---
title: "HeyGen Photo Avatar 4"
description: "HeyGen Photo Avatar 4 animates a photo with a clear face to an audio track and controls the output frame directly: a resolution preset, an aspect ratio and a talking style."
url: https://docs.roasos.com/models/lipsync/heygen-avatar-4
---

# HeyGen Photo Avatar 4

<Callout>
  Family 

  `lipsync`

   · model 

  `heygen-avatar-4`

   · catalog 

  `model-catalog@2026-10-06.v5`

   · pricing 

  `customer-pricing@2026-11-05.v15`

  .
</Callout>

## Endpoint

```http
POST https://api.roasos.com/v1/lipsync/heygen-avatar-4
```

Send your API key as a bearer token. The key needs the scope `api:write`. Every paid request also needs an `Idempotency-Key` header.

The envelope fields `quote_only`, `quote_id`, `webhook_url` and `wait_timeout_seconds` behave the same on each model endpoint. Refer to [Jobs](/concepts/jobs) and [Quotes and credits](/concepts/quotes-and-credits).

## Good at

Presenter-style ads where the delivery format matters more than identity nuance: one photo can produce a 9:16 cut and a 16:9 cut. `talking_style` selects minimal movement (`stable`) or more animation (`expressive`). Give it a front-facing, well-lit photo. It does not accept a prompt or a video source, and its built-in text-to-speech (`prompt` + `voice`) is not exposed.

## Pricing

The unit is one **second**. Pricing key: `heygen-avatar-4`.

| Request | Credits |
| ------- | ------- |
| `10s`   | 12      |

The credits come from the roasOS pricing table. No other field changes the price. To get the exact price of your request, send it with `quote_only: true` first.

## Modes

* `image-audio-to-video`

Provider endpoints: `fal-ai/heygen/avatar4/image-to-video`.

## Request fields

| Field                  | Type    | Required | Default  | Rule                                        |
| ---------------------- | ------- | -------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| `aspect_ratio`         | enum    | no       | `16:9`   | `16:9`, `9:16`, `4:5`, `5:4`, `1:1`, `auto` |
| `audio_url`            | string  | yes      | —        | https URL; ≤ 4,096 characters               |
| `avatar_id`            | string  | no       | —        | UUID                                        |
| `image_url`            | string  | no       | —        | https URL; ≤ 4,096 characters               |
| `media_rights`         | object  | yes      | —        | `{ accepted, statement_version }`           |
| `quote_id`             | string  | no       | —        | UUID                                        |
| `quote_only`           | boolean | no       | `false`  | —                                           |
| `resolution`           | enum    | no       | `720p`   | `360p`, `480p`, `540p`, `720p`, `1080p`     |
| `talking_style`        | enum    | no       | `stable` | `stable`, `expressive`                      |
| `wait_timeout_seconds` | integer | no       | `0`      | 0–60                                        |
| `webhook_url`          | string  | no       | —        | https URL; ≤ 4,096 characters               |

The schema is strict. A field that is not in this table gets `400 unsupported_option`. The field names are the roasOS role names. One role has one name in every family.

## Media

This endpoint accepts these media roles:

* `avatar_id` — identity; the saved character reference sheet, with a derived portrait only where the model requires a single face or source frame
* `image_url` — first frame (or the single source image)
* `audio_url` — the driving audio track

| Role        | Items | Maximum size | Content types                                                       | Duration |
| ----------- | ----- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| `audio_url` | ≤ 1   | 15 MB        | `audio/mp3`, `audio/mpeg`, `audio/wav`, `audio/wave`, `audio/x-wav` | 0–60 s   |
| `image_url` | ≤ 1   | 10 MB        | `image/jpeg`, `image/png`, `image/webp`                             | —        |

Every other role is refused: `elements`, `product_id`, `product_images`, `references`, `reference_images`, `end_image_url`, `scene_id`, `scene_image`, `video_urls`, `video_url`, `audio_urls`, `voice_id`. A refused role gets `400 unsupported_option`.

<Callout>
  Each media URL must be an immutable object on 

  `https://cdn.roasos.com`

   that your workspace owns. Any other URL gets 

  `400 reference_media_not_workspace_owned`

  . Refer to 

  [Reference media and uploads](/concepts/reference-media)

   to learn how to put a file there.
</Callout>

## Prompt

None. The endpoint has no prompt. (At fal, `prompt` is the text the avatar speaks; roasOS requires `audio_url` instead.)

## Not exposed

These catalog entries describe omitted inputs, pinned values and source constraints. They do not imply that the provider accepts every listed field.

* `prompt` — not accepted by this public endpoint.
* `voice` — not accepted by this public endpoint.
* `expression` — not accepted by this public endpoint.
* `background` — not accepted by this public endpoint.
* `caption` — pinned to `false`.

## Result

The result kind is `lipsync`. Always present: `url`.

