# OpenAI Sora 2

> OpenAI's flagship video generation model with synchronized audio. Advanced physics simulation, realistic motion, multi-shot sequences, and versatile styles from photorealistic to anime.

- **Provider**: replicate
- **Model ID**: openai/sora-2
- **Category**: video_generation
- **Credits**: 600 per request
- **Pricing Type**: fixed

## API Endpoint

Base URL: https://api.core.today/v1

### Create Prediction
POST /predictions

### Get Status
GET /predictions/{job_id}

### Cancel
DELETE /predictions/{job_id}

## Authentication

Header: `X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY`

## Input Parameters

- `openai_api_key` (string, optional): Optional: Your OpenAI API key for direct billing
- `aspect_ratio` (string, optional): Video aspect ratio. Portrait is 720x1280, landscape is 1280x720. (Default: `landscape`; Options: `portrait`, `landscape`)
- `seconds` (integer, optional): Duration in seconds (4-12) (Default: `4`; Range: min: 4, max: 12)
- `prompt` (string, **required**): A text description of the video to generate
- `input_reference` (string, optional): Optional image to use as the first frame. Must match video aspect ratio.

## Example Request

```json
{
  "model": "openai/sora-2",
  "input": {
    "prompt": "Bob ross in his studio painting a landscape on a background of red orange yellow goo",
    "aspect_ratio": "landscape",
    "seconds": 4
  }
}
```

## Response Format

```json
{
  "job_id": "abc123",
  "status": "pending",
  "provider": "replicate",
  "model": "black-forest-labs/flux-schnell",
  "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "result": null,
  "error": null
}
```

Status values: `pending`, `processing`, `completed`, `failed`, `cancelled`

## Usage Flow

1. POST /predictions with model and input → receive job_id
2. Poll GET /predictions/{job_id} until status is `completed` or `failed`
3. Result contains output URL(s) or data

## Output Type

url

## Tags

openai, sora, video-generation, text-to-video, image-to-video, audio, physics, cinematic, flagship

## Documentation

https://replicate.com/openai/sora-2