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BSeedance 2.5 API
seedance-2.5
Seedance 2.5 API is APINEED's newer AITokenDance video route for 4–15 second text, image, and video-reference generation at 480p or 720p.
The APINEED production adapter deliberately exposes a narrower contract than third-party descriptions of the broader model: 480p and 720p output, up to 15 seconds, explicit metadata controls, optional reference media, and asynchronous polling. Unsupported 1080p requests are rejected before they can be billed.
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PriceFrom $6.208 / 1M output tokensCONTEXTN/A
Playground
Generate with Seedance 2.5, review the output, and use the same request shape in your application.
Verified 480p and 720p route
APINEED currently validates Seedance 2.5 at 480p or 720p. Use Seedance 2.0 Spicy when the request requires the verified 1080p option. Use Seedance 2.0 Spicy
Output Ready
Request preview
{
"model": "seedance-2.5",
"prompt": "A cinematic 5-second shot of a designer desk at sunrise. The camera slowly pushes in, dust moves through the light, realistic reflections, no text overlay.",
"seconds": "5",
"metadata": {
"resolution": "720p",
"ratio": "16:9",
"generate_audio": false,
"watermark": false
}
}Providers
ByteDance documents the broader model capability. APINEED separately defines the model ID, endpoint, parameter whitelist, authentication, and billing behavior shown on this page.
Discount
Official Seedance 2.5 API pricing varies by resolution and whether the request includes video input. All rates are shown in USD, with the APINEED prepaid price calculated at 3% off. [1][3]
| Resolution | Input condition | Official price | APINEED price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 480p | Includes video input | $6.400 | $6.2083% off |
| Excludes video input | $10.700 | $10.3793% off | |
| 720p | Includes video input | $6.400 | $6.2083% off |
| Excludes video input | $10.700 | $10.3793% off |
Availability
APINEED monitors Seedance 2.5 API availability. Applications should preserve request and task IDs and handle upstream failures explicitly.
System statusLast 90 days
Bounded production settings
APINEED accepts integer-equivalent duration from four through fifteen seconds and limits output resolution to 480p or 720p, rejecting unsupported combinations before task submission. [1][3]
Text and reference workflows
The route supports prompt-only generation, reference images, and one structured video reference while preserving a single task shape across the visible workflow choices. [1][3]
Canonical billing input
Duration, resolution, and video-reference presence are normalized before pre-consumption so the same request properties drive validation, upstream generation, and final pricing. [3]
Asynchronous completion
A successful create call returns a task ID rather than the finished clip. Applications poll the generation endpoint and read the nested video URL after the task reaches success. [1][3]
Condition-aware 3% discount
The production expression prices video-input and no-video-input work separately, then applies the configured 97% rate to the provider baseline for the supported resolutions. [1][3]
Building reliable Seedance 2.5 jobs
Stay within the verified ceiling. Use 480p or 720p and a duration from four to fifteen seconds; do not send 1080p as a hopeful fallback.
Plan one concise sequence. Describe the opening state, motion, camera behavior, sound, and final state in chronological order.
Persist task context. Store the task ID with the originating model and request so polling can resume safely after a page reload.
Quick Start
Call Seedance 2.5 with the verified APINEED endpoint and model-specific request shape.
Create an API key
Store your APINEED key server-side as API_NEED_API_KEY.
export API_NEED_API_KEY=sk-apineed-v1-...Send the request
Use seedance-2.5 with POST /v1/video/generations.
curl https://apineed.com/v1/video/generations \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $API_NEED_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "seedance-2.5",
"prompt": "A cinematic 5-second shot of a designer desk at sunrise. The camera slowly pushes in, dust moves through the light, realistic reflections, no text overlay.",
"seconds": "5",
"metadata": {
"resolution": "720p",
"ratio": "16:9",
"generate_audio": false,
"watermark": false
}
}'Poll the task
Save task_id, then poll GET /v1/video/generations/{task_id} every few seconds until the task is completed or failed.
curl https://apineed.com/v1/video/generations/$TASK_ID -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_NEED_API_KEY"Seedance 2.5 API Endpoint
Create an asynchronous video task, then use its task ID to retrieve status and the completed video URL.
POST
/v1/video/generations- Authorization
- Bearer $API_NEED_API_KEY
- Content-Type
- application/json
- HTTP-Referer
- optional - your site URL, for rankings
- Model
- seedance-2.5
GET
/v1/video/generations/{task_id}- Authorization
- Bearer $API_NEED_API_KEY
- Content-Type
- application/json
- HTTP-Referer
- optional - your site URL, for rankings
- Model
- seedance-2.5
Parameters
These controls follow APINEED's current DTO and adapter behavior. Unsupported upstream-only fields are intentionally omitted.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
model | string | Required | Use seedance-2.5. |
prompt | string | Required | Describe the scene, motion, camera, and constraints for Seedance 2.5. |
seconds | string | 4-15 | Duration for the Seedance task. The page does not send top-level duration. |
images | string[] | Optional | Reference image URLs or data URLs for API integrations. |
metadata.resolution | string | 480p, 720p | Resolution sent in Seedance metadata. |
metadata.ratio | string | 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 21:9 | Aspect ratio sent as ratio. |
metadata.content[].video_url | object | Optional | Required API structure for video-reference billing and routing. |
metadata.generate_audio | boolean | Optional | Controls native audio generation. |
metadata.watermark | boolean | Optional | Controls watermark forwarding. |
Seedance 2.5 API questions
Practical answers for choosing, integrating, pricing, and operating the Seedance 2.5 API on APINEED.
What Seedance 2.5 settings has APINEED verified?
The production adapter accepts 4–15 second jobs at 480p or 720p with prompt, reference-image, structured video-reference, aspect-ratio, audio, and watermark controls. [1][3]
Can Seedance 2.5 generate 1080p through APINEED?
No. APINEED currently rejects 1080p for this route before submission. Choose 480p or 720p, or use the separately documented Seedance 2.0 Spicy route for a verified 1080p option. [3]
Which endpoint serves Seedance 2.5 API?
Create a task with POST /v1/video/generations and model seedance-2.5, then poll GET /v1/video/generations/{task_id} until the response reports a terminal status. [3]
How does Seedance 2.5 video-input pricing work?
A request receives the video-input rate only when metadata.content contains a correctly structured video_url item. Prompt-only and image-reference jobs use the no-video-input branch. [1][3]
What discount does APINEED apply to Seedance 2.5?
APINEED charges 97% of the published baseline, which is a 3% discount. The displayed matrix retains separate video-input and no-video-input prices for 480p and 720p. [1][3]
What should production code retain after creating a Seedance 2.5 job?
Persist the APINEED task ID, originating model, submission time, and request context; poll at a controlled interval and preserve upstream error details when a task fails. [3]
How to deploy Seedance 2.5
Connect Seedance 2.5 to your application through the APINEED media API.
Add credits
Add APINEED credits before submitting a billable generation.
Create an API key
Create and securely store an APINEED API key.
Configure the endpoint
Send seedance-2.5 requests to /v1/video/generations.
Track the task
Poll the returned task ID and store the completed video URL.