Setup MiniMax
Table of contents
- Step 1 • Navigate to hailuoai.com
- Step 2 • Open Developer Tools » Application
- Step 3 • Clear Application Storage
- Step 4 • Locate
account
value - Step 5 • Locate
url
value - Step 6 • Locate
token
value - Configure MiniMax API account
- Verify
account
,url
andtoken
values
Approximately 3 minutes to complete setup steps.
MiniMax AI, a Chinese AI startup backed by Alibaba and Tencent. MiniMax unveiled its latest text-to-video AI model at Hailuo AI in early September 2024. This model is notable for generating ultra-realistic video clips with precise prompt following. The best part is that Hailuo AI offers generations free of charge.
You need a hailuoai.com account to access the MiniMax API. You can create as many accounts as you need. Our API uses automated load balancing and will select an account with available capacity.
Step 1 • Navigate to hailuoai.com
Open Chromium-compatible browser (e.g. Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Opera) and navigate to https://hailuoai.com.
Once the page is fully loaded, open Developer Tools by right-clicking on the page and selecting “Inspect Element” 1
.
Step 2 • Open Developer Tools » Application
Select Developer Tools » Application 1
.
Step 3 • Clear Application Storage
Once Application 1
selected find and clear (right-click to see popup menu Clear) following Storage 2
items:
- All Local storage entries
3
- All Session storage entries
4
- All Cookies
5
Reload page 6
.
Step 4 • Locate account
value
Once the page is fully reloaded:
- Select Local storage » https://hailuoai.com
1
- Locate ANONYMOUS_REAL_USER_ID key
2
- Copy ANONYMOUS_REAL_USER_ID value
3
. This is youraccount
number.
As an example below the account
number is 295172988957233161
.
Step 5 • Locate url
value
Select Developer Tools » Network 1
:
- Type
renewal
in the filter box2
and hit Enter. - You should see a single http call entry as shown below
3
, click on that entry. - Select “Headers” tab
4
. - Locate General » Request URL
5
as shown below and copy it’s value. This is yoururl
.
As an example below the url
is
https://hailuoai.com/v1/api/user/renewal?device_platform=web&app_id=3001&version_code=22201&uuid=445eb314-0e77-490a-9fc6-7e9b121b5f9f&device_id=295172987153686529&os_name=Windows&browser_name=opera&device_memory=8&cpu_core_num=12&browser_language=en-US&browser_platform=Win32&screen_width=1920&screen_height=1080&unix=1727230869000
Step 6 • Locate token
value
Locate Request Headers » Token 1
as shown below and copy it’s value. This is your token
.
As an example below the token
is
eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJleHAiOjE3MzA2ODY4NjksInVzZXIiOnsiaWQiOiIyOTUxNzI5ODg5NTcyMzMxNjEiLCJuYW1lIjoi5bCP6J665bi9MzE2MSIsImF2YXRhciI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY2RuLnlpbmdzaGktYWkuY29tL3Byb2QvdXNlcl9hdmF0YXIvMTcwNjI2NzcxMTI4Mjc3MDg3Mi0xNzMxOTQ1NzA2Njg5NjU4OTZvdmVyc2l6ZS5wbmciLCJkZXZpY2VJRCI6IjI5NTE3Mjk4NzE1MzY4NjUyOSIsImlzQW5vbnltb3VzIjp0cnVlfX0.hRhOUe7dV4P-63tOpumoXUyRtvGPZw4gQIvP26Tx-r4
If you are curious, you can use jwt.io to decode the token and see its content.
Configure MiniMax API account
Please use the Verify feature below to ensure all the retrieved values above are correct.
Proceed to POST /accounts/account
and configure the MiniMax API account to using account
, url
and token
values retrieved above.