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Seedance 2.0 Reference To Video

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

bytedance/seedance-2.0/reference-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/reference-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/reference-to-video

Request

curl -X POST https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/bytedance/seedance-2.0/reference-to-video \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"prompt": "Intense UNDERWATER porcelain boxing match, cinematic and highly dynamic. TWO\nwhite porcelain-figurine boxers with glossy glazed ceramic skin and crackle-glaze\ncrazing fight hard inside the submerged ring: the woman in the white one-piece\nwith red-glazed ceramic gloves versus the taller male boxer in dark trunks with\nblue-glazed gloves. Drifting through the teal water all around them are red\npoppies, blue cornflowers, white daisies and floating dandelion seeds carried on\nthe current, mixing with streaming bubbles. FEROCIOUS EXPRESSIVE FACES: her\npainted porcelain face snarls with fierce determination, brow furrowed, teeth\ngritted; his face grimaces with effort and pain as punches land. Fast, powerful,\ndynamic action: she slips a jab and unloads a rapid rising hook, he snaps back,\ncounters with a hard cross, ceramic gloves colliding and exploding clouds of\nbubbles, flower petals and dandelion seeds outward. MULTISHOT with fast hard cuts:\n1) wide shot of the two exchanging a rapid flurry as flowers swirl in the water;\n2) whip-pan low-angle hero shot as her red glove smashes into his guard, petals\nand bubbles bursting; 3) tight slow-motion close-up on a glazed face reacting to\nthe impact, cracks of expression, seeds drifting past. Volumetric god rays, water\ncaustics, floating poppies and dandelion seeds, shadowy crowd behind the ropes,\nfast orbiting handheld camera. Photorealistic render, film grain, explosive fluid\nmotion.",
"duration": 8,
"ratio": "1:1",
"watermark": false,
"resolution": "1080p",
"image_urls": [
"https://cdn.pika.art/v2/files/agent/7331542d-8aec-4dab-86c7-9bc9bde63d41/gpt-image-1784137365768-0.png",
"https://cdn.pika.art/v2/files/agent/590a98be-ef25-4949-96e7-de2968147575/277322654c343500.png"
],
"video_urls": [
"https://example.com/reference.mp4"
]
}'

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_urlsstring[]
Up to 9 reference images (referenced in the prompt as @Image1…).
video_urlsstring[]
Up to 3 reference videos (referenced in the prompt as @Video1…).
audio_urlsstring[]
Up to 3 reference audio clips (referenced in the prompt as @Audio1…).
resolutionenumrequired
Output resolution.

Accepted values

ratio
resolution

Input modes

Image urlsimage_urls

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.

Video urlsvideo_urls

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

Audio urlsaudio_urls

Use a public URL directly, or POST { content_type, size_bytes } to /v1/media/uploads, PUT the audio 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
4k · standard · with video input$2.52 / 1M tokens
4k · standard · no video input$4.20 / 1M tokens
480p · standard · with video input$4.51 / 1M tokens
720p · standard · with video input$4.51 / 1M tokens
1080p · standard · with video input$4.93 / 1M tokens
480p · standard · no video input$7.35 / 1M tokens
720p · standard · no video input$7.35 / 1M tokens
1080p · standard · no video input$8.09 / 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 VideoCurrent

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 Video

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