Gen-3 Alpha Video to Video

August 8, 2024

Table of contents

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

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

Please make sure to check official tutorial Creating with Video to Video.

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.

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

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 video asset you want to edit",
    "text_prompt": "Required text prompt",
    "structure_transformation": 0.75,
    "seed": 12345678,
    "exploreMode": true,
    "replyUrl": "Place your call back URL here",
    "replyRef": "Place your reference id here",
    "maxJobs": 5,
}
  • assetId is required. Specify the video assetId you want to edit. Use GET /assets/?mediaType=video to see the list of video assets. Video to Video currently supports 16:9 aspect ratios. If using a video in a different aspect ratio it will be cropped into the supported 16:9 format.

  • text_prompt is required. Describe desired changes. Creating with Video to Video.

  • structure_transformation is optional. Higher values result in greater change to your input’s structure, while lower values will be closer to your input.
    Valid range: 0…1, default 0.5.

  • resolution is optional.
    Supported values: 720p (default).

  • 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>",
          "video_prompt": "<asset url>",
          "text_prompt": "<your text prompt>",
          "structure_transformation": 0.5,
          "seed": 123456789,
          "seconds": 10,
          "width": 1280,
          "height": 768,      
          "exploreMode": true,
          "watermark": false,
          "image_as_end_frame": false,
          "enhance_prompt": true,
          "assetGroupName": "Generative Video",
          "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
    }
    
  • 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,
      width: number,
      height: number,    
      structure_transformation: number,
      text_prompt: string,
      video_prompt: string,
      image_as_end_frame: boolean,
      enhance_prompt: boolean,
      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/video" \
         -d '{"assetId": "…", "text_prompt": "…"}'
    
  • const assetId = "assetId of video asset";      
    const text_prompt = "text prompt";
    const apiUrl = `https://api.useapi.net/v1/runwayml/gen3/video`; 
    const token = "API token";
    const data = { 
      method: 'POST',
      headers: {
        'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`,
        'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
    };
    data.body = JSON.stringify({ 
      assetId, text_prompt
    });
    const response = await fetch(apiUrl, data);
    const result = await response.json();
    console.log("response", {response, result});
    
  • import requests
    assetId = "assetId of video asset"      
    text_prompt = "text prompt"
    apiUrl = f"https://api.useapi.net/v1/runwayml/gen3/video" 
    token = "API token"
    headers = {
        "Content-Type": "application/json", 
        "Authorization" : f"Bearer {token}"
    }
    body = {
        "assetId": f"{assetId}",
        "text_prompt": f"{text_prompt}"    
    }
    response = requests.post(apiUrl, headers=headers, json=body)
    print(response, response.json())
    
Try It