feat(pets): OpenRouter + Nous Portal image backend

Reference-grounded image provider over the OpenRouter-compatible
chat-completions image protocol (Gemini Flash Image et al.). Nous Portal
proxies OpenRouter, so one provider serves both — giving pet generation a
reference-capable backend beyond OpenAI gpt-image.
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"""OpenRouter-compatible image generation backend (OpenRouter + Nous Portal).
Both OpenRouter and the Nous Portal inference endpoint speak the same
OpenAI-style ``/chat/completions`` image-generation protocol: send
``modalities: ["image", "text"]`` with an image-output model (e.g.
``google/gemini-2.5-flash-image``), pass reference images as ``image_url``
content parts for grounding, and read the generated images back from
``choices[0].message.images[].image_url.url`` (a ``data:image/...;base64`` URI).
Nous Portal proxies OpenRouter, so one implementation services both we only
swap the resolved ``(base_url, api_key)``. Credentials are resolved through the
agent's existing :func:`~hermes_cli.runtime_provider.resolve_runtime_provider`,
which already understands OpenRouter's key pool and the Nous OAuth device-code
token, so this plugin never reinvents auth.
Reference grounding is the reason pet sprite generation cares about this
backend: each animation row must stay the same character as the chosen base
frame, which only works on models that accept image input. Gemini Flash Image
("nano-banana") does, so both providers advertise image-to-image support.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import base64
import logging
import mimetypes
import os
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
from agent.image_gen_provider import (
DEFAULT_ASPECT_RATIO,
ImageGenProvider,
error_response,
resolve_aspect_ratio,
save_b64_image,
save_url_image,
success_response,
)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# Default image-output model. Gemini 2.5 Flash Image ("nano-banana") is GA on
# OpenRouter, accepts reference images for grounding, and honors
# ``image_config.aspect_ratio``.
DEFAULT_MODEL = "google/gemini-2.5-flash-image"
# Semantic aspect ratio (the image_gen contract) → OpenRouter's image_config
# aspect_ratio strings.
_ASPECT_RATIOS = {
"square": "1:1",
"landscape": "16:9",
"portrait": "9:16",
}
# Gemini Flash Image accepts up to 3 input images per prompt; clamp references
# so we never overflow the model's limit.
_MAX_REFERENCE_IMAGES = 3
_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 180.0
def _load_image_gen_config() -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Read the ``image_gen`` section from config.yaml (``{}`` on failure)."""
try:
from hermes_cli.config import load_config
cfg = load_config()
section = cfg.get("image_gen") if isinstance(cfg, dict) else None
return section if isinstance(section, dict) else {}
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 - config is best-effort
logger.debug("could not load image_gen config: %s", exc)
return {}
def _to_image_url_part(ref: str) -> Optional[str]:
"""Turn a reference (local path or http URL) into an ``image_url`` value.
Remote URLs pass through unchanged; local files are inlined as base64 data
URIs so the request is self-contained (the provider endpoint can't reach a
path on our disk). Returns ``None`` when the reference can't be read.
"""
ref = str(ref or "").strip()
if not ref:
return None
if ref.startswith(("http://", "https://", "data:")):
return ref
path = Path(ref)
try:
raw = path.read_bytes()
except OSError as exc:
logger.debug("could not read reference image %s: %s", ref, exc)
return None
mime = mimetypes.guess_type(path.name)[0] or "image/png"
encoded = base64.b64encode(raw).decode("ascii")
return f"data:{mime};base64,{encoded}"
def _extract_images(payload: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[str]:
"""Pull generated image URLs from a chat-completions response.
OpenRouter returns generated images under
``choices[0].message.images[].image_url.url`` (typically a base64 data URI).
"""
out: List[str] = []
choices = payload.get("choices") if isinstance(payload, dict) else None
if not isinstance(choices, list):
return out
for choice in choices:
message = choice.get("message") if isinstance(choice, dict) else None
images = message.get("images") if isinstance(message, dict) else None
if not isinstance(images, list):
continue
for image in images:
if not isinstance(image, dict):
continue
image_url = image.get("image_url")
url = image_url.get("url") if isinstance(image_url, dict) else None
if isinstance(url, str) and url.strip():
out.append(url.strip())
return out
class OpenRouterCompatImageProvider(ImageGenProvider):
"""Image generation over an OpenRouter-compatible chat-completions endpoint.
Instantiated once per backend (OpenRouter, Nous Portal). The two differ only
in which runtime provider supplies ``(base_url, api_key)`` and in the config
namespace used for the model override.
