Seedance 2.0 MiniAPI reference

Everything you need to call Seedance 2.0 Mini from code: a three-step quick start, every field with its limits, the pricing formula, webhooks and idempotency. The MCP tools run on the same /v1 API; signed in over MCP you spend the creative balance, with an API key the developer API balance.

EndpointPOST /v1/videos/generationsModel versiondreamina-seedance-2-0-mini-260615OpenAPI llms.txt For AI agents

Request API access

Developer API access is by application.

Quick startin three calls

Set a key, send the job with a price cap, then read the result.

01
Set your key
Developer API access is by application: request it in the studio under API keys. A key is shown once, so keep it in an environment variable.
Shell
```
export API_KEY="sk_test_…"
```

Send the job

POST the clip with an Idempotency-Key and a max_credits cap (or a quote_id). You get 202 and a queued job straight away, and the credits are held.

POST /videos/generations

curl https://api.pershot.app/v1/videos/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "seedance-2.0-mini",
    "prompt": "Creator holds the bottle to camera and explains one benefit, handheld, natural room light.",
    "duration": 10,
    "resolution": "720p",
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    "generate_audio": true,
    "max_credits": 42
  }'

You should see

{
  "id": "job_01J9ZK4T8W",
  "object": "job",
  "kind": "video",
  "status": "queued",
  "money_status": "reserved",
  "queue_position": 2,
  "requested_model": "seedance-2.0-mini",
  "credits_quoted": 42,
  "credits_charged": null
}

03
Read the result
GET the job until its status is succeeded. outputs[].url is signed and expires after 24 hours, so download what you keep.
GET /jobs/{id}
```
curl https://api.pershot.app/v1/jobs/job_01J9ZK4T8W \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY"
```

Parametersand limits

Read from the OpenAPI document, which is generated from the same schemas the API validates against. Unknown fields are refused.

Seedance 2.0 Mini request fields
Field	Type	Allowed	Notes
`model`Required	string	seedance-2.0-fast · seedance-2.0-mini · auto	The model id.
`prompt`Required	string	2–2,000 characters	What to render: the subject, the camera and the light.
`duration`Default 5	integer	4–15	Output length in whole seconds, up to 15.
`resolution`Default "720p"	string	480p · 720p	Output resolution. 480p for drafts, 720p for delivery; each is its own render.
`aspect_ratio`Default "16:9"	string	16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1	Frame shape.
`generate_audio`Default true	boolean	–	Native audio. The price is the same on or off.
`image_url`Optional	string	https URL	First frame for video; the source image for the edit models. A public https URL or an upload URL.
`reference_image_urls`Optional	string[]	Up to 9 · https URL	Reference images for subject and style. Refer to them in the prompt as @image1, @image2.
`seed`Optional	integer	0–2,147,483,647	Accepted and ignored: Seedance 2.0 takes no seed.
`quote_id`Optional	string	qt_…	Run at a quote from POST /v1/quotes, valid for 10 minutes.
`max_credits`Optional	number	> 0	The most this job may cost. Above it the job is refused, never charged.
`webhook_url`Optional	string	https URL	An https URL that receives the job's events.
`end_user_id`Optional	string	1–128 characters	For approved developer accounts (access is by application): your own user id for this request, shown in usage.
`project_id`Optional	string	prj_…
`shot_id`Optional	string	sht_…
`routing_preference`Optional	string	stability · speed
`enhance`Optional	object	–

Send exactly one of quote_id or max_credits. This endpoint refuses model "auto": for video, call POST /v1/auto/plan first, then send the model it picks with max_credits.

Rate and concurrency: 60 requests a minute per key, and 3 jobs at a time per account by default. More keys do not add concurrency.

Limits

Read from the same table the API checks against. Each row says who checks the limit and what happens past it.

EnforcedWe check it and answer 400 before anything is quoted or held.
SupplierThe supplier checks it. A job it refuses fails, and nothing is charged.
RecommendedNobody checks it. Staying inside it gives better results.

