diff --git a/backend/routers/meta.py b/backend/routers/meta.py
index 444e7fa..efb8109 100644
--- a/backend/routers/meta.py
+++ b/backend/routers/meta.py
@@ -112,11 +112,39 @@ async def meta_video(request: MetaVideoRequest):
     - **cookies**: Meta AI cookies
     - **aspectRatio**: portrait, landscape, or square
     """
-    # Note: Meta AI video generation via GraphQL is complex
-    # This is a placeholder - the full implementation would require
-    # porting the entire meta/video/route.ts logic
-    
-    raise HTTPException(
-        status_code=501,
-        detail="Meta AI video generation not yet implemented in FastAPI backend"
-    )
+    if not request.cookies:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=401,
+            detail="Meta AI cookies required for video generation"
+        )
+
+    print(f"[Meta Video Route] Generating video for: \"{request.prompt[:30]}...\"")
+
+    try:
+        from services.meta_video_client import MetaVideoClient
+
+        client = MetaVideoClient(cookies=request.cookies)
+        results = await client.generate_video(
+            prompt=request.prompt,
+            wait_before_poll=10,
+            max_attempts=30,
+            poll_interval=5
+        )
+
+        videos = [
+            MetaVideoResult(
+                url=r.url,
+                prompt=r.prompt,
+                model="meta-kadabra"
+            ) for r in results
+        ]
+
+        return MetaVideoResponse(success=True, videos=videos)
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"[Meta Video Route] Error: {e}")
+        error_message = str(e)
+        if "expired" in error_message.lower() or "invalid" in error_message.lower():
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=401, detail=error_message)
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=error_message)
+
diff --git a/backend/services/meta_video_client.py b/backend/services/meta_video_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3810cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/meta_video_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,432 @@
+"""
+Meta AI Video Generation Client for FastAPI
+
+Ported from services/metaai-api/src/metaai_api/video_generation.py
+Integrated directly into the FastAPI backend to eliminate separate service.
+"""
+import httpx
+import json
+import time
+import uuid
+import re
+import asyncio
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Any
+
+GRAPHQL_URL = "https://www.meta.ai/api/graphql/"
+META_AI_BASE = "https://www.meta.ai"
+
+
+class MetaVideoResult:
+    def __init__(self, url: str, prompt: str, conversation_id: str):
+        self.url = url
+        self.prompt = prompt
+        self.conversation_id = conversation_id
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "url": self.url,
+            "prompt": self.prompt,
+            "conversation_id": self.conversation_id
+        }
+
+
+class MetaVideoClient:
+    """
+    Async client for Meta AI video generation.
+    Handles session tokens, video creation requests, and polling for results.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, cookies: str):
+        """
+        Initialize the video client with cookies.
+        
+        Args:
+            cookies: Cookie string or JSON array of cookies
+        """
+        self.cookies_str = self._normalize_cookies(cookies)
+        self.cookies_dict = self._parse_cookies(self.cookies_str)
+        self.lsd: Optional[str] = None
+        self.fb_dtsg: Optional[str] = None
+
+    def _normalize_cookies(self, cookies: str) -> str:
+        """Normalize cookies from JSON array to string format"""
+        if not cookies:
+            return ""
+
+        try:
+            trimmed = cookies.strip()
+            if trimmed.startswith('['):
+                parsed = json.loads(trimmed)
+                if isinstance(parsed, list):
+                    return "; ".join(
+                        f"{c['name']}={c['value']}" for c in parsed
+                        if isinstance(c, dict) and 'name' in c and 'value' in c
+                    )
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, KeyError):
+            pass
+
+        return cookies
+
+    def _parse_cookies(self, cookie_str: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        """Parse cookie string into dictionary"""
+        cookies = {}
+        for item in cookie_str.split('; '):
+            if '=' in item:
+                key, value = item.split('=', 1)
+                cookies[key] = value
+        return cookies
+
+    async def init_session(self) -> None:
+        """Fetch lsd and fb_dtsg tokens from Meta AI page"""
+        print("[Meta Video] Initializing session tokens...")
