Wan Motion

POST/v1/run

Wan Motion by Alibaba - AI-powered video editing and transformation. Apply style transfer, motion control, lip-sync, and visual effects to existing videos with natural language instructions.

Request body

Submit an async generation request. The model field selects the model; other fields are model-specific input parameters.

stringmodelrequired

Model identifier. Set to alibaba/wan/motion.

Default: alibaba/wan/motion

stringpromptrequired

Optional text prompt to guide the generation.

Default:

stringimagerequired

URL of the reference image (provides the character appearance).

Optional<string>video

URL of the driving video (provides the motion).

Optional<boolean>enhance_identity

Enhances identity preservation by preprocessing the reference image with Flux Kontext Edit before animation. Produces more faithful face and appearance transfer at the cost of slightly longer processing time.

Default: false

Optional<boolean>adapt_motion

Adapts the driving video's motion to match the reference image's body proportions. Recommended when the driving video subject and reference image have different body shapes or sizes.

Default: true

Optional<integer>seed

Random seed for reproducibility.

Response Schema

The submit endpoint returns a run response. If its status is pending or running, poll GET /v1/run/{id} with the returned opaque ID until it reaches a terminal state.

stringidrequired

Opaque SandBase run identifier. Use it exactly as returned; no prefix is guaranteed.

stringstatusrequired

Current public run status.

Allowed values: pending, running, completed, failed, timeout

Optional<string>model

Public SandBase model name used for this run.

Optional<array<object>>outputs

Present only for completed runs. Each object is capability-specific; inspect the selected model schema for its fields.

Optional<object>error

Present only for failed or timeout runs. Contains a public error type and sanitized message.

Optional<string>error.type

Stable public error category.

Optional<string>error.message

Sanitized error message safe to show to clients.

Optional<object>usage

Usage details when available.

Model capabilities

array<string>capability_tagsrequired

Capabilities declared by the model registry.

Default: video-to-video

stringexecution_moderequired

Execution mode declared by the model registry.

Default: async

# 1. Submit a generation request
curl -X POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "alibaba/wan/motion",
  "prompt": "",
  "image": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/alibaba/wan/motion/input_image_0.jpg",
  "video": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/alibaba/wan/motion/input_video_1.mp4"
}'

# 2. If the response is still running, poll the returned id
curl https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/f3d2e8a1-7c4b-4a12-9d2e-123456789abc \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY"

Response202 Accepted

{
  "id": "f3d2e8a1-7c4b-4a12-9d2e-123456789abc",
  "model": "alibaba/wan/motion",
  "status": "running"
}