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Sana Video Text to Video

fal-ai/sana-video
Leverage Sana's ultra-fast processing speed to generate high-quality assets that transform your text prompts into production-ready videos
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About

Generate Video

1. Calling the API#

Install the client#

The client provides a convenient way to interact with the model API.

npm install --save @fal-ai/client

Setup your API Key#

Set FAL_KEY as an environment variable in your runtime.

export FAL_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Submit a request#

The client API handles the API submit protocol. It will handle the request status updates and return the result when the request is completed.

import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";

const result = await fal.subscribe("fal-ai/sana-video", {
  input: {
    prompt: "Evening, backlight, side lighting, soft light, high contrast, mid-shot, centered composition, clean solo shot, warm color. A young Caucasian man stands in a forest, golden light glimmers on his hair as sunlight filters through the leaves."
  },
  logs: true,
  onQueueUpdate: (update) => {
    if (update.status === "IN_PROGRESS") {
      update.logs.map((log) => log.message).forEach(console.log);
    }
  },
});
console.log(result.data);
console.log(result.requestId);

2. Authentication#

The API uses an API Key for authentication. It is recommended you set the FAL_KEY environment variable in your runtime when possible.

API Key#

In case your app is running in an environment where you cannot set environment variables, you can set the API Key manually as a client configuration.
import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";

fal.config({
  credentials: "YOUR_FAL_KEY"
});

3. Queue#

Submit a request#

The client API provides a convenient way to submit requests to the model.

import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";

const { request_id } = await fal.queue.submit("fal-ai/sana-video", {
  input: {
    prompt: "Evening, backlight, side lighting, soft light, high contrast, mid-shot, centered composition, clean solo shot, warm color. A young Caucasian man stands in a forest, golden light glimmers on his hair as sunlight filters through the leaves."
  },
  webhookUrl: "https://optional.webhook.url/for/results",
});

Fetch request status#

You can fetch the status of a request to check if it is completed or still in progress.

import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";

const status = await fal.queue.status("fal-ai/sana-video", {
  requestId: "764cabcf-b745-4b3e-ae38-1200304cf45b",
  logs: true,
});

Get the result#

Once the request is completed, you can fetch the result. See the Output Schema for the expected result format.

import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";

const result = await fal.queue.result("fal-ai/sana-video", {
  requestId: "764cabcf-b745-4b3e-ae38-1200304cf45b"
});
console.log(result.data);
console.log(result.requestId);

4. Files#

Some attributes in the API accept file URLs as input. Whenever that's the case you can pass your own URL or a Base64 data URI.

Data URI (base64)#

You can pass a Base64 data URI as a file input. The API will handle the file decoding for you. Keep in mind that for large files, this alternative although convenient can impact the request performance.

Hosted files (URL)#

You can also pass your own URLs as long as they are publicly accessible. Be aware that some hosts might block cross-site requests, rate-limit, or consider the request as a bot.

Uploading files#

We provide a convenient file storage that allows you to upload files and use them in your requests. You can upload files using the client API and use the returned URL in your requests.

import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";

const file = new File(["Hello, World!"], "hello.txt", { type: "text/plain" });
const url = await fal.storage.upload(file);

Read more about file handling in our file upload guide.

5. Schema#

Input#

prompt string* required

The text prompt describing the video to generate

negative_prompt string

The negative prompt describing what to avoid in the generation Default value: "A chaotic sequence with misshapen, deformed limbs in heavy motion blur, sudden disappearance, jump cuts, jerky movements, rapid shot changes, frames out of sync, inconsistent character shapes, temporal artifacts, jitter, and ghosting effects, creating a disorienting visual experience."

resolution ResolutionEnum

The resolution of the output video Default value: "480p"

Possible enum values: 480p

num_frames integer

Number of frames to generate Default value: 81

fps integer

Frames per second for the output video Default value: 16

motion_score integer

Motion intensity score (higher = more motion) Default value: 30

guidance_scale float

Guidance scale for generation (higher = more prompt adherence) Default value: 6

num_inference_steps integer

Number of denoising steps Default value: 28

seed integer

Random seed for reproducible generation. If not provided, a random seed will be used.

{
  "prompt": "Evening, backlight, side lighting, soft light, high contrast, mid-shot, centered composition, clean solo shot, warm color. A young Caucasian man stands in a forest, golden light glimmers on his hair as sunlight filters through the leaves.",
  "negative_prompt": "A chaotic sequence with misshapen, deformed limbs in heavy motion blur, sudden disappearance, jump cuts, jerky movements, rapid shot changes, frames out of sync, inconsistent character shapes, temporal artifacts, jitter, and ghosting effects, creating a disorienting visual experience.",
  "resolution": "480p",
  "num_frames": 81,
  "fps": 16,
  "motion_score": 30,
  "guidance_scale": 6,
  "num_inference_steps": 28
}

Output#

video File* required

Generated video file

seed integer* required

The random seed used for the generation process

{
  "video": {
    "content_type": "video/mp4",
    "url": "https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/zebra/TipA9XXsXRYlB6vK6PQ0l_output.mp4"
  }
}

Other types#

File#

url string* required

The URL where the file can be downloaded from.

content_type string

The mime type of the file.

file_name string

The name of the file. It will be auto-generated if not provided.

file_size integer

The size of the file in bytes.

file_data string

File data