Limits for seedance-2.0-mini
Limit	Value	Unit	Who checks	Past the limit
Request
Prompt length`prompt`	2 to 2,000	characters	Enforced	400 invalid_request on prompt, before any quote or hold.
Prompt in English`prompt`	up to 1,000	words	Recommended	Accepted. The model may follow a longer prompt less closely.
Prompt in Chinese`prompt`	up to 500	Chinese characters	Recommended	Accepted. The model may follow a longer prompt less closely.
Duration`duration`	4 to 15Default 5	seconds	Enforced	400 invalid_request on duration. Whole seconds only.
Resolution`resolution`	480p, 720pDefault 720p	–	Enforced	400 invalid_request on resolution.
Aspect ratio`aspect_ratio`	16:9, 9:16, 1:1Default 16:9	–	Enforced	400 invalid_request on aspect_ratio.
Seed`seed`	Ignored	–	Supplier	Accepted and not sent: Seedance 2.0 takes no seed, so a seed does not repeat a result.
Input video length`input_video_seconds`	2 to 15	seconds	Enforced	400 invalid_request on POST /v1/quotes. API generations take no input video.
Images you send
Reference images`reference_image_urls`	up to 9	images	Enforced	400 invalid_request on reference_image_urls.
First frame or references`reference_image_urls`	image_url or reference_image_urls, not both	–	Enforced	400 invalid_request on reference_image_urls. Seedance 2.0 runs one of the two modes per job.
Image side`image_urlreference_image_urls`	300 to 6,000	px per side	Enforced on uploads	Uploads: 400 invalid_request on image_url or reference_image_urls.N, before any quote or hold. Other links: the supplier refuses the job, and nothing is charged.
Image shape`image_urlreference_image_urls`	0.4 to 2.5	width ÷ height	Enforced on uploads	Uploads: 400 invalid_request on image_url or reference_image_urls.N, before any quote or hold. Other links: the supplier refuses the job, and nothing is charged.
Upload size`file`	up to 10	MB	Enforced	POST /v1/uploads answers 400 invalid_request on file.
Upload formats`file`	JPEG, PNG, WebP	–	Enforced	Read from the file itself, not its name. Anything else: 400 invalid_request on file.
Linked image size`image_urlreference_image_urls`	up to 30	MB	Supplier	For images linked from other hosts. The supplier refuses the job, and nothing is charged.
Linked image formats`image_urlreference_image_urls`	JPEG, PNG, WebP, BMP, TIFF, GIF, HEIC, HEIF	–	Supplier	For images linked from other hosts. The supplier refuses the job, and nothing is charged.
Output
Output pixels	480p16:9864×4969:16496×8641:1640×640720p16:91280×7209:16720×12801:1960×960	px	Supplier	Set by the model for each resolution and aspect ratio.
Frame rate	24	fps	Supplier	The same for every video.
Output format	MP4	–	Supplier	Every video is an MP4 with sound when generate_audio is on.
Links
Upload link	7	days	Enforced	After that the link answers 403. Upload the file again.
Output link	24	hours	Enforced	After that the link answers 403. GET the job again for a fresh link. The file itself is kept for 12 months (the job's outputs_expire_at gives the date), longer if the result is saved to Assets or used in a project.

We never fetch images from other hosts, so for those links the supplier checks the size, and a job it refuses is not charged. The same limits come back as JSON: GET /v1/models returns a limits object for every model.

