Duplicate a video

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/duplicate \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "My Video (Copy)",
  "trim": {
    "chapterIndex": 0,
    "endTime": 60,
    "startTime": 10.5
  }
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/duplicate"

payload = {
    "name": "My Video (Copy)",
    "trim": {
        "chapterIndex": 0,
        "endTime": 60,
        "startTime": 10.5
    }
}
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({name: 'My Video (Copy)', trim: {chapterIndex: 0, endTime: 60, startTime: 10.5}})
};

fetch('https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/duplicate', 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/videos/{id}/duplicate",
  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([
    'name' => 'My Video (Copy)',
    'trim' => [
        'chapterIndex' => 0,
        'endTime' => 60,
        'startTime' => 10.5
    ]
  ]),
  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/videos/{id}/duplicate"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"My Video (Copy)\",\n  \"trim\": {\n    \"chapterIndex\": 0,\n    \"endTime\": 60,\n    \"startTime\": 10.5\n  }\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/videos/{id}/duplicate")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"My Video (Copy)\",\n  \"trim\": {\n    \"chapterIndex\": 0,\n    \"endTime\": 60,\n    \"startTime\": 10.5\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/duplicate")

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  \"name\": \"My Video (Copy)\",\n  \"trim\": {\n    \"chapterIndex\": 0,\n    \"endTime\": 60,\n    \"startTime\": 10.5\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "video": {
    "aspectRatio": "16:9",
    "backgroundMusic": {
      "durationMs": 180036,
      "name": "Calm Product Tour",
      "url": "https://ucarecdn.com/example-track/",
      "volume": 0.2
    },
    "chapters": [
      {
        "description": "Overview of what we'll cover",
        "timestampSeconds": 0,
        "title": "Introduction"
      }
    ],
    "clipIds": [
      "cl_abc123",
      "cl_def456"
    ],
    "createdAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
    "description": "Learn how to create and share your first video",
    "dimensions": {
      "height": 1080,
      "width": 1920
    },
    "durationSeconds": 125.5,
    "exports": [
      {
        "downloadUrl": "https://cdn.tella.tv/exports/vid_abc123/video.mp4",
        "exportId": "Export-Story-vid_abc123def456/2026-01-15T10:00:00Z/Story/1920x1080/30FPS",
        "progress": 100,
        "status": "completed",
        "updatedAt": "2024-01-15T15:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ],
    "id": "vid_abc123def456",
    "links": {
      "embedPage": "https://www.tella.tv/video/vid_abc123def456/embed",
      "viewPage": "https://www.tella.tv/video/vid_abc123def456/view"
    },
    "name": "Getting Started with Tella",
    "playlistIds": [
      "pl_abc123",
      "pl_def456"
    ],
    "settings": {
      "allowedEmbedDomains": [
        "example.com",
        "mysite.org"
      ],
      "captionsDefaultEnabled": true,
      "commentEmailsEnabled": false,
      "commentsEnabled": true,
      "customThumbnailURL": "https://example.com/custom-thumbnail.jpg",
      "defaultPlaybackRate": 1,
      "downloadsEnabled": true,
      "linkScope": "public",
      "publishDateEnabled": true,
      "rawDownloadsEnabled": false,
      "searchEngineIndexingEnabled": true,
      "studioSound": false,
      "transcriptsEnabled": true,
      "viewCountEnabled": true
    },
    "thumbnails": {
      "large": {
        "gif": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.gif",
        "jpg": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.jpg",
        "mp4": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.mp4",
        "webp": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.webp"
      },
      "medium": {
        "gif": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.gif",
        "jpg": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.jpg",
        "mp4": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.mp4",
        "webp": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.webp"
      },
      "small": {
        "gif": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.gif",
        "jpg": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.jpg",
        "mp4": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.mp4",
        "webp": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.webp"
      },
      "xl": {
        "gif": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.gif",
        "jpg": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.jpg",
        "mp4": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.mp4",
        "webp": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.webp"
      }
    },
    "transcript": {
      "language": "en",
      "sentences": [
        {
          "endSeconds": 2.3,
          "startSeconds": 0.5,
          "text": "Hello and welcome to this tutorial."
        }
      ],
      "status": "ready",
      "text": "Hello and welcome to this tutorial..."
    },
    "updatedAt": "2024-01-15T14:45:00.000Z",
    "views": 1234
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "bad_request",
    "doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#bad-request",
    "message": "The request was malformed or contained invalid parameters."
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#unauthorized",
    "message": "Authentication is required. Provide a valid API key."
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "forbidden",
    "doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#forbidden",
    "message": "You don't have permission to access this resource."
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#not-found",
    "message": "The requested resource was not found."
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unprocessable_entity",
    "doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#unprocessable-entity",
    "message": "The request was well-formed but contained semantic errors."
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
    "doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#rate-limit-exceeded",
    "message": "You have exceeded the rate limit. Please slow down."
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "internal_server_error",
    "doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#internal-server-error",
    "message": "An unexpected error occurred on the server."
  }
}

