image-to-3d