Live capabilities

These capabilities come from the current model config and backend route. Unreleased APIs are not listed.

No X/Twitter Premium subscription needed

Both text

Both text-to-video and image-to-video

Direct API access to xAI's Grok

Same backend as Grok Imagine for consistent quality

Request format

Clients call same-origin API routes; the server BFF forwards to the matching Worker.

MethodEndpointCreditsPurpose

POST/api/v1/videos/generations24 credits

xAI's Grok Video — AI video generation powered by Grok Imagine. Supports text-to-video and image-to-video.

Parameters

promptstring

Text prompt for video generation (required for text-to-video, max 5000 chars)

Optional

modelstring

Sub-model: "grok-imagine/text-to-video" or "grok-imagine/image-to-video"

Optional · Default grok-imagine/text-to-video

image_urlsarray

Image URLs for image-to-video mode

Optional

Example request

{
  "endpoint": "/api/v1/videos/generations",
  "headers": {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <API_KEY>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  "body": {
    "model": "grok-imagine/text-to-video",
    "prompt": "A cat walking across a piano keyboard, cinematic lighting"
  }
}

Task status route

After creating image, video, audio, or tool tasks, poll the real task endpoint for results.

GET/api/v1/tasks/{task_id}Check generation task status and result.

Pricing

~$0.24 per video (24 credits)

Base cost$0.24

Credits24

BillingSuccessful requests

Use cases

These workflows are supported by the current model and backend node.

01

Generate short videos from text descriptions

02

Animate images into video clips

03

Create social media video content

04

Build AI video features into apps

FAQ

How much does Grok Video cost?

Each video costs 24 credits (~$0.24) for both text-to-video and image-to-video.

Does Grok Video support image-to-video?

Yes. Provide image URLs via the "image_urls" parameter to animate images into video.

Do I need a Twitter/X Premium subscription?

No. API in One provides direct API access without any X/Twitter subscription.

grok-video API