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POST
/
v1
/
videos
/
{id}
/
clips
/
{clipId}
/
layouts
/
auto
Auto-generate layouts with AI
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/layouts/auto \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "instructions": "Keep the camera visible the whole time",
  "style": "product-demo-round"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/layouts/auto"

payload = {
"instructions": "Keep the camera visible the whole time",
"style": "product-demo-round"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
instructions: 'Keep the camera visible the whole time',
style: 'product-demo-round'
})
};

fetch('https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/layouts/auto', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/layouts/auto",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'instructions' => 'Keep the camera visible the whole time',
'style' => 'product-demo-round'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/layouts/auto"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"instructions\": \"Keep the camera visible the whole time\",\n \"style\": \"product-demo-round\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/layouts/auto")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"instructions\": \"Keep the camera visible the whole time\",\n \"style\": \"product-demo-round\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/layouts/auto")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"instructions\": \"Keep the camera visible the whole time\",\n \"style\": \"product-demo-round\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "layouts": [
    {
      "id": "<string>",
      "media": [
        {
          "height": 0,
          "imageUrl": "<string>",
          "sourceId": "<string>",
          "width": 0
        }
      ],
      "durationMs": 5000,
      "layout": {
        "kind": "fullscreen"
      },
      "startTimeMs": 0
    }
  ],
  "editingStyle": "product-demo-round"
}
{
"error": {
"code": "bad_request",
"doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#bad-request",
"message": "The request was malformed or contained invalid parameters."
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "unauthorized",
"doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#unauthorized",
"message": "Authentication is required. Provide a valid API key."
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "forbidden",
"doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#forbidden",
"message": "You don't have permission to access this resource."
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "not_found",
"doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#not-found",
"message": "The requested resource was not found."
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "unprocessable_entity",
"doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#unprocessable-entity",
"message": "The request was well-formed but contained semantic errors."
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
"doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#rate-limit-exceeded",
"message": "You have exceeded the rate limit. Please slow down."
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "internal_server_error",
"doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#internal-server-error",
"message": "An unexpected error occurred on the server."
}
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key obtained from your Tella account settings

Path Parameters

id
string
required

Video identifier

Example:

"vid_abc123def456"

clipId
string
required

Clip identifier

Example:

"cl_xyz789ghi012"

Body

application/json

Let AI watch the clip and lay it out — the API twin of the editor's "Auto layouts". Replaces the clip's existing layouts with the generated ones.

instructions
string

Free-form guidance for the AI, e.g. "keep the camera visible the whole time" or "punch in whenever a menu is opened".

Maximum string length: 2000
Example:

"Keep the camera visible the whole time"

style
enum<string>

Editing style guiding the AI's layout choices. Omit to let the AI pick one based on the clip's content.

Available options:
product-demo-portrait,
product-demo-round,
product-demo-square,
product-demo-wide,
presentation-tv-show,
presentation-portrait,
tutorial-round,
tutorial-square,
intro,
outro,
intro-and-outro
Example:

"product-demo-round"

Response

OK

Layouts generated by AI for the clip

layouts
object[]
required

The generated time-ranged layouts. The clip's base layout is also updated; fetch it via the layouts list endpoint.

editingStyle
enum<string> | null

The editing style the AI chose (or was told to use).

Available options:
product-demo-portrait,
product-demo-round,
product-demo-square,
product-demo-wide,
presentation-tv-show,
presentation-portrait,
tutorial-round,
tutorial-square,
intro,
outro,
intro-and-outro
Example:

"product-demo-round"