hailuo-02

This documentation is valid for the following list of our models:

• minimax/hailuo-02

Try in Playground

Compared to earlier versions, this model brings enhanced physics, more natural camera movement, and better alignment with prompts. It currently supports 10-second clips at 768p, with native 1080p coming soon.

Setup your API Key

If you don’t have an API key for the AI/ML API yet, feel free to use our Quickstart guide.

How to Make a Call

Step-by-Step Instructions

Generating a video using this model involves sequentially calling two endpoints:

• The first one is for creating and sending a video generation task to the server (returns a generation ID).

• The second one is for requesting the generated video from the server using the generation ID received from the first endpoint.

Below, you can find both corresponding API schemas.

API Schemas

Now, all of our API schemas for video models use our new universal short URL — https://api.aimlapi.com/v2/video/generations. However, you can still call this model using the legacy URL that includes the vendor name.

Create a video generation task and send it to the server

post

Body

application/json

modelstring · enumRequiredPossible values:

promptstring · max: 2000Required

The text description of the scene, subject, or action to generate in the video.

image_urlstring · uriOptional

A direct link to an online image or a Base64-encoded local image that will serve as the first frame for the video. Image specifications:

• format must be JPG, JPEG, or PNG;
• aspect ratio should be greater than 2:5 and less than 5:2;
• the shorter side must exceed 300 pixels;
• file size must not exceed 20MB.

last_image_urlstring · uriOptional

A direct link to an online image or a Base64-encoded local image to be used as the last frame of the video.

resolutionstring · enumOptional

The dimensions of the video display. 1080p corresponds to 1920 x 1080 pixels, 768p corresponds to 1366 x 768 pixels.

Default: 768PPossible values:

durationinteger · enumOptional

The length of the output video in seconds.

Possible values:

enhance_promptbooleanOptional

If True, the incoming prompt will be automatically optimized to improve generation quality when needed. For more precise control, set it to False — the model will then follow the instructions more strictly.

Default: true

Responses

200Success

application/json

post

/v2/video/generations

cURLJavaScriptPython

curl -L \
  --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.aimlapi.com/v2/video/generations' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
      "model": "minimax/hailuo-02",
      "prompt": "A menacing evil dragon appears in a distance above the tallest mountain, then rushes toward the camera with its jaws open, revealing massive fangs. We see it’s coming."
    }'

200Success

{
  "id": "60ac7c34-3224-4b14-8e7d-0aa0db708325",
  "status": "completed",
  "video": {
    "url": "https://cdn.aimlapi.com/generations/hedgehog/1759866285599-0cdfb138-c03a-49d4-a601-4f6413e27b15.mp4"
  },
  "error": {
    "name": "text",
    "message": "text"
  },
  "meta": {
    "usage": {
      "credits_used": 120000
    }
  }
}

Retrieve the generated video from the server

After sending a request for video generation, this task is added to the queue. This endpoint lets you check the status of a video generation task using its id, obtained from the endpoint described above. If the video generation task status is completed, the response will include the final result — with the generated video URL and additional metadata.

get

Query parameters

generation_idstringRequired

Responses

200

Successfully generated video

application/json

get

/v2/video/generations

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /v2/video/generations?generation_id=text HTTP/1.1
Host: api.aimlapi.com
Accept: */*

200

Successfully generated video

{
  "id": "60ac7c34-3224-4b14-8e7d-0aa0db708325",
  "status": "completed",
  "video": {
    "url": "https://cdn.aimlapi.com/generations/hedgehog/1759866285599-0cdfb138-c03a-49d4-a601-4f6413e27b15.mp4",
    "duration": 8
  },
  "duration": 8,
  "error": null,
  "meta": {
    "usage": {
      "tokens_used": 120000
    }
  }
}

Full Example: Generating and Retrieving the Video From the Server

The code below creates a video generation task, then automatically polls the server every 10 seconds until it finally receives the video URL.

Generation may take around 4-5 minutes for a 6-second video and 8-9 minutes for a 10-second video.

Python

import requests
import time

# Insert your AIML API Key instead of <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>:
base_url = "https://api.aimlapi.com/v2"
api_key = "<YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>"

# Creating and sending a video generation task to the server
def generate_video():
    url = f"{base_url}/generate/video/minimax/generation"
    headers = {
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    }

    data = {
        "model": "minimax/hailuo-02",
        "prompt": "Mona Lisa puts on glasses with her hands.",
        "first_frame_image": "https://s2-111386.kwimgs.com/bs2/mmu-aiplatform-temp/kling/20240620/1.jpeg"      
    }
 
    response = requests.post(url, json=data, headers=headers)
    
    if response.status_code >= 400:
        print(f"Error: {response.status_code} - {response.text}")
    else:
        response_data = response.json()
        return response_data
    

# Requesting the result of the task from the server using the generation_id
def get_video(gen_id):
    url = f"{base_url}/generate/video/minimax/generation"
    params = {
        "generation_id": gen_id,
    }
    
    headers = {
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}", 
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
        }

    response = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers)
    return response.json()


def main():
     # Running video generation and getting a task id
    gen_response = generate_video()
    print(gen_response)
    gen_id = gen_response.get("generation_id")
    print("Generation ID:  ", gen_id)

    # Trying to retrieve the video from the server every 10 sec
    if gen_id:
        start_time = time.time()

        timeout = 1000
        while time.time() - start_time < timeout:
            response_data = get_video(gen_id)

            if response_data is None:
                print("Error: No response from API")
                break
        
            status = response_data.get("status")
            print("Status:", status)

            if status == "waiting" or status == "active" or  status == "queued" or status == "generating":
                print("Still waiting... Checking again in 10 seconds.")
                time.sleep(10)
            else:
                print("Processing complete:\n", response_data)
                return response_data
   
        print("Timeout reached. Stopping.")
        return None     


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Response

{'generation_id': '282052359471184', 'status': 'queued'}
Gen_ID:   282052359471184
Status: queued
Still waiting... Checking again in 10 seconds.
Status: queued
Still waiting... Checking again in 10 seconds.
Status: queued
Still waiting... Checking again in 10 seconds.
Status: queued
Still waiting... Checking again in 10 seconds.
Status: queued
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Status: queued
Still waiting... Checking again in 10 seconds.
Status: generating
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Status: generating
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Status: generating
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Status: generating
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Status: generating
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Status: completed
Processing complete:\n {'id': '282052359471184', 'status': 'completed', 'video': {'url': 'https://cdn.aimlapi.com/whale/inference_output%2Fvideo%2F2025-06-20%2Fff397144-0af8-4c32-a157-b60b1e05ed32%2Foutput.mp4?Expires=1750446300&OSSAccessKeyId=LTAI5tAmwsjSaaZVA6cEFAUu&Signature=hNtlgGPljugZ1uxDyRPXRCBS%2B1Y%3D'}}

Generated Video

Original: 768x1142

Low-res GIF preview: