Sports Highlight Video API
Create sports highlight workflows programmatically and integrate automated reel generation directly into your app.
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Turn long sports footage into highlight-ready output through API
Upload footage, create a highlight job, and receive structured results that fit into your rendering or publishing workflow.
Simple 3-step API workflow
Go from raw sports footage to structured highlight output in a straightforward developer flow.
1from vidio import VidioClient
2import os
3
4client = VidioClient(api_key=os.getenv("VIDIO_API_KEY"))
5
6# Upload input
7upload = client.upload("INPUT_FILE_PATH")
8
9# Create highlight reel
10job = client.create_highlight_reel(
11 input_keys=[upload.input_key],
12 video_category="ball-sports",
13 output_length=30,
14 aspect_ratio="portrait"
15)
16
17# Wait for processing
18job = client.wait_for_job(job.job_id)
19
20# Render output
21job = client.render(job.job_id)
22job = client.wait_for_render(job.job_id)
23
24print(job.output_url)API-first workflow
Built for automated sports highlight generation
The Sports Highlight Video API helps teams automate the creation of sports highlight videos with a clean developer workflow.
- Easy to integrate
- Use a straightforward API flow to upload footage, submit jobs, and retrieve structured highlight results.
- Fast processing
- Built on scalable infrastructure to handle sports footage efficiently for production-ready workflows.
- Sports-focused output
- Designed for sports highlight generation workflows across a range of supported game footage.
- Flexible deployment
- Use the API inside your own product, platform, or media workflow without requiring a manual editing interface.
Adapt to Any Pace, Platform, or Style
- Custom music
- Enhance your highlights with customizable background music to set the perfect mood and tone for your video.
- Segment length
- Adjust segment lengths to create fast-paced excitement or slow-paced storytelling, tailored to your style.
- Video resizing
- Effortlessly resize your videos to perfectly fit any social media platform’s requirements.
- Output length
- Set the perfect output length to match your story, audience, or platform needs.
- Transition effects
- Seamlessly enhance your highlights with smooth and dynamic transition effects.
- Segment adjustments
- Get a complete list of segments with AI recommendations highlighted, allowing you to adjust and customize to your preference.
- Auto B-roll search and add
- Automatically find and insert relevant B-roll clips to enrich your story without manual searching.
- Auto caption overlays
- Add stylish text captions and emoji overlays that highlight key moments and keep viewers engaged.
- Beat sync
- Automatically align cuts, transitions, and visual moments to the rhythm of your soundtrack.
- Text animations
- Bring titles, callouts, and social cards to life with a variety of animated text styles.
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Works across a range of sports use cases
Use the Sports Highlight Video API for player highlights, team recaps, social clips, and other sports media workflows.
Questions? We Have Answers
- How does the Sports Highlight Video API work?
The API lets you upload sports footage, create a highlight generation job, and retrieve structured results representing the highlight edit.
- What kinds of sports footage can I use?
The API is designed for sports highlight workflows and can be used for supported sports footage depending on your integration setup.
- Are there limitations on file size or input duration?
Limits depend on your plan and integration setup. Please refer to the pricing page or contact us for current access details.
- Is there a free option?
API access is available on supported plans. Please refer to the pricing page or request access for more information.
- Can developers control output settings?
Yes. Developers can configure key parameters such as video category, output length, and aspect ratio as part of the API workflow.
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