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minimax/h3-max/image-to-video

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POSThttps://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run

Model IDminimax/h3-max/image-to-video

Input Schema

7 parameters · 2 required · 5 optional

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`image`	string	Required	Optional URL of the image to use as the first frame. When provided, the output aspect ratio follows this image. When omitted, the request is handled as text-to-video (16:9 by default).
`prompt`	string	Required	Text prompt for video generation · Min length: 1 · Max length: 50000
`seed`	integer	Optional	Random seed. A random seed is selected when omitted.
`duration`	integer	Optional	The duration of the video in seconds. · Min: 5 · Max: 15 · Default: 5
`end_image`	string	Optional	Optional URL of the image to use as the last frame, for first-to-last keyframe generation.
`resolution`	string	Optional	The native generation resolution of the video. · Options: 480P, 768P · Default: "768P" 480P768P
`prompt_expansion_mode`	string	Optional	How much effort to spend rewriting the prompt before generation. 'balanced' returns in about a second. 'quality' spends up to ~30s on a richer prompt. · Default: "balanced"

Output Schema

Field	Type	Description
`id`	string	Unique identifier for the generation task
`status`	string	Task status: pending, running, completed, failed, timeout
`model`	string	Model used for the generation
`outputs`	array	Array of output items
`outputs[].url`	string	URL of the generated artifact
`outputs[].content_type`	string	MIME type (e.g. image/png, video/mp4)
`error`	object \| null	Error details if failed, null on success
`error.type`	string	Machine-readable error type code
`error.message`	string	Human-readable error description

Async Workflow

This model uses asynchronous execution. Submit a request and poll for the result.

Submit — POST to /v1/run, receive an id
Poll — GET /v1/run/{id} until status is completed, failed, or timeout
Retrieve — Read outputs from the completed response

Code Examples

Ready-to-run snippets

# Step 1: Submit
curl -X POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "minimax/h3-max/image-to-video",
  "image": "https://storage.googleapis.com/falserverless/example_inputs/hailuo23/pro_i2v_in.jpg",
  "prompt": "The camera slowly pulls back from the scene, revealing the full landscape as clouds drift overhead and light shifts across the terrain.",
  "duration": 5,
  "resolution": "768P",
  "prompt_expansion_mode": "balanced"
}'

# Step 2: Poll result (replace <id>)
curl https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/<id> \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

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