How do I call Kling O1 Image-to-Video via API?

Send OpenAI-compatible requests to https://api.llmapi.ai/v1 with model "kling-o1-reference-to-video" and your LLM.API key. See the code snippet on this page.

Can I use tools or structured outputs with Kling O1 Image-to-Video?

Tooling support varies; for pure video models, prefer the modalities listed rather than assuming chat tools.

How is Kling O1 Image-to-Video priced on LLM.API?

Listed pricing metadata shows: $0.144/sec. Confirm live rates in the LLM.API dashboard or docs before production budgeting.

Where is the canonical page for Kling O1 Image-to-Video?

https://llmapi.ai/models/openai-kling-o1-reference-to-video/

When should I choose Kling O1 Image-to-Video?

You can tolerate longer generation times than chat — especially when you specifically need Kling O1 Image-to-Video.

Which providers serve Kling O1 Image-to-Video?

LLM.API currently lists: muapi. Availability can vary by region and account.

How long do Kling O1 Image-to-Video jobs take?

Video generation typically takes longer than chat; latency scales with duration and resolution and may vary by queue.

Does Kling O1 Image-to-Video support streaming?

Streaming depends on the active provider; check the providers table on this page for flags.

Is Kling O1 Image-to-Video a chat model?

No—Kling O1 Image-to-Video is categorized as a video model. Use the matching API surface rather than assuming chat completions.

What are limitations of Kling O1 Image-to-Video?

Like other API models, Kling O1 Image-to-Video can be wrong, incomplete, or uneven on edge cases. Validate outputs for high-stakes use. Media/OCR/STT models additionally depend on input quality.

What modalities does Kling O1 Image-to-Video support?

Kling O1 Image-to-Video accepts text, image, video, audio and produces video according to its architecture metadata on LLM.API.

Which endpoint do I call for Kling O1 Image-to-Video?

POST https://api.llmapi.ai/v1/chat/completions with model "kling-o1-reference-to-video" and your LLM.API key. The request and response bodies are OpenAI-compatible.

How do I switch from OpenAI to Kling O1 Image-to-Video on LLM.API?

Change two lines: set base_url to https://api.llmapi.ai/v1 and api_key to your LLM.API key. The rest of your OpenAI SDK code stays the same.

Does Kling O1 Image-to-Video support function calling and structured outputs?

Function calling: not supported. Structured outputs: not supported.

Kling O1 Image-to-Video API: Endpoint & Pricing

Kling O1 Image-to-Video exposes video generation video generation through LLM.API so motion experiments share the same billing and auth as other models.

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What is Kling O1 Image-to-Video?

Kling O1 Image-to-Video targets motion content rather than chat. Video generation model by Muapi. On LLM.API it sits alongside other media models under a single developer account.

Can you self-host Kling O1 Image-to-Video?

No. We found no public weights for Kling O1 Image-to-Video on Hugging Face, so there is nothing to download, quantize or serve on your own GPUs: no VRAM budget, no vLLM or GGUF build to plan for. The only way to run it is over an API.

Skip the deploy — use LLM.API as your endpoint

No GPUs, no quantization trade-offs. Same model, OpenAI-compatible, with custom volume discounts on request.

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Providers

LLM.API routes Kling O1 Image-to-Video to the providers below, with discounted effective rates versus list price.

List price by provider

InputOutput

muapi$0 in

$0.0001 out

Provider list prices; the LLM.API discount applies on top.

Provider	Pricing	Context	Capabilities
muapi	in —; out $0.0001 per second of video	—	—

Prices and availability from the LLMAPI catalogue, updated nightly. Last updated 11 Oct 2026.

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Kling O1 Image-to-Video

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Code snippet

Call Kling O1 Image-to-Video through the OpenAI-compatible API — Video generation via LLM.API (see docs for media endpoints).

Switching from OpenAI? Change 2 lines.

- base_url="https://api.openai.com/v1"
- api_key="YOUR_OPENAI_KEY"
+ base_url="https://api.llmapi.ai/v1"
+ api_key="YOUR_LLMAPI_KEY"

Everything else stays the same — SDK, message format, tools, streaming. Set model to kling-o1-reference-to-video and the call runs unchanged.

bash

curl https://api.llmapi.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LLMAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "kling-o1-reference-to-video",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Give me three crisp launch checklist items."}
    ]
  }'

