# MiniMax H3 Text to Video API

> Видеомодель MiniMax (Hailuo) для живого движения, от 5 до 15 секунд, до 4K.

MiniMax H3 генерирует выразительные движения персонажей и камеры по промпту. Рендеринг выполняется нативно в 480P или 768P; варианты 2K и 4K масштабируют результат 768P. Клип длится от 5 до 15 секунд и поддерживает шесть соотношений сторон; необязательный встроенный переписыватель промпта имеет четыре уровня интенсивности, а собственную аудиодорожку можно зафиксировать как саундтрек.

- Model id: `minimax/h3/text-to-video`
- Made by: MiniMax
- Category: Text to Video
- Output: video
- Price: from $0.05 / second (5 s ≈ $0.25) (cheapest run $0.25 (250 API credits))
- Run: `POST https://api.doitong.ru/v1/run/minimax/h3/text-to-video`
- Quote: `POST https://api.doitong.ru/v1/quote/minimax/h3/text-to-video`
- Docs page: https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/h3/text-to-video

## Pricing

Price: **from $0.05 / second (5 s ≈ $0.25)** (the lowest tier; the quote prices your exact input). Billed per second of output (`duration`, default 5).

The full example input below costs $0.36 = 360 API credits (6 s × 60 API credits).

Prices are the upstream price in USD, paid from the API balance in API credits (1000 API credits = 1 USD). `POST https://api.doitong.ru/v1/quote/minimax/h3/text-to-video` with the same JSON body returns the exact price for that input; the quote is exactly what a run charges. Invalid input is never charged and failed or canceled requests are refunded automatically.

## Input parameters

| Parameter | Canonical name | Type | Required | Default | Allowed values / range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `prompt` |  | string | yes |  | 1 – 50000 characters | Text instructions for generating the video. |
| `duration` |  | integer | no | `5` | 5 – 15 | Video length, measured in seconds. |
| `resolution` |  | enum (string) | no | `2K` | `480P`, `768P`, `2K`, `4K` | Choose the generated video's resolution, with 2K and 4K obtained by upscaling a 768P base. Choosing 480P or 768P instead uses native generation. |
| `seed` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Seed for random generation; if omitted, one is chosen randomly. |
| `prompt_expansion_mode` |  | string \| null | no | `balanced` |  | Prompt-rewriting effort before generation: choose 'quality' for a richer prompt taking up to approximately 30 seconds, or 'fast' for a result in about a second. With 'balanced', the choice is made per request; 'disabled' turns expansion off. |
| `target_audio_url` |  | string (audio URL) \| null | no |  | ≥ 1 characters | Optional replacement soundtrack supplied through an HTTP(S) URL or base64 data URI; the clip must last at least 2 seconds and be no larger than 15 MB. The supplied audio replaces the generated soundtrack at unchanged playback speed: excess duration is removed from the end, and shorter clips receive silence padding to match the video. Resampling to 96 kHz may occur for unusually high sample rates. |
| `aspect_ratio` |  | enum (string) | no | `16:9` | `21:9`, `16:9`, `4:3`, `1:1`, `3:4`, `9:16` | Aspect ratio for the output video. |

File parameters (`target_audio_url`) take a public `https://` URL, a `data:` URI up to 10 MB, or the `file_url` of an upload from `POST /files`.

## Example input

Required parameters only:

```json
{
  "prompt": "A white kitten chases a butterfly across a sunlit garden, gentle tracking camera, soft afternoon light"
}
```

A fuller example:

```json
{
  "prompt": "A white kitten chases a butterfly across a sunlit garden, gentle tracking camera, soft afternoon light",
  "duration": 6,
  "resolution": "768P"
}
```

## Run it

Set `DOITONG_API_KEY` to a key from https://doitong.com/developers/dashboard#keys. `?wait=20` returns the finished request in the same call when it is ready within 20 seconds; otherwise poll `GET /requests/{id}` (it also accepts `?wait=`), or pass `webhook_url`.

### curl

```bash
# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
curl -X POST "https://api.doitong.ru/v1/run/minimax/h3/text-to-video?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "A white kitten chases a butterfly across a sunlit garden, gentle tracking camera, soft afternoon light",
    "duration": 6,
    "resolution": "768P"
  }'

# Still "queued" or "running"? Poll with the id from the response:
curl "https://api.doitong.ru/v1/requests/REQUEST_ID?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY"
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
const API = "https://api.doitong.ru/v1";
const headers = {
  "Authorization": "Bearer " + process.env.DOITONG_API_KEY,
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
};

// Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
let res = await fetch(API + "/run/minimax/h3/text-to-video?wait=20", {
  method: "POST",
  headers,
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "prompt": "A white kitten chases a butterfly across a sunlit garden, gentle tracking camera, soft afternoon light",
    "duration": 6,
    "resolution": "768P"
  }),
});
let request = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(request.error.code + ": " + request.error.message);

// Not finished yet: long-poll until it is
while (request.status === "queued" || request.status === "running") {
  res = await fetch(API + "/requests/" + request.id + "?wait=20", { headers });
  request = await res.json();
}
if (request.status !== "succeeded") throw new Error(JSON.stringify(request.error));
console.log(request.outputs.map((o) => o.url), request.cost.credits + " API credits ($" + request.cost.usd + ")");
```

