Name: Text and Image to Video API (PixVerse v5.6)
Brand: magicapi
SKU: api-magicapi-text-image-to-video-generator-pixverse-pixverse-v5-6
Availability: InStock
Author: API Market

Shashank Agarwal

# 📽️ Text and Image to Video API (PixVerse v5.6)

## Overview
PixVerse v5.6 is a video generation model from PixVerse, presented by PixVerse as its latest video model with a focus on physics. It generates videos from a text `prompt`, and can start from an image (`image`) and end on another (`last_frame_image`). It can also add AI-generated audio, including background music, sound effects and character dialogue.

Only `prompt` is required. Each request returns the URL of one video.

## Features
- **Text to video**: describe the scene in `prompt`, and list what to avoid in `negative_prompt`.
- **Image to video**: `image` is used as the first frame of the video.
- **First to last frame**: `last_frame_image` generates a video that transitions from `image` to that image. It must be used with `image`.
- **Duration**: `5` (default), `8` or `10` seconds. 10 second videos are only available for 360p, 540p and 720p.
- **Resolution** (`quality`): `360p`, `540p` (default), `720p` or `1080p`. Higher resolutions cost more (see Pricing).
- **Aspect ratios**: `16:9` (default), `9:16`, `1:1`.
- **AI-generated audio**: set `generate_audio_switch` to `true` (default `false`) for background music, sound effects and character dialogue.
- **Prompt reasoning** (`thinking_type`): `auto` (default), `enabled` or `disabled` controls whether the system enhances your prompt with internal reasoning and optimization.
- **Seed**: set a seed for reproducible generation.

## Use Cases
1. **Short social and marketing clips**: vertical (`9:16`), square (`1:1`) or widescreen (`16:9`) videos from a prompt.
2. **Animating a still image**: use a photo or illustration as `image` and describe the motion.
3. **Transitions between two images**: set `image` and `last_frame_image` to generate the movement from one to the other.
4. **Clips with sound**: turn on `generate_audio_switch` to get music, sound effects and dialogue with the video.

## Visual Examples
### Example Input
Prompt: "A red kite rises over green hills on a windy morning"

Quality: `540p`. Duration: 5 seconds. All other fields were left at their defaults (`16:9`, no audio, no input images).

### Example Output
[Watch the example video](https://blog.api.market/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pixverse-v5.6-output-api-market.mp4)

## Input Parameters
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Allowed values | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `prompt` | string | Yes |  |  | Text prompt for video generation |
| `image` | string (URL) | No | none |  | Image to use for the first frame of the video |
| `last_frame_image` | string (URL) | No | none |  | Use to generate a video that transitions from the first image to the last image. Must be used with image. |
| `quality` | string | No | `540p` | `360p`, `540p`, `720p`, `1080p` | Resolution of the video. Higher resolutions cost more. See pricing for details. |
| `aspect_ratio` | string | No | `16:9` | `16:9`, `9:16`, `1:1` | Aspect ratio of the video |
| `duration` | integer | No | `5` | `5`, `8`, `10` | Duration of the video in seconds. 10 second videos are only available for 360p, 540p, and 720p. |
| `negative_prompt` | string | No | `""` (empty) |  | Negative prompt to avoid certain elements in the video |
| `seed` | integer | No | none |  | Random seed. Set for reproducible generation |
| `generate_audio_switch` | boolean | No | `false` |  | Enable AI-generated audio including BGM, SFX, and character dialogues |
| `thinking_type` | string | No | `auto` | `disabled`, `enabled`, `auto` | Prompt reasoning enhancement. Controls whether the system enhances your prompt with internal reasoning and optimization. |