"""
def __init__(
self,
*,
provider_name: str,
display_name: str,
runtime_name: str,
config_key: str,
model_env_var: str,
setup_schema: Dict[str, Any],
) -> None:
self._name = provider_name
self._display = display_name
self._runtime_name = runtime_name
self._config_key = config_key
self._model_env_var = model_env_var
self._setup_schema = setup_schema
@property
def name(self) -> str:
return self._name
@property
def display_name(self) -> str:
return self._display
def _resolve_runtime(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Resolve ``(base_url, api_key)`` via the shared runtime resolver."""
from hermes_cli.runtime_provider import resolve_runtime_provider
return resolve_runtime_provider(requested=self._runtime_name)
def is_available(self) -> bool:
try:
runtime = self._resolve_runtime()
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 - treat resolution failure as unavailable
logger.debug("%s runtime resolution failed: %s", self._name, exc)
return False
return bool(str(runtime.get("api_key") or "").strip())
def capabilities(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
# Both text-to-image and image-to-image (reference grounding) — the
# latter is what makes this backend usable for pet sprite rows.
return {
"modalities": ["text", "image"],
"max_reference_images": _MAX_REFERENCE_IMAGES,
}
def list_models(self) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
return [
{
"id": DEFAULT_MODEL,
"display": "Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (nano-banana)",
"strengths": "Reference-grounded edits; aspect-ratio control",
}
]
def default_model(self) -> Optional[str]:
return self._resolve_model()
def get_setup_schema(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
return dict(self._setup_schema)
def _resolve_model(self) -> str:
"""Pick the image model: env override → config → :data:`DEFAULT_MODEL`."""
env_override = os.environ.get(self._model_env_var, "").strip()
if env_override:
return env_override
cfg = _load_image_gen_config()
scoped = cfg.get(self._config_key) if isinstance(cfg.get(self._config_key), dict) else {}
if isinstance(scoped, dict):
value = scoped.get("model")
if isinstance(value, str) and value.strip():
return value.strip()
return DEFAULT_MODEL
def generate(
self,
prompt: str,
aspect_ratio: str = DEFAULT_ASPECT_RATIO,
*,
image_url: Optional[str] = None,
reference_image_urls: Optional[List[str]] = None,
**kwargs: Any,
) -> Dict[str, Any]:
import requests
try:
runtime = self._resolve_runtime()
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001
return error_response(
error=f"Could not resolve {self._display} credentials: {exc}",
error_type="missing_api_key",
provider=self._name,
aspect_ratio=aspect_ratio,
)
api_key = str(runtime.get("api_key") or "").strip()
base_url = str(runtime.get("base_url") or "").strip().rstrip("/")
if not api_key or not base_url:
return error_response(
error=(
f"No {self._display} credentials found. "
f"Configure {self._display} in `hermes tools` → Image Generation."
),
error_type="missing_api_key",
provider=self._name,
aspect_ratio=aspect_ratio,
)
model_id = self._resolve_model()
aspect = resolve_aspect_ratio(aspect_ratio)
or_aspect = _ASPECT_RATIOS.get(aspect, "1:1")
# Collect every reference: the pet generator passes local paths via the
# ``reference_images`` kwarg; the generic tool surface uses ``image_url``
# / ``reference_image_urls``. Accept all three.
references: List[str] = []
for ref in kwargs.get("reference_images") or []:
references.append(str(ref))
if image_url:
references.append(str(image_url))
for ref in reference_image_urls or []:
references.append(str(ref))
content: List[Dict[str, Any]] = [{"type": "text", "text": prompt}]
for ref in references[:_MAX_REFERENCE_IMAGES]:
part = _to_image_url_part(ref)
if part:
content.append({"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": part}})
