# Grok Imagine 1.5 Lite

> Lightweight Grok 1.5 tier — faster, lower-cost video with audio, up to 15s.

## Overview

- **Model ID**: `grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite`
- **Workflow**: `x-ai/v1/videos/generations`
- **Provider**: Grok
- **Category**: Text → Video (video)
- **Output**: A video URL.
- **Tags**: image input, audio, 1080p, 15 sec
- **Unified endpoint**: `POST https://api.picsart.com/workflows/v1/models/execute` (model id in the body)
- **Compatibility endpoint**: `POST https://api.picsart.com/workflows/x-ai/v1/videos/generations/execute` (vendor's own parameters)
- **Execution**: long-running — use the async submit/poll pair or the SDK, which polls for you
- **Model page**: https://picsart.com/api-platform/models/grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite

## Pricing

Rates are in USD. Every row below is an exact rate for the settings it names — the columns are the settings that change the price for this model. Every response reports what was actually charged in `response.usage.credits`.

| Tier | Rate |
| --- | --- |
| 480p | $0.09 / sec |
| 720p | $0.15 / sec |
| 1080p | $0.26 / sec |

Published rates. Volume pricing, invoicing and annual agreements: https://picsart.com/api-platform/contact-sales

## Authentication

The SDK and the REST API authenticate with a Picsart API key sent as a bearer token. Create a key in the console at https://picsart.com/api-platform/dashboard/api-keys, keep it in a server-side environment variable, and never ship it in browser code or commit it.

```bash
export PICSART_API_KEY="YOUR_KEY"
```

```http
Authorization: Bearer $PICSART_API_KEY
```

The CLI and the MCP server do not use an API key: `gen-ai login` signs in through the browser once per machine and stores a token locally.

## Interfaces

- **SDK** — `@picsart/ai-sdk` (TypeScript, Node 20+, ESM). Type-safe `ai.generate()` / `ai.generateText()` with per-model parameter types; polls long jobs for you.
- **REST** — the API gateway at `https://api.picsart.com`. Sync `/execute`, or async `/submit` + `/{taskId}/result`.
- **CLI** — `@picsart/gen-ai` (`gen-ai`). Generate from a terminal, quote cost before spending, emit JSON for pipelines.
- **MCP** — the same models inside Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and other MCP hosts. Setup: https://picsart.com/gen-ai-mcp/

```bash
npm install @picsart/ai-sdk      # SDK
npm install -g @picsart/gen-ai   # CLI (also drives the MCP server)
```

## Unified API (recommended)

One parameter set, used by the SDK and by REST alike: the names below are what `ai.generate('grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite', …)` takes, and what goes inside the inner `params` of a REST call. Over REST the model id travels in the body, not the path — one workflow, `v1/models`, fronts the whole catalogue.

### Execution modes

- **Sync** — `POST /workflows/v1/models/execute` returns the result in one call. Only for jobs that finish within ~20 seconds; otherwise it times out.
- **Async** — `POST /workflows/v1/models/submit` returns a task id; poll `GET /workflows/v1/models/{taskId}/result` until `response.status` is `COMPLETED` or `FAILED`. Task statuses: `ACCEPTED` · `IN_PROGRESS` · `COMPLETED` · `FAILED`.
- **SDK** — `ai.generate()` always awaits the finished result; polling is hidden.

Video jobs routinely outrun the sync limit: use async over REST, or the SDK, which polls for you.

### Input parameters

- **`prompt`** (`string`, _required_): Prompt
  - Max length: 4096 characters
- **`aspectRatio`** (`string`, _optional_)
  - Default: `"16:9"`
  - Options: `16:9`, `9:16`, `1:1`, `4:3`, `3:4`, `3:2`, `2:3`
- **`resolution`** (`string`, _optional_)
  - Default: `"720p"`
  - Options: `480p`, `720p`, `1080p`
- **`duration`** (`number`, _optional_)
  - Default: `8`
  - Options: `3`, `5`, `6`, `8`, `10`, `12`, `15`
- **`imageUrls`** (`list<string>`, _optional_): Input Image
  - Accepts: image URLs (max 1)

### Input JSON Schema

The inner `params` object. Over REST it is wrapped as `{ "params": { "model": "<id>", "params": <this> } }`; the SDK takes it directly.

