curl --request POST \
--url https://api.tella.com/v1/sources \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"duration": 1,
"height": 4503599627370495,
"width": 4503599627370495
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.tella.com/v1/sources"
payload = {
"duration": 1,
"height": 4503599627370495,
"width": 4503599627370495
}
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({duration: 1, height: 4503599627370495, width: 4503599627370495})
};
fetch('https://api.tella.com/v1/sources', 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/sources",
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([
'duration' => 1,
'height' => 4503599627370495,
'width' => 4503599627370495
]),
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/sources"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"duration\": 1,\n \"height\": 4503599627370495,\n \"width\": 4503599627370495\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/sources")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"duration\": 1,\n \"height\": 4503599627370495,\n \"width\": 4503599627370495\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.tella.com/v1/sources")
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 \"duration\": 1,\n \"height\": 4503599627370495,\n \"width\": 4503599627370495\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"expiresAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"sourceId": "<string>",
"uploadUrl": "<string>"
}{
"docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
"error": "bad_request",
"message": "The request was malformed or contained invalid parameters."
}{
"docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
"error": "unauthorized",
"message": "Authentication is required. Provide a valid API key."
}{
"docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
"error": "forbidden",
"message": "You don't have permission to access this resource."
}{
"docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
"error": "not_found",
"message": "The requested resource was not found."
}{
"docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
"error": "rate_limited",
"message": "You have exceeded the rate limit. Please slow down."
}{
"docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
"error": "server_error",
"message": "An unexpected error occurred"
}{
"docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
"error": "not_implemented",
"message": "The requested operation is not implemented."
}Create a new source upload (video or image)
Returns a sourceId and a pre-signed S3 URL. PUT the file bytes to uploadUrl, then reference sourceId from clips, layouts (b-roll media), overlays, or backgrounds. Use kind: "image" for images (no duration); Tella hosts the bytes for rendering, so you never deal with raw image URLs.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.tella.com/v1/sources \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"duration": 1,
"height": 4503599627370495,
"width": 4503599627370495
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.tella.com/v1/sources"
payload = {
"duration": 1,
"height": 4503599627370495,
"width": 4503599627370495
}
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({duration: 1, height: 4503599627370495, width: 4503599627370495})
};
fetch('https://api.tella.com/v1/sources', 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/sources",
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([
'duration' => 1,
'height' => 4503599627370495,
'width' => 4503599627370495
]),
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/sources"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"duration\": 1,\n \"height\": 4503599627370495,\n \"width\": 4503599627370495\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/sources")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"duration\": 1,\n \"height\": 4503599627370495,\n \"width\": 4503599627370495\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.tella.com/v1/sources")
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 \"duration\": 1,\n \"height\": 4503599627370495,\n \"width\": 4503599627370495\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"expiresAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"sourceId": "<string>",
"uploadUrl": "<string>"
}{
"docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
"error": "bad_request",
"message": "The request was malformed or contained invalid parameters."
}{
"docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
"error": "unauthorized",
"message": "Authentication is required. Provide a valid API key."
}{
"docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
"error": "forbidden",
"message": "You don't have permission to access this resource."
}{
"docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
"error": "not_found",
"message": "The requested resource was not found."
}{
"docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
"error": "rate_limited",
"message": "You have exceeded the rate limit. Please slow down."
}{
"docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
"error": "server_error",
"message": "An unexpected error occurred"
}{
"docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
"error": "not_implemented",
"message": "The requested operation is not implemented."
}Authorizations
API key obtained from your Tella account settings
Body
Create a new source upload (video, audio, or image). Returns a pre-signed S3 URL to PUT the bytes to, plus a sourceId to reference from clips, layouts, overlays, backgrounds, and sound effects.
Duration in seconds. Required for video and audio; ignored for image.
x > 0Height in pixels. Required for video and image; omit for audio.
0 < x <= 9007199254740991Source kind: video (default), audio (e.g. sound effects), or image.
video, audio, image Width in pixels. Required for video and image; omit for audio.
0 < x <= 9007199254740991Response
OK
ISO-8601 timestamp at which uploadUrl stops accepting uploads.
^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$ID of the new source.
Pre-signed S3 URL. PUT the file bytes here (single PUT, max ~5GB). Upload the file as-is: any common container is accepted (MP4, MOV, WebM, MP3, WAV, M4A, …) — the .mp4 in the URL path is just the storage key, not a container requirement.
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