Custom Subtitle Styling

npm install axios

pip install requests

import axios from "axios";

const API_BASE_URL = "https://api.pictory.ai/pictoryapis";
const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const SAMPLE_TEXT = "AI is poised to significantly impact educators and course creators on social media.";

async function createVideoWithCustomSubtitleStyle() {
  try {
    console.log("Creating video with custom subtitle style...");

    const response = await axios.post(
      `${API_BASE_URL}/v2/video/storyboard/render`,
      {
        videoName: "text_to_video_custom_subtitle",

        // Custom inline subtitle style
        subtitleStyle: {
          // Font settings
          fontFamily: "Poppins",
          fontSize: 48,

          // Colors (RGBA format)
          color: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)",              // White text
          backgroundColor: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)",        // Semi-transparent black background
          keywordColor: "rgba(255, 215, 0, 1)",         // Gold for keywords
          shadowColor: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8)",            // Dark shadow
          shadowWidth: "2%",

          // Position and layout
          position: "bottom-center",
          alignment: "center",
          paragraphWidth: "80%",

          // Text styling
          decorations: ["bold"],
          case: "capitalize",

          // Animations
          animations: [
            {
              name: "fade",
              type: "entry",
              speed: "medium",
            },
            {
              name: "fade",
              type: "exit",
              speed: "fast",
            },
          ],
        },

        scenes: [
          {
            story: SAMPLE_TEXT,
            createSceneOnNewLine: false,
            createSceneOnEndOfSentence: false,
          },
        ],
      },
      {
        headers: {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
          Authorization: API_KEY,
        },
      }
    );

    const jobId = response.data.data.jobId;
    console.log("✓ Video creation started!");
    console.log("Job ID:", jobId);

    // Monitor progress
    console.log("\nMonitoring video creation...");
    let jobCompleted = false;
    let jobResult = null;

    while (!jobCompleted) {
      const statusResponse = await axios.get(
        `${API_BASE_URL}/v1/jobs/${jobId}`,
        {
          headers: { Authorization: API_KEY },
        }
      );

      const status = statusResponse.data.data.status;
      console.log("Status:", status);

      if (status === "completed") {
        jobCompleted = true;
        jobResult = statusResponse.data;
        console.log("\n✓ Video with custom subtitle style is ready!");
        console.log("Video URL:", jobResult.data.videoURL);
      } else if (status === "failed") {
        throw new Error("Video creation failed: " + JSON.stringify(statusResponse.data));
      }

      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 5000));
    }

    return jobResult;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Error:", error.response?.data || error.message);
    throw error;
  }
}

createVideoWithCustomSubtitleStyle();

import requests
import time
import json

API_BASE_URL = 'https://api.pictory.ai/pictoryapis'
API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY'

SAMPLE_TEXT = "AI is poised to significantly impact educators and course creators on social media."

def create_video_with_custom_subtitle_style():
    try:
        print("Creating video with custom subtitle style...")

        response = requests.post(
            f'{API_BASE_URL}/v2/video/storyboard/render',
            json={
                'videoName': 'text_to_video_custom_subtitle',

                # Custom inline subtitle style
                'subtitleStyle': {
                    # Font settings
                    'fontFamily': 'Poppins',
                    'fontSize': 48,

                    # Colors (RGBA format)
                    'color': 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)',              # White text
                    'backgroundColor': 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)',        # Semi-transparent black background
                    'keywordColor': 'rgba(255, 215, 0, 1)',         # Gold for keywords
                    'shadowColor': 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8)',            # Dark shadow
                    'shadowWidth': '2%',

                    # Position and layout
                    'position': 'bottom-center',
                    'alignment': 'center',
                    'paragraphWidth': '80%',

                    # Text styling
                    'decorations': ['bold'],
                    'case': 'capitalize',

                    # Animations
                    'animations': [
                        {'name': 'fade', 'type': 'entry', 'speed': 'medium'},
                        {'name': 'fade', 'type': 'exit', 'speed': 'fast'}
                    ]
                },

                'scenes': [
                    {
                        'story': SAMPLE_TEXT,
                        'createSceneOnNewLine': False,
                        'createSceneOnEndOfSentence': False
                    }
                ]
            },
            headers={
                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                'Authorization': API_KEY
            }
        )
        response.raise_for_status()

        job_id = response.json()['data']['jobId']
        print("✓ Video creation started!")
        print(f"Job ID: {job_id}")

        # Monitor progress
        print("\nMonitoring video creation...")
        job_completed = False
        job_result = None

        while not job_completed:
            status_response = requests.get(
                f'{API_BASE_URL}/v1/jobs/{job_id}',
                headers={'Authorization': API_KEY}
            )
            status_response.raise_for_status()

            status = status_response.json()['data']['status']
            print(f"Status: {status}")

            if status == 'completed':
                job_completed = True
                job_result = status_response.json()
                print("\n✓ Video with custom subtitle style is ready!")
                print(f"Video URL: {job_result['data']['videoURL']}")
            elif status == 'failed':
                raise Exception(f"Video creation failed: {status_response.json()}")

            time.sleep(5)

        return job_result

    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as error:
        print(f"Error: {error}")
        if hasattr(error, 'response') and error.response is not None:
            print(f"Response: {error.response.text}")
        raise

if __name__ == '__main__':
    create_video_with_custom_subtitle_style()