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Seedance 2.0 Mini

Seedance 2.0 Mini Image To Video is available in the Business API catalog.

bytedance/seedance-2.0-mini/image-to-video

Capabilities

Best for

  • Cinematic text-to-video shots
  • Short social and ad clips
  • Consistent multi-shot sequences
  • Look-dev and style exploration

Not for

  • Frame-exact rotoscoping
  • Feature-length renders
  • Pixel-perfect compositing
  • Precise on-screen text

Authentication

api key header

The Pika API uses API keys to authenticate requests. Send your key in the X-API-Key header. Your API key is a secret. Don't expose it in browsers or other client-side code. Instead, call the API from your server. The signed-in playground uses a portal session and never sends your API key.

header
X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY

Endpoint

asynchronous · poll for the result

POSThttps://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/bytedance/seedance-2.0-mini/image-to-videogenerate endpoint
GEThttps://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/jobs/{request_id}poll until completed
GEThttps://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/jobs/{request_id}/contentget the result URL

Reference Uploads

media inputs

Media inputs accept any public URL. To use a local file, POST its content_type and size_bytes to /v1/media/uploads, PUT the file to the returned upload_url, then pass the url.

upload
# 1. Request a presigned upload URL. Send the file's content
# type and its exact size in bytes.
curl -X POST https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/uploads \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"content_type": "image/png", "size_bytes": 12345}'
# The response returns two URLs:
# upload_url: a temporary URL to upload the file to. Expires in 5 minutes.
# url: the permanent Pika URL. Pass it to the model as the input.
# {
# "upload_url": "https://upload.r2.pika.art/...?X-Amz-Signature=...",
# "url": "https://cdn.pika.art/v2/media/uploads/org_abc/9f8e7d.png"
# }
# 2. Upload the file to upload_url, then pass url to the model.
curl -X PUT "<upload_url>" \
-H "Content-Type: image/png" \
--data-binary @input.png

Generate

POST /v1/media/bytedance/seedance-2.0-mini/image-to-video

Request

curl -X POST https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/bytedance/seedance-2.0-mini/image-to-video \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"prompt": "Static high-angle camera looking straight down on the dark green basketball court. The lone East Asian player stands in frame, steadily dribbling the disco ball basketball in place with a consistent, rhythmic bounce — no walking, no shooting, no approaching the hoop, just a repeating dribble cycle. The disco ball is a mirrored sphere covered in small square mirror facets. While the ball is in the air between bounces, it looks like a plain mirrored disco ball with soft ambient reflections only — no bright flashes, no light bursts. Every single time the ball strikes the court surface, at that exact moment of impact, a bright burst of small refracted light flecks and colorful sparkle spots flashes outward across the green court around the point of contact, then fades away completely within a split second as the ball bounces back up. This same light-burst-on-impact effect repeats identically and consistently on every single bounce, with no bursts occurring at any other time. Camera remains locked in the fixed overhead position throughout — no pans, no cuts, no zoom. Natural outdoor lighting, hard directional shadow beneath the player, realistic physics, ambient court sounds (rhythmic dribble bounce, faint sneaker shuffle).",
"duration": 8,
"ratio": "4:3",
"watermark": false,
"image_url": "https://cdn.pika.art/v2/files/agent/34f0ba0a-deea-4629-b73c-10042bbf274f/3e7a8eb0c617a2f6bd09ae675cae934ee5555d2618af45f487d7f10ec7751bed",
"resolution": "720p"
}'

Response

{
"id": "media_8f3a2c91-5b7d-4e0a-9c26-31d4f2a8e6b0",
"status": "queued"
}

Request body

promptstringrequired
Text prompt describing the video to generate.
durationenumrequired
Video length in seconds (4-15), or 'auto' to let the model choose.
ratioenum
Output aspect ratio.
generate_audioboolean
Whether to generate audio for the video.
watermarkbooleandefault: false
Whether to add a watermark to the output video.
image_urlstringrequired
URL of the starting-frame image to animate.
end_image_urlstring
Optional URL of the image to use as the last frame.
resolutionenum
Output resolution (480p/720p for Mini).

Accepted values

ratio
resolution

Input modes

Image urlimage_url

Use a public URL directly, or POST { content_type, size_bytes } to /v1/media/uploads, PUT the image to the returned upload_url with the returned headers, then pass the url.

End image urlend_image_url

Use a public URL directly, or POST { content_type, size_bytes } to /v1/media/uploads, PUT the image to the returned upload_url with the returned headers, then pass the url.

Returns

Returns a job object with status , not the final output. Store the id from the response and poll the job until it completes.

Poll status

GET /v1/media/jobs/{request_id}

Request

curl https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/jobs/{request_id} \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
"id": "media_8f3a2c91-5b7d-4e0a-9c26-31d4f2a8e6b0",
"status": "running"
}

Poll the job by id until it reaches a terminal state: completed or failed.

