ideogram-migration-deep-dive

name	ideogram-migration-deep-dive
description	Migrate from other image generation APIs to Ideogram, or re-architect existing Ideogram integrations. Use when switching from DALL-E/Midjourney/Stable Diffusion to Ideogram, or performing major integration overhauls. Trigger with phrases like "migrate to ideogram", "switch to ideogram", "replace dall-e with ideogram", "ideogram replatform", "ideogram migration".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*), Bash(node:*), Grep
version	1.10.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","ideogram","migration"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code

Ideogram Migration Deep Dive

Current State

!npm list 2>/dev/null | head -10

Overview

Comprehensive migration guide for moving to Ideogram from DALL-E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, or another image generation provider. Uses the strangler fig pattern for gradual migration. Key Ideogram advantages: superior text rendering in images, REST API with no SDK dependency, and flexible style/aspect ratio control.

Migration Types

From	Complexity	Key Changes	Timeline
DALL-E (OpenAI)	Low	Auth header, response format, aspect ratios	1-2 days
Midjourney (Discord bot)	Medium	Move from Discord to REST API	1-2 weeks
Stable Diffusion (local)	Medium	Cloud API vs local inference	1-2 weeks
Custom pipeline	High	Full integration overhaul	2-4 weeks

Instructions

Step 1: Audit Current Integration

set -euo pipefail
# Find all image generation API calls
grep -rn "openai\|dall-e\|dalle\|midjourney\|stability\|stablediffusion" \
  --include="*.ts" --include="*.js" --include="*.py" . | head -30

# Count integration points
echo "Integration points:"
grep -rl "images/generations\|api.openai.com\|api.stability.ai" \
  --include="*.ts" --include="*.js" . | wc -l

Step 2: API Mapping -- DALL-E to Ideogram

// === DALL-E (Before) ===
const dallEResponse = await fetch("https://api.openai.com/v1/images/generations", {
  method: "POST",
  : {
    : ,
    : ,
  },
  : .({
    : ,
    : ,
    : ,
    : ,
    : ,
    : ,
  }),
});
 dallEResult =  dallEResponse.();
 imageUrl = dallEResult.[].;


 ideogramResponse =  (, {
  : ,
  : {
    : process..!,  
    : ,
  },
  : .({
    : {                             
      : ,
      : ,
      : ,               
      : ,                   
      : ,
    },
  }),
});
 ideogramResult =  ideogramResponse.();
 imageUrl = ideogramResult.[].;