Integrating AI Video Generation into Your Apps with Seedance API

The demand for dynamic, engaging video content is higher than ever. However, traditional video production pipelines are often slow and resource-intensive, making it difficult to scale content creation. Enter Seedance, the platform that democratizes video creation through advanced AI.

But Seedance isn't just a platform for end-users; it's a powerful engine for developers. With the Seedance API, you can seamlessly integrate state-of-the-art AI video generation capabilities directly into your own applications, products, and workflows.

Why Use the Seedance API?

Building an AI video generation model from scratch requires immense computational resources, vast datasets, and specialized machine learning expertise. The Seedance API abstracts away all this complexity, providing you with a clean, scalable, and reliable interface to top-tier AI models.

Here are a few reasons developers choose the Seedance API:

Rapid Integration: Our RESTful architecture and comprehensive SDKs (available for Node.js and Python) mean you can get your first AI-generated video running in minutes.
Scalability: Whether you need to generate 10 videos a day or 10,000, our cloud infrastructure scales automatically to meet your demands without any server management on your end.
Versatility: Access a wide range of models for Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, and Video-to-Video transformations through a single unified API endpoint.
Cost-Effective: Pay only for what you generate, eliminating the need for expensive GPU instances and idle server time.

Use Cases: What Can You Build?

The possibilities are vast. Here are just a few examples of how our partners are using the Seedance API:

Marketing Automation Tools: Automatically generate personalized video ads based on user data and product descriptions.
E-commerce Platforms: Turn static product images into engaging 360-degree dynamic showcases to increase conversion rates.
Content Management Systems (CMS): Allow bloggers and writers to automatically generate supplementary video content summarizing their articles.
Social Media Apps: Provide users with built-in tools to transform their text posts or photos into highly shareable video clips.
EdTech Platforms: Create dynamic educational animations from textbook descriptions.

Getting Started: A Quick Example

Integrating the Seedance API is straightforward. Here are a few simple examples using standard HTTP requests (cURL) to generate a video from a text prompt or an image.

Text-to-Video (No Audio)

This endpoint allows you to generate a silent video by simply describing the scene.

curl -X POST https://vibegen.art/api/v1/generations \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "seedance 2.0",
    "prompt": "Realistic style, under a clear blue sky, a large field of white daisies, camera gradually zooming in",
    "duration": 5,
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    "resolution": "720p"
  }'

Text-to-Video (With Audio)

If you want the AI to also generate accompanying sound effects or ambient audio based on the prompt, simply set generate_audio to true.

curl -X POST https://vibegen.art/api/v1/generations \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "seedance 2.0",
    "prompt": "A girl holding a fox, with wind and bird sounds audible",
    "duration": 5,
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    "generate_audio": true
  }'

Image-to-Video

You can animate an existing image by passing its URL along with a description of the desired motion.

curl -X POST https://vibegen.art/api/v1/generations \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "seedance 2.0",
    "prompt": "Girl opens her eyes, gently looks at the camera, hair blown by the wind",
    "image_urls": ["https://example.com/girl-with-fox.png"],
    "duration": 5,
    "aspect_ratio": "adaptive",
    "generate_audio": true
  }'

Checking Task Status

The generation API is asynchronous and returns a task ID. You use that task ID to poll the status of your video generation.

curl -X GET https://vibegen.art/api/v1/tasks/YOUR_TASK_ID \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Once the status in the response changes to completed, the video_url field will contain the link to your newly generated video.

Advanced Features

Beyond simple generation, the Seedance API offers granular control over the output:

Negative Prompts: Specify what you don't want to see in the generated video.
Motion Control: Adjust the amount of motion and camera movement (e.g., pan, zoom, tilt).
Seed Control: Use specific seed values to generate consistent results across multiple iterations.
Webhooks: Instead of polling, configure webhooks to receive real-time HTTP notifications when your video generation tasks are completed or fail.

Join the Developer Community

We are constantly improving the Seedance API based on developer feedback. To start building, head over to the Seedance Developer Dashboard to grab your API key and explore the full API Documentation.

We can't wait to see what you build!