Minimax H3
minimax-h3
Pricing
minimax-h3 per second
| Unit Price | $0.17143 |
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Introduction coming soon
A detailed guide for this model is being prepared. Pricing, parameters and the API docs below are already available.
Create a generation task
https://api.hiapi.ai/v1/tasks Headers
AuthorizationstringRequiredAccount API key. Required on every request. Example: Bearer YOUR_HIAPI_API_KEY. Get your API key
Content-TypestringOptionalThe request body is always parsed as JSON; when sent, only application/json (optionally with charset) is accepted — any other value returns 415. Example: application/json.
Idempotency-KeystringOptionalIdempotency key, up to 255 bytes. Retries with the same key from the same account create the task only once; replays return the original taskId.
On network timeouts or client retries, the same key creates the task only once — no double charges (scope: the API key's account). Use a business-unique identifier as the key (e.g. "order-42"); replays return the original taskId, and keys expire 24 hours after the first request. See the Unified Async API overview for the full scenario matrix.
Body
modelstringRequiredCurrent fixed value: minimax-h3
routestringOptionalCurrent fixed value: default
inputobjectRequired
Business parameters for minimax-h3 and route default — see the parameter table below.
promptstringRequiredminLength 1maxLength 7000Video content prompt. Required for every generation mode, with a maximum length of 7000 characters.
durationintegerOptionalDefault: 5min 4max 15Generated video duration in whole seconds.
watermarkbooleanOptionalDefault: falseWhether to add an AIGC watermark to the generated video.
audio_urlsarrayOptionalmaxItems 3Reference audio URLs. Up to three clips and no more than 15 seconds total. Audio cannot be used alone; include at least one reference image or video.
Array [ string ]
image_urlsarrayOptionalmaxItems 5Reference image URLs for multimodal reference-to-video. HiAPI accepts up to five images. Do not combine with first/last-frame controls.
Array [ string ]
resolutionstringOptionalDefault: "2K"Output resolution. MiniMax H3 currently generates at native 2K only.
2Kvideo_urlsarrayOptionalmaxItems 3Reference video URLs for multimodal reference-to-video. Up to three clips, each 2-15 seconds and no more than 15 seconds total.
Array [ string ]
aspect_ratiostringOptionalDefault: "16:9"Output aspect ratio. Text-to-video defaults to 16:9; frame-guided video follows the input image; reference mode may use adaptive.
21:916:94:31:13:49:16adaptivelast_frame_imagestringOptionalPublic image URL used as the last frame. Requires first_frame_image.
first_frame_imagestringOptionalPublic image URL used as the first frame. Do not combine frame controls with reference media fields.
callbackobjectOptional
Terminal-state notification config. When omitted, no callback is delivered — poll the task yourself. See the callback note below.
Provide callback.url when creating a task and HiAPI POSTs to your service once the task reaches a terminal state — no polling needed. The callback payload mirrors the task detail structure; signature verification, delivery retries and idempotency are documented on the Unified Async API overview page.
urlstringRequiredRequired when callback is present. A POST is sent to this URL once the task reaches a terminal state; must be a valid http(s) URL.
whenstringOptionalDefault: "final"Only final is supported today — notified on both success and fail.
finalstoragestringOptionalDefault: "temp"Artifact storage tier: temp (default, retained about 7 days) or persistent (long-term, billed by size). Insufficient balance or exceeding the storage cap silently downgrades to temp; the effective tier is shown in the task detail response.
temppersistentRequest examples
# Submit an async task; returns a taskId immediately (no waiting for generation)
curl -X POST "https://api.hiapi.ai/v1/tasks" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $HIAPI_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "minimax-h3",
"input": {
"prompt": "…",
"duration": 5,
"watermark": false,
"resolution": "2K",
"aspect_ratio": "16:9"
}
}'const res = await fetch("https://api.hiapi.ai/v1/tasks", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.HIAPI_API_KEY}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
model: "minimax-h3",
input: {
"prompt": "…",
"duration": 5,
"watermark": false,
"resolution": "2K",
"aspect_ratio": "16:9"
}
}),
});
const task = await res.json();
// { code: 200, message: "success", data: { taskId } }import os, requests
res = requests.post(
"https://api.hiapi.ai/v1/tasks",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['HIAPI_API_KEY']}"},
json={
"model": "minimax-h3",
"input": {
"prompt": "…",
"duration": 5,
"watermark": false,
"resolution": "2K",
"aspect_ratio": "16:9"
}
},
)
print(res.json()) # { code, message, data: { taskId } }200 OK
{
"code": 200,
"message": "success",
"data": {
"taskId": "tk-hiapi-01HZTQ8BX2N3GM3YFK4Z9D7VQR"
}
}400 Bad Request
{
"code": 400,
"message": "invalid request",
"data": null,
"error_code": "INVALID_REQUEST"
}Get task detail
https://api.hiapi.ai/v1/tasks/:id Response fields
taskIdstringRequiredTask ID, always prefixed with tk-hiapi-.
modelstringRequiredResolved full model name. Tasks submitted with the route parameter return base@route (e.g. gpt-image-2/text-to-image@ext); otherwise identical to the name passed at creation.
routestringOptionalPresent only when the task was submitted with an explicit route parameter; echoes the submitted value.
statusstringRequiredTask status.
queued Queued, not started yet.
handling Being processed.
archiving Processing finished, artifacts being prepared.
success Terminal: completed, artifacts available (output returned).
fail Terminal: failed (error returned).
After submission, check status: success and fail are terminal, everything else is non-terminal. Poll every 1–3 seconds until terminal. On success, download artifacts from output[].url and transfer them before expireAt; pass storage: "persistent" at creation time when long-term retention is needed.
creatednumberRequiredTask creation time (Unix seconds).
completednumberRequiredUnix seconds when the task reached a terminal state; fixed to 0 while not terminal.
outputarrayOptional
Present only when status == success. Artifact list — always an array; a single task may return multiple types at once (e.g. video + first_frame).
Array [ object ]
Array items
urlstringRequiredArtifact URL, directly downloadable.
typestringRequiredCurrent possible values: video, image, audio, first_frame, last_frame, thumbnail; more may be added later.
expireAtnumberRequiredUnix seconds until which the artifact remains accessible; download or transfer before it expires.
errorobjectOptional
Present only when status == fail.
codestringRequiredBusiness error code.
messagestringRequiredError description.
Response examples
Success
{
"code": 200,
"message": "success",
"data": {
"taskId": "tk-hiapi-01HZTQ8BX2N3GM3YFK4Z9D7VQR",
"model": "happyhorse-1-0",
"status": "success",
"created": 1777282033,
"completed": 1777282099,
"output": [
{
"url": "https://cdn.hiapi.ai/tasks/.../video.mp4",
"type": "video",
"expireAt": 1777886899
}
]
}
}Processing (non-terminal)
{
"code": 200,
"message": "success",
"data": {
"taskId": "tk-hiapi-...",
"model": "happyhorse-1-0",
"status": "archiving",
"created": 1777282033,
"completed": 0
}
}Failed
{
"code": 200,
"message": "success",
"data": {
"taskId": "tk-hiapi-...",
"model": "happyhorse-1-0",
"status": "fail",
"created": 1777282033,
"completed": 1777282099,
"error": {
"code": "TASK_FAILED",
"message": "task failed"
}
}
}
