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Happy Horse Text to Video

alibaba/happy-horse/text-to-video

Alibaba's #1-ranked Happy Horse 1.0 generates stunning 1080p videos with synchronized native audio and multilingual lip-sync, transforming text prompts or images into cinematic, true-to-life motion content for next-generation AIGC creation.

Base price
$0.70USD / run
Execution
async
Model type
video
Input fields
5
Production route

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Playground

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Input
The text prompt to generate a video from.
The duration of the generated video in seconds. Allowed values: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
The aspect ratio of the generated video. Allowed values: 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4.
The resolution of the video to generate. Allowed values: 720p, 1080p.
Random seed for reproducible results. Set to -1 for random seed.
OutputExample

Examples

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Specifications

Pricing

Base price
$0.70 / run

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/text-to-video
Execution
async
Base URL
https://api.sandbase.ai
API
Unified Run API
Endpoint
/v1/run

Human preference

Arena

Elo ratings from blind side-by-side votes, compared with other image and video models.

Rankings sourced from Artificial Analysis Arena

Leaderboard
Text to Video
Rank
#11 of 32
Elo
1037 ±19
Gap to #1
−97

Text-to-video arena (silent): people pick the better of two clips from the same prompt, without seeing the model names; audio is not judged.

  1. #6Dreamina Seedance 2.0ByteDance SeedOn SandBase1084±19
  2. #7SkyReels V4Skywork AI1083±19
  3. #8Gemini Omni Flash 1.1GoogleOn SandBase1072±18
  4. #9Agnes-Video-2.5Sapiens AI1053±19
  5. #10HappyHorse-1.1Alibaba-ATHOn SandBase1041±18
  6. #11HappyHorse-1.0Alibaba-ATHThis model1037±19
  7. #12Grok Imagine Video 1.5SpaceXAIOn SandBase1036±19
  8. #13Wan2.7-260612AlibabaOn SandBase1023±18
  9. #14MAGI-2 PreviewSand.ai1011±17
  10. #15Kling 3.0 1080p (Pro)KlingAIOn SandBase1000

API README

Happy Horse Text to Video

Happy Horse 1.0 text-to-video: a 3–15 second cinematic clip from a written script. Version 1.1 is newer and cheaper at 1080p.

Fields

FieldTypeDefaultNotes
promptstring, required—Up to 50,000 characters. Shot-by-shot scripts with timings work well.
duration3–155Output length in seconds.
aspect_ratio16:9 / 9:16 / 1:1 / 4:3 / 3:416:9Output frame shape.
resolution720p / 1080p720pSets the per-second rate.
seedintegerrandomFix it to compare prompt changes.

Billing

You pay for output seconds: $0.14 at 720p and $0.24 at 1080p, Alibaba's list price.

Output720p1080p
3s$0.42$0.72
5s (default)$0.70$1.20
10s$1.40$2.40
15s$2.10$3.60

Failed runs are not charged.

Prompting

  • Describe the shot in order: subject, action, setting, camera move, light, and sound.
  • Give camera timing explicitly, e.g. “holds for two seconds, then pushes in slowly”.
  • Put spoken lines in quotes and say who speaks them.

Limits

  • 720p and 1080p only.

Also on SandBase

Other Happy Horse endpoints: alibaba/happy-horse/image-to-video, alibaba/happy-horse/reference-to-video, alibaba/happy-horse/video-edit, alibaba/happy-horse/1.1/text-to-video (newer).

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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/text-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 $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
  "model": "alibaba/happy-horse/text-to-video",
  "prompt": "Shot 3 (over the shoulder, 3.5-5s): The camera glides slowly over his shoulder down onto the open book, his thumb gently turning a single page, soft window light falling across the paper, shallow depth of field on his hand.",
  "duration": 5,
  "resolution": "720p",
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(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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Questions

FAQ

How do I call Alibaba Happy Horse Text to Video through SandBase?

Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "alibaba/happy-horse/text-to-video" to Unified Run API (/v1/run) at https://api.sandbase.ai. The request examples on this page show the exact payload.

Do I need a separate Alibaba account?

No. One SandBase API key and balance gives you access to Alibaba Happy Horse Text to Video and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with Alibaba separately.