Model API

Seedance 2 (US)

US hosted version of ByteDance's most advanced reference-to-video model. Generate video from up to 9 images, 3 videos, and 3 audio clips with native audio and cinematic camera control.

Model id

Use this in every request

bytedance/seedance-2.0/us/reference-to-video

This model has other modes with their own ids: bytedance/seedance-2.0/us/text-to-video, bytedance/seedance-2.0/us/image-to-video.

Run it

Quote the input, start the generation with the quote, then poll the job. Set RAYWAKE_API_KEY first; see Authentication.

# 1. Price the exact input (quotes are valid for up to 10 minutes)
curl -s https://api.raywake.com/v1/quotes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RAYWAKE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "bytedance/seedance-2.0/us/reference-to-video",
  "input": {
    "prompt": "A red ceramic cup on a wooden table, soft morning light"
  }
}'

# 2. Start the generation with the quote_id from step 1
curl -s https://api.raywake.com/v1/generate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RAYWAKE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{"model": "bytedance/seedance-2.0/us/reference-to-video", "quote_id": "QUOTE_ID", "input": {"prompt":"A red ceramic cup on a wooden table, soft morning light"}}'

# 3. Poll until the status is terminal
curl -s https://api.raywake.com/v1/jobs/JOB_ID \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RAYWAKE_API_KEY"

Input

Input fields for bytedance/seedance-2.0/us/reference-to-video
Name	Type	Description
`prompt`required	string	The text prompt used to generate the video.
`image_urls`	array of image URLs	Reference images to guide video generation. Refer to them in the prompt as @Image1, @Image2, etc. Supported formats: JPEG, PNG, WebP, BMP, TIFF, GIF, HEIC, HEIF. Max 30 MB per image. Up to 9 images. Total files across all modalities must not exceed 12.
`resolution`	string (enum)	Video resolution - 480p for faster generation, 720p for balance, 1080p for high quality, 4k for highest quality. Default: `720p` One of: `480p`, `720p`
`duration`	string (enum)	Duration of the video in seconds. Supports 4 to 15 seconds, or auto to let the model decide based on the prompt. Default: `5` One of: `4`, `5`, `6`, `7`, `8`, `9`, `10`, `11`, `12`, `13`, `14`, `15`
`aspect_ratio`	string (enum)	The aspect ratio of the generated video. Use 16:9 for landscape, 9:16 for portrait/vertical, 1:1 for square, 21:9 for ultrawide cinematic, or auto to let the model decide. Default: `16:9` One of: `21:9`, `16:9`, `4:3`, `1:1`, `3:4`, `9:16`
`generate_audio`	boolean	Whether to generate synchronized audio for the video, including sound effects, ambient sounds, and lip-synced speech. The cost of video generation is the same regardless of whether audio is generated or not. Default: `true`
`bitrate_mode`	string (enum)	Output bitrate mode. 'high' requests a higher-quality, larger-file encode from the model; 'standard' uses the default bitrate. Default: `standard` One of: `standard`
`codec`	string (enum)	'auto' retains default video codec behaviour; 'H264' uses H.264; 'H265' uses H.265. Default: `auto` One of: `auto`
`end_user_id`	string	The unique user ID of the end user.

Output

A succeeded job lists its results under outputs, stored on our side. See Jobs for every field.

Job excerpt

"outputs": [
  { "type": "video", "url": "https://…", "mime_type": "video/mp4", "thumbnail_url": "https://…" }
]

Pricing

480p · 5 s · up to$1.16/ run
720p · 5 s · up to$2.49/ run

The exact charge for your input comes from a quote. How charges settle