xAI: Grok Imagine Video (Text to Video) API Reference

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X-AI Grok Imagine Video generates videos from text descriptions using xAI's Grok Imagine Video model. Create high-quality videos with customizable duration, aspect ratio, and resolution.

1. Calling the API

Setup your API Key

To begin using Infron, you first need to create an account and generate your API Key.

Once you have your API key, set it as an environment variable in your runtime environment. This allows your applications to securely access Infron’s API.

export INFRON_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Submit a request

For long-running requests, you can poll for results.

curl https://media.onerouter.pro/v1/videos/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @- <<'EOF'
{
  "model": "x-ai/grok-imagine-video/text-to-video",
  "prompt": "Anime schoolgirl bursting out of house door, cherry blossoms blowing, morning light, speed lines indicating rush, chibi-ready expressions, classic shojo aesthetic, vibrant colors.",
  "duration": 15,
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
  "resolution": "720p",
  "n": 1
}
EOF

Response with queue task id

The response will look like this:

{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "task_id": "1f8000dd942d49edb0a8afe8c239e211",
    "object": "video",
    "model": "x-ai/grok-imagine-video/text-to-video",
    "status": "created",
    "urls": {
      "query": "https://media.onerouter.pro/v1/videos/tasks/1f8000dd942d49edb0a8afe8c239e211"
    },
    "created_at": "2026-06-22 07:09:10.29"
  }
}

Fetch request status

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

curl https://media.onerouter.pro/v1/videos/tasks/{task_id} \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" 

# For example
curl https://media.onerouter.pro/v1/videos/tasks/1f8000dd942d49edb0a8afe8c239e211 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Response with queue task status query

{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "task_id": "1f8000dd942d49edb0a8afe8c239e211",
    "object": "video",
    "model": "x-ai/grok-imagine-video/text-to-video",
    "status": "in_progress",
    "fail_reason": "",
    "submit_time": 1782112150,
    "start_time": 1782112150,
    "finish_time": 0,
    "outputs": [],
    "created_at": "2026-06-22 07:09:10"
  }
}

Possible statuses:

• created
• in_progress
• processing
• completed
• failed

created -> in_progress → processing → completed | failed

Poll every 1-2 seconds until status is "completed" or "failed"

Get the result (when status is "completed")

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

{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "task_id": "1f8000dd942d49edb0a8afe8c239e211",
    "object": "video",
    "model": "x-ai/grok-imagine-video/text-to-video",
    "status": "completed",
    "fail_reason": "",
    "submit_time": 1782112150,
    "start_time": 1782112150,
    "finish_time": 1782112380,
    "outputs": [
      "https://storage.googleapis.com/infron_gcs/video%2Fvideo_v2%2Foutput%2Foutput_1c5efa28-474c-40ef-9007-bb7401807f9e.mp4"
    ],
    "usage": {
      "completion_tokens": 0,
      "duration": 15,
      "generate_audio": false,
      "output_count": 1,
      "prompt_tokens": 1,
      "request_num": 1,
      "resolution": "720p",
      "tokens": 1,
      "total_tokens": 1,
      "video_duration": 15
    },
    "cost": {
      "total_cost": 1.05,
      "cost_details": {
        "prompt_cost": 0,
        "completion_cost": 0,
        "image_cost": 0,
        "video_cost": 1.05,
        "audio_cost": 0,
        "native_web_search_cost": 0,
        "plugin_web_search_cost": 0,
        "tools_cost": 0,
        "prompt_cache_read_cost": 0,
        "prompt_cache_write_cost": 0,
        "prompt_cache_write_5_min": 0,
        "prompt_cache_write_1_h": 0,
        "reasoning_cost": 0,
        "discount_rate": 1,
        "is_byok": false,
        "byok_cost": 0
      }
    },
    "created_at": "2026-06-22 07:09:10"
  }
}

2. Schema

Input

Example request

curl https://media.onerouter.pro/v1/videos/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @- <<'EOF'
{
  "model": "x-ai/grok-imagine-video/text-to-video",
  "prompt": "Anime schoolgirl bursting out of house door, cherry blossoms blowing, morning light, speed lines indicating rush, chibi-ready expressions, classic shojo aesthetic, vibrant colors.",
  "duration": 15,
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
  "resolution": "720p",
  "n": 1
}
EOF

Output

Example output

{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "task_id": "1f8000dd942d49edb0a8afe8c239e211",
    "object": "video",
    "model": "x-ai/grok-imagine-video/text-to-video",
    "status": "completed",
    "fail_reason": "",
    "submit_time": 1782112150,
    "start_time": 1782112150,
    "finish_time": 1782112380,
    "outputs": [
      "https://storage.googleapis.com/infron_gcs/video%2Fvideo_v2%2Foutput%2Foutput_1c5efa28-474c-40ef-9007-bb7401807f9e.mp4"
    ],
    "usage": {
      "completion_tokens": 0,
      "duration": 15,
      "generate_audio": false,
      "output_count": 1,
      "prompt_tokens": 1,
      "request_num": 1,
      "resolution": "720p",
      "tokens": 1,
      "total_tokens": 1,
      "video_duration": 15
    },
    "cost": {
      "total_cost": 1.05,
      "cost_details": {
        "prompt_cost": 0,
        "completion_cost": 0,
        "image_cost": 0,
        "video_cost": 1.05,
        "audio_cost": 0,
        "native_web_search_cost": 0,
        "plugin_web_search_cost": 0,
        "tools_cost": 0,
        "prompt_cache_read_cost": 0,
        "prompt_cache_write_cost": 0,
        "prompt_cache_write_5_min": 0,
        "prompt_cache_write_1_h": 0,
        "reasoning_cost": 0,
        "discount_rate": 1,
        "is_byok": false,
        "byok_cost": 0
      }
    },
    "created_at": "2026-06-22 07:09:10"
  }
}

3. Detailed Pricing