> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.magichour.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI GIF Generator API Reference - Magic Hour Docs > Create an AI GIF. Each GIF costs 50 credits. ## OpenAPI ````yaml post /v1/ai-gif-generator openapi: 3.0.2 info: title: Magic Hour API version: beta description: > Magic Hour provides an API (beta) that can be integrated into your own application to generate videos and images using AI. Webhook documentation can be found [here](https://magichour.ai/docs/webhook). If you have any questions, please reach out to us via [discord](https://discord.gg/JX5rgsZaJp). # Authentication Every request requires an API key. To get started, first generate your API key [here](https://magichour.ai/settings/developer). Then, add the `Authorization` header to the request. | Key | Value | |-|-| | Authorization | Bearer mhk_live_apikey | > **Warning**: any API call that renders a video will utilize credits in your account. termsOfService: https://magichour.ai/terms-of-service servers: - url: https://api.magichour.ai security: [] tags: - name: Files description: API related to uploading assets used for video generation - name: Image Projects description: API related to image projects - name: Video Projects description: API related to video projects - name: Audio Projects description: API related to audio projects paths: /v1/ai-gif-generator: post: tags: - Image Projects summary: AI GIF Generator description: Create an AI GIF. Each GIF costs 50 credits. operationId: aiGifGenerator.createImage parameters: [] requestBody: required: true description: Body content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: name: type: string description: Give your gif a custom name for easy identification. example: My Ai Gif gif default: Ai Gif - dateTime style: type: object properties: prompt: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 500 description: The prompt used for the GIF. example: Cute dancing cat, pixel art required: - prompt output_format: default: gif type: string enum: - gif - mp4 - webm description: The output file format for the generated animation. example: gif required: - style responses: '200': description: Success content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: id: type: string example: cuid-example description: >- Unique ID of the image. Use it with the [Get image Project API](https://docs.magichour.ai/api-reference/image-projects/get-image-details) to fetch status and downloads. credits_charged: type: integer description: >- The amount of credits deducted from your account to generate the image. We charge credits right when the request is made. If an error occurred while generating the image(s), credits will be refunded and this field will be updated to include the refund. example: 50 required: - id - frame_cost - credits_charged description: Success '400': description: Invalid Request content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: message: type: string required: - message description: The request is invalid example: message: Missing request body '401': description: Unauthorized content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: message: type: string enum: - Unauthorized required: - message description: The request is not properly authenticated example: message: Unauthorized '402': description: Payment Required content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: message: type: string required: - message description: The request requires payment example: message: Payment required '404': description: Not Found content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: message: type: string enum: - Not Found required: - message description: Requested resource is not found example: message: Not Found '422': description: Unprocessable Entity content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: message: type: string example: Unable to create GIF required: - message description: Unprocessable Entity security: - bearerAuth: [] x-codeSamples: - lang: python source: |- from magic_hour import Client from os import getenv client = Client(token=getenv("API_TOKEN")) res = client.v1.ai_gif_generator.generate( style={"prompt": "Cute dancing cat, pixel art"}, name="Ai Gif gif", output_format="gif", wait_for_completion=True, download_outputs=True, download_directory="." ) - lang: javascript source: |- import { Client } from "magic-hour"; const client = new Client({ token: process.env["API_TOKEN"]!! }); const res = await client.v1.aiGifGenerator.generate( { name: "Ai Gif gif", style: { prompt: "Cute dancing cat, pixel art" }, }, { waitForCompletion: true, downloadOutputs: true, downloadDirectory: ".", }, ); - lang: go source: "package main\n\nimport (\n\tos \"os\"\n\n\tsdk \"github.com/magichourhq/magic-hour-go/client\"\n\tnullable \"github.com/magichourhq/magic-hour-go/nullable\"\n\tai_gif_generator \"github.com/magichourhq/magic-hour-go/resources/v1/ai_gif_generator\"\n\ttypes \"github.com/magichourhq/magic-hour-go/types\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n\tclient := sdk.NewClient(\n\t\tsdk.WithBearerAuth(os.Getenv(\"API_TOKEN\")),\n\t)\n\tres, err := client.V1.AiGifGenerator.Create(ai_gif_generator.CreateRequest{\n\t\tName: nullable.NewValue(\"My Ai Gif gif\"),\n\t\tOutputFormat: nullable.NewValue(types.V1AiGifGeneratorCreateBodyOutputFormatEnumGif),\n\t\tStyle: types.V1AiGifGeneratorCreateBodyStyle{\n\t\t\tPrompt: \"Cute dancing cat, pixel art\",\n\t\t},\n\t})\n}" - lang: rust source: |- let client = magic_hour::Client::default() .with_bearer_auth(&std::env::var("API_TOKEN").unwrap()); let res = client .v1() .ai_gif_generator() .create(magic_hour::resources::v1::ai_gif_generator::CreateRequest { name: Some("My Ai Gif gif".to_string()), output_format: Some( magic_hour::models::V1AiGifGeneratorCreateBodyOutputFormatEnum::Gif, ), style: magic_hour::models::V1AiGifGeneratorCreateBodyStyle { prompt: "Cute dancing cat, pixel art".to_string(), }, }) .await; - lang: curl source: |- curl --request POST \ --url https://api.magichour.ai/v1/ai-gif-generator \ --header 'accept: application/json' \ --header 'authorization: Bearer ' \ --header 'content-type: application/json' \ --data ' { "name": "My Ai Gif gif", "style": { "prompt": "Cute dancing cat, pixel art" }, "output_format": "gif" } ' - lang: php source: |- "https://api.magichour.ai/v1/ai-gif-generator", CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_ENCODING => "", CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST", CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([ 'name' => 'My Ai Gif gif', 'style' => [ 'prompt' => 'Cute dancing cat, pixel art' ], 'output_format' => 'gif' ]), CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [ "accept: application/json", "authorization: Bearer ", "content-type: application/json" ], ]); $response = curl_exec($curl); $err = curl_error($curl); curl_close($curl); if ($err) { echo "cURL Error #:" . $err; } else { echo $response; } - lang: java source: >- HttpResponse response = Unirest.post("https://api.magichour.ai/v1/ai-gif-generator") .header("accept", "application/json") .header("content-type", "application/json") .header("authorization", "Bearer ") .body("{\"name\":\"My Ai Gif gif\",\"style\":{\"prompt\":\"Cute dancing cat, pixel art\"},\"output_format\":\"gif\"}") .asString(); components: securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer `, where `` is your API key. To get your API key, go to [Developer Hub](https://magichour.ai/developer?tab=api-keys) and click "Create new API Key". ````