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Happy Horse 1.1 Image to Video

alibaba/happy-horse/1.1/image-to-video

Happy Horse 1.1 by Alibaba - animate still images into dynamic videos with AI. Transform photos into cinematic clips with natural motion, camera movement, and optional audio generation.

Base price
N/A
Execution
async
Model type
video
Input fields
5

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Input
Optional text prompt guiding the animation. Max 2500 characters.

PNG, JPEG, WebP, or GIF · 20 MiB maximum

URL of the first frame image. Formats: JPEG, JPG, PNG, BMP, WEBP. Dimensions must be at least 300px. Aspect ratio must be between 1:2.5 and 2.5:1. Max 20 MB.
Output video resolution tier. Allowed values: 720p, 1080p.
Output video duration in seconds (3-15). Allowed values: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
Random seed for reproducibility (0-2147483647).
OutputReady

Your output will appear here

Complete the inputs, then click Run.

Specifications

Pricing

Pricing
N/A

Context & modalities

Input
Schema-defined
Output
video

Capabilities

Chat
Not supported
Vision
Not supported
Reasoning
Not supported
Structured output
Not supported
Function calling
Not supported
Audio input
Not supported

Access

Provider
Alibaba
Model ID
alibaba/happy-horse/1.1/image-to-video
Execution
async
API
Unified Run API
Endpoint
/v1/run

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OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.

Production API
Unified Run API endpoint
https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run
Model ID
alibaba/happy-horse/1.1/image-to-video
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
  -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
  "model": "alibaba/happy-horse/1.1/image-to-video",
  "image": "https://help-static-aliyun-doc.aliyuncs.com/file-manage-files/zh-CN/20250925/wpimhv/rap.png",
  "prompt": "Bring the scene in the image to life.",
  "duration": 5,
  "resolution": "1080p"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .id)
for attempt in $(seq 1 120); do
  status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
  case "$status" in completed|failed|timeout) break ;; esac
  sleep 2
  result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
    "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$run_id")
done
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
[ "$status" = completed ] || { echo "Generation ended: $status" >&2; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$result"

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