minimax/video-01/text-to-video
Video 01 by MiniMax - generate cinematic videos from text descriptions with AI. Create high-quality video content with natural motion, camera control, and optional audio generation.
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OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.
https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/runminimax/video-01/text-to-videoInput Schema
2 parameters · 1 required · 1 optional
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
prompt | string | Required | Max length: 2000 |
prompt_optimizer | boolean | Optional | Whether to use the model's prompt optimizer · Default: true |
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, ortimeout - Retrieve — Read
outputsfrom 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/video-01/text-to-video",
"prompt": "A stylish woman walks down a Tokyo street filled with warm glowing neon and animated city signage. She wears a black leather jacket, a long red dress, and black boots, and carries a black purse.",
"prompt_optimizer": true
}'
# Step 2: Poll result (replace <id>)
curl https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/<id> \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"API README
Video 01 Text To Video
Video 01 Text To Video is built for cinematic text-to-video generation, with this exact route focused on prompt-directed subject and camera motion. Video 01 by MiniMax - generate cinematic videos from text descriptions with AI. Create high-quality video content with natural motion, camera control, and optional audio generation. It is designed for production workflows that need a clearly scoped media operation instead of a generic assistant response, preserving the supplied direction while returning an artifact ready for review, iteration, or downstream assembly.
The request surface keeps creative direction and delivery choices explicit through prompt, prompt_optimizer, sync_mode, safety_tolerance. Teams can lock source material, describe the intended result, choose supported output controls, and rerun the same request structure across variations. This makes experiments easier to compare and larger pipelines easier to operate without hiding important decisions inside an opaque preset.
Highlights
- Prompt-Directed Subject And Camera Motion. The
minimax/video-01/text-to-videoroute is dedicated to prompt-directed subject and camera motion, keeping inputs and outputs matched to this operation. - Coherent Scene Development. Within
minimax/video-01/text-to-video, documented prompt and media controls direct coherent scene development while keeping the brief close to the result. - Production-Ready Short-Form Video. The
minimax/video-01/text-to-videoresult provides production-ready short-form video in a machine-consumable form for review and downstream production. - Route-specific control. For
minimax/video-01/text-to-video, documented controls includeprompt,prompt_optimizer,sync_mode,safety_tolerance, defining the supported variation space for this exact route.
Pricing
| Configuration | Price |
|---|---|
| Per request | $0.500000 |
When to Use
| Scenario | Why it fits |
|---|---|
| Choose this route | When the deliverable is specifically prompt-directed subject and camera motion, not a neighboring generation or editing task. |
| Production iteration | When creative teams need repeatable coherent scene development with an explicit request payload. |
| Automated pipelines | When production-ready short-form video must flow into review, storage, compositing, or publishing. |
| Controlled variations | When a stable brief should be rerun while changing only documented inputs. |
| Prototype to scale | When the same minimax/video-01/text-to-video contract should serve a single experiment and a larger batch later. |
Prompt Guide
Lead with the subject or source, then state the transformation, important spatial or temporal details, style, and finish. Supply only documented fields, keep media URLs reachable, and vary one control at a time when comparing outputs.
{
"prompt": "A directed creative request with subject, setting, style, motion, and finish."
}
Technical Specs
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Model ID | minimax/video-01/text-to-video |
| Required inputs | prompt |
prompt | string |
prompt_optimizer | boolean; default: true |
sync_mode | boolean; default: false |
safety_tolerance | string; default: 6 |
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