+
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
+            response = await client.get(
+                META_AI_BASE,
+                headers={
+                    "Cookie": self.cookies_str,
+                    "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36"
+                }
+            )
+            html = response.text
+
+        # Extract LSD token
+        lsd_match = re.search(r'"LSD",\[\],\{"token":"([^"]+)"', html)
+        if lsd_match:
+            self.lsd = lsd_match.group(1)
+        else:
+            # Fallback patterns
+            lsd_match = re.search(r'"lsd":"([^"]+)"', html) or \
+                       re.search(r'name="lsd" value="([^"]+)"', html)
+            if lsd_match:
+                self.lsd = lsd_match.group(1)
+
+        # Extract FB DTSG token
+        dtsg_match = re.search(r'DTSGInitData",\[\],\{"token":"([^"]+)"', html)
+        if dtsg_match:
+            self.fb_dtsg = dtsg_match.group(1)
+        else:
+            dtsg_match = re.search(r'"DTSGInitialData".*?"token":"([^"]+)"', html)
+            if dtsg_match:
+                self.fb_dtsg = dtsg_match.group(1)
+
+        if not self.lsd or not self.fb_dtsg:
+            if 'login_form' in html or 'facebook.com/login' in html:
+                raise Exception("Meta AI: Cookies expired or invalid - please refresh")
+            raise Exception("Meta AI: Failed to extract session tokens")
+
+        print(f"[Meta Video] Got tokens - lsd: {self.lsd[:10]}..., dtsg: {self.fb_dtsg[:10]}...")
+
+    async def generate_video(
+        self,
+        prompt: str,
+        wait_before_poll: int = 10,
+        max_attempts: int = 30,
+        poll_interval: int = 5
+    ) -> List[MetaVideoResult]:
+        """
+        Generate video from text prompt.
+        
+        Args:
+            prompt: Text prompt for video generation
+            wait_before_poll: Seconds to wait before polling
+            max_attempts: Maximum polling attempts
+            poll_interval: Seconds between polls
+            
+        Returns:
+            List of MetaVideoResult with video URLs
+        """
+        # Initialize session if needed
+        if not self.lsd or not self.fb_dtsg:
+            await self.init_session()
+
+        # Step 1: Create video generation request
+        print(f"[Meta Video] Generating video for: \"{prompt[:50]}...\"")
+        conversation_id = await self._create_video_request(prompt)
+
+        if not conversation_id:
+            raise Exception("Failed to create video generation request")
+
+        print(f"[Meta Video] Got conversation ID: {conversation_id}")
+
+        # Step 2: Wait before polling
+        print(f"[Meta Video] Waiting {wait_before_poll}s before polling...")
+        await asyncio.sleep(wait_before_poll)
+
+        # Step 3: Poll for video URLs
+        video_urls = await self._poll_for_videos(
+            conversation_id,
+            max_attempts=max_attempts,
+            poll_interval=poll_interval
+        )
+
+        if not video_urls:
+            raise Exception("No videos generated after polling")
+
+        return [
+            MetaVideoResult(url=url, prompt=prompt, conversation_id=conversation_id)
+            for url in video_urls
+        ]
+
+    async def _create_video_request(self, prompt: str) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Send video generation request to Meta AI"""
+        external_conversation_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        offline_threading_id = str(int(time.time() * 1000000000))[:19]
+        thread_session_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        bot_offline_threading_id = str(int(time.time() * 1000000000) + 1)[:19]
+        qpl_join_id = str(uuid.uuid4()).replace('-', '')
+        spin_t = str(int(time.time()))
+
+        # Build variables JSON
+        variables = json.dumps({
+            "message": {"sensitive_string_value": prompt},
+            "externalConversationId": external_conversation_id,
+            "offlineThreadingId": offline_threading_id,
+            "threadSessionId": thread_session_id,
+            "isNewConversation": True,
+            "suggestedPromptIndex": None,
+            "promptPrefix": None,
+            "entrypoint": "KADABRA__CHAT__UNIFIED_INPUT_BAR",
+            "attachments": [],
+            "attachmentsV2": [],
+            "activeMediaSets": [],
+            "activeCardVersions": [],
+            "activeArtifactVersion": None,
+            "userUploadEditModeInput": None,
+            "reelComposeInput": None,
+            "qplJoinId": qpl_join_id,
+            "sourceRemixPostId": None,
+            "gkPlannerOrReasoningEnabled": True,
+            "selectedModel": "BASIC_OPTION",
+            "conversationMode": None,
+            "selectedAgentType": "PLANNER",
+            "conversationStarterId": None,
+            "promptType": None,
+            "artifactRewriteOptions": None,
+            "imagineOperationRequest": None,
+            "imagineClientOptions": {"orientation": "VERTICAL"},
