lightricks/ltx-2-19b-lora/image-to-videoFrom 14 credits for a 5-second clip· Image to VideoLTX-2 19B LoRA image-to-video animates your photo with up to three of your own LoRA files and a stereo soundtrack, 5 to 20 seconds at 480p, 720p or 1080p in the photo's shape.
Call it with the model name lightricks/ltx-2-19b-lora/image-to-video on POST /jobs/createTask, from 14 credits for a 5-second clip ($0.14). New accounts get 30 free credits to try it in the Playground first.
- Create Video
- Image to Video
- Up to 1080p
- 5–20s clips
- Loads your own LoRA
lightricks/ltx-2-19b-lora/image-to-videoPOST https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/jobs/createTask# 1. Create the task. Keep the Idempotency-Key if you retry after a network error.
export IDEMPOTENCY_KEY="$(uuidgen)"
curl -X POST https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/jobs/createTask \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $POPNOW_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "lightricks/ltx-2-19b-lora/image-to-video",
"input": {
"prompt": "A slow aerial shot drifting over a misty pine forest at sunrise",
"image_url": "https://media.popnow.ai/influencer/examples/marco.webp",
"resolution": "720p",
"duration_seconds": 5
}
}'
# 2. Copy data.taskId from the response, then poll until state is succeeded, failed, canceled or expired.
TASK_ID="TASK_ID_FROM_RESPONSE"
curl "https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/jobs/recordInfo?taskId=$TASK_ID" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $POPNOW_API_KEY"// Node 18+ (or any runtime with fetch). Keep the API key on your server.
const BASE = "https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1";
const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.POPNOW_API_KEY}` };
const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
async function call(path, init = {}) {
const res = await fetch(BASE + path, { ...init, headers: { ...headers, ...init.headers } });
const body = await res.json();
if (body.code !== 200) throw new Error(`${body.code} ${body.msg}`);
return body.data;
}
const { taskId } = await call("/jobs/createTask", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json", "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID() },
body: JSON.stringify({
"model": "lightricks/ltx-2-19b-lora/image-to-video",
"input": {
"prompt": "A slow aerial shot drifting over a misty pine forest at sunrise",
"image_url": "https://media.popnow.ai/influencer/examples/marco.webp",
"resolution": "720p",
"duration_seconds": 5
}
}),
});
// Poll with backoff. A finished task may still be copying files: wait while an asset is pending.
let task;
for (let delay = 2000; ; delay = Math.min(delay * 1.5, 15000)) {
await sleep(delay);
task = await call(`/jobs/recordInfo?taskId=${taskId}`);
const copying = (task.output?.assets ?? []).some((a) => a.pending && !a.unavailable);
if (["succeeded", "failed", "canceled", "expired"].includes(task.state) && !copying) break;
}
if (task.state !== "succeeded") throw new Error(`${task.state}: ${task.errorMessage ?? "no detail"}`);
// Each asset has a signed url (no API key needed) that expires at expiresAt: save the file.
for (const asset of task.output.assets) console.log(asset.url);import os, time, uuid, requests
BASE = "https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1"
HEADERS = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['POPNOW_API_KEY']}"}
def call(method, path, **kwargs):
body = requests.request(method, BASE + path, headers={**HEADERS, **kwargs.pop("headers", {})}, timeout=30, **kwargs).json()
if body["code"] != 200:
raise RuntimeError(f'{body["code"]} {body["msg"]}')
return body["data"]
task_id = call(
"POST",
"/jobs/createTask",
headers={"Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4())}, # reuse it if you retry
json={
"model": "lightricks/ltx-2-19b-lora/image-to-video",
"input": {
"prompt": "A slow aerial shot drifting over a misty pine forest at sunrise",
"image_url": "https://media.popnow.ai/influencer/examples/marco.webp",
"resolution": "720p",
"duration_seconds": 5
}
},
)["taskId"]
