Setup Midjourney

December 2023 (January 14, 2026)

Table of contents

  1. Create Discord account
  2. Purchase Midjourney subscription
  3. Locate Midjourney Direct Messages channel
  4. Locate Discord token
  5. Add account

Approximately 10 minutes to complete setup steps.

This is the setup guide for Midjourney API. An active Midjourney subscription and a useapi.net subscription are required for the API to work.

Please review our Midjourney Q&A section before proceeding. Since the original release back in 2023, we have compiled a list of helpful hints that will help you avoid Midjourney bans.

If you’re located outside of North America we strongly suggest using Opera with VPN option turned on and VPN region set to Americas to avoid Discord triggering your account tokens reset along with password reset.

Create Discord account

You need a Discord account to interact with Midjourney Discord Bot. Create a new account if you don’t have one already.

Please note that even if you have an existing Discord account, we strongly recommend creating a separate Discord account specifically designated for use with the useapi.net API.

Brand new/fresh Discord accounts have a higher chance of being banned when running high Midjourney generation loads. Consider purchasing aged Discord accounts (2-3 years old) from marketplaces like z2u.com for around $1-3 each. Aged accounts are significantly less likely to trigger automated bans.

Purchase Midjourney subscription

Follow the official instructions to purchase a subscription. We suggest starting with the Basic Plan. You can always upgrade later, once you are satisfied with initial testing and ready to scale up.

It is important not to use the Midjourney account set up for API access for any purposes other than its intended use, such as executing /imagine or any other Midjourney commands manually or in conjunction with any other automation tools. The useapi.net API internally tracks the usage of the Midjourney account, including the number of currently active executions. Using it for other activities may cause the API to function incorrectly.

Please skip this step if you already have a Midjourney subscription.

Locate Midjourney Direct Messages channel

The Midjourney Direct Messages channel value is not required for setup and is only needed for reference.

Select Direct Messages (DMs) in Discord 1:

  • Locate Midjourney Bot 2.
  • Copy the value of the channel from the URL 3.
    This is your channel, the API will use this channel to communicate with the Midjourney Discord bot.

If you have trouble locating the Midjourney Direct Messages channel, refer to the official documentation.

Locate Discord token

Select Direct Messages (DMs) in Discord 1.

Refresh your browser page.

Once the page is fully loaded, open Developer Tools via keyboard shortcuts: Mac Command+Option+I or Windows F12 or Control+Shift+I.

Select Developer Tools » Network 2:

  • Make sure that All or Fetch/XHR is selected 3.
  • Type /messages in the filter box 4 and hit Enter.
  • Select the first messages?limit... HTTP call entry as shown below 5, and click on that entry.
  • Select the “Headers” tab 6.
  • Locate Request Headers » Authorization 7 and copy its value.
    This is your token.

If you have trouble locating the Discord token, there are many tutorials describing how to obtain Discord tokens. Please refer to the following links below for additional guidance:

Keep in mind that anyone with a Discord token can have full access to your Discord account, so please keep it safe and secure. To reset your Discord token, simply change your Discord password.

Add account

Once all the above steps are completed, you should have the following:

  • Discord token
  • Midjourney Direct Messages channel (the channel value is not required for setup and is only needed for reference).

Use the form below to add your Midjourney account. You should receive response 201 (new account) or 200 (existing account updated) if successful. You can also use POST /accounts directly.