Seedance 2.5 Text to Video

POST/v1/run

ByteDance's next-generation text-to-video model, generating native single-shot clips up to 30 seconds at 720p with coherent motion, native audio, and director-level camera control for professional-grade video creation.

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 bytedance/seedance/2.5/text-to-video.

Default: bytedance/seedance/2.5/text-to-video

stringpromptrequired

The text prompt to generate a video from.

Default: Photorealistic style: Under a clear blue sky, a vast expanse of white daisy fields stretches out. The camera gradually zooms in and finally fixates on a close-up of a single daisy, with several glistening dewdrops resting on its petals.

Optional<integer>duration

The duration of the generated video in seconds (4-30).

Allowed values: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

Default: 5

Optional<string>aspect_ratio

The aspect ratio of the generated video.

Allowed values: 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 21:9

Default: 16:9

Optional<string>resolution

The resolution of the video to generate.

Allowed values: 480p, 720p, 1080p, 4K

Default: 720p

Optional<boolean>generate_audio

Whether to generate synchronized audio (voice, SFX, BGM) for the video.

Default: true

Response Schema

The submit endpoint returns a run response. If its status is pending or running, poll GET /v1/run/{id} with the returned opaque ID until it reaches a terminal state.

stringidrequired

Opaque SandBase run identifier. Use it exactly as returned; no prefix is guaranteed.

stringstatusrequired

Current public run status.

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

Optional<string>model

Public SandBase model name used for this run.

Optional<array<object>>outputs

Present only for completed runs. Each object is capability-specific; inspect the selected model schema for its fields.

Optional<object>error

Present only for failed or timeout runs. Contains a public error type and sanitized message.

Optional<string>error.type

Stable public error category.

Optional<string>error.message

Sanitized error message safe to show to clients.

Optional<object>usage

Usage details when available.

Model capabilities

array<string>capability_tagsrequired

Capabilities declared by the model registry.

Default: text-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": "bytedance/seedance/2.5/text-to-video",
  "prompt": "Photorealistic style: Under a clear blue sky, a vast expanse of white daisy fields stretches out. The camera gradually zooms in and finally fixates on a close-up of a single daisy, with several glistening dewdrops resting on its petals.",
  "duration": 5,
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9"
}'

# 2. If the response is still running, poll the returned id
curl https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/f3d2e8a1-7c4b-4a12-9d2e-123456789abc \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY"

Response202 Accepted

{
  "id": "f3d2e8a1-7c4b-4a12-9d2e-123456789abc",
  "model": "bytedance/seedance/2.5/text-to-video",
  "status": "running"
}