---
title: "Render a design to a print-ready PNG."
method: POST
path: "/api/agents/run/art_render"
tags: ["Production engines"]
---

# Render a design to a print-ready PNG.

`POST /api/agents/run/art_render`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://tomorrowlives.com`
- URL: `https://tomorrowlives.com/api/agents/run/art_render`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Renders a design to a PNG with its DPI written in. Without width it renders the canvas at full print size (a shirt-front is 4500 x 5400). width renders a draft that many pixels wide. A render 1200 pixels wide or less costs 1 unit; anything wider costs 5. preview_width adds a small preview, and preview_on sets the shirt colour behind it. Returns print.png (and print.preview.png) as signed URLs.

## Request body

- object
  - `design` object, required: The print design document, written inline as JSON. Start from art_starter and check it with art_check.
  - `width` integer: Output width in pixels. Omit it to render the canvas at full print size; a width above the draft limit is a full-size print and costs more.
  - `preview_width` integer: Width in pixels of the small preview image written beside the print.
  - `preview_on` string: Background colour for the preview as #rrggbb, so a design with transparency can be judged on a shirt colour.

## Response `200`

The job's result and files

- Job
  - `job` string
  - `verb` string
  - `units` integer
  - `ms` integer
  - `result` unknown
  - `files` object[]
    - `name` string
    - `bytes` integer
    - `content_type` string
    - `url` string
    - `url_expires_at` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `400`: The input is not valid
- `401`: No valid API key
- `402`: A pass or a payment is needed: a queued render on the free plan, a unit pack on the free plan (pass_required), a card plan's past-due renewal, or, on the free plan, an owner who has not confirmed their email yet (owner_unconfirmed; a pass needs no confirmation); or a payment did not go through (payment_failed, payment_token_unusable), and nothing was charged
- `403`: The account is suspended, the paying card is not from the United States (region_not_supported), or the address named as its owner said it is not theirs and costed runs are paused until a new owner is named (owner_removed)
- `413`: The input or the output is over its cap; a job stopped by the output cap is not charged
- `422`: The engine refused the input, a limit of the service's refused it (error: video_limit or pull_limit) or stopped the job, or the content policy refused the input (error: content_policy)
- `429`: A limit was hit; reset_at says when it lifts (also in Retry-After)
- `503`: The engines are busy or not installed
- `504`: The job ran past its time and was stopped

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