diff --git a/modules/api/api.py b/modules/api/api.py
index 6e9d6097..c038f674 100644
--- a/modules/api/api.py
+++ b/modules/api/api.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+import time
+
 from modules.api.models import StableDiffusionTxt2ImgProcessingAPI, StableDiffusionImg2ImgProcessingAPI
 from modules.processing import StableDiffusionProcessingTxt2Img, StableDiffusionProcessingImg2Img, process_images
 from modules.sd_samplers import all_samplers
 from modules.extras import run_pnginfo
 import modules.shared as shared
+from modules import devices
 import uvicorn
 from fastapi import Body, APIRouter, HTTPException
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
@@ -25,6 +28,37 @@ class ImageToImageResponse(BaseModel):
     parameters: Json
     info: Json
 
+class ProgressResponse(BaseModel):
+    progress: float
+    eta_relative: float
+    state: Json
+
+# copy from wrap_gradio_gpu_call of webui.py
+# because queue lock will be acquired in api handlers
+# and time start needs to be set
+# the function has been modified into two parts
+
+def before_gpu_call():
+    devices.torch_gc()
+
+    shared.state.sampling_step = 0
+    shared.state.job_count = -1
+    shared.state.job_no = 0
+    shared.state.job_timestamp = shared.state.get_job_timestamp()
+    shared.state.current_latent = None
+    shared.state.current_image = None
+    shared.state.current_image_sampling_step = 0
+    shared.state.skipped = False
+    shared.state.interrupted = False
+    shared.state.textinfo = None
+    shared.state.time_start = time.time()
+
+
+def after_gpu_call():
+    shared.state.job = ""
+    shared.state.job_count = 0
+
+    devices.torch_gc()
 
 class Api:
     def __init__(self, app, queue_lock):
@@ -33,6 +67,7 @@ class Api:
         self.queue_lock = queue_lock
         self.app.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/txt2img", self.text2imgapi, methods=["POST"])
         self.app.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/img2img", self.img2imgapi, methods=["POST"])
+        self.app.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/progress", self.progressapi, methods=["GET"])
 
     def __base64_to_image(self, base64_string):
         # if has a comma, deal with prefix
@@ -44,12 +79,12 @@ class Api:
 
     def text2imgapi(self, txt2imgreq: StableDiffusionTxt2ImgProcessingAPI):
         sampler_index = sampler_to_index(txt2imgreq.sampler_index)
-        
+
         if sampler_index is None:
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Sampler not found") 
-        
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Sampler not found")
+
         populate = txt2imgreq.copy(update={ # Override __init__ params
-            "sd_model": shared.sd_model, 
+            "sd_model": shared.sd_model,
             "sampler_index": sampler_index[0],
             "do_not_save_samples": True,
             "do_not_save_grid": True
@@ -57,9 +92,11 @@ class Api:
         )
         p = StableDiffusionProcessingTxt2Img(**vars(populate))
         # Override object param
+        before_gpu_call()
         with self.queue_lock:
             processed = process_images(p)
-        
+        after_gpu_call()
+
         b64images = []
         for i in processed.images:
             buffer = io.BytesIO()
@@ -67,30 +104,30 @@ class Api:
             b64images.append(base64.b64encode(buffer.getvalue()))
 
         return TextToImageResponse(images=b64images, parameters=json.dumps(vars(txt2imgreq)), info=processed.js())
-        
-        
+
+
 
     def img2imgapi(self, img2imgreq: StableDiffusionImg2ImgProcessingAPI):
         sampler_index = sampler_to_index(img2imgreq.sampler_index)
-        
+
         if sampler_index is None:
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Sampler not found") 
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Sampler not found")
 
 
         init_images = img2imgreq.init_images
         if init_images is None:
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Init image not found") 
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Init image not found")
 
         mask = img2imgreq.mask
         if mask:
             mask = self.__base64_to_image(mask)
 
-        
+
         populate = img2imgreq.copy(update={ # Override __init__ params
-            "sd_model": shared.sd_model, 
+            "sd_model": shared.sd_model,
             "sampler_index": sampler_index[0],
             "do_not_save_samples": True,
-            "do_not_save_grid": True, 
+            "do_not_save_grid": True,
             "mask": mask
             }
         )
@@ -103,9 +140,11 @@ class Api:
 
         p.init_images = imgs
         # Override object param
+        before_gpu_call()
         with self.queue_lock:
             processed = process_images(p)
-        
+        after_gpu_call()
+
         b64images = []
         for i in processed.images:
             buffer = io.BytesIO()
@@ -118,6 +157,28 @@ class Api:
 
         return ImageToImageResponse(images=b64images, parameters=json.dumps(vars(img2imgreq)), info=processed.js())
 
+    def progressapi(self):
+        # copy from check_progress_call of ui.py
+
+        if shared.state.job_count == 0:
+            return ProgressResponse(progress=0, eta_relative=0, state=shared.state.js())
+
+        # avoid dividing zero
+        progress = 0.01
+
+        if shared.state.job_count > 0:
+            progress += shared.state.job_no / shared.state.job_count
+        if shared.state.sampling_steps > 0:
+            progress += 1 / shared.state.job_count * shared.state.sampling_step / shared.state.sampling_steps
+
+        time_since_start = time.time() - shared.state.time_start
+        eta = (time_since_start/progress)
+        eta_relative = eta-time_since_start
+
+        progress = min(progress, 1)
+
+        return ProgressResponse(progress=progress, eta_relative=eta_relative, state=shared.state.js())
+
     def extrasapi(self):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index 1a9b8289..00f61898 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -146,6 +146,19 @@ class State:
     def get_job_timestamp(self):
         return datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")  # shouldn't this return job_timestamp?
 
+    def js(self):
+        obj = {
+            "skipped": self.skipped,
+            "interrupted": self.skipped,
+            "job": self.job,
+            "job_count": self.job_count,
+            "job_no": self.job_no,
+            "sampling_step": self.sampling_step,
+            "sampling_steps": self.sampling_steps,
+        }
+
+        return json.dumps(obj)
+
 
 state = State()