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POST
/
v1
/
videos
Video generation (Sora)
curl --request POST \
  --url https://openp.ai/v1/videos
import requests

url = "https://openp.ai/v1/videos"

response = requests.post(url)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'POST'};

fetch('https://openp.ai/v1/videos', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://openp.ai/v1/videos",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://openp.ai/v1/videos"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://openp.ai/v1/videos")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://openp.ai/v1/videos")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
Generate video with Sora. It uses an asynchronous task flow: submit to get a task ID, poll until done, then download the video.

​
Submit a task

curl https://openp.ai/v1/videos \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENPAI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "sora-2",
    "prompt": "A red panda surfing on a giant wave at sunset, cinematic, 4K",
    "seconds": 8,
    "size": "1280x720"
  }'

​
Parameters

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
modelstring✅sora-2 / sora-2-pro, etc.
promptstring✅Video description
secondsintegerDuration (seconds), typically 5-20
sizestringResolution, e.g. 1280x720 / 1920x1080
aspect_ratiostring16:9 / 9:16 / 1:1
nintegerNumber to generate (partially supported)
input_referenceobjectAn input reference image or video

​
Response (task created)

{
  "id": "video_01...",
  "object": "video.task",
  "status": "queued",
  "created_at": 1715750400,
  "model": "sora-2"
}

​
Query task status

curl https://openp.ai/v1/videos/video_01... \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENPAI_API_KEY"

{
  "id": "video_01...",
  "status": "completed",
  "video_url": "https://...mp4",
  "thumbnail_url": "https://...jpg",
  "duration": 8,
  "created_at": 1715750400,
  "completed_at": 1715750460
}
status possible values: queued / processing / completed / failed.

​
Polling guidance

  • Start polling after an initial delay of 5-10 seconds.
  • Poll every 10-30 seconds.
  • It usually completes in 1-5 minutes.
  • On failure, the failure_reason field explains why.

​
Billing

A fixed charge per seconds generated + resolution. System-side failed tasks are not billed; tasks rejected by the upstream are billed by the compute already consumed.