Freepik NanoBanana Automation 🍌

Automate AI image generation on Freepik with NanoBanana, Google's latest AI image model. Scale workflows via no-code or API, run batch jobs, chain outputs, leverage unlimited generations, and ship an album HTML for instant previewing and bulk downloads.

🎨 What can this actor do?

• 🤖 Run multiple generations in one go (with different prompts, images, and aspect ratios)
• 🔁 Chain steps: use outputs from earlier generations as inputs to later ones
• 🖼️ Mix inputs from URLs, uploaded files, and Google Drive links
• 🚦 Control concurrency, random waits, and timeouts to be gentle on the platform
• 📁 Get an album.html to preview and bulk-download your images

🔑 Prerequisites

1. A Freepik account with access to AI image generation (NanoBanana)
2. Your freepik.com cookie for authentication
3. The Cookie-Editor browser extension

How to get your cookie

1. Install Cookie-Editor
2. Log in to https://freepik.com
3. Click the extension icon → grant permissions if asked
4. Click Export → Export as Header String
5. Copy the exported string and paste it into the cookie field

🚀 Quick start

1. Paste your cookie in cookie
2. Add one or more generation steps under generations (see examples below)
3. (Optional) Upload images in upload1 … upload10 and reference them as upload:1, upload:2, …
4. Keep defaults or tune concurrency, minWait, maxWait, and jobTimeout
5. (Optional) Keep Apify residential proxy enabled for reliability
6. Run the actor and open the Album URL from results to browse your images

⚙️ Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
cookie	string	Your freepik.com authentication cookie. Required.	—
generations	array of objects	The recipe for your run. Each item supports: prompt, images, aspectRatio, runs, name. See examples below. Required.	—
concurrency	integer	Parallel jobs running at once.	1
minWait	integer (sec)	Minimum random wait between tasks.	5 (if not set)
maxWait	integer (sec)	Maximum random wait between tasks.	10 (if not set)
jobTimeout	integer (sec)	Max time to wait for each generation to finish.	300
upload1 … upload10	file	Optional uploads you can reference as upload:1, … upload:10.	—
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify proxy settings. Prefilled to RESIDENTIAL.	{ useApifyProxy: true, apifyProxyGroups: ["RESIDENTIAL"] }

Notes

• aspectRatio defaults to "1:1" if you omit it.

• runs defaults to 1 if you omit it.

• If a generation has neither prompt nor images, it's skipped.

• images supports:

  • Direct URL (PNG/JPG/…)
  • upload:n (e.g., upload:3)
  • output:name (use outputs of a previous named step)
  • Google Drive links (https://drive.google.com/...) are accepted; they'll be converted automatically.

🧠 The generations field — how to write it (with recipes)

Each item in generations is a step. You can run independent steps or chain them together. Fields per step:

• prompt (string) – Text instruction.
• images (string array) – Inputs (URLs, upload:n, or output:name).
• aspectRatio (string) – e.g., "1:1", "16:9", "9:16". Default "1:1".
• runs (integer) – How many images to create for this step.
• name (string) – If set, later steps can reference this step's outputs via output:name.

When a step references output:some-name that produced multiple images, one of them is picked at random for each use, which is great for variation.

1) Basic single prompt (no images)

{
  "generations": [
    {
      "prompt": "A cozy minimalist living room with warm evening light",
      "aspectRatio": "16:9",
      "runs": 2
    }
  ]
}

2) Use an image URL as input

{
  "generations": [
    {
      "prompt": "Improve lighting, keep composition the same",
      "images": ["https://picsum.photos/id/17/800/600"],
      "runs": 1
    }
  ]
}

3) Use uploaded files (upload:n)

Upload files into upload1, upload2, … and reference them:

{
  "generations": [
    {
      "prompt": "Convert @img1 into a watercolor illustration",
      "images": ["upload:1"],
      "aspectRatio": "1:1",
      "runs": 3
    }
  ]
}

4) Combine multiple images

{
  "generations": [
    {
      "prompt": "Combine @img1 and @img2 into a single cinematic poster",
      "images": [
        "https://picsum.photos/id/17/800/600",
        "https://picsum.photos/id/22/800/600"
      ],
      "aspectRatio": "16:9",
      "runs": 1,
      "name": "poster-v1"
    }
  ]
}

5) Chain steps using output:name

Create a combo, then restyle it using the previous result:

{
  "generations": [
    {
      "prompt": "Merge @img1 and @img2 into a single clean composition",
      "images": ["upload:1", "upload:2"],
      "aspectRatio": "16:9",
      "runs": 2,
      "name": "merge"
    },
    {
      "prompt": "Make @img1 look 10 years older in style",
      "images": ["output:merge"],
      "aspectRatio": "1:1",
      "runs": 2,
      "name": "older-style"
    },
    {
      "prompt": "Change the style of @img1 using @img2 as reference",
      "images": ["output:older-style", "upload:3"],
      "aspectRatio": "9:16",
      "runs": 2
    }
  ]
}

6) Variation pipeline (branching outputs)

If a named step creates multiple images, later steps can branch from it. Each reference to output:NAME will pick one of those images at random:

{
  "generations": [
    {
      "prompt": "Generate a mascot character, friendly and simple",
      "runs": 4,
      "name": "mascot"
    },
    {
      "prompt": "Vectorize @img1 and make it logo-ready",
      "images": ["output:mascot"],
      "runs": 3,
      "name": "logo-ready"
    },
    {
      "prompt": "Create a sticker sheet from @img1",
      "images": ["output:mascot"],
      "aspectRatio": "1:1",
      "runs": 2
    }
  ]
}

7) Use Google Drive images

You can paste Google Drive links directly; they'll be converted to direct downloads:

{
  "generations": [
    {
      "prompt": "Retouch @img1 and remove the background",
      "images": ["https://drive.google.com/file/d/FILE_ID/view?usp=sharing"],
      "runs": 1
    }
  ]
}

8) Full example (mixing everything)

{
  "generations": [
    {
      "prompt": "Combine these two into a creative collage",
      "images": [
        "https://picsum.photos/id/17/800/600",
        "https://picsum.photos/id/22/800/600"
      ],
      "aspectRatio": "16:9",
      "runs": 1,
      "name": "combination-01"
    },
    {
      "prompt": "Make the style of @img1 10 years older",
      "images": ["output:combination-01"],
      "aspectRatio": "1:1",
      "runs": 2,
      "name": "older-style"
    },
    {
      "prompt": "Change the style of @img1 using @img2 as reference",
      "images": ["output:older-style", "upload:1"],
      "aspectRatio": "9:16",
      "runs": 2
    }
  ]
}

Gotchas to avoid

• If you reference output:some-name that doesn't exist yet, the step is skipped. Always place your producer steps before consumer steps.
• If you set concurrency > 1 and have chained steps, the actor might need to wait for earlier steps to finish before starting later ones. This can reduce parallelism.

📤 Output format

Each generated image is saved as an item:

[
  {
    "album_url": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/xxx/records/album.html#2_12345",
    "prompt": "Make the style of @img1 10 years older",
    "index": 2,
    "job_id": 12345,
    "url": "https://some.cdn.freepik.com/path/to/image.png"
  }
]

📸 Accessing Generated Images (Album Gallery)

The actor saves an album.html file to the KeyValue store for easy browsing and downloading of generated images. You can access it by:

• Clicking any "Album URL" field in the results table
• Going to Run > Storage > KeyValueStore and finding the "album.html" file

The album interface provides several features:

• Filter images by prompt text or other metadata
• Select multiple images for batch operations
• Open images in new tabs for detailed viewing
• Download selected images as a ZIP file

Here's an example album showcasing some generated images so you can see how your results will be displayed: Browse Example Gallery

⚠️ Usage guidelines & best practices

Account safety

• Automation of Freepik accounts can result in termination, so use responsibly.
• Avoid running huge, continuous workloads.
• Prefer residential proxies near your region.

Reliability tips

• Start with concurrency = 1, then scale gradually.
• Tune minWait/maxWait to introduce natural pacing.
• Increase jobTimeout for long queues.
• Keep your cookie fresh (re-export it if you get auth errors).

Prompting

• Be explicit: style, mood, medium, constraints.
• For multi-image prompts, refer to them in text as @img1, @img2, … (the order matches your images array).

💳 How much will it cost?

Apify gives you $5 in free usage credits every month on the Free plan, which is enough to try this actor. For regular use, we recommend at least the Personal plan.

❓FAQ

Do I need to set aspectRatio? No. It defaults to "1:1" if omitted.

Can I reuse outputs across many later steps? Yes—give a step a name and reference it later via output:that-name.

Can I feed Google Drive links? Yes—paste the link; it's converted to a direct download internally.