### Python

```python
import os
import requests

API = "https://api.doitong.ru/v1"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["DOITONG_API_KEY"]}

payload = {
    "prompt": "A white kitten chases a butterfly across a sunlit garden, gentle tracking camera, soft afternoon light",
    "duration": 6,
    "resolution": "768P",
}

# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
r = requests.post(API + "/run/minimax/h3/text-to-video", params={"wait": 20}, json=payload, headers=headers)
request = r.json()
if not r.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(request["error"]["code"] + ": " + request["error"]["message"])

# Not finished yet: long-poll until it is
while request["status"] in ("queued", "running"):
    request = requests.get(API + "/requests/" + request["id"], params={"wait": 20}, headers=headers).json()
if request["status"] != "succeeded":
    raise RuntimeError(request["error"])
print([o["url"] for o in request["outputs"]], request["cost"]["credits"], "API credits", "$" + request["cost"]["usd"])
```

### MCP

The MCP server at `https://api.doitong.ru/v1/mcp` exposes the tools `search_models`, `get_model`, `quote`, `run`, `get_request`, `cancel_request`, `list_requests`, `create_upload` and `get_account`. A `run` call for this model:

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "run",
    "arguments": {
      "model_id": "minimax/h3/text-to-video",
      "input": {
        "prompt": "A white kitten chases a butterfly across a sunlit garden, gentle tracking camera, soft afternoon light",
        "duration": 6,
        "resolution": "768P"
      },
      "wait_seconds": 20
    }
  }
}
```

## Response

Every call returns a request object. `status` is one of `queued`, `running`, `succeeded`, `failed`, `canceled`. `outputs` lists the generated files with URLs on our storage (kept forever, or 7 days with `?storage=temporary`; `storage` says which); `output` is the model's own result object with the same URLs.

```json
{
  "id": "req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t",
  "object": "request",
  "model": "minimax/h3/text-to-video",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "created_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:00Z",
  "started_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:02Z",
  "completed_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:09Z",
  "queue_position": null,
  "cost": {
    "credits": 360,
    "usd": "0.36",
    "charged": 360,
    "refunded": 0
  },
  "input": {
    "prompt": "A white kitten chases a butterfly across a sunlit garden, gentle tracking camera, soft afternoon light",
    "duration": 6,
    "resolution": "768P"
  },
  "output": {
    "video": {
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.mp4",
      "content_type": "video/mp4",
      "file_name": "0-output.mp4",
      "file_size": 1843200
    },
    "expanded_prompt": "string"
  },
  "outputs": [
    {
      "type": "video",
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.mp4",
      "content_type": "video/mp4",
      "file_size": 1843200,
      "width": 1280,
      "height": 720,
      "duration": 5,
      "stored": true
    }
  ],
  "error": null,
  "metrics": {
    "inference_seconds": 6.8
  },
  "urls": {
    "self": "https://api.doitong.ru/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t",
    "cancel": "https://api.doitong.ru/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/cancel"
  }
}
```

### Output fields (`output`)

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `video` | object {url, content_type, file_name, file_size} | Video produced by the model. |
| `expanded_prompt` | string \| null | Model-ready expanded prompt, or null if no expanded text is available. The null cases are disabled expansion, expansion that made no change, and expansion handled internally by the model's hosted API. |

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- [MiniMax H3 Reference to Video](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/h3/reference-to-video.md) (`minimax/h3/reference-to-video`): from $0.05 / second of output video
- [FLUX 3 Max Text to Video](https://doitong.com/developers/models/blackforestlabs/flux-3-max/text-to-video.md) (`blackforestlabs/flux-3-max/text-to-video`): from $0.0425 / second of output video
- [Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Text to Video](https://doitong.com/developers/models/xai/grok-imagine-video/v1.5/text-to-video.md) (`xai/grok-imagine-video/v1.5/text-to-video`): from $0.08 / second
- [Kling 3.0 Pro Text to Video](https://doitong.com/developers/models/kling-video/v3/pro/text-to-video.md) (`kling-video/v3/pro/text-to-video`): from $0.112 / second
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- [Seedance 2.0 Text to Video](https://doitong.com/developers/models/bytedance/seedance-2.0/text-to-video.md) (`bytedance/seedance-2.0/text-to-video`): from $0.141 / second

## Links

- HTML page: https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/h3/text-to-video
- All models and guides for AI agents: https://doitong.com/developers/llms.txt
- OpenAPI 3.1 with this model's typed request body: https://doitong.com/developers/openapi.json?model=minimax/h3/text-to-video
- Errors: https://doitong.com/developers/docs/errors
- Model details as JSON: https://api.doitong.ru/v1/models/minimax/h3/text-to-video