HeyGen character variable fields avatar_look_id, character_id, and character_type deprecation date

Name: HeyGen: character variable fields avatar_look_id, character_id, and character_type (Deprecation)
Start: 2026-10-31
End: 2026-10-31

The character variable names avatar_look_id, character_id, and character_type will be removed on October 31, 2026; send and read avatar_id instead.

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Change: Deprecation
Effective: Oct 31, 2026
Replacement: avatar_id
Source: developers.heygen.com
Vendor's words: Deprecations, removed on October 31, 2026: the avatar_look_id , character_id and character_type names on character variables (send and read avatar_id ), and the older scenes field on GET /v3/templates/{template_id} (read composition.scenes ). scene_ids is unaffected. Until then both names are accepted and echoed, and scenes keeps its current shape.

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