+            "spaceId": None,
+            "sparkSnapshotId": None,
+            "topicPageId": None,
+            "includeSpace": False,
+            "storybookId": None,
+            "messagePersistentInput": {
+                "attachment_size": None,
+                "attachment_type": None,
+                "bot_message_offline_threading_id": bot_offline_threading_id,
+                "conversation_mode": None,
+                "external_conversation_id": external_conversation_id,
+                "is_new_conversation": True,
+                "meta_ai_entry_point": "KADABRA__CHAT__UNIFIED_INPUT_BAR",
+                "offline_threading_id": offline_threading_id,
+                "prompt_id": None,
+                "prompt_session_id": thread_session_id
+            },
+            "alakazam_enabled": True,
+            "skipInFlightMessageWithParams": None,
+            "__relay_internal__pv__KadabraSocialSearchEnabledrelayprovider": False,
+            "__relay_internal__pv__KadabraZeitgeistEnabledrelayprovider": False,
+            "__relay_internal__pv__alakazam_enabledrelayprovider": True,
+            "__relay_internal__pv__AbraArtifactsEnabledrelayprovider": True,
+            "__relay_internal__pv__AbraPlannerEnabledrelayprovider": True,
+            "__relay_internal__pv__WebPixelRatiorelayprovider": 1,
+            "__relay_internal__pv__KadabraVideoDeliveryRequestrelayprovider": {
+                "dash_manifest_requests": [{}],
+                "progressive_url_requests": [{"quality": "HD"}, {"quality": "SD"}]
+            }
+        }, separators=(',', ':'))
+
+        # Build multipart form body
+        boundary = "----WebKitFormBoundaryu59CeaZS4ag939lz"
+        body = self._build_multipart_body(boundary, variables, spin_t)
+
+        headers = {
+            'accept': '*/*',
+            'accept-language': 'en-US,en;q=0.5',
+            'content-type': f'multipart/form-data; boundary={boundary}',
+            'origin': META_AI_BASE,
+            'referer': f'{META_AI_BASE}/',
+            'user-agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36',
+            'x-fb-lsd': self.lsd,
+        }
+
+        url = f"{GRAPHQL_URL}?fb_dtsg={self.fb_dtsg}&jazoest=25499&lsd={self.lsd}"
+
+        try:
+            async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
+                response = await client.post(
+                    url,
+                    headers=headers,
+                    cookies=self.cookies_dict,
+                    content=body.encode('utf-8')
+                )
+
+            if response.status_code == 200:
+                return external_conversation_id
+            else:
+                print(f"[Meta Video] Request failed: {response.status_code}")
+                return None
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"[Meta Video] Request error: {e}")
+            return None
+
+    def _build_multipart_body(
+        self,
+        boundary: str,
+        variables: str,
+        spin_t: str
+    ) -> str:
+        """Build multipart form body for video request"""
+        parts = [
+            ('av', '813590375178585'),
+            ('__user', '0'),
+            ('__a', '1'),
+            ('__req', 'q'),
+            ('__hs', '20413.HYP:kadabra_pkg.2.1...0'),
+            ('dpr', '1'),
+            ('__ccg', 'GOOD'),
+            ('__rev', '1030219547'),
+            ('__s', 'q59jx4:9bnqdw:3ats33'),
+            ('__hsi', '7575127759957881428'),
+            ('__dyn', '7xeUjG1mxu1syUqxemh0no6u5U4e2C1vzEdE98K360CEbo1nEhw2nVEtwMw6ywaq221FwpUO0n24oaEnxO0Bo7O2l0Fwqo31w9O1lwlE-U2zxe2GewbS361qw82dUlwhE-15wmo423-0j52oS0Io5d0bS1LBwNwKG0WE8oC1IwGw-wlUcE2-G2O7E5y1rwa211wo84y1iwfe1aw'),
+            ('__csr', ''),
+            ('__comet_req', '72'),
+            ('fb_dtsg', self.fb_dtsg),
+            ('jazoest', '25499'),
+            ('lsd', self.lsd),
+            ('__spin_r', '1030219547'),
+            ('__spin_b', 'trunk'),
+            ('__spin_t', spin_t),
+            ('__jssesw', '1'),
+            ('__crn', 'comet.kadabra.KadabraAssistantRoute'),
+            ('fb_api_caller_class', 'RelayModern'),
+            ('fb_api_req_friendly_name', 'useKadabraSendMessageMutation'),
+            ('server_timestamps', 'true'),
+            ('variables', variables),
+            ('doc_id', '25290947477183545'),
+        ]
+
+        body_lines = []
+        for name, value in parts:
+            body_lines.append(f'------{boundary[4:]}')
+            body_lines.append(f'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="{name}"')
+            body_lines.append('')
+            body_lines.append(value)
+
+        body_lines.append(f'------{boundary[4:]}--')
+        return '\r\n'.join(body_lines) + '\r\n'
+
+    async def _poll_for_videos(
+        self,
+        conversation_id: str,
+        max_attempts: int = 30,
+        poll_interval: int = 5
+    ) -> List[str]:
+        """Poll for video URLs from a conversation"""
+        print(f"[Meta Video] Polling for videos (max {max_attempts} attempts)...")
