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POST
/
v1
/
video_generation
Video Generation
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.minimax.io/v1/video_generation \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: <content-type>' \
  --data '
{
  "prompt": "A girl runs toward the camera and winks with a smile.",
  "subject_reference": [
    {
      "type": "character",
      "image": [
        "https://cdn.hailuoai.com/prod/2025-08-12-17/video_cover/1754990600020238321-411603868533342214-cover.jpg"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "model": "S2V-01"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.minimax.io/v1/video_generation"

payload = {
    "prompt": "A girl runs toward the camera and winks with a smile.",
    "subject_reference": [
        {
            "type": "character",
            "image": ["https://cdn.hailuoai.com/prod/2025-08-12-17/video_cover/1754990600020238321-411603868533342214-cover.jpg"]
        }
    ],
    "model": "S2V-01"
}
headers = {
    "Content-Type": "<content-type>",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': '<content-type>', Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    prompt: 'A girl runs toward the camera and winks with a smile.',
    subject_reference: [
      {
        type: 'character',
        image: [
          'https://cdn.hailuoai.com/prod/2025-08-12-17/video_cover/1754990600020238321-411603868533342214-cover.jpg'
        ]
      }
    ],
    model: 'S2V-01'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.minimax.io/v1/video_generation', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.minimax.io/v1/video_generation",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'prompt' => 'A girl runs toward the camera and winks with a smile.',
    'subject_reference' => [
        [
                'type' => 'character',
                'image' => [
                                'https://cdn.hailuoai.com/prod/2025-08-12-17/video_cover/1754990600020238321-411603868533342214-cover.jpg'
                ]
        ]
    ],
    'model' => 'S2V-01'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: <content-type>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.minimax.io/v1/video_generation"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"prompt\": \"A girl runs toward the camera and winks with a smile.\",\n  \"subject_reference\": [\n    {\n      \"type\": \"character\",\n      \"image\": [\n        \"https://cdn.hailuoai.com/prod/2025-08-12-17/video_cover/1754990600020238321-411603868533342214-cover.jpg\"\n      ]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"model\": \"S2V-01\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.minimax.io/v1/video_generation")
  .header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .body("{\n  \"prompt\": \"A girl runs toward the camera and winks with a smile.\",\n  \"subject_reference\": [\n    {\n      \"type\": \"character\",\n      \"image\": [\n        \"https://cdn.hailuoai.com/prod/2025-08-12-17/video_cover/1754990600020238321-411603868533342214-cover.jpg\"\n      ]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"model\": \"S2V-01\"\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.minimax.io/v1/video_generation")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = '<content-type>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request.body = "{\n  \"prompt\": \"A girl runs toward the camera and winks with a smile.\",\n  \"subject_reference\": [\n    {\n      \"type\": \"character\",\n      \"image\": [\n        \"https://cdn.hailuoai.com/prod/2025-08-12-17/video_cover/1754990600020238321-411603868533342214-cover.jpg\"\n      ]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"model\": \"S2V-01\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "task_id": "106916112212032",
  "base_resp": {
    "status_code": 0,
    "status_msg": "success"
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

HTTP: Bearer Auth

Headers

​
Content-Type
enum<string>
default:application/json
required

The media type of the request body. Must be set to application/json to ensure the data is sent in JSON format.

Available options:
application/json

Body

application/json
​
model
enum<string>
required

Model name. Supported values: S2V-01.

Available options:
S2V-01
​
subject_reference
object[]
required

Subject reference images

​
prompt
string

Text description of the video, up to 2000 characters.

​
prompt_optimizer
boolean

Whether to automatically optimize the prompt. Defaults to true. Set to false for more precise control.

​
callback_url
string

A callback URL to receive asynchronous task status updates.

  1. Validation: Once configured, MiniMax sends a POST request with a challenge field. Your server must echo this value within 3s to validate.
  2. Updates: After validation, MiniMax pushes status updates when the task changes. Response structure matches the Query Video Generation Task API.

Callback status values:

  • "processing" – Task in progress
  • "success" – Task completed successfully
  • "failed" – Task failed
from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Request
import json

app = FastAPI()

@app.post("/get_callback")
async def get_callback(request: Request):
    try:
        json_data = await request.json()
        challenge = json_data.get("challenge")
        if challenge is not None:
            # Validation request, echo back challenge
            return {"challenge": challenge}
        else:
            # Status update request, handle accordingly
            # {
            #     "task_id": "115334141465231360",
            #     "status": "success",
            #     "file_id": "205258526306433",
            #     "base_resp": {
            #         "status_code": 0,
            #         "status_msg": "success"
            #     }
            # }
            return {"status": "success"}
    except Exception as e:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    import uvicorn
    uvicorn.run(
        app,  # Required
        host="0.0.0.0",  # Required
        port=8000,  # Required, port can be customized
        # ssl_keyfile="yourname.yourDomainName.com.key",  # Optional, enable if using SSL
        # ssl_certfile="yourname.yourDomainName.com.key",  # Optional, enable if using SSL
    )

Response

200 - application/json
​
task_id
string

The video generation task ID, used for querying status.

​
base_resp
object