> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vidjutsu.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create a reusable, persisted character image

> Generates a photoreal character identity image from a text prompt, optionally guided by one HTTPS reference image, and persists it durably under an id. Returns the character id plus a CDN-hosted image URL; reuse the id later via cloneStartingImage's characterId or fetch it again with GET /v1/characters/{id}. Synchronous; typically completes within a minute. Shares the daily clone admission limit.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/spec.json post /v1/characters
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: VidJutsu API
  version: '2026-07-20'
  description: >-
    VidJutsu is a video API built for agents to operate directly. Your agent can
    clone viral trending skits now: stage a trending clip with
    /v1/videos/download/tiktok or /v1/videos/download/instagram, check it for
    cloneability, generate a character and a clean starting frame, then render
    the clone. The pipeline runs end to end in about 5 minutes, measured. Kling
    motion control is the default video model; Seedance is the alternate. Clone
    video output is 480p 9:16.
servers:
  - url: https://api.vidjutsu.ai
    description: Production
    variables: {}
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Assets
  - name: Editor Projects
  - name: Scrape
  - name: Videos
  - name: Billing
  - name: API Keys
  - name: Usage
  - name: Info
  - name: Pricing
  - name: Subscriptions
  - name: Auth
  - name: Accounts
  - name: Posts
  - name: References
  - name: Upload
  - name: Watch
  - name: Extract
  - name: Transcribe
  - name: Check
  - name: Compliance
  - name: Overlay
  - name: Disclaimer
  - name: Agent
  - name: Characters
  - name: Cloning
    description: >-
      Your agent can Clone Viral Trending Skits Now. These endpoints check
      whether a staged source video is worth cloning, generate the character and
      starting frame, and render and poll the final clone video.
paths:
  /v1/characters:
    post:
      tags:
        - Characters
      summary: Create a reusable, persisted character image
      description: >-
        Generates a photoreal character identity image from a text prompt,
        optionally guided by one HTTPS reference image, and persists it durably
        under an id. Returns the character id plus a CDN-hosted image URL; reuse
        the id later via cloneStartingImage's characterId or fetch it again with
        GET /v1/characters/{id}. Synchronous; typically completes within a
        minute. Shares the daily clone admission limit.
      operationId: createCharacter
      parameters: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateCharacterRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The request has succeeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateCharacterResponse'
        '403':
          description: >-
            HTTP 403 Forbidden — a valid API key with no active subscription
            called a gated endpoint. Body is the standard ApiError with
            error="subscription_required".
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
        '429':
          description: >-
            HTTP 429 Too Many Requests — a per-endpoint daily rate limit was
            exceeded. The limit window is fixed and resets at 00:00 UTC. Body is
            the standard ApiError; a Retry-After header carries the seconds
            until reset.
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              required: false
              schema:
                type: integer
                format: int32
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
components:
  schemas:
    CreateCharacterRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - prompt
      properties:
        prompt:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: Text description of the character to generate.
        referenceImageUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: >-
            Optional public HTTPS URL of a reference image to guide identity.
            http:// URLs are rejected.
    CreateCharacterResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - imageUrl
        - model
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Persisted character id (char_...). Reuse it later via
            cloneStartingImage's characterId or GET /v1/characters/{id}.
        imageUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: HTTPS CDN URL of the generated character image.
        model:
          type: string
          description: Provider model id that produced the image.
    ApiError:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
        - message
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        setup:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````