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Runway developer portal account, a project, prepaid credits and a project API key for video, image and audio generation.
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A developer portal account owns one or more projects; each project holds its API keys, credit balance, billing settings and members.
Keys belong to the project, not the user; removing a member does not revoke keys they created, so disable keys separately.
Enterprise workspaces can be linked to an API project; organizationId is needed when several organisations are linked.
Steps marked “human step” are ones only you can do: verapli never signs in, submits, pays or accepts terms for you.
Sign in at the developer portal. If you have no account you create it yourself; verapli does not create accounts.
Where: https://dev.runway.com/login
Read the Runway Terms of Use and Usage Policy. Output that breaches the Usage Policy is not licensed and accounts can be suspended.
Where: https://runway.com/safety/usage-policy
After sign-up you are prompted to create a project, which holds your API keys and configuration. You become its owner with Admin access.
Where: https://dev.runway.com/
In the project's billing tab, add credits (minimum $10, $0.01 per credit). Needs the Admin or Billing admin role. You enter payment details yourself on Runway's page. Optionally set up autobilling (recharge amount at least 1,000 credits).
Where: https://dev.runway.com/
In the project's API Keys tab, create a key with a descriptive name (Admin or Developer role). The key is shown only once; verapli writes it to your env file. If lost, disable it and create a new one.
verapli captures RUNWAYML_API_SECRET here by plain code: encrypted in your browser, never shown to AI.
Where: https://dev.runway.com/
Plain-English summary, not legal advice. Each card links its source.
Runway does not restrict commercial use of outputs and does not claim ownership of inputs or outputs, provided you comply with the Terms of Use and Usage Policy; output that breaches the policy is not licensed. [4]
If your product lets users generate content, Runway's guidance says your terms should be no less protective than Runway's, and you need moderation, a record of who generated what, and a takedown process. Too many moderated requests can get the account suspended. [4]
Bans include sexual content and adult nudity, child sexual content, graphic violence and extremism, hate and harassment, using someone's likeness or voice without permission, imitating the style of a living artist, and fraud or impersonation. Runway may suspend accounts for any violation; appeals go to suspension@runwayml.com. [5]
New projects start at Tier 1 (max $100 per month). Tiers unlock immediately after cumulative purchases of $50 (Tier 2, $500/mo), $100 (Tier 3, $2,000/mo), $1,000 (Tier 4, $20,000/mo) and $5,000 (Tier 5, $100,000/mo). Concurrency and daily generation limits apply per model per project; exceptions can be requested from the usage page. [2]
| Env var | Secret | Format | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
RUNWAYML_API_SECRET | secret | key_… | Runway project API key, sent as Authorization Bearer with the X-Runway-Version header; the official SDKs read this variable automatically |
Source [1]
The same entry as JSON: /api/v1/entries/runway/api · requirements /api/v1/requirements/runway/api · terms /api/v1/terms/runway/api.
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