# H3 Max Image to Video API

> Standaard H3 Max image-to-video met controle over eerste en laatste frame en optionele vastgezette audio

Animeert een stilstaand beeld uit de Max-lijn. Geef `image_url` op als eerste frame, `end_image_url` als laatste frame, of beide, samen met een `prompt`. `duration` is 0.92 tot 15 seconden en `resolution` is 480P, 768P of 1080P. Met `target_audio_url` kunt u een audioclip vastzetten en `prompt_expansion_mode` bepaalt het herschrijven van de prompt.

- Model id: `minimax/h3-max/image-to-video`
- Made by: MiniMax
- Category: Image to Video
- Output: video
- Price per second of your output video: from $0.0325 / second of output video (cheapest run $0.033 (33 API credits))
- Run: `POST https://api.doitong.ru/v1/run/minimax/h3-max/image-to-video`
- Quote: `POST https://api.doitong.ru/v1/quote/minimax/h3-max/image-to-video`
- Docs page: https://doitong.com/nl/developers/models/minimax/h3-max/image-to-video

## Pricing

Price: **from $0.0325 / second of output video** (the lowest tier; the quote prices your exact input). Price per second of your output video: the input files are measured before the run (length, resolution, frame rate). The quote measures the same files and is exactly what the run charges.

Price by tier:

- 480P: $0.0325 / second of output video
- 768P: $0.052 / second of output video
- 1080P: $0.104 / second of output video

The full example input below costs $0.28 = 280 API credits (5 s output video × $0.052 (768P)).

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-max/image-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

Send either the canonical name or the native field name (not both). Canonical names are the same across models.

| Parameter | Canonical name | Type | Required | Default | Allowed values / range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `prompt` |  | string | yes |  | 1 – 50000 characters | Tekstinstructies voor het genereren van de video. |
| `duration` |  | number | no | `5` | 0.92 – 15 | Aangevraagde duur in seconden, met een minimum van 2 s wanneer target_audio_url wordt aangeleverd. Houd rekening met een uitloop van maximaal ongeveer 0.7 s voor de uitvoer. |
| `resolution` |  | enum (string) | no | `768P` | `480P`, `768P`, `1080P` | Selectie van de generatieresolutie: 1080P vereist latente verfijning van materiaal dat oorspronkelijk op 768P is gegenereerd, in plaats van native generatie op de geselecteerde resolutie. |
| `seed` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Seed voor willekeurige generatie; als deze wordt weggelaten, wordt er willekeurig een gekozen. |
| `enable_safety_checker` |  | boolean | no | `true` |  | Activering van de veiligheidscontrole; true schakelt controle in. |
| `prompt_expansion_mode` |  | string | yes | `balanced` |  | Inspanning voor het herschrijven van de prompt vóór generatie: 'quality' ontwikkelt in maximaal ongeveer 30s een rijkere prompt, terwijl 'balanced' in ongeveer een seconde resultaat geeft. Kies 'disabled' om promptuitbreiding over te slaan. |
| `target_audio_url` |  | string (audio URL) \| null | no |  | ≥ 1 characters | Optionele vervangende soundtrack via een HTTP(S)-URL of base64-data-URI; de clip moet minimaal 2 seconden duren en maximaal 15 MB groot zijn. De aangeleverde audio vervangt de gegenereerde soundtrack met ongewijzigde afspeelsnelheid: overtollige duur wordt aan het einde verwijderd en kortere clips krijgen stilte-opvulling zodat ze even lang zijn als de video. Bij ongebruikelijk hoge samplefrequenties kan resampling naar 96 kHz plaatsvinden. |
| `image_url` | `image` | string (image URL) \| null | no |  |  | Optionele afbeeldings-URL die het openingsframe en canvas van de uitvoer bepaalt. Als alleen end_image_url wordt aangeleverd, bepaalt het slotframe daarvan het canvas. Zonder een van beide afbeeldingen gebruikt de generatie tekst-naar-video met een standaardbeeldverhouding van 16:9. |
| `end_image_url` | `end_image` | string (image URL) \| null | no |  |  | Optionele URL van de afbeelding voor het laatste frame, ook bruikbaar zonder startafbeelding. In deze keyframe-modus met alleen een eindframe bepaalt deze afbeelding het canvas van de uitvoer. |

File parameters (`target_audio_url`, `image`, `end_image`) 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 red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field",
  "prompt_expansion_mode": "balanced"
}
```

A fuller example:

```json
{
  "prompt": "A red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field",
  "prompt_expansion_mode": "balanced"
}
```

## 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-max/image-to-video?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "A red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field",
    "prompt_expansion_mode": "balanced"
  }'

# 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-max/image-to-video?wait=20", {
  method: "POST",
  headers,
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "prompt": "A red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field",
    "prompt_expansion_mode": "balanced"
  }),
});
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 red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field",
    "prompt_expansion_mode": "balanced",
}

# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
r = requests.post(API + "/run/minimax/h3-max/image-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-max/image-to-video",
      "input": {
        "prompt": "A red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field",
        "prompt_expansion_mode": "balanced"
      },
      "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-max/image-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": 280,
    "usd": "0.28",
    "charged": 280,
    "refunded": 0
  },
  "input": {
    "prompt": "A red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field",
    "prompt_expansion_mode": "balanced"
  },
  "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",
    "timings": {}
  },
  "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 die door het model is geproduceerd. |
| `expanded_prompt` | string \| null | Voor het model uitgebreide prompt, of null als er geen uitgebreide tekst beschikbaar is. Dit geldt bij uitgeschakelde uitbreiding, uitbreiding die niets heeft gewijzigd en uitbreiding die intern door de gehoste API van het model is afgehandeld. |
| `timings` | object \| null | Tijdmetingen uitgedrukt in seconden, alleen beschikbaar op routes die backend-timings rapporteren; anders null. De vermelding 'inference' meet hoelang DiT-denoising op de GPU-backend duurde. |

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- [H3 Max Camera Controls](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/h3-max/camera-controls.md) (`minimax/h3-max/camera-controls`): from $0.0325 / second
- [H3 Max Reference to Video](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/h3-max/reference-to-video.md) (`minimax/h3-max/reference-to-video`): from $0.05 / second of output video
- [H3 Max](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/h3-max/insert-video.md) (`minimax/h3-max/insert-video`): from $0.05 / second
- [H3 Max Extend Video](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/h3-max/extend-video.md) (`minimax/h3-max/extend-video`): from $0.05 / second of output video
- [H3 Max Recast](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/h3-max/recast.md) (`minimax/h3-max/recast`): from $0.30 / second of input video
- [H3 Max Reframe](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/h3-max/reframe-video.md) (`minimax/h3-max/reframe-video`): from $0.05 / second of input video
- [H3 Max Relight](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/h3-max/relight.md) (`minimax/h3-max/relight`): from $0.05 / second of input video

## Links

- HTML page: https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/h3-max/image-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-max/image-to-video
- Errors: https://doitong.com/developers/docs/errors
- Model details as JSON: https://api.doitong.ru/v1/models/minimax/h3-max/image-to-video