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

  1. Configure the Create Timeline action
    1. Connect your Shotstack account
    2. Configure How Many Tracks?
    3. Optional- Configure Soundtrack Source
    4. Optional- Select a Soundtrack Effect
    5. Optional- Configure Background
    6. Optional- Configure Fonts
  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

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Details

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Create Timeline on Shotstack
Description:Generate a timeline with layers and assets for a new video project. [See the documentation here](https://github.com/shotstack/shotstack-sdk-node#timeline).
Version:0.0.1
Key:shotstack-create-timeline

Code

import app from "../../shotstack.app.mjs";
import constants from "../../common/constants.mjs";

const { SEP } = constants;

export default {
  key: "shotstack-create-timeline",
  name: "Create Timeline",
  description: "Generate a timeline with layers and assets for a new video project. [See the documentation here](https://github.com/shotstack/shotstack-sdk-node#timeline).",
  type: "action",
  version: "0.0.1",
  props: {
    app,
    howManyTracks: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "How Many Tracks?",
      description: "The number of tracks to create.",
      reloadProps: true,
      min: 1,
    },
    soundtrackSrc: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Soundtrack Source",
      description: "The URL of the soundtrack to use.",
      optional: true,
    },
    soundtrackEffect: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Soundtrack Effect",
      description: "The effect to apply to the soundtrack.",
      optional: true,
      options: Object.values(constants.SOUNDTRACK_EFFECT),
    },
    background: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Background",
      description: "A hexadecimal value for the timeline background colour. Defaults to `#000000` (black).",
      optional: true,
    },
    fonts: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Fonts",
      description: "An array of custom fonts to be downloaded for use by the HTML assets. The URL must be publicly accessible or include credentials. E.g. `https://s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/open-sans.ttf`",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    getClip({
      start, length, type, src, text, html,
    }) {
      return {
        start,
        length,
        asset: {
          src,
          html,
          text,
          type,
        },
      };
    },
    getClips(trackNumber, assetType, length) {
      return Array.from({
        length,
      }).map((_, index) => {
        const clipNumber = index + 1;
        const trackName = `track${trackNumber}`;
        const clipName = `${trackName}${SEP}clip${clipNumber}${SEP}${assetType}`;
        const clipAssetStart = `${clipName}${SEP}start`;
        const clipAssetLength = `${clipName}${SEP}length`;
        const clipAssetSrc = `${clipName}${SEP}src`;
        const clipAssetText = `${clipName}${SEP}text`;
        const clipAssetHtml = `${clipName}${SEP}html`;
        return this.getClip({
          start: this[clipAssetStart],
          length: this[clipAssetLength],
          type: assetType,
          src: this[clipAssetSrc],
          text: this[clipAssetText],
          html: this[clipAssetHtml],
        });
      });
    },
    getTracks(length) {
      return Array.from({
        length,
      }).map((_, index) => {
        const trackNumber = index + 1;
        const trackName = `track${trackNumber}`;
        const trackHowManyVideoClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyVideoClips`;
        const trackHowManyImageClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyImageClips`;
        const trackHowManyAudioClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyAudioClips`;
        const trackHowManyTitleClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyTitleClips`;
        const trackHowManyHtmlClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyHtmlClips`;
        const trackHowManyLumaClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyLumaClips`;
        return {
          clips: [
            ...this.getClips(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.VIDEO, this[trackHowManyVideoClips]),
            ...this.getClips(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.IMAGE, this[trackHowManyImageClips]),
            ...this.getClips(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.AUDIO, this[trackHowManyAudioClips]),
            ...this.getClips(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.TITLE, this[trackHowManyTitleClips]),
            ...this.getClips(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.HTML, this[trackHowManyHtmlClips]),
            ...this.getClips(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.LUMA, this[trackHowManyLumaClips]),
          ],
        };
      });
    },
    getClipProps(trackNumber, assetType, length) {
      return Array.from({
        length,
      }).map((_, index) => {
        const clipNumber = index + 1;
        const trackName = `track${trackNumber}`;
        const clipName = `${trackName}${SEP}clip${clipNumber}${SEP}${assetType}`;
        const clipAssetStart = `${clipName}${SEP}start`;
        const clipAssetLength = `${clipName}${SEP}length`;
        const description = `Track ${trackNumber} - ${assetType} clip ${clipNumber}.`;