payload: Dict[str, Any] = {
"model": model_id,
"modalities": ["image", "text"],
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": content}],
"image_config": {"aspect_ratio": or_aspect},
}
headers = {
"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
# OpenRouter attribution headers (harmless against Nous Portal).
"HTTP-Referer": "https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent",
"X-Title": "Hermes Agent",
}
try:
response = requests.post(
f"{base_url}/chat/completions",
headers=headers,
json=payload,
timeout=_REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
)
response.raise_for_status()
except requests.HTTPError as exc:
resp = exc.response
status = resp.status_code if resp is not None else 0
try:
err_msg = resp.json().get("error", {}).get("message", resp.text[:300])
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001
err_msg = resp.text[:300] if resp is not None else str(exc)
logger.error("%s image gen failed (%d): %s", self._name, status, err_msg)
return error_response(
error=f"{self._display} image generation failed ({status}): {err_msg}",
error_type="api_error",
provider=self._name,
model=model_id,
prompt=prompt,
aspect_ratio=aspect,
)
except requests.Timeout:
return error_response(
error=f"{self._display} image generation timed out "
f"({int(_REQUEST_TIMEOUT)}s)",
error_type="timeout",
provider=self._name,
model=model_id,
prompt=prompt,
aspect_ratio=aspect,
)
except requests.ConnectionError as exc:
return error_response(
error=f"{self._display} connection error: {exc}",
error_type="connection_error",
provider=self._name,
model=model_id,
prompt=prompt,
aspect_ratio=aspect,
)
try:
result = response.json()
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001
return error_response(
error=f"{self._display} returned invalid JSON: {exc}",
error_type="invalid_response",
provider=self._name,
model=model_id,
prompt=prompt,
aspect_ratio=aspect,
)
images = _extract_images(result)
if not images:
# A response with text but no image usually means the model didn't
# honor image output (wrong model or modalities); surface that.
return error_response(
error=(
f"{self._display} returned no image. Ensure the model "
f"'{model_id}' supports image output."
),
error_type="empty_response",
provider=self._name,
model=model_id,
prompt=prompt,
aspect_ratio=aspect,
)
first = images[0]
try:
if first.startswith("data:"):
b64 = first.split(",", 1)[1] if "," in first else ""
saved_path = save_b64_image(b64, prefix=f"{self._name}_gen")
else:
saved_path = save_url_image(first, prefix=f"{self._name}_gen")
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001
return error_response(
error=f"Could not save generated image: {exc}",
error_type="io_error",
provider=self._name,
model=model_id,
prompt=prompt,
aspect_ratio=aspect,
)
return success_response(
image=str(saved_path),
model=model_id,
prompt=prompt,
aspect_ratio=aspect,
provider=self._name,
)
def _build_providers() -> List[OpenRouterCompatImageProvider]:
return [
OpenRouterCompatImageProvider(
provider_name="openrouter",
display_name="OpenRouter",
runtime_name="openrouter",
config_key="openrouter",
model_env_var="OPENROUTER_IMAGE_MODEL",
setup_schema={
"name": "OpenRouter (image)",
"badge": "paid",
"tag": "Gemini Flash Image & more via OpenRouter; uses OPENROUTER_API_KEY",
"env_vars": [
{
"key": "OPENROUTER_API_KEY",
"prompt": "OpenRouter API key",
"url": "https://openrouter.ai/keys",
}
],
},
),
OpenRouterCompatImageProvider(
provider_name="nous",
display_name="Nous Portal",
runtime_name="nous",
config_key="nous",
model_env_var="NOUS_IMAGE_MODEL",
setup_schema={
"name": "Nous Portal (image)",
"badge": "subscription",
"tag": "Reference-grounded image generation via Nous Portal (OpenRouter-backed)",
"env_vars": [],
"requires_nous_auth": True,
},
),
]
def register(ctx: Any) -> None:
"""Register the OpenRouter + Nous Portal image gen providers."""
for provider in _build_providers():
ctx.register_image_gen_provider(provider)

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name: openrouter
version: 1.0.0
description: "OpenRouter + Nous Portal image generation (chat-completions image output; reference-grounded). Text-to-image and image-to-image."
author: Hermes Agent
kind: backend
requires_env:
- OPENROUTER_API_KEY

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Tests for the OpenRouter-compatible image gen provider (OpenRouter + Nous)."""
