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Getting Started

Create a workflow to Create Talking Photo with the HeyGen API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

  1. Configure the Create Talking Photo action
    1. Connect your HeyGen account
    2. Select a Talking Photo ID
    3. Configure Text
    4. Select a Voice ID
    5. Optional- Configure Title
    6. Optional- Configure Test
    7. Optional- Configure Caption
    8. Optional- Configure Scale
    9. Optional- Select a Talking Photo Style
    10. Optional- Select a Talking Style
    11. Optional- Select a Expression
    12. Optional- Configure Super Resolution
    13. Optional- Configure Matting
  2. Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
  3. Deploy the workflow
  4. Send a test event to validate your setup
  5. Turn on the trigger

Integrations

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Details

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Create Talking Photo on HeyGen
Description:Creates a talking photo from a provided image. [See the documentation](https://docs.heygen.com/reference/create-an-avatar-video-v2)
Version:0.0.1
Key:heygen-create-talking-photo

Code

import common from "../common/video-polling.mjs";
import constants from "../../common/constants.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "heygen-create-talking-photo",
  name: "Create Talking Photo",
  description: "Creates a talking photo from a provided image. [See the documentation](https://docs.heygen.com/reference/create-an-avatar-video-v2)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    talkingPhotoId: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.heygen,
        "talkingPhotoId",
      ],
    },
    text: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Text",
      description: "The text that the character will speak",
    },
    voiceId: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.heygen,
        "voiceId",
      ],
    },
    title: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.heygen,
        "title",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    test: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.heygen,
        "test",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    caption: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.heygen,
        "caption",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    scale: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Scale",
      description: "Talking Photo scale, value between 0 and 2.0. Default is 1.0.",
      optional: true,
    },
    talkingPhotoStyle: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Talking Photo Style",
      description: "Talking Photo crop style",
      options: constants.TALKING_PHOTO_STYLES,
      optional: true,
    },
    talkingStyle: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Talking Style",
      description: "Talking Photo talking style",
      options: constants.TALKING_STYLES,
      optional: true,
    },
    expression: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Expression",
      description: "Talking Photo expression style",
      options: constants.EXPRESSIONS,
      optional: true,
    },
    superResolution: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Super Resolution",
      description: "Whether to enhance this photar image",
      optional: true,
    },
    matting: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Matting",
      description: "Whether to do matting",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    async processVideo($) {
      const { data } = await this.heygen.createTalkingPhoto({
        data: {
          title: this.title,
          test: this.test,
          caption: this.caption,
          video_inputs: [
            {
              character: {
                type: "talking_photo",
                talking_photo_id: this.talkingPhotoId,
                scale: this.scale,
                talking_photo_style: this.talkingPhotoStyle,
                talking_style: this.talkingStyle,
                expression: this.expression,
                super_resolution: this.superResolution,
                matting: this.matting,
              },
              voice: {
                type: "text",
                voice_id: this.voiceId,
                input_text: this.text,
              },
            },
          ],
        },
        $,
      });
      return data.video_id;
    },
  },
};

Configuration

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.
LabelPropTypeDescription
HeyGenheygenappThis component uses the HeyGen app.
Talking Photo IDtalkingPhotoIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Texttextstring

The text that the character will speak

Voice IDvoiceIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Titletitlestring

Title of the video

Testtestboolean

Set the test flag to true to use test mode. Generation in test mode will not cost your credits and will contain a watermark on your video.

Captioncaptionboolean

Set to true to create video with captions.

Scalescalestring

Talking Photo scale, value between 0 and 2.0. Default is 1.0.

Talking Photo StyletalkingPhotoStylestringSelect a value from the drop down menu:squarecircle
Talking StyletalkingStylestringSelect a value from the drop down menu:stableexpressive
ExpressionexpressionstringSelect a value from the drop down menu:defaulthappy
Super ResolutionsuperResolutionboolean

Whether to enhance this photar image

Mattingmattingboolean

Whether to do matting

Authentication

HeyGen uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your HeyGen account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to HeyGen APIs in both code and no-code steps.

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Actions

Create Video From Template with the HeyGen API

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