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Hailuo 2.3 Fast

Advanced 1080p generation with strong subject preservation.

minimax/hailuo-2.3-fast/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/minimax/hailuo-2.3-fast/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/minimax/hailuo-2.3-fast/image-to-video

Request

curl -X POST https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/minimax/hailuo-2.3-fast/image-to-video \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "prompt": "A cinematic beauty portrait comes gently to life: the platinum-blonde model slowly turns her head and shifts her gaze toward the camera, blinking softly, her glossy coral lips parting slightly. The pearls and rhinestones scattered across her cheek catch the light and sparkle as she moves, loose strands of her white bob sway, subtle breathing and skin-shimmer, shallow depth of field against a deep blue backdrop, warm editorial film lighting, elegant and serene.",
  "duration": 6,
  "resolution": "1080p",
  "first_frame_image": "https://example.com/input.png"
}'

Response

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

Request body

promptstringrequired
Prompt
durationenum
Duration
resolutionenum
Resolution
prompt_optimizerboolean
Prompt Optimizer
fast_pretreatmentboolean
Fast Pretreatment
first_frame_imagestringrequired
First Frame Image

Accepted values

duration
resolution

Input modes

First frame imagefirst_frame_image

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
768p · 6s$0.11 / request
768p · 10s$0.19 / request
1080p · 6s$0.20 / request

Per-model pricing

Transparent, usage-based rates for every MiniMax model.

MiniMax H3

Video

Text to Video

768P$0.08 / sec
2K$0.13 / sec

Image to Video

768P$0.08 / sec
2K$0.13 / sec

Reference to Video

Output768P$0.08 / sec
Output2K$0.13 / sec
Video input · 768P$0.08 / sec
Video input · 2K$0.13 / sec
Input images$0.04 / imageFirst 5 included

Hailuo 2.3

Video

Image to Video

768p6s$0.168 / request
1080p6s$0.294 / request
768p10s$0.336 / request

Text to Video

768p6s$0.168 / request
1080p6s$0.294 / request
768p10s$0.336 / request

Hailuo 2.3 Fast

Video

Image to VideoCurrent

768p6s$0.114 / request
768p10s$0.192 / request
1080p6s$0.198 / request

MiniMax Music 3.0

Audio • Text to Audio

$0.09 / request

MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD

Audio • Text to Speech

$0.085 / 1000 chars

MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo

Audio • Text to Speech

$0.051 / 1000 chars

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