AI Cover Image Generation
Generate article and series cover artwork from a title, keywords, or a custom prompt.
AI Cover Image Generation
ZyVOP provides native AI cover image generation to create clean, modern artwork for articles and multi-part series without relying on generic stock photos or external design tools.
How It Works
ZyVOP turns your article metadata or custom prompt into an optimized cover image suitable for article cards and social previews.
graph LR
Draft[Article Title & Keywords] --> Prompt[Prompt Preparation]
Prompt --> Generator[Image Generation]
Generator --> Optimize[Web Optimization]
Optimize --> CoverURL[Cover Image URL]Generated images use a wide aspect ratio and web-friendly encoding. Exact providers, models, and processing settings may change as the service evolves.
Automated Prompt Engineering
If you do not specify a raw image prompt, ZyVOP's prompt builder synthesizes a structured prompt based on your article metadata:
Simple, clean modern blog cover image. Professional and elegant.
Topic: "Distributed Tracing with OpenTelemetry and Go",
related to golang, observability, distributed-systems.
With best background but remember this image has text.This ensures the generated imagery has clean negative space, minimal text noise, and a polished developer-aesthetic backdrop.
REST API Endpoint
Generate cover images programmatically using the authenticated REST endpoint:
Request
POST /generate-image HTTP/1.1
Host: api.zyvop.com
Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_JWT_TOKEN>
Content-Type: application/json
{
"title": "Zero-Downtime Database Migrations with PostgreSQL",
"keywords": ["postgresql", "database", "devops"],
"type": "post"
}Request Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
title | string | Optional* | The title of the article or series (used for auto-prompting). |
prompt | string | Optional* | Custom descriptive prompt overriding the automated builder. |
keywords | string[] | Optional | Topic keywords to guide visual aesthetics and theme. |
type | string | Optional | Destination scope: "post" (default) or "series". |
*Note: Either title or prompt is required.
Response
{
"key": "generated-cover-key",
"publicUrl": "https://zyvop.com/path/to/generated-cover.webp"
}Generating in the Web Editor
To generate cover artwork directly from the editor:
- In the ZyVOP Editor, open the Article Settings drawer.
- In the Cover Image section, click Generate with AI.
- Choose whether to auto-generate based on your current title and tags or enter a custom prompt.
- Click Generate Artwork. The optimized WebP image is created, uploaded, and inserted into your frontmatter
cover_imagefield automatically.