POST

videos

{id}

duplicate

Duplicate a video

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/duplicate \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "My Video (Copy)",
  "trim": {
    "chapterIndex": 0,
    "endTime": 60,
    "startTime": 10.5
  }
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/duplicate"

payload = {
    "name": "My Video (Copy)",
    "trim": {
        "chapterIndex": 0,
        "endTime": 60,
        "startTime": 10.5
    }
}
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({name: 'My Video (Copy)', trim: {chapterIndex: 0, endTime: 60, startTime: 10.5}})
};

fetch('https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/duplicate', 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/videos/{id}/duplicate",
  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([
    'name' => 'My Video (Copy)',
    'trim' => [
        'chapterIndex' => 0,
        'endTime' => 60,
        'startTime' => 10.5
    ]
  ]),
  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/videos/{id}/duplicate"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"My Video (Copy)\",\n  \"trim\": {\n    \"chapterIndex\": 0,\n    \"endTime\": 60,\n    \"startTime\": 10.5\n  }\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/videos/{id}/duplicate")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"My Video (Copy)\",\n  \"trim\": {\n    \"chapterIndex\": 0,\n    \"endTime\": 60,\n    \"startTime\": 10.5\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/duplicate")

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  \"name\": \"My Video (Copy)\",\n  \"trim\": {\n    \"chapterIndex\": 0,\n    \"endTime\": 60,\n    \"startTime\": 10.5\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "video": {
    "aspectRatio": "16:9",
    "backgroundMusic": {
      "durationMs": 180036,
      "name": "Calm Product Tour",
      "url": "https://ucarecdn.com/example-track/",
      "volume": 0.2
    },
    "chapters": [
      {
        "description": "Overview of what we'll cover",
        "timestampSeconds": 0,
        "title": "Introduction"
      }
    ],
    "clipIds": [
      "cl_abc123",
      "cl_def456"
    ],
    "createdAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
    "description": "Learn how to create and share your first video",
    "dimensions": {
      "height": 1080,
      "width": 1920
    },
    "durationSeconds": 125.5,
    "exports": [
      {
        "downloadUrl": "https://cdn.tella.tv/exports/vid_abc123/video.mp4",
        "exportId": "Export-Story-vid_abc123def456/2026-01-15T10:00:00Z/Story/1920x1080/30FPS",
        "progress": 100,
        "status": "completed",
        "updatedAt": "2024-01-15T15:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ],
    "id": "vid_abc123def456",
    "links": {
      "embedPage": "https://www.tella.tv/video/vid_abc123def456/embed",
      "viewPage": "https://www.tella.tv/video/vid_abc123def456/view"
    },
    "name": "Getting Started with Tella",
    "playlistIds": [
      "pl_abc123",
      "pl_def456"
    ],
    "settings": {
      "allowedEmbedDomains": [
        "example.com",
        "mysite.org"
      ],
      "captionsDefaultEnabled": true,
      "commentEmailsEnabled": false,
      "commentsEnabled": true,
      "customThumbnailURL": "https://example.com/custom-thumbnail.jpg",
      "defaultPlaybackRate": 1,
      "downloadsEnabled": true,
      "linkScope": "public",
      "publishDateEnabled": true,
      "rawDownloadsEnabled": false,
      "searchEngineIndexingEnabled": true,
      "studioSound": false,
      "transcriptsEnabled": true,
      "viewCountEnabled": true
    },
    "thumbnails": {
      "large": {
        "gif": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.gif",
        "jpg": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.jpg",
        "mp4": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.mp4",
        "webp": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.webp"
      },
      "medium": {
        "gif": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.gif",
        "jpg": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.jpg",
        "mp4": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.mp4",
        "webp": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.webp"
      },
      "small": {
        "gif": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.gif",
        "jpg": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.jpg",
        "mp4": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.mp4",
        "webp": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.webp"
      },
      "xl": {
        "gif": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.gif",
        "jpg": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.jpg",
        "mp4": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/640x360.mp4",
        "webp": "https://cdn.tella.tv/thumbnails/vid_abc123/1920x1080.webp"
      }
    },
    "transcript": {
      "language": "en",
      "sentences": [
        {
          "endSeconds": 2.3,
          "startSeconds": 0.5,
          "text": "Hello and welcome to this tutorial."
        }
      ],
      "status": "ready",
      "text": "Hello and welcome to this tutorial..."
    },
    "updatedAt": "2024-01-15T14:45:00.000Z",
    "views": 1234
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "bad_request",
    "doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#bad-request",
    "message": "The request was malformed or contained invalid parameters."
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#unauthorized",
    "message": "Authentication is required. Provide a valid API key."
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "forbidden",
    "doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#forbidden",
    "message": "You don't have permission to access this resource."
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#not-found",
    "message": "The requested resource was not found."
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unprocessable_entity",
    "doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#unprocessable-entity",
    "message": "The request was well-formed but contained semantic errors."
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
    "doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#rate-limit-exceeded",
    "message": "You have exceeded the rate limit. Please slow down."
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "internal_server_error",
    "doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#internal-server-error",
    "message": "An unexpected error occurred on the server."
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

API key obtained from your Tella account settings

Path Parameters

string

required

Unique video identifier

Example:

"vid_abc123def456"

Body

application/json

Request body for duplicating a video

name

string

Name for the duplicated video. Defaults to original name with ' (Copy)' suffix.

Required string length: 1 - 255

Example:

"My Video (Copy)"

trim

object

Optional trim parameters. Specify startTime+endTime for time range trim (duration must be at least 1 second), or chapterIndex to extract a specific chapter.

Show child attributes

Response

video

object

required

Detailed information about a video including chapters, transcript, and exports

Show child attributes

Add a collaborator to a video List video exports

Getting Started

Guides

API Reference

Webhooks

Duplicate a video

Authorizations

Path Parameters

Body

Response