## Pricing
- **Pay As You Go (PAYG) pricing**: you only pay for what you use.
- **Price**: $0.088 per API unit.
- **1 API unit = 1 second of output video at 360p or 540p.** The number of units is the `duration` you request times a factor for the `quality`, rounded up to a whole unit:
  - **`360p` and `540p` (default)**: factor 1.
    - 5 seconds: 5 units, **$0.44**
    - 8 seconds: 8 units, **$0.704**
    - 10 seconds: 10 units, **$0.88**
  - **`720p`**: factor 1.286.
    - 5 seconds: 5 x 1.286 = 6.43, rounded up to 7 units, **$0.616**
    - 8 seconds: 8 x 1.286 = 10.288, rounded up to 11 units, **$0.968**
    - 10 seconds: 10 x 1.286 = 12.86, rounded up to 13 units, **$1.144**
  - **`1080p`**: factor 2.143 (5 or 8 seconds only).
    - 5 seconds: 5 x 2.143 = 10.715, rounded up to 11 units, **$0.968**
    - 8 seconds: 8 x 2.143 = 17.144, rounded up to 18 units, **$1.584**
- For example, the 5 second 540p video above costs 5 units, which is 5 x $0.088 = $0.44. Aspect ratio, audio, input images and the other settings do not change the price.
- **Failed or cancelled predictions are not billed.**
- **GET requests to check prediction status** are free and don't count toward API unit usage.
- **No monthly subscription fee.**

## API Documentation

### Base URL
All API requests go to: `https://prod.api.market/api/v1/magicapi/text-image-to-video-generator-pixverse-pixverse-v5-6`

### Authentication
Send your api.market API key in the `x-api-market-key` header:
```
x-api-market-key: YOUR_API_MARKET_KEY
```

### Asynchronous Processing
**IMPORTANT**: This API is asynchronous. The flow is:
1. Send a POST request to `/predictions`. A successful request returns **201 Created** with a prediction `id` and a `status` of `starting` or `processing`.
2. Poll GET `/predictions/{id}` with that ID.
3. Keep polling while `status` is `starting` or `processing`.
4. Stop when `status` is `succeeded` (read `output`), `failed` or `canceled` (read `error`).

A polling interval of 1 second and an overall timeout of 600 seconds (10 minutes) work well.

### Endpoints

#### Create a Prediction
```bash
curl -X POST "https://prod.api.market/api/v1/magicapi/text-image-to-video-generator-pixverse-pixverse-v5-6/predictions" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-market-key: YOUR_API_MARKET_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "version": "716a21c01b88914165473824a15be03188a54c5830fac57d64de93919fcae0e9",
    "input": {
      "prompt": "A red kite rises over green hills on a windy morning",
      "quality": "540p",
      "duration": 5
    }
  }'
```

Response (201 Created):
```json
{
  "id": "ufawqhfynnddngldkgtslldrkq",
  "version": "716a21c01b88914165473824a15be03188a54c5830fac57d64de93919fcae0e9",
  "status": "starting",
  "created_at": "2026-10-13T11:00:13.230Z"
}
```

#### Check Prediction Status
```bash
curl -X GET "https://prod.api.market/api/v1/magicapi/text-image-to-video-generator-pixverse-pixverse-v5-6/predictions/{id}" \
  -H "x-api-market-key: YOUR_API_MARKET_KEY"
```

Response when the prediction has finished (200 OK):
```json
{
  "id": "ufawqhfynnddngldkgtslldrkq",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "output": "https://blog.api.market/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pixverse-v5.6-output-api-market.mp4",
  "error": null,
  "created_at": "2026-10-13T11:00:13.230Z",
  "started_at": "2026-10-13T11:00:14.230Z",
  "completed_at": "2026-10-13T11:01:13.230Z"
}
```

`output` is the URL of the generated video (MP4).

### Status Codes
- **201 Created**: prediction created (POST `/predictions`). This is the normal success response.
- **200 OK**: prediction details returned (GET `/predictions/{id}`).
- **400 Bad Request**: invalid input, for example a missing `prompt` or a value outside the allowed options.
- **401 Unauthorized**: missing or invalid API key.
- **404 Not Found**: no prediction with that ID.
- **429 Too Many Requests**: rate limit exceeded.
- **500 Internal Server Error** or **503 Service Unavailable**: temporary server problem; retry later.

## Rate Limits

All plans allow 10 requests per second. Requests above that return `429 Too Many Requests`; back off before retrying and honour any `Retry-After` header. Polling a prediction with GET is free but still counts toward the per-second limit, so poll every 1 to 5 seconds rather than in a tight loop.

## Error Handling
- Check the HTTP status code of every request and read the response body for the error message.
- A prediction can also end with `status` set to `failed`; the `error` field then explains why. Failed predictions are not billed.
- Retry 429, 500 and 503 responses with exponential backoff. Fix the input before retrying a 400.