# Poll with backoff. A finished task may still be copying files: wait while an asset is pending.
delay = 2.0
while True:
time.sleep(delay)
task = call("GET", "/jobs/recordInfo", params={"taskId": task_id})
assets = (task.get("output") or {}).get("assets") or []
copying = any(a.get("pending") and not a.get("unavailable") for a in assets)
if task["state"] in ("succeeded", "failed", "canceled", "expired") and not copying:
break
delay = min(delay * 1.5, 15.0)
if task["state"] != "succeeded":
raise RuntimeError(f'{task["state"]}: {task.get("errorMessage", "no detail")}')
# Each asset has a signed url (no API key needed) that expires at expiresAt: save the file.
for asset in assets:
print(asset["url"])The input is built from the schema below, so it passes validation as written. Change the prompt and links to your own.
Price
| Option | Credits per second | ≈ USD |
|---|---|---|
resolution 480p | 2.7 | $0.027 |
resolution 720p | 3.6 | $0.036 |
resolution 1080p | 5.4 | $0.054 |
1 credit = $0.01 · Every option and its price: GET /models/lightricks/ltx-2-19b-lora/image-to-video
Each task is rounded up to whole credits, so one run at the lowest tier costs 14 credits for a 5-second clip ($0.14).
Limits
- Clip length
- 5–20 s
- Resolutions
- 480p · 720p · 1080p
Parameters
These fields come from the same schema we check every request against. Fields that are not listed are rejected.
promptstringRequiredDescribe what happens after the opening frame: the action, the camera and the sound.
image_urlstringRequiredThe picture to start from.
resolutionstringOptionalChanges the priceOutput size. Bigger sizes look sharper and cost more.
duration_secondsintegerOptionalChanges the priceHow long the clip runs. You pay per second.
lorasarray<object>OptionalLoad your own LoRA files to lock in a style or character.
Fields inside
loras[].pathstringRequiredDirect URL of a LoRA weights file.
loras[].scalenumberRequiredWeight strength from zero to four.
seedintegerOptionalReuse the same number to get a repeatable result.
Raw JSON Schema
{
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"duration_seconds": {
"default": 5,
"description": "Requested output length in whole seconds, from 5 to 20.",
"maximum": 20,
"minimum": 5,
"type": "integer"
},
"image_url": {
"contentMediaType": [
"image/jpeg",
"image/png",
"image/webp",
"image/gif"
],
"description": "Opening frame. The clip starts from this image and keeps its aspect ratio.",
"format": "uri",
"type": "string"
},
"loras": {
"default": [],
"description": "Up to three LoRA weight files trained for LTX-2 19B, each with its own strength. Files over 2 GiB are rejected.",
"items": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"path": {
"contentMediaType": [
"application/octet-stream"
],
"description": "Direct URL of a LoRA weights file.",
"format": "uri",
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string"
},
"scale": {
"default": 1,
"description": "Weight strength from zero to four.",
"maximum": 4,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number"
}
},
"required": [
"path",
"scale"
],
"type": "object"
},
"maxItems": 3,
"type": "array"
},
"prompt": {
"description": "Describe what happens after the opening frame: the action, the camera and the sound.",
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string"
},
"resolution": {
"default": "720p",
"description": "Output resolution.",
"enum": [
"480p",
"720p",
"1080p"
],
"type": "string"
},
"seed": {
"description": "Random seed for controlled comparisons, not a frame-identical guarantee.",
"maximum": 2147483647,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
}
},
"required": [
"prompt",
"image_url"
],
"type": "object"
}A real result from LTX-2 19B LoRA
They stay where they are, holding hands and laughing softly; one swirls her bare foot through the shallows and a trail of blue sparks follows it. The camera dollies out slowly from the two of them to reveal the whole dark cave glowing around them and the starlit mouth beyond. Audio: waves booming and echoing in the cave, water lapping, drops falling from the roof, their soft laughter echoing.