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_LLMAPI_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.llmapi.ai/v1",
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="kling-o1-reference-to-video",
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "You are a precise product assistant."},
        {"role": "user", "content": "Give me three crisp launch checklist items."},
    ],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.LLMAPI_KEY,
  baseURL: "https://api.llmapi.ai/v1",
});

const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "kling-o1-reference-to-video",
  messages: [
    { role: "user", content: "Give me three crisp launch checklist items." },
  ],
});

console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);

stream = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="kling-o1-reference-to-video",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Write a haiku about latency."}],
    stream=True,
)

for chunk in stream:
    delta = chunk.choices[0].delta.content
    if delta:
        print(delta, end="", flush=True)

{
  "model": "kling-o1-reference-to-video",
  "messages": [
    {"role": "system", "content": "You are a precise product assistant."},
    {"role": "user", "content": "Give me three crisp launch checklist items."}
  ]
}

ENDPOINTS

Supported endpoints & features

Base URL https://api.llmapi.ai/v1 · model ID kling-o1-reference-to-video · OpenAI-compatible.

POST /v1/chat/completionsChat Completions — supported

Feature	Status	How to set it
Function calling (tools)	Not supported	`tools, tool_choice`
Parallel tool calls	Not supported	`parallel_tool_calls`
JSON mode	Not supported	`response_format: {"type": "json_object"}`
Structured outputs	Not supported	`response_format: {"type": "json_schema", …}`
Streaming	Not supported	`stream: true`
Vision (image input)	Not supported	`image_url content parts`
Web search	Not supported	`web_search`

ERRORS

Errors & fallback routing

Code	What it means	What to do
`401`	Missing or invalid API key.	Send `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LLMAPI_KEY` and check the key is active.
`429`	Rate limited, or the upstream provider is throttling the request.	Back off and retry with jitter; the gateway also retries the request on another provider where one is available.
`5xx`	Upstream provider error or timeout.	Retry; fallback routing sends the retry to the next healthy provider for this model.

When a provider fails or throttles, the request is routed to the next provider serving this model — the ones listed in the providers table above.

Kling O1 Image-to-Video in production

Best workloadsLLM.API features

What the model is good at.

Product visualization
Helps visualize products and environments before shoot or 3D work. Grounded in the model's video role rather than generic chat claims.
Short-form content
Fits vertical and horizontal short-form marketing formats. Relevant for `kling-o1-reference-to-video` workloads on LLM.API.
Resolution options
Supports multiple output resolutions depending on provider pricing tiers. Relevant for `kling-o1-reference-to-video` workloads on LLM.API.
Iterative creatives
Enables prompt-based A/B exploration of motion concepts. Reflects video generation positioning for this endpoint.
Storyboard acceleration
Turns written beats into moving drafts for rapid review. Relevant for `kling-o1-reference-to-video` workloads on LLM.API.

What you get when you call Kling O1 Image-to-Video through LLM.API.

Unified AI Routing
Practical: Reach Kling O1 Image-to-Video and sibling models through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
One endpoint, every model.
Cost Control
Compare provider price points and keep spend visible as you scale Kling O1 Image-to-Video.
More performance, less spend.
Reliability Layer
Retry and route across configured providers when a single upstream blips.
Never go dark on users.
Observability
Production: Trace prompts, tokens, and errors for Kling O1 Image-to-Video alongside the rest of your stack.
See every token, everywhere.
Drop-in SDKs
Production: Keep using familiar OpenAI client patterns with base URL https://api.llmapi.ai/v1.
Think tasks, not models.
Model Breadth
Production: Swap Kling O1 Image-to-Video for chat, media, or embedding alternatives without rewriting auth.
Scale from 1 to millions.

When to Use — When NOT to Use

Use it if...

You can tolerate longer generation times than chat (Kling O1 Image-to-Video)
You are building short-form generative video features (Kling O1 Image-to-Video)
You need resolution-tiered pricing for motion content (Kling O1 Image-to-Video)

Avoid if...

You only need still images or chat text
You need broadcast-length films or guaranteed cinema-grade continuity
You require sub-second interactive generation

LLM API rating for Kling O1 Image-to-Video

★ 3.4/ 5.0LLM API rating
50% production adoption · 30% category benchmark · 20% tooling & valueEstimated from published specs

4.2Production adoptionWidely used reasoning model

3.1Benchmark qualityScored on multimodal input support and context

2.0Developer ecosystemContext window, tool and JSON support, price against the category median

Vision & multimodal 3.4Voice & audio 3.4

How is this rating calculated?

Every model gets a separate 1.0–5.0 score for each category it can be used in, so a model can rate high for coding and lower for vision. The score combines three parts:

Production adoption — 50%. How widely the model is actually used in production: provider traffic, LiteLLM and gateway usage, open-weight downloads and its LMArena rank. Proven, widely used models score highest.
Category benchmark — 30%. The public benchmark that matters for that category — the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and LMArena Elo for reasoning, LMArena coding Elo for coding, image and document support plus vision Elo for vision, tool and JSON support for function calling, measured speed for voice.
Tooling & value — 20%. Context window, support for tools, structured outputs and streaming, and price compared with the category median.

