MiniMax · Image to Video

Hailuo 2.3 (Image to Video)

MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 image-to-video generation.

image → video

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

Request

curl -X POST https://089e99349ace.pikalabs.app/v1/media/minimax/hailuo-2.3/image-to-video \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "prompt": "She lets out a slow tired breath and shifts her weight, the hand at her temple relaxing as her eyes flick to the side; her long red hair drifts a touch. The floating desktop UI — blue folders, the \"take a breath\" notification, the \"how's the energy today?\" text — subtly floats and drifts, the cursor twitches. Glossy surreal editorial, soft studio light, gentle camera drift, no cuts.",
  "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

durationenumdefault: 6

Duration

resolutionenumdefault: 768p

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, 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.

Status	When	Body
401 Unauthorized	The API key is missing or invalid.	{"message":"Invalid API key"}
403 Forbidden	The key is not active, or the org balance cannot cover the request.	{"message":"Insufficient org balance"}
404 Not Found	No job with that id exists in your org.	{"message":"media job not found"}
409 Conflict	The 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 Entity	The 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 Requests	Org limit reached: requests per minute or day, or concurrent jobs. Check the Retry-After header.	{"message":"rate limit exceeded: rpm"}
503 Service Unavailable	The model rail or a backend dependency is temporarily unavailable. Retry with backoff.	{"message":"media dispatch unavailable"}

Pricing

only successful runs are charged

Tier	Price
768p · 6s	$0.20 / request
1080p · 6s	$0.34 / request
768p · 10s	$0.39 / request

Per-model pricing

Transparent, usage-based rates for every MiniMax model.

Model	Type
MiniMax Speech 02 Turbo	Text to Speech	$0.042 / 1000 chars
MiniMax Speech 2.6 Turbo	Text to Speech	$0.042 / 1000 chars
MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo	Text to Speech	$0.042 / 1000 chars
MiniMax Speech 02 HD	Text to Speech	$0.07 / 1000 chars
MiniMax Speech 2.6 HD	Text to Speech	$0.07 / 1000 chars
MiniMax Music 2.6	Music	$0.105 / request
Hailuo 2.3 Fast	Image to Video	from $0.133 / request
Hailuo 2.3Current	Image to Video	from $0.196 / request
Hailuo 2.3	Text to Video	from $0.196 / request

MiniMax Speech 02 Turbo

$0.042 / 1000 chars

Text to Speech

MiniMax Speech 2.6 Turbo

$0.042 / 1000 chars

Text to Speech

MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo

$0.042 / 1000 chars

Text to Speech

MiniMax Speech 02 HD

$0.07 / 1000 chars

Text to Speech

MiniMax Speech 2.6 HD

$0.07 / 1000 chars

Text to Speech

MiniMax Music 2.6

$0.105 / request

Music

Hailuo 2.3 Fast

from $0.133 / request

Image to Video

Hailuo 2.3

Current

from $0.196 / request

Image to Video

Hailuo 2.3

from $0.196 / request

Text to Video