Shotstack Python Examples

Video examples

• text.py - Create a HELLO WORLD video title against black background with a zoom in motion effect and soundtrack.

• images.py - Takes an array of image URLs and creates a video with a soundtrack and simple zoom in effect.

• titles.py - Create a video to demo titles using the available preset font styles, a soundtrack, zoom in motion effect and wipe right transition.

• trim.py - Trim the start and end of a video clip to output a shortened video.

• filters.py - Applies filters to a video clip, including a title with the name of the filter and a soundtrack.

• picture-in-picture.py - Layer a small foreground clip, using position and scale, over a fullscreen background clip, to create a picture in picture effect.

• merge.py - Merge data in to a video using merge fields.

• transform.py - Apply transformations (rotate, skew and flip) to a video clip.

Image examples

• border.py - Add a border frame around a background photo.

• gif.py - Create an animated gif that plays once.

Template examples

• templates/create.py - Save an edit as a re-usable template with placeholders.

• templates/render.py - Render a template using merge fields to replace placeholders.

Polling example

• status.py - Shows the status of a render task and the output video URL. Run this after running one of the render examples.

Probe example

• probe.py - Fetch metadata for any media asset on the internet such as width, height, duration, etc...

Asset management examples

• serve-api/render_id.py - Fetch all assets associated with a render ID. Includes video or image and thumbnail and poster.

• serve-api/asset_id.py - Fetch an individual asset by asset ID.

• serve-api/destination.py - Shows how to exclude a render from being sent to the Shotstack hosting destination.

• mux.py - Sends a rendered video to Mux hosting and excludes it from Shotstack. Requires a Mux account.

Installation

Install the required dependencies including the Shotstack Python SDK

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Set your API key

The demos use the staging endpoint by default so use your provided staging key:

export SHOTSTACK_KEY=your_key_here

Windows users (Command Prompt):

set SHOTSTACK_KEY=your_key_here

You can get an API key via the Shotstack web site.

Run an example

The examples directory includes a number of examples demonstrating the capabilities of the Shotstack API.

Rendering

To run a rendering/editing example run the examples at the root of the examples folder, e.g. to run the images video example:

python examples/images.py

Polling

To check the status of a render, similar to polling run the status.py example with the render ID, e.g.:

python examples/status.py 8b844085-779c-4c3a-b52f-d79deca2a960

Asset management

To look up assets hosted by Shotstack run the examples in the examples/serve-api directory.

Find assets by render ID:

python examples/serve-api/render_id.py 8b844085-779c-4c3a-b52f-d79deca2a960

or

Find an asset by asset ID:

python examples/serve-api/asset_id.py 3f446298-779c-8c8c-f253-900c1627b776