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "gen_…",
    "kind": "lipsync",
    "model": "heygen-avatar-4",
    "status": "completed",
    "result": {
      "url": "https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/result"
    }
  }
}
```

The files are immutable objects on `https://cdn.roasos.com`. A result URL is a valid media input for your next request.

## Example

The three steps are always the same: quote, run, poll.

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  <CodeBlockTab value="cURL">
    ```bash
    # 1. Quote. Nothing is spent.
    curl -X POST https://api.roasos.com/v1/lipsync/heygen-avatar-4 \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer roasos_sk_live_..." \
      -H "Idempotency-Key: 0f1c9e2a-heygen-avatar-4-0001" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"quote_only":true,"audio_url":"https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/uploads/audio_url.mp3","image_url":"https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/uploads/image_url.png","media_rights":{"accepted":true,"statement_version":1}}'
    # 200 { "data": { "kind": "quote", "quote_id": "q_7Hk...", "credits": 12, "expires_at": "...",
    #        "confirmation": { "model": "heygen-avatar-4", "example": "10s" } } }

    # 2. Run. Same body, same Idempotency-Key, quote_id in place of quote_only.
    curl -X POST https://api.roasos.com/v1/lipsync/heygen-avatar-4 \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer roasos_sk_live_..." \
      -H "Idempotency-Key: 0f1c9e2a-heygen-avatar-4-0001" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"quote_id":"q_7Hk...","audio_url":"https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/uploads/audio_url.mp3","image_url":"https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/uploads/image_url.png","media_rights":{"accepted":true,"statement_version":1}}'
    # 201 { "data": { "id": "gen_...", "status": "queued", "credits_reserved": 12 } }

    # 3. Poll, then read the result.
    curl https://api.roasos.com/v1/jobs/gen_.../status -H "Authorization: Bearer roasos_sk_live_..."
    curl https://api.roasos.com/v1/jobs/gen_.../result -H "Authorization: Bearer roasos_sk_live_..."
    ```
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  <CodeBlockTab value="JavaScript">
    ```javascript
    const key = process.env.ROASOS_API_KEY;
    const url = "https://api.roasos.com/v1/lipsync/heygen-avatar-4";
    const idempotencyKey = "0f1c9e2a-heygen-avatar-4-0001";
    const input = {
      "audio_url": "https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/uploads/audio_url.mp3",
      "image_url": "https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/uploads/image_url.png",
      "media_rights": {
        "accepted": true,
        "statement_version": 1
      }
    };

    const post = (payload) =>
      fetch(url, {
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
          Authorization: `Bearer ${key}`,
          "Idempotency-Key": idempotencyKey,
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
        },
        body: JSON.stringify(payload),
      }).then((response) => response.json());

    // 1. Quote. Nothing is spent.
    const quote = await post({ quote_only: true, ...input });
    console.log(quote.data.credits);

    // 2. Run.
    const job = await post({ quote_id: quote.data.quote_id, ...input });

    // 3. Poll, then read the result.
    let status = "queued";
    while (status !== "completed" && status !== "failed" && status !== "canceled") {
      await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 3000));
      const poll = await fetch(`${url.split("/v1")[0]}/v1/jobs/${job.data.id}/status`, {
        headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${key}` },
      }).then((response) => response.json());
      status = poll.data.status;
    }

    const result = await fetch(`${url.split("/v1")[0]}/v1/jobs/${job.data.id}/result`, {
      headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${key}` },
    }).then((response) => response.json());
    console.log(result.data.result);
    ```
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  <CodeBlockTab value="Python">
    ```python
    import os, time, requests

    key = os.environ["ROASOS_API_KEY"]
    url = "https://api.roasos.com/v1/lipsync/heygen-avatar-4"
    headers = {
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {key}",
        "Idempotency-Key": "0f1c9e2a-heygen-avatar-4-0001",
    }
    payload = {
        "audio_url": "https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/uploads/audio_url.mp3",
        "image_url": "https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/uploads/image_url.png",
        "media_rights": {
            "accepted": True,
            "statement_version": 1
        }
    }

    # 1. Quote. Nothing is spent.
    quote = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json={"quote_only": True, **payload}).json()
    print(quote["data"]["credits"])

    # 2. Run.
    job = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json={"quote_id": quote["data"]["quote_id"], **payload}).json()
    job_id = job["data"]["id"]

    # 3. Poll, then read the result.
    jobs = "https://api.roasos.com/v1/jobs"
    status = "queued"
    while status not in ("completed", "failed", "canceled"):
        time.sleep(3)
        status = requests.get(f"{jobs}/{job_id}/status", headers=headers).json()["data"]["status"]

    result = requests.get(f"{jobs}/{job_id}/result", headers=headers).json()
    print(result["data"]["result"])
    ```
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## The deprecated path

`POST /v1/generations` still reaches this model for one minor version. It is deprecated. This is how it maps:

Not available on the public API. The contract of `POST /v1/lipsync/heygen-avatar-4` is frozen and the route answers 501 `model_endpoint_not_implemented`: the model needs a recorded media-rights attestation and a server-measured audio duration, and the public API captures neither yet. `POST /v1/generations` returns 503 `lipsync_public_authority_unavailable` for the same reason. The app route `POST /api/generate/lipsync` with `model: "heygen-avatar-4"`, `rights_accepted: true` and camelCase options (`talkingStyle`, `aspectRatio`) reaches the provider.

## See also

* [`llms.txt` for this model](https://docs.roasos.com/models/lipsync/heygen-avatar-4/llms.txt) — the same facts as one plain-text file for an agent.
* `GET https://api.roasos.com/v1/catalog/heygen-avatar-4` — the machine-readable form: enums, defaults, limits and prices. Refer to the [API reference](/api-reference/overview).
* [Jobs](/concepts/jobs) — how to poll a job and read its result.
* Provider endpoints: `fal-ai/heygen/avatar4/image-to-video`.