from __future__ import annotations
import base64
from pathlib import Path
from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
import pytest
_RUNTIME = "hermes_cli.runtime_provider.resolve_runtime_provider"
_PNG_DATA_URI = "data:image/png;base64,dGVzdC1pbWFnZS1kYXRh" # "test-image-data"
def _runtime_ok(**over):
base = {
"provider": "openrouter",
"api_mode": "chat_completions",
"base_url": "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
"api_key": "sk-or-test",
"source": "env",
}
base.update(over)
return base
def _mock_chat_response(images):
resp = MagicMock()
resp.status_code = 200
resp.raise_for_status = MagicMock()
resp.json.return_value = {
"choices": [
{
"message": {
"role": "assistant",
"content": "",
"images": [
{"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": u}} for u in images
],
}
}
]
}
return resp
def _openrouter():
from plugins.image_gen.openrouter import OpenRouterCompatImageProvider
return OpenRouterCompatImageProvider(
provider_name="openrouter",
display_name="OpenRouter",
runtime_name="openrouter",
config_key="openrouter",
model_env_var="OPENROUTER_IMAGE_MODEL",
setup_schema={"name": "OpenRouter (image)", "badge": "paid", "env_vars": []},
)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Provider class
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestProviderClass:
def test_names(self):
from plugins.image_gen.openrouter import _build_providers
names = {p.name for p in _build_providers()}
assert names == {"openrouter", "nous"}
def test_display_names(self):
from plugins.image_gen.openrouter import _build_providers
by_name = {p.name: p for p in _build_providers()}
assert by_name["openrouter"].display_name == "OpenRouter"
assert by_name["nous"].display_name == "Nous Portal"
def test_capabilities_support_image_input(self):
caps = _openrouter().capabilities()
assert "image" in caps["modalities"]
assert caps["max_reference_images"] >= 1
def test_is_available_with_key(self):
with patch(_RUNTIME, return_value=_runtime_ok()):
assert _openrouter().is_available() is True
def test_is_available_without_key(self):
with patch(_RUNTIME, return_value=_runtime_ok(api_key="")):
assert _openrouter().is_available() is False
def test_is_available_on_resolution_error(self):
with patch(_RUNTIME, side_effect=RuntimeError("boom")):
assert _openrouter().is_available() is False
def test_default_model(self):
from plugins.image_gen.openrouter import DEFAULT_MODEL
with patch("plugins.image_gen.openrouter._load_image_gen_config", return_value={}):
assert _openrouter().default_model() == DEFAULT_MODEL
assert DEFAULT_MODEL == "google/gemini-2.5-flash-image"
def test_model_env_override(self, monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setenv("OPENROUTER_IMAGE_MODEL", "black-forest-labs/flux.2-pro")
assert _openrouter()._resolve_model() == "black-forest-labs/flux.2-pro"
def test_model_config_override(self):
cfg = {"openrouter": {"model": "google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview"}}
with patch("plugins.image_gen.openrouter._load_image_gen_config", return_value=cfg):
assert _openrouter()._resolve_model() == "google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview"
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Helpers
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestHelpers:
def test_to_image_url_part_passthrough_url(self):
from plugins.image_gen.openrouter import _to_image_url_part
assert _to_image_url_part("https://x/y.png") == "https://x/y.png"
assert _to_image_url_part("data:image/png;base64,AAAA") == "data:image/png;base64,AAAA"
def test_to_image_url_part_inlines_local_file(self, tmp_path):
from plugins.image_gen.openrouter import _to_image_url_part
f = tmp_path / "base.png"
f.write_bytes(b"\x89PNG\r\n")
part = _to_image_url_part(str(f))
assert part.startswith("data:image/png;base64,")
decoded = base64.b64decode(part.split(",", 1)[1])
assert decoded == b"\x89PNG\r\n"
def test_to_image_url_part_missing_file(self):
from plugins.image_gen.openrouter import _to_image_url_part
assert _to_image_url_part("/no/such/file.png") is None
def test_extract_images(self):
from plugins.image_gen.openrouter import _extract_images
payload = {
"choices": [
{"message": {"images": [{"image_url": {"url": "data:image/png;base64,AA"}}]}}
]
}
assert _extract_images(payload) == ["data:image/png;base64,AA"]
def test_extract_images_empty(self):
from plugins.image_gen.openrouter import _extract_images
assert _extract_images({"choices": [{"message": {"content": "no image"}}]}) == []
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# generate()
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestGenerate:
def test_missing_credentials(self):
with patch(_RUNTIME, return_value=_runtime_ok(api_key="")):
result = _openrouter().generate(prompt="a pet")
assert result["success"] is False
assert result["error_type"] == "missing_api_key"
def test_success_data_uri(self):
with patch(_RUNTIME, return_value=_runtime_ok()), \
patch("requests.post", return_value=_mock_chat_response([_PNG_DATA_URI])), \
patch(
"plugins.image_gen.openrouter.save_b64_image",
return_value=Path("/tmp/openrouter_gen.png"),
) as mock_save:
result = _openrouter().generate(prompt="a pet")
assert result["success"] is True
assert result["image"] == "/tmp/openrouter_gen.png"
assert result["provider"] == "openrouter"
mock_save.assert_called_once()
def test_success_http_url(self):
with patch(_RUNTIME, return_value=_runtime_ok()), \
patch("requests.post", return_value=_mock_chat_response(["https://cdn/x.png"])), \
patch(
"plugins.image_gen.openrouter.save_url_image",
return_value=Path("/tmp/openrouter_gen_url.png"),
) as mock_save_url:
result = _openrouter().generate(prompt="a pet")
assert result["success"] is True
assert result["image"] == "/tmp/openrouter_gen_url.png"
mock_save_url.assert_called_once()
def test_empty_response(self):
with patch(_RUNTIME, return_value=_runtime_ok()), \
patch("requests.post", return_value=_mock_chat_response([])):
result = _openrouter().generate(prompt="a pet")
assert result["success"] is False
assert result["error_type"] == "empty_response"
def test_payload_shape_and_references(self, tmp_path):
"""Wire payload must carry image modalities, aspect_ratio, and the
reference image inlined as a data URI (this is what makes pet rows
stay on-model)."""
