Programmatic Video
In adtech, programmatic video means buying and serving video ads automatically. In production, it means making the video itself with code. OpusClip is the second one.
One POST to api.opus.pro/api/clip-projects takes a source URL, a brand template and an aspect ratio, and returns finished clips with captions.
What makes video production programmable
The whole brief fits in one request body
Nine components cover it: video URL, brand template, curation preferences, render preferences, import preferences, conclusion actions, curation model, uploaded video attributes and the response schema.
Output shape is a parameter
Set renderPref.layoutAspectRatio to portrait, landscape or square, and the clips come back in that shape with captions and layout already applied.
Throughput you can plan around
30 requests a minute per API key on the core project and clip endpoints, 4 projects in flight on Pro Beta and Max, and up to 50 on Business plans.
Produce at volume without a seat per video
Submit as many projects as your concurrency allows and collect the results from /api/exportable-clips.
Over-limit calls return 429 with X-Cap-Reason: concurrent, and the limit lifts as soon as an in-flight project finishes, so retry with backoff is the whole pattern.
Produce at volume without a seat per video
Submit as many projects as your concurrency allows and collect the results from /api/exportable-clips.
Over-limit calls return 429 with X-Cap-Reason: concurrent, and the limit lifts as soon as an in-flight project finishes, so retry with backoff is the whole pattern.
Keep 10,000 videos on brand
Pass a brandTemplateId per request, or set a default on the account and leave it out.
Preset templates such as preset-fancy-Karaoke work the same way, so a run started by a script looks like a run started by your editor.
Keep 10,000 videos on brand
Pass a brandTemplateId per request, or set a default on the account and leave it out.
Preset templates such as preset-fancy-Karaoke work the same way, so a run started by a script looks like a run started by your editor.
Feed it from almost anywhere
Sources include YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Zoom, Loom, Riverside, StreamYard, Frame.io, Google Drive, Dropbox, Apple Podcast, Facebook, LinkedIn, X and Rumble.
Any public S3 link to an MP4 works too, up to 10 hours and 30GB.
Feed it from almost anywhere
Sources include YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Zoom, Loom, Riverside, StreamYard, Frame.io, Google Drive, Dropbox, Apple Podcast, Facebook, LinkedIn, X and Rumble.
Any public S3 link to an MP4 works too, up to 10 hours and 30GB.
How a programmatic run works
Create a key
API access is available on Pro (Beta), Max and Business plans. Generate the key from the OpusClip dashboard and keep it in your environment, never in prompt text.
Submit the job
POST the source URL with your curation and render preferences. Choose ClipBasic for talk-driven footage or ClipAnything for anything else.
Get told when it is done
Attach a conclusion action so we call your signed webhook, then fetch clips for that projectId instead of polling on a timer.
Collect and ship
Read the clips, export HD downloads, and hand them to your CDN, your CMS or straight to the social posting endpoints.
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Parameters that do real work
layoutAspectRatio
Portrait, landscape or square, decided at submit time rather than in an editor.
brandTemplateId
Apply your own template or a preset, and the matching render preferences follow.
Clip duration and keywords
Curation preferences set target length, genre, and the topics you want prioritized.
ClipAnything model
Pulls moments from vlogs, sports, TV, behind-the-scenes, news and music video, not only talking heads.
skipCurate
Skip clipping entirely when you want the render pipeline but not the moment selection.
Conclusion actions
Signed webhook or an email when results are ready, set per project.
Exportable clips
Fetch clips by projectId, then pull HD download URLs for the ones you keep.
Thumbnail jobs
Generate thumbnail options for a clip through the same key, as an asynchronous job.
What people are saying
"The ease of Opusclip is great. I'm a marketer, not a video editor. But OpusClip makes it so easy to look like I know what I'm doing!"
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"At KMS Studios2 we rely on OpusClip for generating all of our and our client's short form content at scale. Although we may need to tweak things here or there - this gets us very close 90% of the time!"
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is programmatic video the same as programmatic advertising?
No. Programmatic advertising is automated buying and serving of video ad inventory. Programmatic video production, which is what OpusClip does, is creating the videos themselves through an API instead of an editor.
How many videos can I process at once?
Four at a time on Pro Beta and Max, and up to 50 on Business plans. Exceeding it returns 429 with X-Cap-Reason: concurrent, and capacity frees up as projects finish.
What is the minimum charge for an API project?
10 credits, about 10 minutes of clip time, where 1 credit is 1 minute of video processing. Submissions made in the web app are not subject to that API-only minimum.
How long do results stick around?
Projects expire after 30 days by default. If auto-save is enabled on your account they are saved to your storage instead.
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