Quickstart

dryAPI is a high-performance inference platform built specifically for developers seeking a fast, reliable, and simple way to integrate cutting-edge AI capabilities into their applications. This guide will help you quickly set up your account, obtain your API key, load credits, and begin using our API.

1. Sign In to Your Account

Create your free account at dryapi.dev to get started. All new users receive a $5 sign-up bonus with a Basic account — no credit card required.

2. Obtain Your API Key

dryAPI uses token-based authentication. Every request must include your personal API key, provided via an HTTP header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

To get your API key:

• Sign up or log in to your account.
• Navigate to Dashboard → Settings → API Keys.
• Click "Create new secret key".
• Your API key will be generated instantly.

3. Load Credits to Your Account

dryAPI operates on a pay-as-you-go model.

Your $5 bonus is available immediately upon registration for testing with Basic rate limits.

To upgrade to Premium (300 RPM and unlimited daily requests), simply top up your account with any available amount ($10, $25, or $50) via Stripe. Your remaining bonus balance carries over after upgrade.

To add funds, go to your Dashboard → Billing section.

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For detailed rate limits per endpoint, see Limits & Quotas.

4. Start Using the API

Once your API key is activated and your account has sufficient credits, you can start making requests to dryAPI immediately.

Available Services:

• Text-to-Image – Generate visuals from descriptive text prompts.
• Text-to-Speech (TTS) – Convert text into high-quality spoken audio. Supports preset voices, voice cloning from reference audio, and voice design from text descriptions.
• Text-to-Music – Generate music tracks from text descriptions with control over lyrics, tempo, key, and style.
• Video-to-Text – Automatically transcribe audio and video files. Transcript from url X, Twitch, Kick, TikTok, YouTube.
• Audio-to-Text - Ability to transcribe from X (Twitter) Spaces.
• Image-to-Text – Extract written content from images using AI-powered optical character recognition (OCR).
• Text-to-Video – Generate dynamic video content from descriptive text prompts using advanced generative models.
• Image-to-Video – Transform static images into animated video sequences with motion synthesis and scene expansion.
• Image-to-Image – Modify or restyle existing images based on new prompts, masks, or style instructions.
• Image Background Removal – Remove backgrounds from images for product photos, portraits, and transparent PNGs.
• Image Upscale – Upscale images to higher resolution using AI-powered super-resolution models.
• Text-to-Embedding – Convert text into vector embeddings for semantic search, similarity matching, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

dryAPI is actively evolving — new AI services, models, and features will be added regularly to expand what's possible with our platform. Stay up to date by following our announcements.