Seedance video generation

Creates a video generation task using ByteDance Seedance models. Supports text-to-video and image-to-video generation with configurable resolution, aspect ratio, duration, and audio.

How To Use

Specify the model name and provide content (text prompt, optionally with an image) in your request payload.

Supported Models

doubao-seedance-2-0-260128: Dreamina Seedance 2.0 - served on a separate base path /seedance2/v3/contents/generations/tasks

doubao-seedance-1-5-pro-251215: Seedance 1.5 Pro - supports audio generation, draft mode, adaptive ratio

doubao-seedance-1-0-pro-250528: Seedance 1.0 Pro - default 1080p resolution

doubao-seedance-1-0-lite-t2v-250428: Seedance 1.0 Lite T2V - default 720p resolution

Content Formats

Text only: Generate a video based on the text prompt

Text + Image: Generate a video based on the text prompt and reference image

Task Workflow

Video generation is asynchronous. After creating a task, use the retrieve endpoint to poll for status until succeeded.

Request

Authorization

Bearer Token

Provide your bearer token in the

Authorization

header when making requests to protected resources.

Example:

Authorization: Bearer ********************

Body Params application/jsonRequired

Examples

Text to VideoImage to Video with Audio

{
    "model": "doubao-seedance-1-5-pro-251215",
    "content": [
        {
            "type": "text",
            "text": "A girl walking through a sunlit meadow, wind gently blowing her hair, cinematic lighting"
        }
    ],
    "ratio": "16:9",
    "duration": 5,
    "watermark": false
}

Request Code Samples

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

PHP

Python

HTTP

Objective-C

Ruby

OCaml

Dart

Responses

🟢200OK

application/json

Task created successfully

Bodyapplication/json

Example

{
    "id": "task_n1GONEtW9YSqLFWmSFHtbUb7VAGZhXx8",
    "task_id": "task_n1GONEtW9YSqLFWmSFHtbUb7VAGZhXx8",
    "object": "video",
    "model": "doubao-seedance-1-5-pro-251215",
    "status": "",
    "progress": 0,
    "created_at": 1772095377
}

🟠400Bad Request

🟠401Unauthorized

🟠404Not Found

🔴500Internal Server Error

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