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Kling 2.1 Standard
Kling 2.1 Standard provides high-value AI video generation through PiAPI.
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Call the API
POST your first task following the API docs, then poll the task until the result is ready.
Iterate in the playground
Prototype prompts and settings in the the playground above before wiring them into your product.
curl -X POST 'https://api.piapi.ai/api/v1/task' \
-H 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"model": "kling",
"task_type": "video_generation",
"input": {
"version": "2.1",
"mode": "std",
"duration": 5,
"aspect_ratio": "16:9",
"prompt": "A cinematic shot of a futuristic city at sunset."
}
}'
# → { "task_id": "9d5a…", "status": "pending" }curl 'https://api.piapi.ai/api/v1/task/{task_id}' \
-H 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY'
# poll until status = completed
{
"data": {
"status": "completed",
"output": {
"video_url": "https://img.theapi.app/ephemeral/…"
}
}
}$ npm install -g piapi-cli $ piapi run kling-api-v2-1-standard \ version=2.1 \ mode=std \ duration=5 \ aspect_ratio=16:9 \ prompt="A cinematic shot of a futuristic city at sunset." ✓ Task completed! https://img.theapi.app/ephemeral/…