Extend the Gen-3 Alpha video by 5 or 10 seconds

August 31, 2024 (October 18, 2024)

Table of contents

  1. Request Headers
  2. Request Body
  3. Responses
  4. Model
  5. Examples
  6. Try It

Completed Gen-3 Alpha generations can be extended up to three times to create a longer video to a maximum of 40 seconds given that the original video was 10 seconds.

Runway AI Tools » Audio tools » Text/Image to Video » Gen-3 Alpha » Extend Video.

Creating with Text/Image to Video on Gen-3 Alpha and Turbo

Please be aware that Runway’s moderation system analyzes your image and text prompts and may fail task with moderation message if the prompt is determined to be offensive. Runway monitors the rate and the number of moderated tasks, which may result in your account being suspended when the internal threshold is exceeded.

NOTE: To extent Gen-3 Alpha Turbo use gen3turbo/extend.

https://api.useapi.net/v1/runwayml/gen3/extend

Request Headers
Authorization: Bearer {API token}
Content-Type: application/json
# Alternatively you can use multipart/form-data
# Content-Type: multipart/form-data
Request Body
{
    "assetId": "Required assetId of Gen-3 Alpha video asset you want to extend",
    "text_prompt": "Optional text prompt",
    "seconds": 10,
    "seed": 12345678,
    "exploreMode": true,
    "replyUrl": "Place your call back URL here",
    "replyRef": "Place your reference id here",
    "maxJobs": 5,
}
  • assetId is required. Specify the Gen-3 Alpha video assetId you want extend. Use GET /assets/?mediaType=video to see the list of video assets.

  • text_prompt is optional. Describe your shot. Gen-3 Alpha Prompting Guide.

  • seconds is optional. How many seconds should the original video be extended by.
    Supported values: 5 (default), 10.

  • seed is optional.
    Valid range 1…4294967294.

  • exploreMode is optional. Set to true if you have a Runway Unlimited plan and wish to execute relaxed generation. You are not charged credits for Explore mode generations.

  • replyUrl is optional, if not provided value from account will be used.
    Place here your callback URL. API will call the provided replyUrl once Runway task completed or failed.
    Maximum length 1024 characters.
    We recommend using sites like webhook.site to test callback URL functionality.

  • replyRef is optional, place here your reference id which will be stored and returned along with this Runway task response / result.
    Maximum length 1024 characters.

  • maxJobs is optional, if not provided value for referenced by video assetId account will be used.
    Valid range: 1…10.

Responses
  • 200 OK

    Use returned taskId to retrieve task status and results using GET /tasks/taskId. The generated video url can be found in the artifacts array of the task with the status SUCCEEDED.

    If you specify the optional parameter replyUrl the API will call the provided replyUrl with task progress updates until the task is complete or fails.

    {
      "taskId": "user:user_id-runwayml:account_email-task:task_uuid",
      "id": "<uuid>",
      "name": "<name>",
      "image": null,
      "createdAt": "2024-08-01T01:02:03.456Z",
      "updatedAt": "2024-08-01T01:02:03.456Z",
      "taskType": "gen3a",
      "options": {
          "name": "<name>",
          "text_prompt": "<your text prompt>",
          "seed": 123456789,
          "seconds": 10,
          "exploreMode": true,
          "watermark": false,
          "init_video": "<original video url>",
          "extended_from_task_id": "<user:user_id-runwayml:account_email-task:parent_task_uuid>",
          "image_as_end_frame": false,
          "assetGroupName": "Generative Video",
          "extended_count": 1,
          "recordingEnabled": true
      },  
      "status": "PENDING",
      "error": null,
      "progressText": null,
      "progressRatio": null,
      "estimatedTimeToStartSeconds": 0,
      "artifacts": [],
      "sharedAsset": null,
      "features": {
          "storageGB": 500,
          "numPlanCredits_permitted": 2250,
          "numPlanCredits_used": 1315
      },    
      "replyUrl": "https://webhook.site/abc",
      "replyRef": "<your optional reference id>",
      "code": 200
    }
    
  • 400 Bad Request

    {
      "error": "<Error message>",
      "code": 400
    }
    
  • 401 Unauthorized

    {
      "error": "Unauthorized",
      "code": 401
    }
    
  • 404 Not Found

    {
        "error": "Unable to retrieve assetId <uuid> (Not found.)",
        "code": 404
    }
    
  • 412 Insufficient credits

    You do not have enough credits to run this task.

    {
        "error": "You do not have enough credits to run this task."
    }
    
  • 429 Too Many Requests

    Wait in a loop for at least 10..30 seconds and retry again.

    There are two possible cases for API response 429:

    {
        "error": "Account <Runway account email> is busy executing <Account maxJobs> tasks",
        "runningTasks": {
            "<Runway account email>": [
                {
                    "email": "<Runway account email>",
                    "taskId": "user:user_id-runwayml:account_email-task:task_#1_uuid",
                    "id": "<uuid>",
                    "replyUrl": "<replyUrl if provided>",
                    "replyRef": "<replyRef if provided>"
                },
                {
                    "email": "<Runway account email>",
                    "taskId": "user:user_id-runwayml:account_email-task:task_#N_uuid",
                    "id": "<uuid>",
                    "replyUrl": "<replyUrl if provided>",
                    "replyRef": "<replyRef if provided>"
                }
            ]
        },
        "code": 429
    }
    
    • The API received an HTTP response status 429 from Runway. Runway has dynamic query management and may limit the number of simultaneously executed tasks based on internal service load and policies.
    {
        "error": "You have too many tasks running or pending. Please wait for some of them to finish before starting more."
    }
    
Model
{ // TypeScript, all fields are optional
  taskId: string,
  id: string,
  name: string,
  image: any,
  createdAt: string,
  updatedAt: string,
  taskType: string,
  options: {
      name: string,
      seed: number,
      exploreMode: boolean,
      watermark: boolean,
      seconds: number,
      text_prompt: string,
      init_video: string,
      extended_from_task_id: string
      image_as_end_frame: boolean,
      extended_count: number,
      assetGroupName: string,
      recordingEnabled: boolean
  },
  status: string,
  progressText: any,
  progressRatio: any,
  estimatedTimeToStartSeconds: number,
  artifacts: any[],
  sharedAsset: any,
  features: {
    storageGB: number,
    numPlanCredits_permitted: number,
    numPlanCredits_used: number
  },    
  error: {
    errorMessage: string,
    reason: string,
    message: string,
    moderation_category: string,
    tally_asimov: boolean
  },
  code: number,
  replyUrl: string,
  replyRef: string
}
Examples
  • curl -H "Accept: application/json" \
         -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
         -H "Authorization: Bearer …" \
         -X POST "https://api.useapi.net/v1/runwayml/gen3/extend" \
         -d '{"assetId": "…" }'
    
  • const assetId = "assetId of video asset";      
    const apiUrl = `https://api.useapi.net/v1/runwayml/gen3/extend`; 
    const token = "API token";
    const data = { 
      method: 'POST',
      headers: {
        'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`,
        'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
    };
    data.body = JSON.stringify({ 
      assetId
    });
    const response = await fetch(apiUrl, data);
    const result = await response.json();
    console.log("response", {response, result});
    
  • import requests
    assetId = "assetId of video asset"      
    apiUrl = f"https://api.useapi.net/v1/runwayml/gen3/extend" 
    token = "API token"
    headers = {
        "Content-Type": "application/json", 
        "Authorization" : f"Bearer {token}"
    }
    body = {
        "assetId": f"{assetId}"
    }
    response = requests.post(apiUrl, headers=headers, json=body)
    print(response, response.json())
    
Try It