# Sam 3 · Video API

> Segmentéiert a verfollegt Objeten an engem Video mat Text-, Punkt- oder Box-Prompts a gëtt e maskéierte Video zeréck

Detektéiert a verfollegt Objeten an engem Video, deen als `video_url` geliwwert gëtt. Nennt d'Ziler am `prompt`, getrennt duerch Kommaen, oder benotzt `point_prompts` a `box_prompts`. `detection_threshold` läit tëscht 0.1 an 1, an `apply_mask` kontrolléiert, ob d'Mask am Video gezeechent gëtt. D'Ausgab ass mp4 oder webm, plus e ZIP mat Bounding-Box-Overlays pro Frame.

- Model id: `sam-3/video`
- Made by: Meta
- Category: Video to Video
- Output: video
- Price per 16 frames of your input video: $0.005 / 16 frames of input video (cheapest run $0.005 (5 API credits))
- Run: `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/run/sam-3/video`
- Quote: `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/quote/sam-3/video`
- Docs page: https://doitong.com/lb/developers/models/sam-3/video

## Pricing

Price: **$0.005 / 16 frames of input video**. Price per 16 frames of your input 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.

The full example input below costs $0.095 = 95 API credits (19 × 16 frames input video × $0.005).

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/sam-3/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `video_url` | `video` | string (video URL) | yes |  |  | Video-URL fir Segmentéierung. |
| `prompt` |  | string | no | `` |  | Segmentéierungs-Prompt, deen e puer verfollegt Objekter duerch komma-getrennte Beschreiwungen ënnerstëtzt, wéi 'person, cloth'. |
| `text_prompt` |  | string \| null | no |  |  | [DEPRECATED] Legacy-Input fir Réckkompatibilitéit behalen; benotzt amplaz 'prompt'. |
| `point_prompts` |  | array of object {x, y, label, object_id} | no | `[]` |  | Sammlung vu punktbaséierte Prompts. |
| `point_prompts[].x` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Prompt-Positioun op der X-Achs. |
| `point_prompts[].y` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Prompt-Positioun op der Y-Achs. |
| `point_prompts[].label` |  | enum (integer) \| null | no |  | `0`, `1` | Label fir Virder- oder Hannergrond: 1 bedeit Virdergrond; 0 bedeit Hannergrond. |
| `point_prompts[].object_id` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Optionalen Identifikator, deen Prompts gruppéiert, déi een eenzegen Objet verfeineren. Wann och Text als Prompt geliwwert gëtt, bestëmmt dësen Identifikator, wéi en detektéierten Objet dës Punkten verfeineren. |
| `box_prompts` |  | array of object {x_min, y_min, x_max, y_max, object_id} | no | `[]` |  | Box-Prompts als Koordinatentupelen (x_min, y_min, x_max, y_max). |
| `box_prompts[].x_min` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Minimum-x-Koordinate vun der Këscht. |
| `box_prompts[].y_min` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Minimum-y-Koordinate vun der Këscht. |
| `box_prompts[].x_max` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Maximal X-Koordinat vun der Box. |
| `box_prompts[].y_max` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Maximal Y-Koordinat vun der Box. |
| `box_prompts[].object_id` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Optionalen Identifikator, deen Boxe gruppéiert, déi een eenzegen Objet verfeineren. |
| `apply_mask` |  | boolean | no | `true` |  | Ob Maskéierung op de Video applizéiert soll ginn. |
| `video_output_type` |  | enum (string) | no | `X264 (.mp4)` | `X264 (.mp4)`, `VP9 (.webm)` | Output-Typ vum resultéierende Video. |
| `detection_threshold` |  | number | no | `0.5` | 0.1 – 1 | Grenzwäert fir d'Detektiouns-Confidence: E méi niddrege Wäert erhéicht d'Zuel vun den Detektiounen op Käschte vun der Präzisioun; de Beräich ass 0.0–1.0. |

File parameters (`video`) 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
{
  "video": "https://content.doitong.com/video/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.mp4"
}
```

A fuller example:

```json
{
  "video_url": "https://content.doitong.com/video/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.mp4"
}
```

## 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/sam-3/video?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "video_url": "https://content.doitong.com/video/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.mp4"
  }'

# 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/sam-3/video?wait=20", {
  method: "POST",
  headers,
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "video_url": "https://content.doitong.com/video/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.mp4"
  }),
});
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 = {
    "video_url": "https://content.doitong.com/video/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.mp4",
}

# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
r = requests.post(API + "/run/sam-3/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": "sam-3/video",
      "input": {
        "video_url": "https://content.doitong.com/video/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.mp4"
      },
      "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": "sam-3/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": 95,
    "usd": "0.095",
    "charged": 95,
    "refunded": 0
  },
  "input": {
    "video_url": "https://content.doitong.com/video/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.mp4"
  },
  "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
    },
    "boundingbox_frames_zip": {
      "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
    }
  },
  "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} | Video, deen duerch d'Segmentéierung produzéiert gouf. |
| `boundingbox_frames_zip` | object {url, content_type, file_name, file_size} \| null | ZIP-Archiv mat Bounding-Box-Overlays fir all Frame. |

## Related models

- [Sam 3 · Image RLE](https://doitong.com/developers/models/sam-3/image-rle.md) (`sam-3/image-rle`): $0.005 / run
- [Segment Anything Model 3](https://doitong.com/developers/models/sam-3/image.md) (`sam-3/image`): $0.005 / run
- [Sam 3 · Video RLE](https://doitong.com/developers/models/sam-3/video-rle.md) (`sam-3/video-rle`): $0.005 / 16 frames of input video
- [Sam 3 · 3D Body](https://doitong.com/developers/models/sam-3/3d-body.md) (`sam-3/3d-body`): $0.02 / run
- [Sam 3 · 3D Objects](https://doitong.com/developers/models/sam-3/3d-objects.md) (`sam-3/3d-objects`): $0.02 / run
- [Sam 3 · 3D Align](https://doitong.com/developers/models/sam-3/3d-align.md) (`sam-3/3d-align`): $0.02 / run
- [Sam 3 · Image · Embed](https://doitong.com/developers/models/sam-3/image/embed.md) (`sam-3/image/embed`): $0.005 / run
- [Sam 3 1 · Video](https://doitong.com/developers/models/sam-3-1/video.md) (`sam-3-1/video`): $0.01 / 16 frames of input video

## Links

- HTML page: https://doitong.com/developers/models/sam-3/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=sam-3/video
- Errors: https://doitong.com/developers/docs/errors
- Model details as JSON: https://api.doitong.com/v1/models/sam-3/video