Google · Image to Video

Veo 3.1 Lite

Veo 3.1 Lite Image To Video is available in the Business API catalog.

image → video
google/veo-3.1-lite/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-Keyheader. 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://089e99349ace.pikalabs.app/v1/media/google/veo-3.1-lite/image-to-videogenerate endpoint
GEThttps://089e99349ace.pikalabs.app/v1/media/jobs/{request_id}poll until completed
GEThttps://089e99349ace.pikalabs.app/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://089e99349ace.pikalabs.app/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/google/veo-3.1-lite/image-to-video

Request

curl -X POST https://089e99349ace.pikalabs.app/v1/media/google/veo-3.1-lite/image-to-video \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "prompt": "Surreal kaiju-scale scene at Shibuya Crossing on a bright sunny day. The colossal blue-bob-haired woman in the yellow tee rests her chin on her hands and stays gently alive — she blinks slowly, her soft smile shifts, her eyes glance warmly over the city, subtle breathing moving her shoulders, a light breeze lifting strands of her blue hair. Below her a commuter train glides across the elevated \"SHIBUYA CROSSING\" bridge, crowds of pedestrians stream across the striped crosswalk in both directions, traffic lights glow, the giant NOVR, LUMEN and AXIOM billboard screens flicker and animate. Street trees sway lightly, faint clouds drift across the deep blue sky. Photoreal, crisp daylight, high detail, natural cinematic motion, locked-off wide shot, no camera movement. Ambient city hum, distant crowd chatter and train rumble.",
  "duration": 8,
  "aspect_ratio": "9:16",
  "generate_audio": true,
  "image_url": "https://example.com/input.png",
  "resolution": "1080p"
}'

Response

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

Request body

promptstringrequired
Text prompt describing the video to generate.
negative_promptstring
Text describing what to avoid in the video.
durationenumdefault: 8
Video length in seconds.
aspect_ratioenumdefault: 16:9
Output aspect ratio.
person_generationenum
Policy for generating people in the output.
generate_audiobooleandefault: true
Whether to generate audio for the video.
image_urlstringrequired
URL of the source image to animate.
resolutionenumdefault: 720p
Output resolution.

Accepted values

duration
aspect_ratio
person_generation
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, 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://089e99349ace.pikalabs.app/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://089e99349ace.pikalabs.app/v1/media/jobs/{request_id}/content \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "url": "https://089e99349ace.pikalabs.app/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": "..."}. The one exception is validation: a request body that fails validation returns 422 with a plain-text body.

StatusWhenBody
401 UnauthorizedThe API key is missing or invalid.{"message":"Invalid API key"}
403 ForbiddenThe key is not active, or the org balance cannot cover the request.{"message":"Insufficient org balance"}
404 Not FoundNo job with that id exists in your org.{"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. Returned as plain text, not JSON. A schema-valid parameter combination that cannot be priced returns the same status with a JSON message.Unprocessable entity
429 Too Many RequestsOrg limit reached: requests per minute or day, or concurrent jobs. Check the Retry-After header.{"message":"rate limit exceeded: rpm"}
503 Service UnavailableThe model rail or a backend dependency is temporarily unavailable. Retry with backoff.{"message":"media dispatch unavailable"}

Pricing

only successful runs are charged

TierPrice
720p · lite · with audio$0.030 / second
1080p · lite · with audio$0.050 / second

Per-model pricing

Transparent, usage-based rates for every Google model.

Veo 3.1 Lite

Current
from $0.03 / sec
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Nano Banana 2 Lite

$0.034 / image
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Nano Banana 2 Lite

$0.034 / image
Text to Image

Nano Banana 2

from $0.045 / image
Image to Image

Nano Banana 2

from $0.045 / image
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Lyria 2

$0.06 / request
Music

Veo 3.1 Fast

from $0.08 / sec
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Veo 3.1 Fast Video Extension

from $0.1 / sec
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Nano Banana Pro

from $0.134 / image
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Nano Banana Pro

from $0.134 / image
Text to Image

Veo 3.1

from $0.2 / sec
Text to Video

Veo 3.1 Video Extension

from $0.2 / sec
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Gemini 3.1 Pro

$2 / $12 per 1M tok

Gemini Omni Flash Image To Video

$1.575 / $9.45 per 1M tok
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Gemini Omni Flash Reference To Video

$1.575 / $9.45 per 1M tok
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Gemini Omni Flash Text To Video

$1.575 / $9.45 per 1M tok
Text to Video

Gemini Omni Flash Video To Video

$1.575 / $9.45 per 1M tok
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