Kling Video V3 Standard

POST/v1/run

Kling Video V3 Standard is KwaiVGI's text-to-video AI model. Turn written scripts and prompts into professional-quality video clips with realistic motion, lighting, and scene composition.

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 kwaivgi/kling-video/v3/standard/text-to-video.

Default: kwaivgi/kling-video/v3/standard/text-to-video

stringpromptrequired

Text prompt for video generation. Either prompt or multi_prompt must be provided, but not both.

Optional<string>aspect_ratio

The aspect ratio of the generated image.

Allowed values: 16:9, 9:16, 1:1

Optional<integer>duration

The duration of the generated video in seconds

Allowed values: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Default: 5

Optional<boolean>generate_audio

Whether to generate native audio for the video. Supports Chinese and English voice output. Other languages are automatically translated to English. For English speech, use lowercase letters; for acronyms or proper nouns, use uppercase.

Default: true

Optional<string>shot_type

The type of multi-shot video generation. 'intelligent' lets the model automatically determine shot structure.

Allowed values: customize, intelligent

Default: customize

Optional<array<object>>multi_prompt

List of prompts for multi-shot video generation. If provided, overrides the single prompt and divides the video into multiple shots with specified prompts and durations.

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: text-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": "kwaivgi/kling-video/v3/standard/text-to-video",
  "prompt": "Cinematic drone shot flying through ancient stone ruins covered in moss and vines at golden hour. Camera starts low, rises through crumbling archways, revealing a vast misty valley beyond. Volumetric light rays pierce through gaps in the stone. Epic scale, photorealistic, 8K quality.",
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
  "duration": 5
}'

# 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": "kwaivgi/kling-video/v3/standard/text-to-video",
  "status": "running"
}