Shotstack Edit API

openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Shotstack Create Edit API
  description: Shotstack is a cloud video-editing platform that renders video, image, and audio assets from a JSON edit specification. This document covers the Edit API (render and templates), the Ingest API (source assets), the Serve API (asset hosting and delivery), and the Create API (AI-generated assets). All endpoints authenticate with an `x-api-key` header. Each API is available in a `v1` (production) and `stage` (sandbox) environment.
  termsOfService: https://shotstack.io/terms/
  contact:
    name: Shotstack Support
    url: https://shotstack.io/contact/
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.shotstack.io
  description: Shotstack production and sandbox host (use /edit/v1 or /edit/stage, etc.)
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Edit
  description: Render videos, images, and audio from a JSON edit specification.
paths:
  /edit/v1/render:
    post:
      operationId: postRender
      tags:
      - Edit
      summary: Queue a render
      description: Queue a video, image, or audio for rendering from a JSON edit specification consisting of a timeline and an output. Returns a render ID used to poll status.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Edit'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Render queued.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueuedResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /edit/v1/render/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getRender
      tags:
      - Edit
      summary: Get render status
      description: Retrieve the status, progress, and output URL of a render by its ID. Status values progress through queued, fetching, rendering, saving, done, and failed.
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The render ID returned when the render was queued.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      - name: data
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Include the original edit JSON in the response.
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Render status.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RenderResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /edit/v1/probe/{url}:
    get:
      operationId: probeAsset
      tags:
      - Edit
      summary: Probe a media asset
      description: Inspect the metadata of a media asset (duration, dimensions, codecs) using FFprobe. The asset URL must be URL-encoded.
      parameters:
      - name: url
        in: path
        required: true
        description: URL-encoded URL of the media asset to inspect.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Asset metadata.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProbeResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    QueuedResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
        message:
          type: string
        response:
          type: object
          properties:
            message:
              type: string
            id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
    Timeline:
      type: object
      required:
      - tracks
      properties:
        soundtrack:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Soundtrack'
        background:
          type: string
          description: Hex color of the background canvas.
          example: '#000000'
        fonts:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              src:
                type: string
                format: uri
        tracks:
          type: array
          description: Layers of clips composited from bottom to top.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Track'
    Soundtrack:
      type: object
      properties:
        src:
          type: string
          format: uri
        effect:
          type: string
          enum:
          - fadeIn
          - fadeOut
          - fadeInFadeOut
        volume:
          type: number
    Output:
      type: object
      required:
      - format
      properties:
        format:
          type: string
          enum:
          - mp4
          - gif
          - jpg
          - png
          - bmp
          - mp3
          - webm
        resolution:
          type: string
          enum:
          - preview
          - mobile
          - sd
          - hd
          - '1080'
        aspectRatio:
          type: string
          enum:
          - '16:9'
          - '9:16'
          - '1:1'
          - '4:5'
          - '4:3'
        fps:
          type: number
          enum:
          - 12
          - 15
          - 24
          - 25
          - 30
          - 60
        quality:
          type: string
          enum:
          - low
          - medium
          - high
        destinations:
          type: array
          description: Where to deliver the rendered output.
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              provider:
                type: string
                enum:
                - shotstack
                - s3
                - googlecloudstorage
                - googledrive
                - mux
                - vimeo
    Asset:
      type: object
      description: A clip asset. The "type" discriminates between video, image, audio, title, html, luma, caption, and the AI generative asset types (text-to-speech, text-to-image, image-to-video).
      required:
      - type
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - video
          - image
          - audio
          - title
          - html
          - luma
          - caption
          - text-to-speech
          - text-to-image
          - image-to-video
        src:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Source URL for video, image, audio, and luma assets.
        text:
          type: string
          description: Text content for title, caption, and AI text-based assets.
        trim:
          type: number
        volume:
          type: number
    Edit:
      type: object
      required:
      - timeline
      - output
      properties:
        timeline:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Timeline'
        output:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Output'
        merge:
          type: array
          description: Find-and-replace merge fields applied before rendering.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MergeField'
        callback:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: HTTPS webhook URL called when the render status changes.
    RenderResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
        message:
          type: string
        response:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            owner:
              type: string
            status:
              type: string
              enum:
              - queued
              - fetching
              - rendering
              - saving
              - done
              - failed
            url:
              type: string
              format: uri
            poster:
              type: string
              format: uri
            thumbnail:
              type: string
              format: uri
            duration:
              type: number
            renderTime:
              type: number
            created:
              type: string
              format: date-time
            updated:
              type: string
              format: date-time
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        message:
          type: string
        response:
          type: object
          properties:
            error:
              type: string
            code:
              type: string
    MergeField:
      type: object
      properties:
        find:
          type: string
        replace:
          type: string
    Clip:
      type: object
      required:
      - asset
      - start
      - length
      properties:
        asset:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Asset'
        start:
          type: number
          description: Start time on the timeline in seconds.
        length:
          oneOf:
          - type: number
          - type: string
          description: Duration of the clip in seconds, or "auto"/"end".
        fit:
          type: string
          enum:
          - crop
          - cover
          - contain
          - none
        scale:
          type: number
        position:
          type: string
          enum:
          - top
          - topRight
          - right
          - bottomRight
          - bottom
          - bottomLeft
          - left
          - topLeft
          - center
        opacity:
          type: number
        transition:
          type: object
          properties:
            in:
              type: string
            out:
              type: string
        effect:
          type: string
    Track:
      type: object
      required:
      - clips
      properties:
        clips:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Clip'
    ProbeResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
        response:
          type: object
          properties:
            metadata:
              type: object
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid x-api-key.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    BadRequest:
      description: The request was malformed or failed validation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
      description: Developer API key. The same key set is used by all Shotstack APIs.