Shotstack API

Name: Shotstack API
Brand: Shotstack API
Availability: InStock

✓ Official Vendor SpecMediaVideo ProcessingapiKey20 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Programmatically queue and render an edit, get render status. Covers 20 operations with apiKey authentication.

Use for: I need to queue and render an edit, I want to render status, Search for a template, Find all templates

Install Jentic One Beta

Connect the Shotstack API to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Shotstack API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.

Step 1: Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh

Step 2: Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with Shotstack API.

Queue and render an edit

Get render status

Create a template

List templates

GET STARTED

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Use Cases

Patterns agents use Shotstack API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Media and Content Operations

Use the Shotstack API to perform media operations programmatically. The API provides 20 endpoints covering core functionality including queue and render an edit, get render status, create a template.

Call POST /edit/{version}/render to queue and render an edit

Automated Create Management

Automate create operations by combining multiple Shotstack API endpoints. Agents can get render status and then create a template in a single workflow.

Call GET /edit/{version}/render/{id} to get render status, then verify the result

AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call Shotstack API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle apiKey tokens manually.

Search Jentic for 'queue and render an edit', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

Key Endpoints

20 endpoints — shotstack is a cloud-based video editing api that enables programmatic creation of videos, images, and audio.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

POST

/edit/{version}/render

Queue and render an edit

GET

/edit/{version}/render/{id}

Get render status

POST

/edit/{version}/templates

Create a template

GET

/edit/{version}/templates

List templates

GET

/edit/{version}/templates/{id}

Get a template

PUT

/edit/{version}/templates/{id}

Update a template

DELETE

/edit/{version}/templates/{id}

Delete a template

POST

/edit/{version}/templates/render

Render a template

POST

/edit/{version}/render

Queue and render an edit

GET

/edit/{version}/render/{id}

Get render status

POST

/edit/{version}/templates

Create a template

GET

/edit/{version}/templates

List templates

GET

/edit/{version}/templates/{id}

Get a template

Why Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

Shotstack API apiKey credentials are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault (MAXsystem). Agents receive scoped access tokens — raw secrets never enter the agent context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search by intent (e.g., 'queue and render an edit') and Jentic returns the matching Shotstack API operation with its input schema, so the agent can call the right endpoint without browsing docs.

Time to first call

Direct Shotstack API integration: 1-3 days for auth handling, response parsing, and error cases. Through Jentic: under 1 hour — search, load schema, execute.

FAQs

Specific to using Shotstack API through Jentic.

What authentication does the Shotstack API use?

The Shotstack API uses an API key passed in the `x-api-key` header. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in the MAXsystem vault and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

Can I queue and render an edit with the Shotstack API?

Yes. Use the POST /edit/{version}/render endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

What are the rate limits for the Shotstack API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

How do I queue and render an edit through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up, then search for 'queue and render an edit'. Jentic returns the matching Shotstack API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call — credentials are injected automatically.

How many endpoints does the Shotstack API have?

The Shotstack API exposes 20 endpoints covering create, edit, ingest operations.

Shotstack API

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Capabilities

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Use Cases

Key Endpoints

Why Jentic?

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FAQs