Seedance Video Generation

Generate AI dance and motion videos through AceDataCloud's Seedance (ByteDance) API.

Setup: See authentication for token setup.

Quick Start

curl -X POST https://api.acedata.cloud/seedance/videos \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "doubao-seedance-1-0-pro-250528", "content": [{"type": "text", "text": "a dancer performing contemporary ballet in a misty forest"}], "callback_url": "https://api.acedata.cloud/health"}'

Async: See async task polling. Poll via POST /seedance/tasks with {"task_id": "..."}. This returns a task ID immediately. Poll for the result:

curl -X POST https://api.acedata.cloud/seedance/tasks \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"task_id": "<task_id from above>"}'

Models

Model	Type	Best For
doubao-seedance-1-0-pro-250528	Text+Image-to-Video	General-purpose, reliable quality
doubao-seedance-1-0-pro-fast-251015	Text+Image-to-Video	Faster Pro generation
doubao-seedance-1-5-pro-251215	Text+Image-to-Video	Latest model, highest quality, audio support
doubao-seedance-1-0-lite-t2v-250428	Text-to-Video only	Lightweight text-to-video
doubao-seedance-1-0-lite-i2v-250428	Image-to-Video only	Lightweight image-to-video

Workflows

1. Text-to-Video

Pass a text content item in the content array.

POST /seedance/videos
{
  "model": "doubao-seedance-1-0-pro-250528",
  "content": [
    {"type": "text", "text": "a street dancer doing breakdancing moves in an urban setting"}
  ],
  "resolution": "1080p",
  "ratio": "16:9",
  "duration": 5
}

2. Image-to-Video

Include an image content item (with an optional role) alongside the text.

POST /seedance/videos
{
  "model": "doubao-seedance-1-5-pro-251215",
  "content": [
    {"type": "text", "text": "the person starts dancing gracefully"},
    {
      "type": "image_url",
      "role": "first_frame",
      "image_url": {"url": "https://example.com/dancer.jpg"}
    }
  ],
  "resolution": "720p",
  "duration": 5
}

Image roles:

• first_frame — image is used as the opening frame
• last_frame — image is used as the closing frame
• reference_image — image is used as a style/content reference

3. First-frame + Last-frame

Provide both a start and end frame image:

POST /seedance/videos
{
  "model": "doubao-seedance-1-0-pro-250528",
  "content": [
    {"type": "text", "text": "smooth transition between two scenes"},
    {"type": "image_url", "role": "first_frame", "image_url": {"url": "https://example.com/start.jpg"}},
    {"type": "image_url", "role": "last_frame", "image_url": {"url": "https://example.com/end.jpg"}}
  ]
}

Parameters

Parameter	Values	Description
model	see Models table	Model to use (required)
content	array	Input items: text and/or image_url objects (required)
resolution	"480p", "720p", "1080p"	Output resolution (default: 720p for pro, 480p for lite)
ratio	"16:9", "4:3", "1:1", "3:4", "9:16", "21:9", "adaptive"	Aspect ratio (default: 16:9)
duration	2 – 12	Duration in seconds
frames	29–289 (must satisfy 25+4n)	Frame count — mutually exclusive with duration
seed	-1 to 4294967295	Seed for reproducible results (-1 = random)
generate_audio	true / false	Generate audio (only supported by doubao-seedance-1-5-pro-251215)
camerafixed	true / false	Fix the camera position during generation
watermark	true / false	Add a watermark to the generated video
return_last_frame	true / false	Return the last frame of the generated video
service_tier	"default", "flex"	Processing tier (default: default)
execution_expires_after	number	Task timeout threshold in seconds

Inline Parameter Syntax

You can also embed generation parameters directly in the text prompt using the --param value syntax:

A kitten yawning at the camera. --rs 720p --rt 16:9 --dur 5 --fps 24 --seed 42

Supported inline params: --rs (resolution), --rt (ratio), --dur (duration), --frames, --fps (24 only), --seed, --cf (camera_fixed), --wm (watermark).

Gotchas

• Model names use the doubao-* convention (e.g. doubao-seedance-1-0-pro-250528) — old short names like seedance-1.0 are not valid
• The content array replaces the old prompt + image_url fields; always use content
• Image and text scenarios are mutually exclusive per content item — each item has either text or image_url, not both
• first_frame, last_frame, and reference_image roles are mutually exclusive scenarios — pick one pattern per request
• generate_audio: true is only supported by doubao-seedance-1-5-pro-251215; other models ignore this field
• Lite models are split: *-lite-t2v-* only accepts text, *-lite-i2v-* only accepts image-to-video
• Resolution options are 480p, 720p, 1080p — there is no 360p or 540p
• service_tier values are "default" and "flex" (not "standard"/"premium")
• Duration range is 2–12 seconds — values outside this range will fail
• Task states use "succeeded" (not "completed") — check for this value when polling

MCP: pip install mcp-seedance | Hosted: https://seedance.mcp.acedata.cloud/mcp | See all MCP servers