# Sam 3 · Video API

> Segmentescha e suonda objects en in video a partir da prompts textuels, da punct u da box, e restituescha in video mascrà

Detectescha e suonda objects en in video furnì sco `video_url`. Numnescha las mira en `prompt`, separadas cun commas, u utilisescha `point_prompts` e `box_prompts`. `detection_threshold` varia da 0.1 fin 1, e `apply_mask` controlla sch'igl è da dissegnar la mascras en il video. La sortida è mp4 u webm, plus in zip cun overlays da las box da limit per 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/rm/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 |  |  | URL dal video per la segmentaziun. |
| `prompt` |  | string | no | `` |  | Prompt da segmentaziun che sustegna plirs objects persequitads cun descripziuns separadas da virgulas, sco 'person, cloth'. |
| `text_prompt` |  | string \| null | no |  |  | [DEPRECATED] Input vegl mantegnì per cumpatibilitad inversa; utilisescha 'prompt' en sia plazza. |
| `point_prompts` |  | array of object {x, y, label, object_id} | no | `[]` |  | Collecziun da prompts basads sin puncts. |
| `point_prompts[].x` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Posiziun dal prompt sin l'axa X. |
| `point_prompts[].y` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Posiziun dal prompt sin l'axa Y. |
| `point_prompts[].label` |  | enum (integer) \| null | no |  | `0`, `1` | Label dal primplan/fund: 1 inditgescha il primplan; 0 inditgescha il fund. |
| `point_prompts[].object_id` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Identifitgader opziunal che gruppescha prompts che megliereschan in singul object. Sche text vegn er furnì sco prompt, determinescha quest identifitgader tge object detectà che quels puncts megliereschan. |
| `box_prompts` |  | array of object {x_min, y_min, x_max, y_max, object_id} | no | `[]` |  | Box prompts enumerads sco tuples da coordinatas (x_min, y_min, x_max, y_max). |
| `box_prompts[].x_min` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Coordonada x minimala per la box. |
| `box_prompts[].y_min` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Coordonada y minimala per la box. |
| `box_prompts[].x_max` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Coordinata X maximala dal box. |
| `box_prompts[].y_max` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Coordinata Y maximala dal box. |
| `box_prompts[].object_id` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Identifitgader opziunal che gruppescha boxes che megliereschan in singul object. |
| `apply_mask` |  | boolean | no | `true` |  | Sche la masca duai vegnir applitgada al video. |
| `video_output_type` |  | enum (string) | no | `X264 (.mp4)` | `X264 (.mp4)`, `VP9 (.webm)` | Tip d'output dal video resultà. |
| `detection_threshold` |  | number | no | `0.5` | 0.1 – 1 | Limita da confidenza per la detecziun; ina valur pli bassa augmenta il dumber da detecziuns sin donn e cust da la precisiun; la plaja è 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 producì da la segmentaziun. |
| `boundingbox_frames_zip` | object {url, content_type, file_name, file_size} \| null | Archiv ZIP cun overlays da las bounding boxes per mintga frame. |

## Related models

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- [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