{
"model": "lightricks/ltx-2-19b-lora/image-to-video",
"input": {
"prompt": "They stay where they are, holding hands and laughing softly; one swirls her bare foot through the shallows and a trail of blue sparks follows it. The camera dollies out slowly from the two of them to reveal the whole dark cave glowing around them and the starlit mouth beyond. Audio: waves booming and echoing in the cave, water lapping, drops falling from the roof, their soft laughter echoing.",
"image_url": "https://media.popnow.ai/influencer/examples/marco.webp",
"resolution": "720p",
"duration_seconds": 5,
"seed": 510526
}
}This one started from an uploaded file: put your own link where the example link is.
Responses, polling and callbacks
Every model works the same way: create a task, then poll it or wait for a callback.
Price it first
curl -X POST https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/jobs/quote \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $POPNOW_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "lightricks/ltx-2-19b-lora/image-to-video",
"input": {
"prompt": "A slow aerial shot drifting over a misty pine forest at sunrise",
"image_url": "https://media.popnow.ai/influencer/examples/marco.webp",
"resolution": "720p",
"duration_seconds": 5
}
}'Same body as createTask. It returns the expected and the highest possible charge, and runs nothing.
Accepted
HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "success",
"data": {
"taskId": "task_01k3m8x9q2z4v7n5p6r8s0t1w3",
"state": "queued"
},
"request_id": "req_example_create"
}HTTP 202 means the task was accepted and the credits are held, not charged yet. The final charge never goes above the hold.
Check status
curl "https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/jobs/recordInfo?taskId=$TASK_ID" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $POPNOW_API_KEY"Poll every few seconds with backoff and stop once state is succeeded, failed, canceled or expired.
Finished task
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "success",
"data": {
"taskId": "task_01k3m8x9q2z4v7n5p6r8s0t1w3",
"model": "lightricks/ltx-2-19b-lora/image-to-video",
"state": "succeeded",
"output": {
"assets": [
{
"url": "https://cdn.popnow.ai/tasks/task_01k3m8x9q2z4v7n5p6r8s0t1w3/output.mp4?signature=FROM_RESPONSE",
"expiresAt": "2026-10-17T12:20:00Z",
"mime": "video/mp4",
"width": 1280,
"height": 720,
"durationSeconds": 5
}
]
},
"settled": true
},
"request_id": "req_example_record"
}Download from url before expiresAt. Need a fresh link later? Ask POST /common/download-url.
Verify a callback
import { createHash, createHmac, timingSafeEqual } from "node:crypto";
import express from "express";
const app = express();
// express.raw keeps the exact bytes that were signed; express.json would not match.
app.post("/hooks/popnow", express.raw({ type: "application/json" }), (req, res) => {
const timestamp = req.header("X-Webhook-Timestamp");
const signature = req.header("X-Webhook-Signature") ?? "";
const body = JSON.parse(req.body.toString("utf8"));
const taskId = body.data?.taskId ?? body.task_id;
const digest = createHash("sha256").update(req.body).digest("hex");
const expected = createHmac("sha256", process.env.POPNOW_WEBHOOK_SECRET)
.update(`${taskId}.${timestamp}.${digest}`)
.digest("base64");
const ok = expected.length === signature.length && timingSafeEqual(Buffer.from(expected), Buffer.from(signature));
// Check the signature first, then reject anything older than five minutes.
if (!ok || Math.abs(Date.now() / 1000 - Number(timestamp)) > 300) return res.status(401).end();
res.status(200).end(); // answer fast, then fetch the task and store its files
});With callBackUrl set, we post the finished task to you. Check the signature against the raw body before you trust it.
Send a local file
curl -X POST https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/common/upload-url \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $POPNOW_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"contentType": "image/png", "bytes": 482113}'
# PUT the file bytes to data.uploadUrl with every header in data.headers, then commit it:
curl -X POST https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/files/$FILE_ID/commit \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $POPNOW_API_KEY"
# The commit returns a popnow://f/... reference. Put it in any image, video or
# audio field of the task input instead of a public https URL.Public https links work as they are. Local files go through upload-url and commit first.

