Compare AI video generation APIs

# Requires bash, curl and jq. A polling timeout does not cancel the job.
set -euo pipefail
BASE_URL="https://api.apihop.ai"
API_KEY='YOUR_API_KEY'
created=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --max-time 30 \
  "$BASE_URL/v1/video/seedance" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"model":"seedance-2.5","prompt":"A calm city street at dawn","duration":5,"resolution":"720p"}')
job_id=$(printf '%s' "$created" | jq -er '.data.jobId | select(. != null) | tostring')
deadline=$((SECONDS + 600))
while (( SECONDS < deadline )); do
  job=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --max-time 30 \
    "$BASE_URL/v1/jobs/$job_id" -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY")
  status=$(printf '%s' "$job" | jq -er '.data.status')
  case "$status" in
    COMPLETED) printf '%s' "$job" | jq -e '.data.outputResult'; exit 0 ;;
    FAILED|CANCELLED) printf 'Job %s: %s\n' "$job_id" "$status" >&2; exit 1 ;;
  esac
  sleep 5
done
printf 'Polling timed out; retain jobId for a later status check: %s\n' "$job_id" >&2
exit 1

const baseUrl = "https://api.apihop.ai";
const headers = { Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' };
async function request(path, options = {}) {
  const response = await fetch(baseUrl + path, { ...options, headers, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30000) });
  if (!response.ok) throw new Error('HTTP ' + response.status);
  const result = await response.json();
  if (result.success === false) throw new Error(JSON.stringify(result.error));
  return result.data;
}
const created = await request('/v1/video/seedance', { method: 'POST', body: JSON.stringify({"model":"seedance-2.5","prompt":"A calm city street at dawn","duration":5,"resolution":"720p"}) });
if (!created?.jobId) throw new Error('Missing data.jobId');
const deadline = Date.now() + 10 * 60 * 1000;
let completed = false;
while (Date.now() < deadline) {
  const job = await request('/v1/jobs/' + encodeURIComponent(created.jobId));
  if (job.status === 'COMPLETED') {
    if (job.outputResult == null) throw new Error('Completed job has no outputResult');
    console.log(job.outputResult);
    completed = true;
    break;
  }
  if (['FAILED', 'CANCELLED'].includes(job.status)) throw new Error('Job ' + job.status);
  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 5000));
}
if (!completed) throw new Error('Polling timed out; retain jobId for a later status check: ' + created.jobId);

import json
import time
import urllib.request

base_url = "https://api.apihop.ai"
headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
def request(path, body=None):
    data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body is not None else None
    req = urllib.request.Request(base_url + path, data=data, headers=headers)
    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as response:
        result = json.load(response)
    if result.get('success') is False:
        raise RuntimeError(result.get('error'))
    return result['data']

created = request('/v1/video/seedance', json.loads("{\"model\":\"seedance-2.5\",\"prompt\":\"A calm city street at dawn\",\"duration\":5,\"resolution\":\"720p\"}"))
job_id = str(created['jobId'])
deadline = time.monotonic() + 600
while time.monotonic() < deadline:
    job = request('/v1/jobs/' + job_id)
    if job['status'] == 'COMPLETED':
        if job.get('outputResult') is None:
            raise RuntimeError('Completed job has no outputResult')
        print(job['outputResult'])
        break
    if job['status'] in ('FAILED', 'CANCELLED'):
        raise RuntimeError('Job ' + job['status'])
    time.sleep(5)
else:
    raise TimeoutError('Polling timed out; retain jobId for a later status check: ' + job_id)

Use the API base URL from your account documentation and replace the example placeholders. Send your API key in the Authorization header; never include it in a URL or committed file.