Keyframe Labs Generations API

The Generations API from Keyframe Labs — 3 operation(s) for generations.

Operations 4

POST /uploads Create audio upload #
POST /generations Create generation #
GET /generations List generations #
GET /generations/{generation_id} Get generation #

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OpenAPI Specification

keyframe-labs-generations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Sessions Generations API
  version: 1.2.0
servers:
- url: https://api.keyframelabs.com/v1
tags:
- name: Generations
paths:
  /uploads:
    post:
      tags:
      - Generations
      operationId: createUpload
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      summary: Create audio upload
      description: 'Returns a signed URL to PUT one audio file to. Takes no request body. Upload the raw bytes with no required headers, then pass the returned `id` as `audio_file_id`.


        One upload can back several generations -- the same audio rendered as mp4 and webm, or re-run with a different emotion timeline -- without re-sending it.'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Upload URL issued
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateUploadResponse'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse'
              examples:
                invalid_request:
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: invalid_request
                      message: Invalid API Key
                      param: null
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse'
              examples:
                internal_error:
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: internal_error
                      message: Internal server error
                      param: null
  /generations:
    post:
      tags:
      - Generations
      operationId: createGeneration
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      summary: Create generation
      description: 'Queues a batch render and returns immediately with a `queued` job. Poll it, or supply a `webhook`.


        The uploaded audio is inspected before the job is created: an unreadable file, a file containing a video stream, an unsupported codec or one longer than the limit is rejected with 400 and nothing is queued. `duration_seconds` in the response is measured, not declared.'
      parameters:
      - name: Idempotency-Key
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Re-sending the same key returns the original job instead of queueing a second one. Scoped to your organisation.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateGenerationRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Generation queued
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Generation'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request or unusable audio
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse'
              examples:
                invalid_request:
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: invalid_request
                      message: file contains a video stream; upload audio only
                      param: audio_file_id
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse'
              examples:
                invalid_request:
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: invalid_request
                      message: Invalid API Key
                      param: null
        '402':
          description: Billing issue
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse'
              examples:
                payment_required:
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: payment_required
                      message: No active subscription found. Please set up billing.
                      param: null
        '403':
          description: Model not allowed for plan
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse'
              examples:
                model_not_allowed:
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: model_not_allowed
                      message: Plan 'free' does not support model persona-1.5
                      param: model
        '429':
          description: Too much work already queued
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse'
              examples:
                queue_limit_exceeded:
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: queue_limit_exceeded
                      message: You already have 50 generations queued or running. Wait for some to finish before submitting more.
                      param: null
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse'
              examples:
                internal_error:
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: internal_error
                      message: Internal server error
                      param: null
    get:
      tags:
      - Generations
      operationId: listGenerations
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      summary: List generations
      description: Newest first. Cursor-paginated rather than offset-paginated, because the queue changes while you page through it and an offset would skip or repeat rows.
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 20
      - name: after
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: '`next_cursor` from the previous page.'
      - name: status
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - queued
          - running
          - done
          - failed
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Generations returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GenerationList'
        '400':
          description: Malformed cursor
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse'
              examples:
                invalid_request:
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: invalid_request
                      message: malformed cursor
                      param: after
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse'
              examples:
                invalid_request:
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: invalid_request
                      message: Invalid API Key
                      param: null
  /generations/{generation_id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Generations
      operationId: getGeneration
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      summary: Get generation
      description: Returns the job, with a freshly signed `output_url` when it is done. The link is valid for 30 minutes and is not stored -- read the generation again to get another.
      parameters:
      - name: generation_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Generation identifier
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Generation returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Generation'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse'
              examples:
                invalid_request:
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: invalid_request
                      message: Invalid API Key
                      param: null
        '404':
          description: No such generation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse'
              examples:
                generation_not_found:
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: generation_not_found
                      message: no generation with id gen_123
                      param: null
components:
  schemas:
    CreateUploadResponse:
      description: 'A signed URL for one audio upload. Takes no request body: anything you could declare here would be unverified, so size and content are checked against the stored object when the generation is created.'
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - object
      - upload_url
      - method
      - expires_at
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Pass as `audio_file_id` when creating a generation.
          example: 9f2c1e7a4b
        object:
          type: string
          enum:
          - upload
        upload_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: PUT the raw audio bytes here. No headers are required.
        method:
          type: string
          enum:
          - PUT
        expires_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: After this the URL stops working, but the id stays valid for an upload already completed.
    GenerationList:
      type: object
      required:
      - object
      - data
      - has_more
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
          enum:
          - list
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Generation'
        has_more:
          type: boolean
        next_cursor:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Pass as `after` for the next page. Opaque.
    ApiErrorResponse:
      description: 'Structured error envelope used by the Generations and Uploads endpoints. A superset of the `detail` shape the older endpoints return: `code` is stable and safe to branch on, `param` names the offending field when one is identifiable.'
      type: object
      required:
      - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
          - code
          - message
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              enum:
              - model_not_allowed
              - persona_not_found
              - invalid_request
              - payment_required
              - queue_limit_exceeded
              - generation_not_found
              - internal_error
            message:
              type: string
            param:
              type:
              - string
              - 'null'
              description: Request field that caused the error, when known.
    Generation:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - object
      - model
      - persona_id
      - status
      - output_format
      - duration_seconds
      - credits_estimated
      - created_at
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        object:
          type: string
          enum:
          - generation
        model:
          type: string
        persona_id:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - queued
          - running
          - done
          - failed
          description: Terminal states are `done` and `failed`. There is no cancelled state.
        output_format:
          type: string
          enum:
          - mp4
          - webm
          - mov
        duration_seconds:
          type: number
          description: Measured from the uploaded audio, not supplied by the caller.
        credits_estimated:
          type: number
          description: Quote at submit. The charge is based on what is actually rendered.
        credits_charged:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
          description: Set on `done`.
        output_url:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
          description: Signed download link, valid 30 minutes. Re-read the generation for a fresh one; it is not stored.
        error:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Set on `failed`.
        metadata:
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        completed_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
    WebhookConfig:
      type: object
      required:
      - url
      properties:
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: HTTPS endpoint that receives lifecycle events.
        secret:
          type: string
          minLength: 16
          maxLength: 256
          description: 'Signs deliveries as `KFL-Signature: t=<unix>,v1=<hmac-sha256>` over `"{t}.{body}"`. Generated if omitted.'
    EmotionKeyframe:
      type: object
      required:
      - at
      - name
      properties:
        at:
          type: number
          minimum: 0
          description: Seconds from the start of the clip. Floored to the model's one-second inference window.
        name:
          type: string
          example: happy
    CreateGenerationRequest:
      description: Queue a batch video generation. The audio must already be uploaded via POST /uploads.
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - model
      - persona_id
      - audio_file_id
      properties:
        model:
          type: string
          example: persona-1.5
          description: Must appear in your plan's allowed models.
        persona_id:
          type: string
          description: ID of avatar to use
        audio_file_id:
          type: string
          description: '`id` returned by POST /uploads, after the audio has been PUT to the signed URL.'
        output_format:
          type: string
          enum:
          - mp4
          - webm
          - mov
          default: mp4
        emotion:
          description: One emotion for the whole clip, or a timeline. Resolution is one second.
          oneOf:
          - title: Single emotion
            type: string
            example: happy
          - title: Timeline
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmotionKeyframe'
        webhook:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebhookConfig'
        metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          maxProperties: 16
          description: Returned unchanged on reads and webhooks; never interpreted.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Keyframe Labs
  source: https://docs.keyframelabs.com/api-reference/v1/openapi.json
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)