Scores of 4.0 and above are shown in green, 3.0–3.9 in yellow, below 3.0 in red. When a model has no public data for a part, it gets a neutral value instead of an invented number.

A “Verified benchmark” mark (✓) means an independent lab — LMArena or Artificial Analysis — has actually tested that model, and the source figure is shown. Models without that mark are labelled “Estimated from published specs”: the score comes from the published context window, tool and schema support, price and adoption only, because no independent lab has tested them yet.

One exception: a brand-new top-tier model that scores very high on the independent benchmarks but has no usage history yet is rated on the benchmark (60%) and tooling & value (40%) alone, so a missing adoption figure can't hold it back. All inputs come from public sources and are refreshed weekly.

Adoption and benchmark inputs come from public sources — LMArena, Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and published model specs. Updated weekly.

COMMUNITY

What creators say about AI video models

LMArena—Speed—Sources: LMArena, Artificial Analysis

Summarised from publicly published developer and community reviews of this model family. Opinions are the sources’, not LLM.API’s, and may not be specific to Kling O1 Image-to-Video.

Creator reviews of the latest Kling releases praise multi-shot consistency, native audio and genuine 4K output.
Comparisons with Sora and Runway focus on prompt adherence and motion stability rather than raw resolution.
The common workflow advice: generate many short takes cheaply, then upscale or extend the ones that land.

SOURCES

COMMUNITY

What developers say about Kling O1 Image-to-Video (kling-o1-reference-to-video)

Summarised from public developer discussions and write-ups. Opinions are the sources’, not LLM.API’s.

Developers on Hacker News noted that combining multiple reference characters in Kling O1 can lead to facial distortions and missing appendages, though the model excels at multi-reference composition and subject consistency.
Users on Hacker News observed that while the model handles motion and style transitions well, it sometimes fails to follow complex text prompts and produces gibberish when generating in-scene text.
According to developer reviews on Cybernews, the model's unified workflow efficiently manages image-to-video references, though the accompanying AI-generated audio is currently considered weak or unreliable.

SOURCES

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I call Kling O1 Image-to-Video via API?
Send OpenAI-compatible requests to https://api.llmapi.ai/v1 with model "kling-o1-reference-to-video" and your LLM.API key. See the code snippet on this page.
Can I use tools or structured outputs with Kling O1 Image-to-Video?
Tooling support varies; for pure video models, prefer the modalities listed rather than assuming chat tools.
How is Kling O1 Image-to-Video priced on LLM.API?
Listed pricing metadata shows: $0.144/sec. Confirm live rates in the LLM.API dashboard or docs before production budgeting.
Where is the canonical page for Kling O1 Image-to-Video?
https://llmapi.ai/models/openai-kling-o1-reference-to-video/
When should I choose Kling O1 Image-to-Video?
You can tolerate longer generation times than chat — especially when you specifically need Kling O1 Image-to-Video.
Which providers serve Kling O1 Image-to-Video?
LLM.API currently lists: muapi. Availability can vary by region and account.
How long do Kling O1 Image-to-Video jobs take?
Video generation typically takes longer than chat; latency scales with duration and resolution and may vary by queue.
Does Kling O1 Image-to-Video support streaming?
Streaming depends on the active provider; check the providers table on this page for flags.
Is Kling O1 Image-to-Video a chat model?
No—Kling O1 Image-to-Video is categorized as a video model. Use the matching API surface rather than assuming chat completions.
What are limitations of Kling O1 Image-to-Video?
Like other API models, Kling O1 Image-to-Video can be wrong, incomplete, or uneven on edge cases. Validate outputs for high-stakes use. Media/OCR/STT models additionally depend on input quality.
What modalities does Kling O1 Image-to-Video support?
Kling O1 Image-to-Video accepts text, image, video, audio and produces video according to its architecture metadata on LLM.API.

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Kling O1 Image-to-Video API: Endpoint & Pricing

What is Kling O1 Image-to-Video?

Can you self-host Kling O1 Image-to-Video?

Providers

Try this model

Code snippet

Supported endpoints & features

Errors & fallback routing

Kling O1 Image-to-Video in production

Product visualization

Short-form content

Resolution options

Iterative creatives

Storyboard acceleration

Unified AI Routing

Cost Control

Reliability Layer

Observability

Drop-in SDKs

Model Breadth