Generate Social Media Images Via API

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The only thing you need is some JSON

{
"timeline": {
"fonts": [
{
"src": "https://shotstack-assets.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/fonts/Arimo.ttf"
}
],
"background": "#1DA1F2",
"tracks": [
{
"clips": [
{
"asset": {
"type": "html",
"html": "<p>Someone's Name<p/>",
"css": "p { font-family: \"Arimo\"; color: #000000; font-size: 38px; text-align: left; font-weight: bold}",
"width": 500
},
"start": 0,
"length": 5,
"offset": {
"x": 0.1,
"y": 0.22
}
},
{
"asset": {
"type": "html",
"html": "<p>@handle<p/>",
"css": "p { font-family: \"Arimo\"; color: #7F7F7F; font-size: 38px; text-align: left; }",
"width": 500
},
"start": 0,
"length": 5,
"offset": {
"x": 0.1,
"y": 0.17
}
},
{
"asset": {
"type": "html",
"html": "<p>Lorum ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipiscing elit. Donec cursus consequat libero, in cursus lorem pretium quis.<p/>",
"css": "p { font-family: \"Arimo\"; color: #000000; font-size: 56px; text-align: left; }",
"width": 675,
"height": 350
},
"start": 0,
"length": 5,
"offset": {
"x": 0,
"y": -0.1
}
},
{
"asset": {
"type": "image",
"src": "https://shotstack-assets.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/templates/tweet/photo.png"
},
"start": 0,
"length": 5,
"fit": "none",
"scale": 0.5,
"offset": {
"x": -0.25,
"y": 0.2
}
}
]
},
{
"clips": [
{
"asset": {
"type": "html",
"html": "<div></div>",
"width": 800,
"height": 700,
"background": "#FFFFFF"
},
"start": 0,
"length": 5
}
]
}
]
},
"output": {
"format": "png",
"size": {
"width": 1000,
"height": 1000
}
}
}
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