Compile timeline
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.videodb.io/timeline \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-access-token: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"request_type": "compile",
"timeline": [
{
"video_id": "m-12345",
"clips": [
{
"start": 0,
"end": 30,
"volume": 1
}
]
}
]
}
'const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-access-token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
request_type: 'compile',
timeline: [{video_id: 'm-12345', clips: [{start: 0, end: 30, volume: 1}]}]
})
};
fetch('https://api.videodb.io/timeline', 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.videodb.io/timeline",
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([
'request_type' => 'compile',
'timeline' => [
[
'video_id' => 'm-12345',
'clips' => [
[
'start' => 0,
'end' => 30,
'volume' => 1
]
]
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-access-token: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.videodb.io/timeline"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.videodb.io/timeline")
.header("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.videodb.io/timeline")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-access-token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body$headers=@{}
$headers.Add("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
$headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://api.videodb.io/timeline' -Method POST -Headers $headers -ContentType 'application/json' -Body '{
"request_type": "compile",
"timeline": [
{
"video_id": "m-12345",
"clips": [
{
"start": 0,
"end": 30,
"volume": 1
}
]
}
]
}'import Foundation
let parameters = [
"request_type": "compile",
"timeline": [
[
"video_id": "m-12345",
"clips": [
[
"start": 0,
"end": 30,
"volume": 1
]
]
]
]
] as [String : Any?]
let postData = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])
let url = URL(string: "https://api.videodb.io/timeline")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.timeoutInterval = 10
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = [
"x-access-token": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
]
request.httpBody = postData
let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
print(String(decoding: data, as: UTF8.self))using RestSharp;
var options = new RestClientOptions("https://api.videodb.io/timeline");
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("");
request.AddHeader("x-access-token", "<api-key>");
request.AddJsonBody("{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}", false);
var response = await client.PostAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", response.Content);using RestSharp;
var options = new RestClientOptions("https://api.videodb.io/timeline");
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("");
request.AddHeader("x-access-token", "<api-key>");
request.AddJsonBody("{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}", false);
var response = await client.PostAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", response.Content);const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-access-token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
request_type: 'compile',
timeline: [{video_id: 'm-12345', clips: [{start: 0, end: 30, volume: 1}]}]
})
};
fetch('https://api.videodb.io/timeline', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, stdout);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.videodb.io/timeline");
struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "x-access-token: <api-key>");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}");
CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, stdout);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.videodb.io/timeline");
struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "x-access-token: <api-key>");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}");
CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);val client = OkHttpClient()
val mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json")
val body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}")
val request = Request.Builder()
.url("https://api.videodb.io/timeline")
.post(body)
.addHeader("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
.build()
val response = client.newCall(request).execute(){
"success": true,
"data": {
"stream_url": "https://stream.videodb.io/compiled/12345"
}
}Create Timeline (v1)
Create a video composition using the legacy Timeline v1 API
POST
/
timeline
Compile timeline
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.videodb.io/timeline \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-access-token: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"request_type": "compile",
"timeline": [
{
"video_id": "m-12345",
"clips": [
{
"start": 0,
"end": 30,
"volume": 1
}
]
}
]
}
'const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-access-token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
request_type: 'compile',
timeline: [{video_id: 'm-12345', clips: [{start: 0, end: 30, volume: 1}]}]
})
};
fetch('https://api.videodb.io/timeline', 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.videodb.io/timeline",
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([
'request_type' => 'compile',
'timeline' => [
[
'video_id' => 'm-12345',
'clips' => [
[
'start' => 0,
'end' => 30,
'volume' => 1
]
]
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-access-token: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.videodb.io/timeline"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.videodb.io/timeline")
.header("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.videodb.io/timeline")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-access-token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body$headers=@{}
$headers.Add("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
$headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://api.videodb.io/timeline' -Method POST -Headers $headers -ContentType 'application/json' -Body '{
"request_type": "compile",
"timeline": [
{
"video_id": "m-12345",
"clips": [
{
"start": 0,
"end": 30,
"volume": 1
}
]
}
]
}'import Foundation
let parameters = [
"request_type": "compile",
"timeline": [
[
"video_id": "m-12345",
"clips": [
[
"start": 0,
"end": 30,
"volume": 1
]
]
]
]
] as [String : Any?]
let postData = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])
let url = URL(string: "https://api.videodb.io/timeline")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.timeoutInterval = 10
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = [
"x-access-token": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
]
request.httpBody = postData
let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
print(String(decoding: data, as: UTF8.self))using RestSharp;
var options = new RestClientOptions("https://api.videodb.io/timeline");
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("");
request.AddHeader("x-access-token", "<api-key>");
request.AddJsonBody("{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}", false);
var response = await client.PostAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", response.Content);using RestSharp;
var options = new RestClientOptions("https://api.videodb.io/timeline");
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("");
request.AddHeader("x-access-token", "<api-key>");
request.AddJsonBody("{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}", false);
var response = await client.PostAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", response.Content);const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-access-token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
request_type: 'compile',
timeline: [{video_id: 'm-12345', clips: [{start: 0, end: 30, volume: 1}]}]
})
};
fetch('https://api.videodb.io/timeline', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, stdout);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.videodb.io/timeline");
struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "x-access-token: <api-key>");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}");
CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, stdout);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.videodb.io/timeline");
struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "x-access-token: <api-key>");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}");
CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);val client = OkHttpClient()
val mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json")
val body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n \"request_type\": \"compile\",\n \"timeline\": [\n {\n \"video_id\": \"m-12345\",\n \"clips\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"volume\": 1\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}")
val request = Request.Builder()
.url("https://api.videodb.io/timeline")
.post(body)
.addHeader("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
.build()
val response = client.newCall(request).execute(){
"success": true,
"data": {
"stream_url": "https://stream.videodb.io/compiled/12345"
}
}Create a video timeline by adding video clips inline and overlaying audio, images, or text assets on top.
import videodb
from videodb.editor import Timeline, VideoAsset, AudioAsset
conn = videodb.connect(api_key="your_api_key")
# Create a timeline
timeline = Timeline(conn)
# Add videos inline (sequentially)
video_asset = VideoAsset(asset_id="m-abc123def")
timeline.add_inline(video_asset)
# Add audio overlay (starts at 5 seconds)
audio_asset = AudioAsset(asset_id="a-xyz789")
timeline.add_overlay(start=5, asset=audio_asset)
# Generate stream
stream_url = timeline.generate_stream()
print(f"Stream: {stream_url}")
import { connect } from 'videodb';
import { Timeline, VideoAsset, AudioAsset } from 'videodb';
const conn = await connect({ apiKey: 'your_api_key' });
// Create a timeline
const timeline = new Timeline(conn);
// Add videos inline (sequentially)
const videoAsset = new VideoAsset('m-abc123def');
timeline.addInline(videoAsset);
// Add audio overlay (starts at 5 seconds)
const audioAsset = new AudioAsset('a-xyz789');
timeline.addOverlay(5, audioAsset);
// Generate stream
const streamUrl = await timeline.generateStream();
console.log(`Stream: ${streamUrl}`);
- Timeline v1 uses simple inline and overlay operations
- Video IDs start with
m-, audio witha-, images withimg- - For advanced editing with tracks and effects, use Timeline v2
generate_stream()returns a playable stream URL
Create Timeline v2
Advanced timeline with tracks and effects
Timeline Guides
Learn timeline composition
Authorizations
API key for authentication (sk-xxx format)
Body
application/json
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