Official vendor OpenAPI document · agent-readyMediaVideo 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
Not supported: Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for media and content only.
Shotstack is a cloud-based video editing API that enables programmatic creation of videos, images, and audio. It provides endpoints for rendering edits, managing templates, serving assets, ingesting source files, and generating AI-powered content. The API exposes 20 endpoints secured with apiKey authentication.
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.
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Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fshotstack.io%2Fshotstack-api" | sh2
Step 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fshotstack.io%2Fshotstack-api" | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic 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
Update a template
Delete a template
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
PUT
/edit/{version}/templates/{id}
Update a template
DELETE
/edit/{version}/templates/{id}
Delete a template
POST
/edit/{version}/templates/render
Render a template
Jentic AI Readiness Score
This API is usable in Jentic One now. Its AI-readiness score against Jentic's framework shows where it stands today and where improvements would make it even easier for agents to use.
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Shotstack API
- AI-Aware (B)65/100
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Foundational Compliance63
Developer Experience & Jentic Compatibility49
AI-Readiness & Agent Experience94
Agent Usability50
Security100
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76
Foundational Compliance
Base layer of spec validity and structural soundness.
Grade: A-Signals: 4
98%
Lint Results
Aggregated quality score from linter diagnostics, weighted by severity.
100%
Resolution Completeness
Percentage of `$ref` references that resolve successfully.
100%
Specification Validity
Checks whether the API description parses successfully and conforms to its declared specification (e.g., OpenAPI).
7%
Structural Integrity
Structural correctness score based on schema issues using logarithmic dampening.
63
Developer Experience & Jentic Compatibility
Clarity, completeness, and ingestion readiness for developers and tooling.
Grade: B-Signals: 4
0%
Example Density
How richly the API is illustrated with examples.
100%
Example Validity
Percentage of examples that conform to their schemas.
50%
Response Coverage
Percentage of operations with complete response definitions (success, client error, server error).
100%
Tooling Readiness
Health of API ingestion, bundling, and resolution within Jentic pipelines.
49
AI-Readiness & Agent Experience
Semantic breadth, depth, and agent comprehension for AI systems.
Grade: D+Signals: 4
35%
Description Coverage
Coverage of descriptions across API elements.
0%
Error Standardization
Coverage of RFC 9457 Problem Details for error responses.
100%
OperationId Quality
Coverage, uniqueness, and casing consistency of operationIds for AI inference.
59%
Summary Coverage
Coverage of summaries across operations/tags/info.
94
Agent Usability
Functional utility, complexity comfort, and AI orchestration readiness.
Grade: A+Signals: 1
94%
Complexity Comfort
Agent comfort level based on API operational and structural complexity.
50
Security
Trust, risk posture, and security compliance.
Grade: C-Signals: 1
50%
Authentication Strength
Average quality of security schemes based on authentication method strength (weakest link for OAuth2).
100
AI Discoverability
Findability, semantic richness, and reasoning readiness.
Grade: A+Signals: 1
100%
Descriptive Richness
Clarity and depth of descriptions across API elements.
Score it yourself
Every API in the directory is allowlisted, so you can re-score it with no key required.
npx @jentic/api-scorecard-cli score <openapi-url>Why Jentic?
What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.
Setup
Wiring the Shotstack API by hand means sending your API key on every request against the versioned api.shotstack.io edit host and polling render status yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the Shotstack API from the API Directory, store the key once, and your agent calls it.
Permission scoping
Shotstack puts the render and template id in the URL path (/edit/{version}/render/{id}, /edit/{version}/templates/{id}), so a rule can pin your agent to one render or template: it can submit a render and read that template and nothing else. You choose the operations it may call, so destructive ones like template deletion are not included unless you add them.
Credential isolation
Your Shotstack key is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'queue and render an edit' or 'render from a template', and Jentic returns the matching Shotstack operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.
Related APIs
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
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 your Jentic One instance 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 through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, 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.
Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Shotstack API?
Yes. Jentic One is self-hosted by you, so your own rules decide which Shotstack operations and credentials the agent may use. Because Shotstack puts the render and template id in the URL path, such as /edit/{version}/render/{id} and /edit/{version}/templates/{id}, you can pin the agent to a single render or template and allow it to submit a render and read one template while blocking everything else. You choose exactly which operations it may call, so destructive ones like DELETE /edit/{version}/templates/{id} are excluded unless you add them.
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