Using Sora 2 on OpenAI API

Implementation guide · Sora · OpenAI

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OpenAI API exposes Sora 2 through model ID sora-2. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

1
Create an account at OpenAI API and generate an API key.
2
Use the OpenAI API SDK or REST API to call sora-2 — see the documentation for request format.
3
You'll be billed $0.1/sec of video output. See full pricing.

API Portal Documentation Pricing Model Card

Code Examples

Install

pip install openai

API key

OPENAI_API_KEY

Model ID

sora-2

Use the model slug directly, e.g. "gpt-4o" or "gpt-4.1-mini".

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI()  # reads OPENAI_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="sora-2",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Pricing on OpenAI API

Type	Rate
Video output	$0.1/sec

Capabilities

Multimodal

About Sora 2

OpenAI's second-generation text-to-video model generating up to 20-second videos at 720p with synchronized audio from text and image prompts; deprecated with API shutdown September 24, 2026.

Full model details →

Model Specs

Released2025-09-30

ArchitectureDiffusion

OpenAI

San Francisco, California, United States