Choose Explainer Video Format

This snippet recreates the 🎬 Choose Explainer Video Format recipe using Python. Review the Python guide for environment setup before running it.

# pip install requests
import os
import requests


def main() -> None:
    token = os.environ.get("AUTOCONTENT_TOKEN", "YOUR_API_TOKEN")
    endpoint = "https://api.autocontentapi.com/content/Create"

    payload = {
        'outputType': 'video',
        'resources': [
            {
                'type': 'youtube',
                'content': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ'
            }
        ],
        'text': 'Summarize the key arguments in plain language.',
        'format': 'short'
    }

    response = requests.post(
        endpoint,
        headers={
            "Authorization": f"Bearer {token}",
            "Content-Type": "application/json",
            "Accept": "application/json",
        },
        json=payload,
        timeout=30,
    )
    response.raise_for_status()
    print("Request accepted:", response.json())


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Replace YOUR_API_TOKEN (or set the AUTOCONTENT_TOKEN environment variable) before running the request.

Available formats: explainer (default), short, and cinematic (100 credits).

See also

• Scenario overview

• Python guide