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How to use Vizard API
How to use Vizard API

Learn how to use the Vizard API with this step-by-step guide. Explore integration options to enhance your workflow.

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Vizard now offers an API service, with the same abilities as the web app.

Quickstart

Step 1: Generate your API key

  1. Navigate to your Workspace-Account-API Key

Find API key

  1. Click the "Generate API Key" button. Your unique API key will be displayed within seconds. Note: This feature requires a Pro plan.

Important: Treat your API key like a password. Keep it confidential and do not share it with anyone.

Step 2: Post a long video

Request

URL

Method

POST

Rate limits

3 requests per minute

Headers

Name of Header

Value

Required

Content-Type

application/json

YES

VIZARDAI_API_KEY

Vizard ai api key

YES

Body (Raw json)

Name

Data Type

Required

Description

lang

string

YES

Language code of video.

videoUrl

string

YES

The URL of the remote video should start with either http or https and must be downloadable.

ext

string

YES

The extension of the video file.

mp4

3gp

avi

mov

preferLength

array

YES

The duration of the clipped video.

0, auto;

1, less than 30s;

2, 30s to 60s;

3, 60s to 90s;

4, 90s to 3min

projectName

string

NO

The name of the long video.

subtitleSwitch

int

NO

Subtitle switch.

0, off;

1, on; (default value)

headlineSwitch

int

NO

Headline switch.

0, off;

1, on; (default value)

Response

Content-Type

application/json

Body

Data Name

Data Type

Description

code

int

2000, created succeeded;

4001, invalid api key;

4002, created failed;

4003, requests exceeded the limit;

4004, Unsupported video format;

4005, invalid video url.

4006, illegal parameter

projectId

string

Used for polling short clips generation

Step 3: Polling short clips

Request

URL

Method

GET

Headers

Name of Header

Value

Required

VIZARDAI_API_KEY

Vizard ai api key

YES

Parameters

Name

Data Type

Required

Description

projectId

Long

YES

Get the video export result by projectId.

Please append it to https request url, behind ’/query/’.

Response

Content-Type

application/json

Body

Data Name

Data Type

Description

code

int

1000, processing;

2000, clipping succeeded;

4001, invalid api key;

4002, clipping failed.

4003, requests exceeded the limit;

4004, Unsupported video format;

4005, invalid video url.

4006, illegal parameter

videos

array

A list of URLs for video clips. The video URL is valid for 3 hours. Please ensure that you complete the download within this time frame. If the 3-hour period expires, you can query again to obtain a new valid video URL. It is important to note that after 7 days, the video will be permanently deleted.

Video

videoUrl

string

Video download url.

videoMsDuration

long

Video duration in milliseconds.

title

string

Video title.

viralReason

string

Ai clip reason.

viralScore

float

Ai clip score.

transcript

string

Video text content.

relatedTopic

array

Video related topics.

Appendix

Supported video languages

Language Code

Language Name

ar

Arabic

nl

Dutch

en

English

fr

French

de

German

hi

Hindi

id

Indonesian

it

Italian

ja

Japanese

ko

Korean

zh

Mandarin

zh-TW

Mandarin

pt

Portuguese

ru

Russian

es

Spanish

tr

Turkish

uk

Ukrainian

vi

Vietnamese

Supported file types

mp4, 3gp, avi, mov

Maximum video length

2 hours

Maximum file size

8GB

Clip resolution

720p

Video storage

7 days

Upload minutes

300 minutes per month

Sample Code

Python


import requests
import time

VIZARDAI_API_KEY = "YOUR VIZARD AI API KEY"

PROJECT_NAME = "api-vizard-sample"
VIDEO_URL = "https://dlany1hql2ufi.cloudfront.net/0-test/WhyHiking-1920x1080-60s.mp4"
VIDEO_FILE_EXT = "mp4"
LANG = "en"
PREFER_LENGTH = "[1,2]"
SUBTITLE_SWITCH = 0
HEADLINE_SWITCH = 1

headers = {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"VIZARDAI_API_KEY": VIZARDAI_API_KEY
}

def create_project():
create_data = {
'projectName': PROJECT_NAME,
'videoUrl': VIDEO_URL,
'ext': VIDEO_FILE_EXT,
'lang': LANG,
'preferLength': PREFER_LENGTH,
'subtitleSwitch': SUBTITLE_SWITCH,
'headlineSwitch': HEADLINE_SWITCH,
}
create_url = "https://elb-api.vizard.ai/hvizard-server-front/open-api/v1/project/create"

print('creating project')
response = requests.post(create_url, headers=headers, json=create_data)
create_result = response.json()
if response.status_code == 200:
print(create_result)
if create_result["code"] == 2000:
project_id = create_result["projectId"]
else:
print("create error:", create_result)
project_id = ""
else:
print('create request failed: ', create_result)
project_id = ""
return project_id

def query_videos(project_id):
query_url = "https://elb-api.vizard.ai/hvizard-server-front/open-api/v1/project/query/" + str(project_id)

while (True):
print('querying videos')
response = requests.get(query_url, headers=headers)
if response.status_code == 200:
query_result = response.json()
if query_result["code"] == 2000:
print('clipping succeeded.')
print(query_result)
break
elif query_result["code"] == 1000:
time.sleep(5)
continue
else:
print(query_result)
print("clipping error:")
print(query_result['msg'])
break
else:
print('query request failed: ', response.json)
break

def main():
project_id = create_project()
if (project_id != ""):
query_videos(project_id)

if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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