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+import json
+from urllib import request, parse
+import random
+
+#this is the ComfyUI api prompt format. If you want it for a specific workflow you can copy it from the prompt section
+#of the image metadata of images generated with ComfyUI
+#keep in mind ComfyUI is pre alpha software so this format will change a bit.
+
+#this is the one for the default workflow
+prompt_text = """
+{
+    "3": {
+        "class_type": "KSampler",
+        "inputs": {
+            "cfg": 8,
+            "denoise": 1,
+            "latent_image": [
+                "5",
+                0
+            ],
+            "model": [
+                "4",
+                0
+            ],
+            "negative": [
+                "7",
+                0
+            ],
+            "positive": [
+                "6",
+                0
+            ],
+            "Random seed after every gen": true,
+            "sampler_name": "sample_euler",
+            "scheduler": "normal",
+            "seed": 8566257,
+            "steps": 20
+        }
+    },
+    "4": {
+        "class_type": "CheckpointLoader",
+        "inputs": {
+            "ckpt_name": "v1-5-pruned-emaonly.ckpt",
+            "config_name": "v1-inference.yaml"
+        }
+    },
+    "5": {
+        "class_type": "EmptyLatentImage",
+        "inputs": {
+            "batch_size": 1,
+            "height": 512,
+            "width": 512
+        }
+    },
+    "6": {
+        "class_type": "CLIPTextEncode",
+        "inputs": {
+            "clip": [
+                "4",
+                1
+            ],
+            "text": "masterpiece best quality girl"
+        }
+    },
+    "7": {
+        "class_type": "CLIPTextEncode",
+        "inputs": {
+            "clip": [
+                "4",
+                1
+            ],
+            "text": "bad hands"
+        }
+    },
+    "8": {
+        "class_type": "VAEDecode",
+        "inputs": {
+            "samples": [
+                "3",
+                0
+            ],
+            "vae": [
+                "4",
+                2
+            ]
+        }
+    },
+    "9": {
+        "class_type": "SaveImage",
+        "inputs": {
+            "filename_prefix": "ComfyUI",
+            "images": [
+                "8",
+                0
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
+"""
+
+def queue_prompt(prompt):
+    p = {"prompt": prompt}
+    data = json.dumps(p).encode('utf-8')
+    req =  request.Request("http://127.0.0.1:8188/prompt", data=data)
+    request.urlopen(req)
+
+
+prompt = json.loads(prompt_text)
+#set the text prompt for our positive CLIPTextEncode
+prompt["6"]["inputs"]["text"] = "masterpiece best quality man"
+
+#set the seed for our KSampler node
+prompt["3"]["inputs"]["seed"] = 5
+
+
+queue_prompt(prompt)
+
+