Get video information
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}', 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}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"video": {
"aspectRatio": "16:9",
"autoRatio": false,
"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"
],
"captionGrouping": "chunked",
"captionPosition": {
"x": 0.5,
"y": 0.5
},
"captionSize": "medium",
"captionStyle": {
"backgroundColor": "#5E51F8FF",
"name": "backdrop",
"textColor": "#5E51F8FF",
"wordLevelHighlights": true
},
"captionsDefaultEnabled": true,
"commentEmailsEnabled": false,
"commentsEnabled": true,
"cursor": {
"clickRipple": false,
"hideWhenInactive": false,
"returnToStart": false,
"size": 3.05,
"smoothing": false,
"style": "macTahoe"
},
"customThumbnailURL": "https://example.com/custom-thumbnail.jpg",
"defaultClipTransition": "hard_cut",
"defaultPlaybackRate": 1,
"downloadsEnabled": true,
"linkScope": "org",
"microphoneVolume": 1,
"motionBlur": true,
"publishDateEnabled": true,
"rawDownloadsEnabled": false,
"searchEngineIndexingEnabled": true,
"shrinkCameraDuringZooms": true,
"studioSound": false,
"subtitlesEnabled": true,
"systemAudioVolume": 1,
"thumbnailInpointMs": 12000,
"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
}
}{
"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."
}Videos
Get video information
Returns detailed information about a video including chapters, transcript, and thumbnails
GET
/
v1
/
videos
/
{id}
Get video information
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}', 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}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"video": {
"aspectRatio": "16:9",
"autoRatio": false,
"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"
],
"captionGrouping": "chunked",
"captionPosition": {
"x": 0.5,
"y": 0.5
},
"captionSize": "medium",
"captionStyle": {
"backgroundColor": "#5E51F8FF",
"name": "backdrop",
"textColor": "#5E51F8FF",
"wordLevelHighlights": true
},
"captionsDefaultEnabled": true,
"commentEmailsEnabled": false,
"commentsEnabled": true,
"cursor": {
"clickRipple": false,
"hideWhenInactive": false,
"returnToStart": false,
"size": 3.05,
"smoothing": false,
"style": "macTahoe"
},
"customThumbnailURL": "https://example.com/custom-thumbnail.jpg",
"defaultClipTransition": "hard_cut",
"defaultPlaybackRate": 1,
"downloadsEnabled": true,
"linkScope": "org",
"microphoneVolume": 1,
"motionBlur": true,
"publishDateEnabled": true,
"rawDownloadsEnabled": false,
"searchEngineIndexingEnabled": true,
"shrinkCameraDuringZooms": true,
"studioSound": false,
"subtitlesEnabled": true,
"systemAudioVolume": 1,
"thumbnailInpointMs": 12000,
"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
}
}{
"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
Path Parameters
Unique video identifier
Example:
"vid_abc123def456"
Response
OK
Detailed information about a video including chapters, transcript, and exports
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Related topics
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