fix: accept json bodies in image edit request

[TejasGhatte]

Summary

POST /v1/images/edits previously only accepted multipart/form-data. This PR adds a JSON body path to the same endpoint so callers can reference images by URL or base64 without switching to multipart, and so provider-native extra params (nested objects, numbers, booleans) reach the provider with their real JSON types instead of being stringified by the multipart encoding.

Changes

• JSON body support on /v1/images/edits: The handler now detects the content type and routes to either the existing multipart parser or a new JSON decode path. Both paths share the same validation (model required, at least one image required) and the same BifrostImageEditRequest output shape.

• ImageInput.UnmarshalJSON: ImageInput now accepts either a bare string or the object form { "url": "...", "image": "<base64>" }, so "images": ["https://..."] reads the same way input_images does on /v1/images/generations. Marshalling always emits the object form to keep logged and replayed requests in one shape.

• Typed extra params via JSON: Multipart carries every value as a string, so a nested tuning object (e.g. Topaz Wonder's settings.grain) or a numeric/boolean field can only reach the provider with its real type through the JSON body. The JSON path uses extractExtraParams to separate known envelope fields from provider-native passthrough, preventing duplicates in the request the provider converter builds.

• parseImageEditMultipartForm refactor: The multipart parsing logic was extracted into its own function that returns an error, making it independently testable and keeping prepareImageEditRequest focused on dispatch and shared validation.

• images added to imageEditParamsKnownFields: Prevents the JSON images field from leaking into extra params.

• Runware docs updated: The edit endpoint docs now describe both JSON and multipart, document the images field, clarify that multipart stringifies all values, and update the upscale example to use the JSON body with a typed settings object.

Type of change

• Bug fix
• Feature
• Refactor
• Documentation
• Chore/CI

Affected areas

• Core (Go)
• Transports (HTTP)
• Providers/Integrations
• Plugins
• UI (React)
• Docs

How to test

go test ./core/schemas/... ./transports/bifrost-http/handlers/...

JSON body — URL reference:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/v1/images/edits \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "runware/topazlabs:wonder@3.5",
    "images": ["https://example.com/teapot.jpg"],
    "type": "upscale",
    "upscale_factor": 4,
    "settings": { "enhancementStrength": "high", "grain": { "size": 1.5 } }
  }'

JSON body — base64 bytes:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/v1/images/edits \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "runware/runware:110@1",
    "images": [{ "image": "<base64-encoded-bytes>" }],
    "type": "background_removal"
  }'

Multipart (unchanged behaviour):

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/v1/images/edits \
  --form 'model="runware/ideogram:remove-background@0"' \
  --form 'image_url="https://example.com/teapot.jpg"' \
  --form 'type="background_removal"'

Breaking changes

• Yes
• No

The multipart contract is unchanged. JSON is an additive path.

Related issues

Security considerations

Base64-encoded image bytes decoded from the JSON body are handled the same way as multipart file uploads — no additional attack surface is introduced.

Checklist

• I read docs/contributing/README.md and followed the guidelines
• I added/updated tests where appropriate
• I updated documentation where needed
• I verified builds succeed (Go and UI)
• I verified the CI pipeline passes locally if applicable

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Image editing now accepts both JSON and multipart requests.
  • JSON image inputs support URLs, asset identifiers, base64 data, and structured objects.
  • Multipart requests continue to support file uploads, image URLs, and masks.
  • Typed parameters, provider settings, streaming options, and asynchronous submissions are supported consistently.
  • Empty image entries are safely ignored during request processing.
  • Additional edit operations, including controlnet and preprocess, are now supported.

• Documentation

  • Updated image-editing guidance, API specifications, and examples for both request formats.
  • Clarified parameter types and supported image input formats.

Walkthrough

Image edit requests now support JSON and multipart bodies. Image inputs accept URL strings and object forms. The handler preserves typed JSON parameters, processes multipart uploads and masks, and validates both request formats. Runware maps typed settings into provider request fields.

Changes

Image Edit Input Support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Image input decoding contract core/schemas/images.go, core/schemas/images_test.go	ImageInput accepts null, URL strings, and object-form JSON values. Invalid shapes return errors. Reused values are cleared before decoding. Marshaling remains object-based.
Image edit request preparation transports/bifrost-http/handlers/inference.go, transports/bifrost-http/handlers/inference_imageedit_test.go	The handler selects JSON or multipart parsing, validates fields, preserves typed JSON parameters, processes uploads and masks, and supports stream selection. Tests cover both formats and validation cases.
Runware parameter mapping core/providers/runware/images.go, core/providers/runware/images_test.go	Runware promotes settings and providerSettings into typed image-inference request fields and removes them from passthrough parameters.
Image edit API contract docs/openapi/schemas/inference/images.yaml, docs/openapi/paths/inference/*.yaml, docs/openapi/openapi.json	The API contract documents JSON and multipart request bodies, image URL and base64 forms, typed parameters, multipart encoding, and additional edit operations.
Documentation and end-to-end coverage docs/providers/supported-providers/runware.mdx, tests/e2e/api/collections/provider-harness.json	Runware documentation and provider harness cases cover JSON image references, typed parameters, image normalization, and asynchronous submission.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 86c42

