Vidu Q2 Text to Video

POST/v1/run

Vidu Q2 is Shengshu'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 vidu/q2/text-to-video.

Default: vidu/q2/text-to-video

stringpromptrequired

Text prompt for video generation, max 3000 characters

Optional<string>aspect_ratio

The aspect ratio of the generated image.

Allowed values: 21:9, 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4, 1:1, 4:5, 3:4, 2:3, 9:16

Optional<string>resolution

Output video resolution

Allowed values: 360p, 520p, 720p, 1080p

Default: 720p

Optional<integer>duration

Duration of the video in seconds

Allowed values: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Default: 4

Optional<integer>seed

Random seed for reproducibility. If None, a random seed is chosen.

Optional<string>movement_amplitude

The movement amplitude of objects in the frame

Allowed values: auto, small, medium, large

Default: auto

Optional<boolean>bgm

Whether to add background music to the video (only for 4-second videos)

Default: false

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: 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": "vidu/q2/text-to-video",
  "prompt": "A cinematic shot of a futuristic city at sunset, with flying cars and towering skyscrapers.",
  "aspect_ratio": "21:9",
  "duration": 4
}'

# 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": "vidu/q2/text-to-video",
  "status": "running",
  "outputs": []
}