Seedance API guides
Practical write-ups for developers and buyers: how it works, how to call it, and how to keep the cost down.
Seedance 2.5 vs 2.0 vs Fast vs Mini — Choosing a Variant for API Use
A practical guide to the Seedance variants available over API: when to use the full model, Fast or Mini, and how to compare per-second cost across hosts.
Seedance Reference-to-Video API: Images, Video, Audio Refs
Call Seedance reference-to-video over API: up to 9 reference images plus video and audio references, request code, character-consistency workflow, pitfalls.
Seedance Image-to-Video API: start_image_url Prompts & Setup
Animate a still using the Seedance API via start_image_url: request code, motion prompt tips, aspect ratio and resolution choices, draft-then-final flow.
Seedance vs Kling vs Veo API: How to Choose by Workload
A decision framework for Seedance, Kling and Veo over API: input modes, variants, host breadth, pinning and failover, and one code path for all three.
How to Call the Seedance 2.5 API: curl and Python Examples
Working curl and Python for the Seedance 2.5 API: create a job, poll it, pin a host, switch to the 2.0 variants, and handle 400, 402, 429 and 5xx errors.
Seedance 2.5 API Parameters: Duration, Resolution, References
Parameter guide to the Seedance 2.5 API: duration snapping, aspect_ratio and resolution tiers, start_image_url, reference arrays and provider preferences.
Seedance Draft-to-Final Pipeline: Fast, Mini and 2.5 in Code
Design a Seedance draft-to-final pipeline: Mini or Fast for exploration, 2.5 for finals, with Python gating code, a budget guard and cost logic.
Seedance API Errors and Retries: Safe Handling in Python
Handle Seedance API errors safely: input-mode and reference-cap 400s, host capability mismatches, 429 and 5xx retries, and duplicate-job protection.