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "prompt"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "prompt": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 4096,
      "description": "Prompt"
    },
    "aspectRatio": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "16:9",
        "9:16",
        "1:1",
        "4:3",
        "3:4",
        "3:2",
        "2:3"
      ],
      "default": "16:9"
    },
    "resolution": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "480p",
        "720p",
        "1080p"
      ],
      "default": "720p"
    },
    "duration": {
      "type": "number",
      "enum": [
        3,
        5,
        6,
        8,
        10,
        12,
        15
      ],
      "default": 8
    },
    "imageUrls": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "uri",
        "description": "image URL"
      },
      "maxItems": 1,
      "description": "Input Image"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

### Required parameters example

The required parameters plus the defaults that shape the output, as a REST body:

```json
{
  "params": {
    "model": "grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite",
    "params": {
      "prompt": "A serene mountain lake at golden hour, ultra detailed",
      "aspectRatio": "16:9",
      "resolution": "720p",
      "duration": 8
    }
  }
}
```

### Response

The body is the gateway's status envelope: the output is at `response.result`, next to the task id, its status and the credits charged. Asset models return `url` plus an `items` array of results.

```json
{
  "status": "success",
  "response": {
    "id": "task_abc123",
    "status": "COMPLETED",
    "result": {
      "url": "https://cdn.picsart.com/…/result",
      "items": [
        {
          "url": "https://cdn.picsart.com/…/result"
        }
      ],
      "model": "grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite"
    }
  }
}
```

What `ai.generate()` / `ai.generateText()` resolve to (the envelope already unwrapped):

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "url": "https://cdn.picsart.com/…/result"
    }
  ],
  "model": "grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite"
}
```

### Usage examples

#### TypeScript (SDK)

```typescript
import { createClient } from '@picsart/ai-sdk';

const ai = createClient({
  apiKey: process.env.PICSART_API_KEY,
  apiUrl: 'https://api.picsart.com',
});

const result = await ai.generate('grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite', {
  prompt: "A serene mountain lake at golden hour, ultra detailed",
  aspectRatio: "16:9",
  resolution: "720p",
  duration: 8
});

console.log(result.url); // video URL
```

#### cURL (sync)

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.picsart.com/workflows/v1/models/execute' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $PICSART_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "params": {
    "model": "grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite",
    "params": {
      "prompt": "A serene mountain lake at golden hour, ultra detailed",
      "aspectRatio": "16:9",
      "resolution": "720p",
      "duration": 8
    }
  }
}'
```

#### cURL (async: submit, then poll)

```bash
# 1. Submit the job
curl -X POST 'https://api.picsart.com/workflows/v1/models/submit' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $PICSART_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "params": {
    "model": "grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite",
    "params": {
      "prompt": "A serene mountain lake at golden hour, ultra detailed",
      "aspectRatio": "16:9",
      "resolution": "720p",
      "duration": 8
    }
  }
}'
# → { "status": "success", "response": { "id": "task_abc123" } }

# 2. Poll until response.status is COMPLETED
curl 'https://api.picsart.com/workflows/v1/models/task_abc123/result' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $PICSART_API_KEY'
```

#### CLI

```bash
gen-ai login  # once per machine
gen-ai models info grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite  # this model's parameters
gen-ai pricing grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite  # quote before spending credits
gen-ai generate -m grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite \
  -p "A serene mountain lake at golden hour" \
  -d 8 \
  --ar 16:9
```

## Compatibility API (vendor parameters)

Alongside the unified API, the `x-ai/v1/videos/generations` workflow takes Grok's own parameters exactly as the vendor defines them — nothing renamed or reshaped. It is the shortest path onto Picsart for request bodies already written against the vendor; the trade is that a request is written for one vendor, and the result comes back in the vendor's own shape. Same authentication.

- **Endpoint**: `POST https://api.picsart.com/workflows/x-ai/v1/videos/generations/execute` (sync) · `POST …/submit` + `GET …/{taskId}/result` (async)
- **SDK**: `ai.apis.run('x-ai/v1/videos/generations', params, { mode })` — params forwarded verbatim

