Edit a video by searching the Pexels video library
This demo integrates with the Pexels API to search their video library. The application loops through the results and chooses the first 8 videos to include in the edit. A title and soundtrack are also prepared. Finally the edit is sent to the Shotstack API for rendering.
This demo is available as an open source project in the following languages:
These repos will allow you to see exactly how it works and adapt or re-use it as the starting point for your own cloud video editing application.
curl --request POST 'https://api.shotstack.io/v1/render' \
--header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--data-raw '{
"timeline": {
"tracks": [
{
"clips": [
{
"asset": {
"type": "video",
"src": "https://shotstack-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/footage/beach-overhead.mp4"
},
"start": 0,
"length": "auto"
}
]
}
]
},
"output": {
"format": "mp4",
"size": {
"width": 1280,
"height": 720
}
}
}'Video editing demo applications give you an idea of what Shotstack can do and source code to help you get started
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