This PR adds JSON support for image edits while preserving multipart behavior. The remaining concerns are limited to documentation alignment and an optional code cleanup; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal review.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant ImageEditHandler
  participant ImageInput
  participant Runware
  Client->>ImageEditHandler: Submit JSON or multipart image-edit request
  ImageEditHandler->>ImageInput: Decode image values
  ImageEditHandler->>Runware: Send normalized request and typed parameters
  Runware-->>ImageEditHandler: Return image-edit result or job
  ImageEditHandler-->>Client: Return response

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In `@transports/bifrost-http/handlers/inference.go`:
- Around line 2548-2550: Update the image validation in the inference request
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In `@tests/e2e/api/collections/provider-harness.json`:
- Around line 133589-133604: Add an E2E JSON request alongside the existing
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core/providers/runware/images.go (1)

178-189: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Consider extracting the promotion block and avoiding mutation of the caller's map.

Line 178 assigns params.ExtraParams by reference. Lines 183 and 187 then delete keys from that same map, which belongs to the incoming BifrostImageEditRequest. If a fallback provider runs afterwards, it no longer sees settings or providerSettings in ExtraParams. The tool-task path at lines 290-301 already does this, so the behavior is consistent, not new.

The same eight lines now appear twice in this file. A small helper removes the copy and lets you copy the map once before deleting.

♻️ Proposed helper used by both conversion paths

+// promoteRunwareSettings moves the vendor-specific tuning objects out of the passthrough map into
+// typed request fields. The map is copied first so the caller's request is left intact for
+// fallbacks that re-convert it.
+func promoteRunwareSettings(request *RunwareInferenceRequest, extraParams map[string]interface{}) {
+	if len(extraParams) == 0 {
+		request.ExtraParams = extraParams
+		return
+	}
+	copied := make(map[string]interface{}, len(extraParams))
+	for k, v := range extraParams {
+		copied[k] = v
+	}
+	request.ExtraParams = copied
+	if v, ok := runwareSettings(copied["settings"]); ok {
+		delete(copied, "settings")
+		request.Settings = v
+	}
+	if v, ok := runwareSettings(copied["providerSettings"]); ok {
+		delete(copied, "providerSettings")
+		request.ProviderSettings = v
+	}
+}

Then in ToRunwareImageEditRequest:

-		request.ExtraParams = params.ExtraParams
-
-		// Same promotion the tool tasks do: providerSettings carries the vendor-specific knobs
-		// these models take, and multipart delivers it as a JSON string rather than an object.
-		if v, ok := runwareSettings(request.ExtraParams["settings"]); ok {
-			delete(request.ExtraParams, "settings")
-			request.Settings = v
-		}
-		if v, ok := runwareSettings(request.ExtraParams["providerSettings"]); ok {
-			delete(request.ExtraParams, "providerSettings")
-			request.ProviderSettings = v
-		}
+		// Same promotion the tool tasks do: providerSettings carries the vendor-specific knobs
+		// these models take, and multipart delivers it as a JSON string rather than an object.
+		promoteRunwareSettings(request, params.ExtraParams)

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In `@docs/openapi/openapi.json`:
- Line 2770: The OpenAPI descriptions incorrectly claim that prompt is required,
while prepareImageEditRequest validates only model and usable images. Remove the
prompt-required claim from both duplicated image-edit endpoint JSON definitions
and keep the descriptions consistent with the handler’s accepted requests.
- Around line 2793-2797: Update the bare string schema description in the image
input contract to list only public URLs, data URIs, and provider-side asset IDs;
explicitly direct raw base64 callers to the object form using the image
property, and apply the same wording to the corresponding second occurrence.

In `@docs/openapi/paths/inference/async.yaml`:
- Around line 272-277: Add a concise note to the async image-edit endpoint
description stating that the stream property is ignored and streaming is
unsupported, covering both the application/json and multipart/form-data request
schemas.

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In `@core/providers/runware/images.go`:
- Around line 178-189: Extract the shared settings/providerSettings promotion
logic into a helper used by both ToRunwareImageEditRequest and the tool-task
conversion path. Ensure each conversion copies params.ExtraParams before
removing promoted keys, so the incoming BifrostImageEditRequest map remains
unchanged and fallback providers retain both entries.

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