### Vendor parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Details |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `model` | `string` | no | — | Model identifier. Defaults to grok-imagine-video. · Options: `grok-imagine-video`, `grok-imagine-video-1.5`, `grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite` |
| `prompt` | `string` | no | — | Text prompt. Required for text-to-video and reference-to-video; optional for image-to-video. |
| `image` | `object` | no | — | Source image for image-to-video (I2V). Optional. |
| └ `url` | `string` | yes | — | URL of the image. |
| `reference_images` | `XAiImageUrl[]` | no | — | Reference images for reference-to-video (R2V). Optional. |
| └ `url` | `string` | yes | — | URL of the image. |
| `aspect_ratio` | `string` | no | — | Aspect ratio of the generated video. · Options: `1:1`, `16:9`, `9:16`, `4:3`, `3:4`, `3:2`, `2:3` |
| `duration` | `number` | no | — | Duration of the video in seconds (1-15). Defaults to 8. |
| `resolution` | `string` | no | — | Resolution of the generated video. · Options: `480p`, `720p`, `1080p` |
| `size` | `string` | no | — | Explicit video size (overrides resolution + aspect_ratio). · Options: `848x480`, `1696x960`, `1280x720`, `1920x1080` |
| `options` | `object` | no | — | Options controlling safety checks and Picsart Drive saving. |
| └ `safety_checks` | `object` | no | — | Safety check settings |
| └   `enabled` | `boolean` | no | — | Whether to run content moderation. Defaults to true. |
| └ `drive` | `object` | no | — | Save result to Picsart Drive |
| └   `name` | `string` | yes | — | File name in Picsart Drive |
| └   `attributes` | `object` | no | — | Custom attributes to attach to the file |
| └   `folder` | `object` | no | — | Target folder in Picsart Drive |
| └ `inputs_transformation` | `object` | no | — | Input transformation settings |
| └   `downscale_oversized_images` | `boolean` | no | — | Whether to downscale oversized input images. Defaults to false. |

### Example request body

```json
{
  "params": {
    "prompt": "A serene mountain lake at golden hour, ultra detailed"
  }
}
```

### Usage examples

#### TypeScript (`ai.apis.run`)

```typescript
import { createClient, ApiRunMode } from '@picsart/ai-sdk';

const ai = createClient({
  apiKey: process.env.PICSART_API_KEY,
  apiUrl: 'https://api.picsart.com',
});

// Calls the 'x-ai/v1/videos/generations' workflow directly — params are sent as-is.
const { result, usage } = await ai.apis.run('x-ai/v1/videos/generations', {
  prompt: "A serene mountain lake at golden hour, ultra detailed"
}, {
  mode: ApiRunMode.SYNC,
});

console.log(result); // workflow-specific output
console.log(usage?.credits); // amount charged, in $
```

#### cURL (sync)

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.picsart.com/workflows/x-ai/v1/videos/generations/execute' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $PICSART_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "params": {
    "prompt": "A serene mountain lake at golden hour, ultra detailed"
  }
}'
```

#### cURL (async: submit, then poll)

```bash
# 1. Submit the job
curl -X POST 'https://api.picsart.com/workflows/x-ai/v1/videos/generations/submit' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $PICSART_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "params": {
    "prompt": "A serene mountain lake at golden hour, ultra detailed"
  }
}'
# → { "status": "success", "response": { "id": "wf_abc123" } }

# 2. Poll until response.status is COMPLETED
curl 'https://api.picsart.com/workflows/x-ai/v1/videos/generations/wf_abc123/result' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $PICSART_API_KEY'
```

### Response

Over HTTP the vendor-shaped result arrives inside the gateway envelope at `response.result`:

```json
{
  "status": "success",
  "response": {
    "id": "wf_abc123",
    "status": "COMPLETED",
    "result": {
      "url": "https://cdn.picsart.com/…/result.mp4",
      "mimeType": "video/mp4",
      "duration": 0,
      "driveFile": {}
    }
  }
}
```

`ai.apis.run()` unwraps that envelope and resolves to `{ result, usage }`:

```json
{
  "result": {
    "url": "https://cdn.picsart.com/…/result.mp4",
    "mimeType": "video/mp4",
    "duration": 0,
    "driveFile": {}
  }
}
```

## Additional resources

- Model page: https://picsart.com/api-platform/models/grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite
- Try it: https://picsart.com/api-platform/models/grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite/playground
- SDK: https://picsart.com/api-platform/models/grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite/sdk
- REST API (unified): https://picsart.com/api-platform/models/grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite/api
- Compatibility API (vendor parameters): https://picsart.com/api-platform/models/grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite/advanced
- Pricing: https://picsart.com/api-platform/models/grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite/pricing
- This document: https://picsart.com/api-platform/models/grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite/llms.txt
- All models: https://picsart.com/api-platform/models
- Docs — quickstart https://picsart.com/api-platform/docs/quickstart, authentication https://picsart.com/api-platform/docs/authentication, SDK https://picsart.com/api-platform/docs/sdk, REST https://picsart.com/api-platform/docs/api-reference, CLI https://picsart.com/api-platform/docs/cli, MCP https://picsart.com/api-platform/docs/mcp
- CLI reference: https://picsart.github.io/picsart-mcp-cli-docs/guide/introduction