+
+        variables = {
+            "prompt_id": conversation_id,
+            "__relay_internal__pv__AbraIsLoggedOutrelayprovider": False,
+            "__relay_internal__pv__alakazam_enabledrelayprovider": True,
+            "__relay_internal__pv__AbraArtifactsEnabledrelayprovider": True,
+            "__relay_internal__pv__AbraPlannerEnabledrelayprovider": True,
+            "__relay_internal__pv__WebPixelRatiorelayprovider": 1,
+            "__relay_internal__pv__KadabraVideoDeliveryRequestrelayprovider": {
+                "dash_manifest_requests": [{}],
+                "progressive_url_requests": [{"quality": "HD"}, {"quality": "SD"}]
+            }
+        }
+
+        data = {
+            'av': '813590375178585',
+            '__user': '0',
+            '__a': '1',
+            '__req': 's',
+            '__hs': '20413.HYP:kadabra_pkg.2.1...0',
+            'dpr': '1',
+            '__ccg': 'GOOD',
+            '__rev': '1030219547',
+            '__comet_req': '72',
+            'fb_dtsg': self.fb_dtsg,
+            'jazoest': '25499',
+            'lsd': self.lsd,
+            '__spin_r': '1030219547',
+            '__spin_b': 'trunk',
+            '__spin_t': str(int(time.time())),
+            '__jssesw': '1',
+            '__crn': 'comet.kadabra.KadabraAssistantRoute',
+            'fb_api_caller_class': 'RelayModern',
+            'fb_api_req_friendly_name': 'KadabraPromptRootQuery',
+            'server_timestamps': 'true',
+            'variables': json.dumps(variables),
+            'doc_id': '25290569913909283',
+        }
+
+        headers = {
+            'accept': '*/*',
+            'accept-language': 'en-US,en;q=0.5',
+            'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+            'origin': META_AI_BASE,
+            'referer': f'{META_AI_BASE}/',
+            'user-agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36',
+            'x-fb-lsd': self.lsd,
+            'x-fb-friendly-name': 'KadabraPromptRootQuery'
+        }
+
+        for attempt in range(1, max_attempts + 1):
+            try:
+                async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
+                    response = await client.post(
+                        GRAPHQL_URL,
+                        headers=headers,
+                        cookies=self.cookies_dict,
+                        data=data
+                    )
+
+                if response.status_code == 200:
+                    video_urls = self._extract_video_urls(response.text)
+                    if video_urls:
+                        print(f"[Meta Video] Found {len(video_urls)} video(s) on attempt {attempt}")
+                        return video_urls
+                    else:
+                        print(f"[Meta Video] Attempt {attempt}/{max_attempts} - no videos yet")
+
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"[Meta Video] Poll error: {e}")
+
+            await asyncio.sleep(poll_interval)
+
+        return []
+
+    def _extract_video_urls(self, response_text: str) -> List[str]:
+        """Extract video URLs from Meta AI response"""
+        video_urls = set()
+
+        try:
+            data = json.loads(response_text)
+
+            def search_for_urls(obj):
+                if isinstance(obj, dict):
+                    for key, value in obj.items():
+                        if key in ['video_url', 'progressive_url', 'generated_video_uri', 'uri', 'url']:
+                            if isinstance(value, str) and 'fbcdn' in value and '.mp4' in value:
+                                video_urls.add(value)
+                        search_for_urls(value)
+                elif isinstance(obj, list):
+                    for item in obj:
+                        search_for_urls(item)
+                elif isinstance(obj, str):
+                    if 'fbcdn' in obj and ('.mp4' in obj or 'video' in obj.lower()):
+                        urls = re.findall(r'https?://[^\s"\'<>]+\.mp4[^\s"\'<>]*', obj)
+                        video_urls.update(urls)
+
+            search_for_urls(data)
+
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            # Fallback regex extraction
+            urls = re.findall(r'https?://[^\s"\'<>]+fbcdn[^\s"\'<>]+\.mp4[^\s"\'<>]*', response_text)
+            video_urls.update(urls)
+
+        return list(video_urls)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 95b2524..0da81ec 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,11 +9,4 @@ services:
     environment:
       - NODE_ENV=production
     volumes:
-      - ./data:/app/data # Persist prompt library
-  # Optional: Meta AI Free Wrapper (if needed)
-  # metaai-free-api:
-  #   build: ./services/metaai-api
-  #   container_name: metaai-free-api
-  #   restart: unless-stopped
-  #   ports:
-  #     - "8001:8000"
+      - ./data:/app/data # Persist prompt library and history
diff --git a/services/metaai-api b/services/metaai-api
deleted file mode 160000
index 8f4ac67..0000000
--- a/services/metaai-api
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 8f4ac67c01703e0c0e0c2b1cfd70a6d9b53fc9a8