ref = tmp_path / "base.png"
ref.write_bytes(b"\x89PNG\r\n")
with patch(_RUNTIME, return_value=_runtime_ok()), \
patch("requests.post", return_value=_mock_chat_response([_PNG_DATA_URI])) as mock_post, \
patch("plugins.image_gen.openrouter.save_b64_image", return_value=Path("/tmp/x.png")):
_openrouter().generate(
prompt="a pet", aspect_ratio="square", reference_images=[str(ref)]
)
payload = mock_post.call_args.kwargs["json"]
assert payload["modalities"] == ["image", "text"]
assert payload["image_config"]["aspect_ratio"] == "1:1"
content = payload["messages"][0]["content"]
assert content[0] == {"type": "text", "text": "a pet"}
image_parts = [c for c in content if c["type"] == "image_url"]
assert len(image_parts) == 1
assert image_parts[0]["image_url"]["url"].startswith("data:image/png;base64,")
def test_auth_header(self):
with patch(_RUNTIME, return_value=_runtime_ok()), \
patch("requests.post", return_value=_mock_chat_response([_PNG_DATA_URI])) as mock_post, \
patch("plugins.image_gen.openrouter.save_b64_image", return_value=Path("/tmp/x.png")):
_openrouter().generate(prompt="a pet")
headers = mock_post.call_args.kwargs["headers"]
assert headers["Authorization"] == "Bearer sk-or-test"
def test_posts_to_resolved_base_url(self):
"""Nous routes to its own base URL — proves the same code serves both."""
nous_runtime = _runtime_ok(
provider="nous", base_url="https://inference.nousresearch.com/v1", api_key="nous-tok"
)
with patch(_RUNTIME, return_value=nous_runtime), \
patch("requests.post", return_value=_mock_chat_response([_PNG_DATA_URI])) as mock_post, \
patch("plugins.image_gen.openrouter.save_b64_image", return_value=Path("/tmp/x.png")):
from plugins.image_gen.openrouter import _build_providers
nous = {p.name: p for p in _build_providers()}["nous"]
result = nous.generate(prompt="a pet")
assert result["success"] is True
assert result["provider"] == "nous"
url = mock_post.call_args[0][0]
assert url == "https://inference.nousresearch.com/v1/chat/completions"
def test_api_error(self):
import requests as req_lib
resp = MagicMock()
resp.status_code = 401
resp.text = "Unauthorized"
resp.json.return_value = {"error": {"message": "Invalid API key"}}
resp.raise_for_status.side_effect = req_lib.HTTPError(response=resp)
with patch(_RUNTIME, return_value=_runtime_ok()), \
patch("requests.post", return_value=resp):
result = _openrouter().generate(prompt="a pet")
assert result["success"] is False
assert result["error_type"] == "api_error"
def test_timeout(self):
import requests as req_lib
with patch(_RUNTIME, return_value=_runtime_ok()), \
patch("requests.post", side_effect=req_lib.Timeout()):
result = _openrouter().generate(prompt="a pet")
assert result["success"] is False
assert result["error_type"] == "timeout"
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Registration + pet integration
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestRegistration:
def test_register_both(self):
from plugins.image_gen.openrouter import register
ctx = MagicMock()
register(ctx)
registered = [c.args[0].name for c in ctx.register_image_gen_provider.call_args_list]
assert set(registered) == {"openrouter", "nous"}
def test_both_are_reference_capable_for_pets(self):
from agent.pet.generate.imagegen import _REF_CAPABLE
assert "openrouter" in _REF_CAPABLE
assert "nous" in _REF_CAPABLE