Smart Layouts for Videos

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. " +
  "By automating tasks like content generation, visual design, and video editing, " +
  "AI will save time and enhance consistency.";

async function createVideoWithSmartLayout() {
  try {
    console.log("Creating video with smart layout...");

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

        // Smart layout configuration
        smartLayoutName: "modern minimalist",  // Choose your layout

        // Voice-over configuration
        voiceOver: {
          enabled: true,
          aiVoices: [
            {
              speaker: "Brian",              // AI voice name
              speed: 100,                    // Normal speed (50-200)
              amplificationLevel: 0,         // Normal volume (-1 to 1)
            },
          ],
        },

        // Scene configuration
        scenes: [
          {
            story: SAMPLE_TEXT,
            createSceneOnNewLine: true,
            createSceneOnEndOfSentence: true,
          },
        ],
      },
      {
        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 smart layout 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;
  }
}

createVideoWithSmartLayout();

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. "
    "By automating tasks like content generation, visual design, and video editing, "
    "AI will save time and enhance consistency."
)

def create_video_with_smart_layout():
    try:
        print("Creating video with smart layout...")

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

                # Smart layout configuration
                'smartLayoutName': 'modern minimalist',  # Choose your layout

                # Voice-over configuration
                'voiceOver': {
                    'enabled': True,
                    'aiVoices': [
                        {
                            'speaker': 'Brian',              # AI voice name
                            'speed': 100,                    # Normal speed (50-200)
                            'amplificationLevel': 0          # Normal volume (-1 to 1)
                        }
                    ]
                },

                # Scene configuration
                'scenes': [
                    {
                        'story': SAMPLE_TEXT,
                        'createSceneOnNewLine': True,
                        'createSceneOnEndOfSentence': True
                    }
                ]
            },
            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 smart layout 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_smart_layout()