Veo 2 (Image to Video)

POST/v1/run

Veo 2 by Google - animate still images into dynamic videos with AI. Transform photos into cinematic clips with natural motion, camera movement, and optional audio generation.

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 google/veo-2/image-to-video.

Default: google/veo-2/image-to-video

stringpromptrequired

The text prompt describing how the image should be animated

stringimagerequired

URL of the input image to animate. Should be 720p or higher resolution in 16:9 or 9:16 aspect ratio. If the image is not in 16:9 or 9:16 aspect ratio, it will be cropped to fit.

Optional<integer>duration

The duration of the generated video in seconds

Allowed values: 5, 6, 7, 8

Default: 5

Response Schema

The submit endpoint returns an accepted generation task. Poll the result endpoint with the returned id for terminal outputs or errors.

Optional<string>error

Error message if the task failed. Empty on success.

stringidrequired

Unique identifier for the generation task.

Optional<string>model

Model ID used for the prediction.

Optional<array>outputs

Array of generated content. Empty when status is not completed.

stringstatusrequired

Status of the task: pending, running, completed, failed, or timeout.

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

Model capabilities

array<string>capability_tagsrequired

Capabilities declared by the model registry.

Default: image-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": "google/veo-2/image-to-video",
  "prompt": "A woman looks into the camera, breathes in, then exclaims energetically, \"have you guys checked out Veo3 Image-to-Video on Fal? It's incredible!\"",
  "image": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/google/veo-2/image-to-video/input_image_0.png",
  "duration": 5
}'

# 2. If the response is still running, poll the returned id
curl https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/run_abc123 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY"

Response202 Accepted

{
  "id": "run_abc123",
  "model": "google/veo-2/image-to-video",
  "status": "running",
  "outputs": []
}