Pixverse Mimic Serverless API

Transfer motion from reference videos onto still images.

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POST /v2/pixverse-mimic · submit + poll
 1# pip install "segmind>=1.1.0"
 2# export SEGMIND_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
 3from segmind import SegmindClient, InferenceFailed, InferenceTimeout
 4
 5# Async (v2) — recommended for long-running / video models.
 6# run() blocks up to 600s; submit_async + job.wait(timeout=...) sets a longer
 7# deadline and keeps the request_id so you can re-poll later.
 8client = SegmindClient()                      # reads SEGMIND_API_KEY
 9payload = {
10    "video_url": "https://segmind-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/input/pixverse-mimic-reference.mp4",
11    "image_url": "https://segmind-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/input/pixverse-mimic-subject.png",
12    "quality": "540p",
13}
14job = client.submit_async("pixverse-mimic", **payload)
15print(job.request_id)                         # available immediately
16try:
17    result = job.wait(timeout=900, interval=2.0)
18    print(result["status"])                  # COMPLETED
19    print(result.get("output"))              # model output (e.g. video URL)
20except InferenceTimeout as e:
21    print("still running:", e.request_id)    # re-poll later with this id
22except InferenceFailed as e:
23    print("failed:", e.detail)
24
25# Fast models (<=600s) can use the one-liner instead:
26# result = segmind.run("pixverse-mimic", **payload)

API Endpoint

POSThttps://api.segmind.com/v1/pixverse-mimic

Parameters

video_urlrequired
string (uri)

URL of the reference video with clear human motion (mp4/mov, ≤100 MB, ≤30s). Use short clips (<10s) with a single person for best results.

Default: "https://segmind-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/input/pixverse-mimic-reference.mp4"
imageoptional
string (uri)

Base64-encoded subject image as alternative to image_url. Use when uploading directly instead of hosting the image.

image_urloptional
string (uri)

URL of the subject image to animate (person or animal). Use full-body shots with clean backgrounds for best motion transfer.

Default: "https://segmind-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/input/pixverse-mimic-subject.png"
qualityoptional
string

Output video resolution. 540p balances quality and speed; use 720p for final renders, 360p for quick drafts.

Default: "540p"
Allowed values :
"360p""540p""720p"

Response Type

Returns: Video

Asynchronous requests (v2)

Use Async for video, long-running (>~60s), or high-concurrency workloads; Sync is simplest for fast image & LLM calls. Async submits a request and you poll it to completion.

  1. 1
    POST /v2/pixverse-mimic

    Submitreturns request_id, status_url, response_url

  2. 2
    GET /v2/requests/{id}/status

    Polluntil COMPLETED or FAILED

  3. 3
    GET /v2/requests/{id}

    Resultfinal response body

Status states

QUEUEDAccepted, waiting for a worker
PROCESSINGRunning on a worker
COMPLETEDDone — result body is ready
FAILEDErrored (incl. content/RAI blocks)
  • A FAILED request is served as HTTP 422 — the body still carries the error detail.
  • An unknown or expired request_id returns HTTP 404.
  • Results are retained for 1 hour, then expire.
  • Content / RAI blocks surface as FAILED, not a separate state.
  • Track completion by polling the status endpoint.

Common Error Codes

The API returns standard HTTP status codes. Detailed error messages are provided in the response body.

400

Bad Request

Invalid parameters or request format

401

Unauthorized

Missing or invalid API key

403

Forbidden

Insufficient permissions

404

Not Found

Model or endpoint not found

406

Insufficient Credits

Not enough credits to process request

429

Rate Limited

Too many requests

500

Server Error

Internal server error

502

Bad Gateway

Service temporarily unavailable

504

Timeout

Request timed out