Videos

Edit a previously generated video with a text prompt and optional reference images (video-to-video). Pass the video `url` you received from `createVideo`, `createVideoFromReferences`, or an earlier edit - it must be a video you generated within the last 7 days; arbitrary external videos are not accepted. Optionally add up to 5 reference `images` (URL or base64) to guide the edit. Synchronous until September 10, 2026: the call blocks until rendering finishes and returns the new video URL and its actual duration in seconds. Credits are charged only on success, based on the produced duration and never more than the duration you requested. Pass an optional `request_id` to tag the result so you can locate it later via `GET /assets/videos/results`. Related tools: `createVideo` to generate the source clip, `createVideoFromReferences` for reference-driven generation. Requires an API key (user scope). Async is the intended integration pattern: pass `async: true` and the call returns 202 with a job id - poll `GET /assets/jobs/{id}` (`getApiJob` in MCP), honouring poll_after_ms or long-polling with wait=30, until status is succeeded, whose result field is exactly the response documented for this operation. Synchronous responses are deprecated: they remain the default until September 10, 2026, after which requests default to async and return 202 with a job id; set `async: false` explicitly to keep synchronous behavior during and after the transition. Synchronous calls run on the same queue: the response carries an X-Ludo-Job-Id header, and a job still running after 15 minutes comes back as 202 with the job instead of an error. Each account may have up to 50 generations queued or running at once via the API; a request beyond that returns 429 (code PENDING_JOBS_LIMIT).

post/assets/video/edit

Request body

videostring required

URL of a video you generated in the last 7 days (returned by createVideo, createVideoFromReferences, or a previous edit). External URLs are not accepted.

promptstring required

Edit instruction describing the desired change.

imagesstring[]

Optional reference images (up to 5), each a URL or base64, to guide the edit.

durationnumber float

Output video length in seconds. Defaults to the source video's duration.

model'eagle' | 'forge-pixel'

Video model to use. forge-pixel renders pixel-art video.

request_idstring

Optional client-provided identifier, unique per request. Re-sending the same request_id returns the existing job instead of generating again. Also usable with the results endpoint.

asyncboolean

When true, return 202 immediately with a job id instead of waiting for the result. Poll GET /assets/jobs/{id}. Defaults to false (synchronous).

Response

Success

urlstring

URL to the generated video file

durationnumber float

Duration of the video in seconds

has_audioboolean
request_idstring
created_atinteger

Changes

Changed in 1 of the 8 revisions of this API.1