Limits for every model

Pricingworked out in the open

Every job is quoted in credits before it runs (US$1 = 100 credits). The per-second rate is for budgeting; POST /v1/quotes returns the exact figure.

credits = ceil(BytePlus list price × 0.55 × 100), where list price = (input s + output s) × width × height × 24 ÷ 1024 × list rate

Seedance 2.0 Mini prices
Spec	Per second (API)	5 s	10 s	15 s
480pNo video input	$0.020With an input video: $0.012/s≈ 500 s per $10	10 cr≈ $0.10	20 cr≈ $0.20	30 cr≈ $0.30
720pNo video input	$0.042With an input video: $0.025/s≈ 238 s per $10	21 cr≈ $0.21	42 cr≈ $0.42	63 cr≈ $0.63

Refused or failed jobs are not charged.

How prices are computed Compare with fal, Replicate and WaveSpeed

Webhooksand idempotency

Retries never charge twice, and you do not have to poll.

Idempotency: Every generation POST needs an Idempotency-Key (1 to 255 visible ASCII characters). The same key within 24 hours returns the same job with HTTP 200, so a retry after a timeout never creates or charges a second job.
Refused prompts: A prompt refused by the pre-check (422 content_rejected) creates nothing, so the same key can be used again with a new prompt.
Events: job.queuedjob.processingjob.succeededjob.failedjob.cancelled
Signature: X-Signature carries t, the unix time, and v1, an HMAC-SHA256 of t, a dot and the raw body, keyed with your whsec_ secret. Refuse timestamps older than five minutes and dedupe on X-Event-Id.
Delivery: A 2xx within 10 seconds counts as delivered. Failed deliveries retry after 1 min, 5 min, 30 min, 2 h and 6 h. Redirects are not followed.

Webhook body

{
  "id": "evt_01J9ZKB1QX",
  "type": "job.succeeded",
  "created_at": "2026-09-29T14:02:31Z",
  "data": {
    "job": {
      "id": "job_01J9ZK4T8W",
      "object": "job",
      "kind": "video",
      "status": "succeeded",
      "money_status": "settled",
      "requested_model": "seedance-2.0-mini",
      "credits_charged": 42,
      "outputs": [
        {
          "kind": "video",
          "url": "https://…/job_01J9ZK4T8W.mp4?sig=…"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Verify X-Signature

import { createHmac, timingSafeEqual } from "node:crypto";

// rawBody: the request body exactly as received, before any JSON parsing.
export function verifyWebhook(header, rawBody, secret, toleranceSec = 300) {
  let t = null;
  const signatures = [];
  for (const item of (header ?? "").split(",")) {
    const [key, value] = item.split("=", 2);
    if (key === "t") t = Number(value);
    if (key === "v1") signatures.push(Buffer.from(value, "hex"));
  }
  if (!t || Math.abs(Date.now() / 1000 - t) > toleranceSec) return false;
  const expected = createHmac("sha256", secret).update(`${t}.${rawBody}`).digest();
  return signatures.some((s) => s.length === expected.length && timingSafeEqual(s, expected));
}

// verifyWebhook(req.headers["x-signature"], rawBody, process.env.WEBHOOK_SECRET)
// Answer 2xx quickly, and skip an X-Event-Id you have already handled.

Errorsand what to do

Every error has the same shape: an error object with code, message, param and request_id. The ones you are most likely to meet:

Code	HTTP	What to do
`invalid_request`	400	Fix the field named in param.
`unauthorized`	401	Check the key and the Bearer header.
`insufficient_credits`	402	Top up, then retry with the same Idempotency-Key.
`forbidden_model`	403	Add the model or tool to the key's allowlist in the studio, or use another key. Tools such as Enhance need their own entry.
`quote_expired`	409	Get a new quote; quotes last 10 minutes.
`price_changed`	409	The price rose above your cap. Quote again or raise max_credits.
`content_rejected`	422	Nothing was charged. Change the prompt or the images.
`rate_limited`	429	Wait for Retry-After, then retry.
`upstream_unavailable`	503	The model is unavailable. Retry later; a job that never starts is not charged.

OpenAPI 3.1 document llms.txt Full docs Coming from fal, Replicate or WaveSpeed

Set your key

Send the job

Read the result

Limits