# MiniMax Minimax H3 — Text To Video

> Use MiniMax-H3 API on GPTProto for 4–15s video at up to 2K, stereo audio, keyframe control, and multimodal references—30% off.

## Overview

- **Endpoint**: `POST https://gptproto.com/api/v3/minimax/minimax-h3/text-to-video`
- **Result URL**: `GET https://gptproto.com/api/v3/predictions/{result_id}/result` — the submit response also returns the authoritative URL in `data.urls.get`
- **Model ID**: `MiniMax-H3`
- **Vendor**: MiniMax
- **Scene**: `text-to-video`
- **Category**: text-to-video
- **Modalities**: input text → output video
- **Playground**: https://gptproto.com/model/minimax/minimax-h3
- **Other scenes of this model**: `image-to-video` — same auth, different endpoint path and input schema

## Authentication

Every request needs a GPTProto API key in the `Authorization` header. Create one at https://gptproto.com/dashboard/api-key, then export it:

```bash
export GPTPROTO_API_KEY="your-api-key"
```

Header: `Authorization: Bearer $GPTPROTO_API_KEY` (plus `Content-Type: application/json` on POST).

## Pricing

Platform price by tier (USD, already includes the GPTProto discount):

- Cheapest tier — **768P · 4 · 0**: $0.224 per run
- Most expensive tier — **2K · 30 · 9**: $2.84 per run
- 540 priced tiers in total; the parameters below select the tier.
  - `resolution`: 2K, 768P
  - `total_video_duration`: 4–30
  - `input_image`: 0–9
- Example — resolution=768P, total_video_duration=4, input_image=0: $0.224
- Example — resolution=2K, total_video_duration=15, input_image=7: $1.42
- Example — resolution=2K, total_video_duration=30, input_image=9: $2.84

Price range: $0.224 – $2.84 per generation.

Prices may change. The model page always shows the live price: https://gptproto.com/model/minimax/minimax-h3

## API Information

The API is asynchronous: POST the endpoint to create a prediction, then poll its result URL until `status` is `completed` or `failed`.

### Input Schema

The endpoint accepts the following JSON body parameters:

- **`prompt`** (`string`, _required_):
  The positive prompt for the generation.

- **`aspect_ratio`** (`enum`, _optional_):
  The aspect ratio of the generated media.
  - Default: `16:9`
  - Options: 21:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16

- **`duration`** (`range`, _optional_):
  The duration of the generated media in seconds.
  - Default: `5`
  - Range: 4–15

- **`resolution`** (`enum`, _optional_):
  Video resolution.
  - Default: `768P`
  - Options: 2K, 768P

**Required Parameters Example**:

```json
{
  "prompt": "A tiny origami fox sailing a teacup across a moonlit puddle"
}
```

**Full Example**:

```json
{
  "prompt": "A tiny origami fox sailing a teacup across a moonlit puddle",
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
  "duration": 5,
  "resolution": "768P"
}
```

### Output Schema

Both submit and poll return the same envelope:

- **`data.id`** (`string`): Prediction id. Use it as `result_id` when polling for the result.
- **`data.status`** (`string`): One of `created`, `running`, `completed`, `failed`. See Status Values below.
- **`data.outputs`** (`array of string`): Generated files. Empty until `status` is `completed`; then it holds the output URLs (or base64 strings when the model exposes a base64 option).
- **`data.urls.get`** (`string`): Authoritative result URL for this prediction. Prefer it over building the poll URL yourself.
- **`data.error`** (`string | null`): Failure reason when `status` is `failed`, otherwise `null`.
- **`data.executionTime`** (`integer`): Total processing time in milliseconds.
- **`data.timings.inference`** (`integer`): Model inference time in milliseconds.
- **`data.hasNsfwContents`** (`array of boolean`): Per-output moderation flags.
- **`message`** (`string`): `success` on a normal response, otherwise the error message.
- **`code`** (`integer`): Business status code. `200` means the request was accepted.

