Kling Video V2.6 Standard

POST/v1/run

Kling Video V2.6 Standard by KwaiVGI - AI-powered video editing and transformation. Apply style transfer, motion control, lip-sync, and visual effects to existing videos with natural language instructions.

Request body

Submit an async generation request. The model field selects the model; other fields are model-specific input parameters.

stringmodelrequired

Model identifier. Set to kwaivgi/kling-video/v2.6/standard/motion-control.

Default: kwaivgi/kling-video/v2.6/standard/motion-control

stringpromptrequired

Text prompt that describes the image or asset to generate.

stringimagerequired

Reference image URL. The characters, backgrounds, and other elements in the generated video are based on this reference image. Characters should have clear body proportions, avoid occlusion, and occupy more than 5% of the image area.

Optional<string>video

Reference video URL. The character actions in the generated video will be consistent with this reference video. Should contain a realistic style character with entire body or upper body visible, including head, without obstruction. Duration limit depends on character_orientation: 10s max for 'image', 30s max for 'video'.

Optional<string>character_orientation

Controls whether the output character's orientation matches the reference image or video. 'video': orientation matches reference video - better for complex motions (max 30s). 'image': orientation matches reference image - better for following camera movements (max 10s).

Allowed values: image, video

Optional<boolean>keep_original_sound

Whether to keep the original sound from the reference video.

Default: true

Response Schema

The submit endpoint returns an accepted generation task. Poll the result endpoint with the returned id for terminal outputs or errors.

Optional<string>error

Error message if the task failed. Empty on success.

stringidrequired

Unique identifier for the generation task.

Optional<string>model

Model ID used for the prediction.

Optional<array>outputs

Array of generated content. Empty when status is not completed.

stringstatusrequired

Status of the task: pending, running, completed, failed, or timeout.

Allowed values: pending, running, completed, failed, timeout

Model capabilities

array<string>capability_tagsrequired

Capabilities declared by the model registry.

Default: video-to-video

stringexecution_moderequired

Execution mode declared by the model registry.

Default: async

# 1. Submit a generation request
curl -X POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "kwaivgi/kling-video/v2.6/standard/motion-control",
  "prompt": "An african american woman dancing",
  "image": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/mirrored/39c314d0257c-VHtWK5BZMa-XoT6gahJKS_077.png",
  "video": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/mirrored/364bdb1d674a-3nvl30ic9g2otKRcOV5nO_output.mp4"
}'

# 2. If the response is still running, poll the returned id
curl https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/run_abc123 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY"

Response202 Accepted

{
  "id": "run_abc123",
  "model": "kwaivgi/kling-video/v2.6/standard/motion-control",
  "status": "running",
  "outputs": []
}