MiniMax (Hailuo AI) Video 01 Director

POST/v1/run

Video 01 Director is MiniMax's text-to-video AI model. Turn written scripts and prompts into professional-quality video clips with realistic motion, lighting, and scene composition.

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 minimax/video-01-director/text-to-video.

Default: minimax/video-01-director/text-to-video

stringpromptrequired

Text prompt for video generation. Camera movement instructions can be added using square brackets (e.g. [Pan left] or [Zoom in]). You can use up to 3 combined movements per prompt. Supported movements: Truck left/right, Pan left/right, Push in/Pull out, Pedestal up/down, Tilt up/down, Zoom in/out, Shake, Tracking shot, Static shot. For example: [Truck left, Pan right, Zoom in]. For a more detailed guide, refer https://sixth-switch-2ac.notion.site/T2V-01-Director-Model-Tutorial-with-camera-movement-1886c20a98eb80f395b8e05291ad8645

Optional<boolean>prompt_optimizer

Whether to use the model's prompt optimizer

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: 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": "minimax/video-01-director/text-to-video",
  "prompt": "[Push in]Close up of a tense woman looks to the left, startled by a sound, in a darkened kitchen, Pots and pans hang ominously, the window in the kitchen is open and the wind softly blows the pans and creates an ominous mood. [Shake]the woman's shock turns to fear. Black-and-white film noir shot dimly lit, 1950s-style, with dramatic, high-contrast shadows. The overall atmosphere is reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's suspenseful storytelling, evoking a looming sense of dread with stark chiaroscuro lighting and a slight film-grain texture."
}'

# 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": "minimax/video-01-director/text-to-video",
  "status": "running",
  "outputs": []
}