**Example Response — submit (task accepted)**:

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "pred_example_01",
    "model": "MiniMax-H3",
    "outputs": [],
    "urls": {
      "get": "https://gptproto.com/api/v3/predictions/pred_example_01/result"
    },
    "hasNsfwContents": [],
    "status": "created",
    "createdAt": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "executionTime": 0,
    "timings": {
      "inference": 0
    }
  },
  "message": "success",
  "code": 200
}
```

**Example Response — poll (completed)**:

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "pred_example_01",
    "model": "MiniMax-H3",
    "outputs": [
      "https://oss-us.gptproto.com/example/output.mp4"
    ],
    "urls": {
      "get": "https://gptproto.com/api/v3/predictions/pred_example_01/result"
    },
    "status": "completed",
    "error": null,
    "executionTime": 12345,
    "timings": {
      "inference": 12000
    },
    "has_nsfw_contents": [],
    "created_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z"
  },
  "message": "success",
  "code": 200
}
```

### Status Values

- `created` — Task accepted. Use `data.id` as `result_id` for polling.
- `running` — Generation is in progress. Keep polling.
- `completed` — Finished successfully. Generated files are in `data.outputs`.
- `failed` — Generation failed. Read `data.error` for the reason.

## Usage Examples

### 1. Submit a request

```bash
curl --request POST "https://gptproto.com/api/v3/minimax/minimax-h3/text-to-video" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $GPTPROTO_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
    "prompt": "A tiny origami fox sailing a teacup across a moonlit puddle",
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    "duration": 5,
    "resolution": "768P"
  }'
```

```python
import os
import requests

url = "https://gptproto.com/api/v3/minimax/minimax-h3/text-to-video"
headers = {
  "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['GPTPROTO_API_KEY']}",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
payload = {
  "prompt": "A tiny origami fox sailing a teacup across a moonlit puddle",
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
  "duration": 5,
  "resolution": "768P"
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, json=payload)
print(response.json())
```

```typescript
const response = await fetch("https://gptproto.com/api/v3/minimax/minimax-h3/text-to-video", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.GPTPROTO_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    prompt: "A tiny origami fox sailing a teacup across a moonlit puddle",
    aspect_ratio: "16:9",
    duration: 5,
    resolution: "768P",
  }),
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

### 2. Poll until the task finishes

Replace `YOUR_RESULT_ID` with `data.id` from the submit response (or call `data.urls.get` directly), and keep polling every 1–3 seconds while `status` is `created` or `running`.

```bash
result_id="YOUR_RESULT_ID"

curl --request GET "https://gptproto.com/api/v3/predictions/$result_id/result" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $GPTPROTO_API_KEY"
```

```python
import os
import requests

result_id = "YOUR_RESULT_ID"
url = f"https://gptproto.com/api/v3/predictions/{result_id}/result"
headers = {
  "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['GPTPROTO_API_KEY']}"
}
response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)
print(response.json())
```

```typescript
const result_id = "YOUR_RESULT_ID";
const response = await fetch(`https://gptproto.com/api/v3/predictions/${result_id}/result`, {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.GPTPROTO_API_KEY}`,
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

## Example Prompts

- A young woman at a sunny cafe window turns to the camera and says warmly: "Morning! Coffee first, then we take on the day." Soft daylight, gentle handheld camera, quiet cafe ambience.
- A street musician with a guitar on a sunny plaza looks into the camera and says: "This one's for everyone who kept walking. Stay a minute." Then he strums a warm chord. Natural light, light crowd murmur.

## HTTP Status Codes

- `400` — malformed body, a parameter or value this model does not accept, or input blocked by the provider's content moderation
- `401` — missing or invalid API key
- `403` — insufficient credits
- `413` — request body too large
- `429` — rate limited; retry with backoff
- `500` — An internal server error occurred
- `502` — An internal server error occurred
- `504` — Gateway timeout — upstream service did not respond in time; retry later

## Additional Resources

- [Model playground](https://gptproto.com/model/minimax/minimax-h3)
- [All models](https://gptproto.com/model)
- [API keys](https://gptproto.com/dashboard/api-key)
- [Platform overview for LLMs](https://gptproto.com/llm-full.txt)
- Any other model: `https://gptproto.com/model/{vendor}/{model}/{scene}/llms.txt`