# AnimateDiff · Text to Video API

> AnimateDiff text-to-video with 1 to 32 frames and optional motion presets

Generates a short stylized clip from a `prompt`. `num_frames` runs 1 to 32 (default 16), `fps` 1 to 16, and `num_inference_steps` up to 50. `motions` applies motion presets, `video_size` offers square, portrait and landscape presets, and `negative_prompt` is supported.

- Model id: `fast-animatediff/text-to-video`
- Made by: Open model
- Category: Text to Video
- Output: video
- Estimated price per run: from $0.023 / run (cheapest run $0.023 (23 API credits))
- Run: `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/run/fast-animatediff/text-to-video`
- Quote: `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/quote/fast-animatediff/text-to-video`
- Docs page: https://doitong.com/developers/models/fast-animatediff/text-to-video

## Pricing

Price: **from $0.023 / run** (the lowest tier; the quote prices your exact input). Estimated from the typical cost of one run. The quote is exactly what the run charges.

Price rules (the first rule that matches the input wins; a parameter you leave out counts as its default):

- When `num_frames` > 16: base price × 2

The full example input below costs $0.023 = 23 API credits (1 request × 23 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.com/v1/quote/fast-animatediff/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 |  |  | Video-generation instructions; describe the desired video in as much detail as possible to get the best results. |
| `negative_prompt` |  | string | no | `(bad quality, worst quality:1.2), ugly faces, bad anime` |  | Negative prompt specifying image details to exclude, including colors, objects, scenery, or finer features. Examples include a moustache, blur, or low resolution. |
| `num_frames` |  | integer | no | `16` | 1 – 32 | Frame count for the generated video. |
| `num_inference_steps` |  | integer | no | `25` | 1 – 50 | Count of inference steps to run. |
| `guidance_scale` |  | number | no | `7.5` | 0 – 20 | Prompt-adherence strength for image selection, expressed as CFG (Classifier Free Guidance). |
| `seed` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Seed for reproducing images in Stable Diffusion. An image can be reproduced exactly on every run by keeping the model version, prompt, and seed unchanged. |
| `fps` |  | integer | no | `8` | 1 – 16 | Frame extraction rate from the video, in frames per second. |
| `motions` |  | array of enum (string) | no |  |  | Motions applied to the video. |
| `video_size` |  | object {width, height} \| enum (string) | no | `square` | `square_hd`, `square`, `portrait_4_3`, `portrait_16_9`, `landscape_4_3`, `landscape_16_9` | Dimensions for the generated video. |
| `enable_safety_checker` |  | boolean | no | `true` |  | Screening can be relaxed by setting false, provided the caller is authorized. |

## Example input

Required parameters only:

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

A fuller example:

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

## 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.com/v1/run/fast-animatediff/text-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"
  }'

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

### JavaScript

```javascript
const API = "https://api.doitong.com/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/fast-animatediff/text-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"
  }),
});
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.com/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",
}

# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
r = requests.post(API + "/run/fast-animatediff/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.com/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": "fast-animatediff/text-to-video",
      "input": {
        "prompt": "A red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field"
      },
      "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": "fast-animatediff/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": 23,
    "usd": "0.023",
    "charged": 23,
    "refunded": 0
  },
  "input": {
    "prompt": "A red fox trots through fresh snow at sunrise, soft golden light, shallow depth of field"
  },
  "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
    },
    "seed": 42
  },
  "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.com/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t",
    "cancel": "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/cancel"
  }
}
```

### Output fields (`output`)

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `video` | object {url, content_type, file_name, file_size} | Resulting video file. |
| `seed` | integer | Seed that was used during video generation. |

## Related models

- [AnimateDiff · Video to Video](https://doitong.com/developers/models/fast-animatediff/video-to-video.md) (`fast-animatediff/video-to-video`): $0.00125 / second of processing time
- [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
- [LTX 2.5 Pro Text to Video](https://doitong.com/developers/models/lightricks/ltx-2.5/text-to-video/pro.md) (`lightricks/ltx-2.5/text-to-video/pro`): from $0.12 / second
- [MiniMax H3 Text to Video](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/h3/text-to-video.md) (`minimax/h3/text-to-video`): from $0.05 / second
- [Seedance 2.0 Fast Text to Video](https://doitong.com/developers/models/bytedance/seedance-2.0/fast/text-to-video.md) (`bytedance/seedance-2.0/fast/text-to-video`): from $0.113 / second
- [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/fast-animatediff/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=fast-animatediff/text-to-video
- Errors: https://doitong.com/developers/docs/errors
- Model details as JSON: https://api.doitong.com/v1/models/fast-animatediff/text-to-video