The job object

idstring
Unique identifier for the job.
statusenum
The status of the job.One of:
object
The generation output. Present once the job completes.
errorstring
If the job failed, the reason for the failure.

Get result

GET /v1/media/jobs/{request_id}/content

Request

curl https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/jobs/{request_id}/content \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
"url": "https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/files/video_8f3a2c91.mp4"
}

Once the job completes, fetch a download URL for the generated media.

Returns

urlstring
Download URL for the generated file.

Errors

shared across calls

Errors use conventional HTTP status codes with a JSON body of the shape {"message": "..."}. Validation failures return 422 with a message naming the offending field. Submit rejections after the job row exists (balance, rate limit) return the failed job envelope — branch on error.code.

StatusWhenBody
401 UnauthorizedThe API key is missing or invalid.{"message":"Invalid API key"}
403 ForbiddenAn inactive key is rejected with a `{"message"}` body. A submit that the org balance or postpaid cycle limit cannot cover is rejected after the job row exists and returns the failed job envelope.{"id":"media_8f3a2c91-5b7d-4e0a-9c26-31d4f2a8e6b0","status":"failed","error":{"code":"insufficient_balance","message":"Insufficient org balance"}}
404 Not FoundNo job with that id exists in your org, or the media path names an unknown vendor/model/function.{"message":"media job not found"}
409 ConflictThe result was requested before the job completed, or an Idempotency-Key header was reused with a different body.{"message":"media job is not ready"}
422 Unprocessable EntityThe request body failed validation: an invalid enum value, a missing required field, a wrong type, or malformed JSON. The JSON message names the offending field. A schema-valid parameter combination that cannot be priced instead fails after job creation and returns the failed job envelope with error code `invalid_input`.{"message":"duration: Input should be less than or equal to 15"}
429 Too Many RequestsOrg limit reached: requests per minute or day, or concurrent jobs. Returned as the failed job envelope; check the Retry-After header and retry with a fresh Idempotency-Key.{"id":"media_8f3a2c91-5b7d-4e0a-9c26-31d4f2a8e6b0","status":"failed","error":{"code":"rate_limited","message":"rate limit exceeded: rpm"}}
503 Service UnavailableThe model rail or a backend dependency is temporarily unavailable. Returned as the failed job envelope; retry with backoff and a fresh Idempotency-Key.{"id":"media_8f3a2c91-5b7d-4e0a-9c26-31d4f2a8e6b0","status":"failed","error":{"code":"provider_unavailable","message":"media dispatch unavailable"}}

Pricing

only successful runs are charged

TierPrice
480p · mini$3.67 / 1M tokens
720p · mini$3.67 / 1M tokens

Per-model pricing

Transparent, usage-based rates for every ByteDance model.

Seedance 2.0

Video

Image to Video

4kstandard$4.20 / 1M tok
480pstandard$7.35 / 1M tok
720pstandard$7.35 / 1M tok
1080pstandard$8.085 / 1M tok

Reference to Video

4kstandard · with video input$2.52 / 1M tok
4kstandard · no video input$4.20 / 1M tok
480pstandard · with video input$4.515 / 1M tok
720pstandard · with video input$4.515 / 1M tok
1080pstandard · with video input$4.935 / 1M tok
480pstandard · no video input$7.35 / 1M tok
720pstandard · no video input$7.35 / 1M tok
1080pstandard · no video input$8.085 / 1M tok

Text to Video

4kstandard$4.20 / 1M tok
480pstandard$7.35 / 1M tok
720pstandard$7.35 / 1M tok
1080pstandard$8.085 / 1M tok

Seedance 2.0 Fast

Video

Image to Video

480p$5.88 / 1M tok
720p$5.88 / 1M tok

Reference to Video

480pwith video input$3.465 / 1M tok
720pwith video input$3.465 / 1M tok
480pno video input$5.88 / 1M tok
720pno video input$5.88 / 1M tok

Text to Video

480p$5.88 / 1M tok
720p$5.88 / 1M tok

Seedance 2.0 Mini

Video

Image to VideoCurrent

480p$3.675 / 1M tok
720p$3.675 / 1M tok

Reference to Video

480pwith video input$2.205 / 1M tok
720pwith video input$2.205 / 1M tok
480pno video input$3.675 / 1M tok
720pno video input$3.675 / 1M tok

Text to Video

480p$3.675 / 1M tok
720p$3.675 / 1M tok

Seedream 5.0 Pro Image Editing

Image

Image to Image

Output1K$0.045 / image
Output2K$0.09 / image
Input images$0.003 / image

Text to Image

1K$0.045 / image
2K$0.09 / image

Seedream 5.0 Lite Image Editing

Image

Image to Image

$0.035 / image

Text to Image

$0.035 / image

Seedream 4.5

Image • Text to Image

$0.04 / image

Seedream 4.0 Image Editing

Image

Image to Image

1K$0.03 / image

Text to Image

1K$0.03 / image

Seed Audio 1.0

Audio • Text to Audio

$0.15 / min