Text to Video with Captions

npm install axios

import axios from "axios";

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

// Story text - used for AI visual selection and content understanding
const STORY_TEXT = "AI is poised to significantly impact educators and course creators on social media.";

// Caption text - displayed as subtitles (Spanish translation)
const CAPTION_TEXT = "La IA está destinada a impactar significativamente a los educadores y creadores de cursos en las redes sociales.";

async function createTextToVideoWithCaption() {
  try {
    console.log("Creating video with custom captions...");

    const response = await axios.post(
      `${API_BASE_URL}/v2/video/storyboard/render`,
      {
        videoName: "text_to_video_with_caption",
        scenes: [
          {
            story: STORY_TEXT,              // English for visual selection
            caption: CAPTION_TEXT,          // Spanish for subtitles
            captionLanguage: "es",          // Spanish language code
            createSceneOnNewLine: false,    // Required when using captions
            createSceneOnEndOfSentence: false, // Required when using captions
          },
        ],
      },
      {
        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 captions 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;
  }
}

createTextToVideoWithCaption();