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POST
/
v1
/
videos
/
{id}
/
clips
/
{clipId}
/
duplicate
Duplicate a clip
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/duplicate \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Intro (copy)",
  "order": 1
}
'
import requests

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

payload = {
"name": "Intro (copy)",
"order": 1
}
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({name: 'Intro (copy)', order: 1})
};

fetch('https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/duplicate', 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}/duplicate",
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([
'name' => 'Intro (copy)',
'order' => 1
]),
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}/duplicate"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"Intro (copy)\",\n \"order\": 1\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}/duplicate")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"Intro (copy)\",\n \"order\": 1\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

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

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 \"name\": \"Intro (copy)\",\n \"order\": 1\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "clip": {
    "background": {
      "type": "solid",
      "color": "#000000ff",
      "gradientAngle": 45,
      "gradientColor1": "#ff0080ff",
      "gradientColor2": "#7928caff",
      "imageUrl": "https://cdn.example.com/bg.png",
      "sourceId": "su_abc123",
      "videoDurationSeconds": 12.4,
      "videoUrl": "https://cdn.example.com/bg.mp4"
    },
    "createdAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
    "cuts": [
      {
        "durationMs": 750,
        "startTimeMs": 1500
      }
    ],
    "durationSeconds": 12.5,
    "id": "cl_xyz789ghi012",
    "layoutSceneType": "combi",
    "maxDurationSeconds": 14.2,
    "name": "Intro",
    "order": 0,
    "studioSound": false,
    "updatedAt": "2026-01-15T14:45:00.000Z",
    "videoId": "vid_abc123def456"
  }
}
{
"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

Request body for duplicating a clip

name
string

Name for the duplicated clip (defaults to the source clip name)

Required string length: 1 - 255
Example:

"Intro (copy)"

order
integer

Position to insert the new clip (defaults to right after the source)

Required range: 0 <= x <= 9007199254740991
Example:

1

Response

OK

Response shape for a single clip

clip
object
required

A section of a video