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OpenShot Cloud API is a simple REST API which can be used to automate video editing tasks, and easily integrate with websites and apps. Create dynamic animations, text captions, effects, music mixes, and complex video edits - all with just a few HTTP calls.

Browse the complete guides and API reference, design a template with the award-winning OpenShot Desktop, and deploy server instances on your own cloud.

Launch your own server on:
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See the API in action with Simple Editor

Try our browser-based video editor powered by OpenShot Cloud API. Upload media, edit and reorder clips, add text captions, animations, effects, and export videos - all driven by the same REST endpoints below.

Open Simple Editor Demo
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This isolated sandbox is for evaluation only. Temporary accounts and their files expire after 24 hours. 
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    "effects": "https://cloud.openshot.org/effects/",
    "exports": "https://cloud.openshot.org/exports/",
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