Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview API
Run google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview through FastInfra's API.
Pay per token. Video is billed as 1,000 output tokens per second of generated video.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview pricing
Billed per token. 1,000 output tokens = 1 second of video ($0.00/s at this list price).
| Direction | Price per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.26 |
| Output | $1.58 |
| Per second of video | $0.00 (1,000 output tokens) |
1 route available
Requests route to route-07 by default (lowest cost). FastInfra fails over automatically if a route is unavailable.
| Route label | Model ID |
|---|---|
route-07 |
google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview |
Call Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview in 30 seconds
Same FastInfra API key and base URL. POST /videos/generations (HTTP 202), then poll GET /videos/jobs/{id} — not chat completions.
Python
import base64, json, time, urllib.request
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json"}
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://api.fastinfra.ai/v1/videos/generations",
data=json.dumps({
"model": "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview",
"prompt": "A woman looks at the camera and says, welcome to FastInfra.",
"seconds": 5,
"size": "1280x704"
}).encode(),
headers=headers,
method="POST",
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=60) as resp:
job = json.load(resp)
while True:
time.sleep(2)
poll = urllib.request.Request(
f"https://api.fastinfra.ai/v1/videos/jobs/{job['id']}",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(poll, timeout=60) as resp:
payload = json.load(resp)
if payload["status"] == "completed":
break
if payload["status"] == "failed":
raise SystemExit(payload.get("error") or "video job failed")
open("clip.mp4", "wb").write(base64.b64decode(payload["data"][0]["b64_json"]))
curl
curl https://api.fastinfra.ai/v1/videos/generations \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview",
"prompt": "A woman looks at the camera and says, welcome to FastInfra.",
"seconds": 5,
"size": "1280x704"
}'
# HTTP 202 — copy "id", then poll:
curl https://api.fastinfra.ai/v1/videos/jobs/JOB_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview — common questions
How much does the google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview API cost?
On FastInfra, google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview costs $0.2625/1M input, $1.575/1M output tokens ($0 per second of video). Billing is per token used, with no subscription.
Is google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview compatible with the OpenAI SDK?
Video models use the same FastInfra API key and base URL (https://api.fastinfra.ai/v1). POST https://api.fastinfra.ai/v1/videos/generations returns HTTP 202 with a job id; poll GET https://api.fastinfra.ai/v1/videos/jobs/{id} until status is completed.
How does routing work for google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview?
google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview is available on 1 route(s): route-07. Requests use route-07 by default (lowest cost). FastInfra fails over automatically if a route is unavailable.
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