GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI's most powerful model (ChatGPT): hard reasoning, code, analysis, long texts. You can attach pictures.
GPT-6 Astra is the OpenAI flagship for the hardest tasks: multi-step reasoning, programming, document and data analysis, long texts. You pay for the actual tokens. Up to 10 pictures can be attached.
A question or task as text — the model answers with text. Pictures in input_urls are optional.
ID: gpt-6-astra · $4.76 / 1M input · $23.8 / 1M output · ~10 s on average
Parameters (field input)
| Parameter | Required | Description | Values (default in bold) |
|---|---|---|---|
prompt | yes | Your question or task | text, up to 30000 chars |
input_urls | no | Pictures to analyse (https links), up to 10; each is 560 input tokens | ["https://…"] |
reasoning | no | Reasoning level (default medium): none/off answers at once, low fast, medium balanced, high deeper and slower, xhigh maximum (where offered). Same per-token price; reasoning tokens are part of the output and are billed | low medium high xhigh |
system_prompt | no | Instruction for the model (role, style, rules), up to 10,000 characters | |
messages | no | Conversation history: [{"role":"user","content":"…"},{"role":"assistant","content":"…"}] — alternating, starting with user, ending with assistant; the new question goes to prompt. Up to 40 messages, 60,000 characters, billed as input tokens | [{role, content}] |
response_format | no | json — the answer is one valid JSON object | text json |
Example
curl -X POST https://mixmedia.tech/api/v1/jobs/createTask \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"gpt-6-astra","input":{"prompt":"Explain in simple words why the sky is blue","reasoning":"medium","response_format":"text"}}'
import os, requests
r = requests.post(
"https://mixmedia.tech/api/v1/jobs/createTask",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['API_KEY']}"},
json={
"model": "gpt-6-astra",
"input": {
"prompt": "Explain in simple words why the sky is blue",
"reasoning": "medium",
"response_format": "text"
}
},
)
print(r.json()) # {"code": 200, "data": {"taskId": "..."}}
const r = await fetch("https://mixmedia.tech/api/v1/jobs/createTask", {
method: "POST",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"model": "gpt-6-astra",
"input": {
"prompt": "Explain in simple words why the sky is blue",
"reasoning": "medium",
"response_format": "text"
}
}),
});
console.log(await r.json()); // { code: 200, data: { taskId: "..." } }
Price: per token
| Input, per 1M tokens | Output, per 1M tokens (incl. thinking) |
|---|---|
| $4.76 | $23.8 |
An average request costs ~$0.0066 (a short question, a one-page answer or a question with a photo). The price depends on length: fewer words and photos cost less.
- Tokens are actual: counted by the model itself. Input = prompt, instruction and pictures; output = the answer including the model's reasoning.
- Cost = input × input price / 1M + output × output price / 1M, rounded up to $0.0001.
- On create, a reserve for your question and up to 16384 output tokens is held (an answer never costs more than that). When the answer is ready the actual amount is charged and the rest is returned at once. A failed task returns the whole reserve.
recordInfoand the callback returnusage:input_tokens,output_tokens,total_tokens,cost(USD),estimated: false.
Example: a 400-character question (100 tokens) and a 4,000-character answer (1,000 tokens) = 100 × $4.76/1M + 1 000 × $23.8/1M = $0.0243.
Result
Same as any task: call recordInfo or receive a callback. The answer is in resultJson.text, token usage and the charge are in usage (input_tokens, output_tokens, cost).
Upload your photos via files/upload or pass any public https links.
Error handling
API responses are JSON {"code", "msg", "data"}; errors also have a string error field (type). On /api/v1/* the HTTP status matches body code.
Example response bodies
400
{
"code": 400,
"msg": "input.duration: must be between 4 and 30, or \"auto\" / -1",
"data": null,
"error": "invalid_request_error"
}
401
{
"code": 401,
"msg": "Authentication failed. Please check your API key",
"data": null,
"error": "authentication_error"
}
402
{
"code": 402,
"msg": "Insufficient balance. Please top up and try again. Available: $0.01, required: $0.015. Top up at https://mixmedia.tech/cabinet/billing",
"data": {
"balance": "0.0100",
"required": "0.0150",
"currency": "USD",
"topUpUrl": "https://mixmedia.tech/cabinet/billing"
},
"error": "payment_required"
}
429
{
"code": 429,
"msg": "Rate limit exceeded: 10 createTask/upload requests per 10 s per key. Retry after 8s",
"data": null,
"error": "rate_limit_error"
}
500
{
"code": 500,
"msg": "Internal server error",
"data": null,
"error": "server_error"
}
Codes on createTask / upload
| code | error | Meaning | What to do |
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | invalid_request_error | Invalid parameter or body | See msg |
| 400 | unsupported_model | Unknown model | Model list |
| 401 | authentication_error | Missing or invalid key | Check the key |
| 402 | payment_required | Not enough balance | Top up |
| 403 | permission_error | No access | Contact support |
| 429 | rate_limit_error | Too many requests | Wait for Retry-After |
| 505 | model_disabled | Model temporarily disabled | Pick another |
| 500 | server_error | Our failure | Retry later |
Example msg values: Authentication failed. Please check your API key (401); Insufficient balance. Please top up and try again… (402).
Task errors (recordInfo)
If the task was created and then failed: state: "fail" (alias status: "failed"), failCode / failMsg, and error: { code, message, type }. Money is refunded (refunded: true).
| failCode | error.type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | nsfw_content_detected / invalid_request_error | Moderation — failMsg is upstream text verbatim |
| 422 | invalid_request_error | The model rejected the parameters (e.g. a photo could not be downloaded) |
| 501 | server_error | The model could not generate (failMsg) |
| 504 | timeout_error | Timed out — retry |
| 500 / 503 | server_error | Service temporarily unavailable |
Rate limits
| What | Limit |
|---|---|
| createTask and upload | 20 per 10 s per key |
| recordInfo / list / balance | 100 per 10 s per key |
Over the limit — HTTP 429 and Retry-After.