## Implementation Guide
### Example Code

#### JavaScript
```javascript
const apiKey = "YOUR_API_MARKET_KEY";
const baseUrl = "https://prod.api.market/api/v1/magicapi/text-image-to-video-generator-pixverse-pixverse-v5-6";

async function createAndWaitForPrediction(input) {
  const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/predictions`, {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      "x-api-market-key": apiKey
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ version: "716a21c01b88914165473824a15be03188a54c5830fac57d64de93919fcae0e9", input })
  });

  if (response.status !== 201) {
    throw new Error(`API error: ${response.status} ${await response.text()}`);
  }

  const prediction = await response.json();
  return pollForResults(prediction.id);
}

const delay = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));

async function pollForResults(predictionId) {
  const maxTimeout = 600000;
  const pollInterval = 1000;
  const startTime = Date.now();

  while (Date.now() - startTime < maxTimeout) {
    const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/predictions/${predictionId}`, {
      headers: { "x-api-market-key": apiKey }
    });

    if (!response.ok) {
      throw new Error(`API error: ${response.status} ${await response.text()}`);
    }

    const prediction = await response.json();

    if (prediction.status === "succeeded") {
      return prediction.output;
    }

    if (prediction.status === "failed" || prediction.status === "canceled") {
      throw new Error(`Prediction ${prediction.status}: ${prediction.error || "Unknown error"}`);
    }

    await delay(pollInterval);
  }

  throw new Error("Prediction timed out after 10 minutes");
}

createAndWaitForPrediction({
      "prompt": "A red kite rises over green hills on a windy morning",
      "quality": "540p",
      "duration": 5
  }).then((output) => console.log(output));
```

#### Python
```python
import time
import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_MARKET_KEY"
BASE_URL = "https://prod.api.market/api/v1/magicapi/text-image-to-video-generator-pixverse-pixverse-v5-6"

def create_and_wait_for_prediction(input_data):
    headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json", "x-api-market-key": API_KEY}
    response = requests.post(
        f"{BASE_URL}/predictions",
        headers=headers,
        json={"version": "716a21c01b88914165473824a15be03188a54c5830fac57d64de93919fcae0e9", "input": input_data},
    )

    if response.status_code != 201:
        raise Exception(f"API error: {response.status_code} {response.text}")

    return poll_for_results(response.json()["id"])

def poll_for_results(prediction_id):
    max_timeout = 600
    poll_interval = 1
    headers = {"x-api-market-key": API_KEY}
    start_time = time.time()

    while time.time() - start_time < max_timeout:
        response = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/predictions/{prediction_id}", headers=headers)

        if response.status_code != 200:
            raise Exception(f"API error: {response.status_code} {response.text}")

        prediction = response.json()

        if prediction["status"] == "succeeded":
            return prediction["output"]

        if prediction["status"] in ("failed", "canceled"):
            raise Exception(f"Prediction {prediction['status']}: {prediction.get('error') or 'Unknown error'}")

        time.sleep(poll_interval)

    raise Exception("Prediction timed out after 10 minutes")

print(create_and_wait_for_prediction({
    "prompt": "A red kite rises over green hills on a windy morning",
    "quality": "540p",
    "duration": 5
}))
```

## FAQ
- **Can I start from an image?**
  - Yes. Pass an image URL as `image` to use it as the first frame. Add `last_frame_image` to also set the last frame.
- **How is the price calculated?**
  - Seconds of video times the resolution factor (1 for 360p and 540p, 1.286 for 720p, 2.143 for 1080p), rounded up to a whole unit, times $0.088. A 5 second 540p video costs $0.44.
- **Does audio cost extra?**
  - No. `generate_audio_switch` does not change the price.
- **How long does a prediction take?**
  - It varies by request. Poll every second and stop after 10 minutes.
- **What if my prediction fails?**
  - Failed predictions are not billed. Read the `error` field, adjust the input and try again.

## Contact Us

If you have any questions or need assistance, you can reach out to us through the embedded chat on the bottom right corner of the page or send an email to hello@magicapi.com.


PixVerse v5.6 API: generate 5, 8 or 10 second videos at 360p to 1080p from text or images, with optional first and last frames and AI-generated audio.