Is the cost of transferring images through base64 and URL the same?

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I am not an expert, but…

You can call it correctly by replacing image_path in the code shown below with the path to your local image and api_key with your actual API key.

Can GPT -vision models be accessed using API?

Although you mentioned that base64 encoding is not necessary for cost reasons, there is no difference in the cost of API calls whether you use base64 encoding or pass a URL. You can pass an image to the model via API using a URL, but in that case, you will need to host the image as a publicly accessible URL. The costs associated with using the vision feature include: Whether the image is high-resolution, If high-resolution, the image resolution, The total tokens for the system message, user …