videostringrequired
URL of the input video to edit. The video will be resized to a maximum area of 854x480 pixels and truncated to 8 seconds.
Grok Imagine Video Edit
xai/grok-imagine-video/video-editGrok Imagine Video Edit is xAI's video-to-video AI model. Transform, enhance, and edit video content using text prompts - from style changes to object manipulation and scene modification.
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Playground
Input
Text description of the desired edit.
URL of the input video to edit. The video will be resized to a maximum area of 854x480 pixels and truncated to 8 seconds.
Additional Settings More
Customize your input with more control.
Resolution of the output video. Allowed values: auto, 480p, 720p.
ResultExample
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Examples
Select an example to load its inputs and result into the playground.
- Open result ↗
Input
{ "prompt": "Colorize the video", "video": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/11481268-9367-44ba-92ab-8d9e12ea1ca5/input/4a83fad0-72ea-4512-87e8-53f73b2c3b94.mp4" }
Grok Imagine Video Edit
Grok Imagine Video edit: change an existing clip with an instruction while keeping its motion.
Fields
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
prompt | string, required | — | Up to 4,096 characters. |
video | video URL, required | — | Source clip. |
resolution | auto / 480p / 720p | auto | Sets the per-second rate. |
Billing
$0.08 per output second at 720p and $0.06 otherwise; the output matches the source length. The quote before submission assumes 5 seconds.
| Output | auto | 480p | 720p |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3s source | $0.18 | $0.18 | $0.24 |
| 5s source | $0.30 | $0.30 | $0.40 |
| 8s source | $0.48 | $0.48 | $0.64 |
Failed runs are not charged.
Prompting
- Describe subject, action, camera, and sound.
Also on SandBase
Other Grok Imagine Video endpoints: xai/grok-imagine-video/text-to-video, xai/grok-imagine-video/image-to-video, xai/grok-imagine-video/reference-to-video, xai/grok-imagine-video/video-extend, xai/grok-imagine-video/1.5/text-to-video (1.5, newer).
Start building
Send your first request
Submit this model through the SandBase Unified Run API.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "xai/grok-imagine-video/video-edit",
"video": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/xai/grok-imagine-video/edit/input_video_0.mp4",
"prompt": "Colorize the video",
"resolution": "auto"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(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"2. Authentication
Create a SandBase API key and set it in your server environment. All requests use Bearer authentication.
export SANDBASE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"Keep the key on your server. Do not expose it in browser code or commit it to a repository.
3. Queue
Submit a request
POST to /v1/run with this model ID and its inputs. The request example above includes submission and polling.
Fetch request status and result
Use the returned run ID to poll until the status is completed, failed or timeout. Read output only after completed.
curl "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$RUN_ID" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY"4. Files
Hosted files
Pass a publicly accessible file URL in the model’s image, video or audio field. Supported formats and limits are shown beside each Playground input.
Uploading images
Use the upload or replace control on supported image fields in the Playground. Video URL fields accept a hosted driving video; they do not imply video-upload support.
5. Schema
Input
promptstringrequired
Text description of the desired edit.
resolutionstring
Resolution of the output video.
Default: "auto"
Possible values: "auto", "480p", "720p"
{
"model": "xai/grok-imagine-video/video-edit",
"video": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/xai/grok-imagine-video/edit/input_video_0.mp4",
"prompt": "Colorize the video",
"resolution": "auto"
}Output
A completed run exposes its result in output. The following is the model’s saved example, not a new generation.
[
{
"poster": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/posters/b07b9ae3a744140f9541.jpg",
"source": "xAI schema mirror",
"source_url": "https://docs.x.ai/",
"url": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/11481268-9367-44ba-92ab-8d9e12ea1ca5/output/40fd15d1-188d-44e7-9e23-9c589bece014.mp4"
}
]