        const commonProps = {
          [clipAssetStart]: {
            type: "integer",
            label: "Start",
            description: `${description} The start time of the asset`,
          },
          [clipAssetLength]: {
            type: "integer",
            label: "Length",
            description: `${description} The length of the asset.`,
          },
        };

        if (assetType === constants.ASSET_TYPE.TITLE) {
          return {
            ...commonProps,
            [`${clipName}${SEP}text`]: {
              type: "string",
              label: "Text",
              description: `${description} The text of the title.`,
            },
          };
        }

        if (assetType === constants.ASSET_TYPE.HTML) {
          return {
            ...commonProps,
            [`${clipName}${SEP}html`]: {
              type: "string",
              label: "HTML",
              description: `${description} The HTML of the asset.`,
            },
          };
        }

        return {
          ...commonProps,
          [`${clipName}${SEP}src`]: {
            type: "string",
            label: "Source",
            description: `${description} The source url of the asset.`,
          },
        };
      })
        .reduce((acc, next) => ({
          ...acc,
          ...next,
        }), {});
    },
  },
  additionalProps() {
    return Array.from({
      length: this.howManyTracks,
    }).reduce((acc, _, index) => {
      const trackNumber = index + 1;
      const trackName = `track${trackNumber}`;
      const trackHowManyVideoClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyVideoClips`;
      const trackHowManyImageClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyImageClips`;
      const trackHowManyAudioClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyAudioClips`;
      const trackHowManyTitleClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyTitleClips`;
      const trackHowManyHtmlClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyHtmlClips`;
      const trackHowManyLumaClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyLumaClips`;
      const commonDescription = `Track ${trackNumber}:`;

      return {
        ...acc,
        [trackHowManyVideoClips]: {
          type: "integer",
          label: "How Many Video Clips?",
          description: `${commonDescription} The number of video clips to create.`,
          reloadProps: true,
          optional: true,
        },
        [trackHowManyImageClips]: {
          type: "integer",
          label: "How Many Image Clips?",
          description: `${commonDescription} The number of image clips to create.`,
          reloadProps: true,
          optional: true,
        },
        [trackHowManyAudioClips]: {
          type: "integer",
          label: "How Many Audio Clips?",
          description: `${commonDescription} The number of audio clips to create.`,
          reloadProps: true,
          optional: true,
        },
        [trackHowManyTitleClips]: {
          type: "integer",
          label: "How Many Title Clips?",
          description: `${commonDescription} The number of title clips to create.`,
          reloadProps: true,
          optional: true,
        },
        [trackHowManyHtmlClips]: {
          type: "integer",
          label: "How Many HTML Clips?",
          description: `${commonDescription} The number of HTML clips to create.`,
          reloadProps: true,
          optional: true,
        },
        [trackHowManyLumaClips]: {
          type: "integer",
          label: "How Many Luma Clips?",
          description: `${commonDescription} The number of luma clips to create.`,
          reloadProps: true,
          optional: true,
        },
        ...this.getClipProps(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.VIDEO, this[trackHowManyVideoClips]),
        ...this.getClipProps(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.IMAGE, this[trackHowManyImageClips]),
        ...this.getClipProps(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.AUDIO, this[trackHowManyAudioClips]),
        ...this.getClipProps(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.TITLE, this[trackHowManyTitleClips]),
        ...this.getClipProps(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.HTML, this[trackHowManyHtmlClips]),
        ...this.getClipProps(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.LUMA, this[trackHowManyLumaClips]),
      };
    }, {});
  },
  async run({ $: step }) {
    const {
      howManyTracks,
      soundtrackSrc,
      soundtrackEffect,
      background,
      fonts,
    } = this;

    const timeline = {
      soundtrack: {
        src: soundtrackSrc,
        effect: soundtrackEffect,
      },
      background,
      fonts: Array.isArray(fonts)
        ? fonts.map((src) => ({
          src,
        }))
        : fonts?.split(",").map((src) => ({
          src,
        })),
      tracks: this.getTracks(howManyTracks),
    };

    step.export("$summary", "Successfully created a timeline.");

    return timeline;
  },
};

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
ShotstackappappThis component uses the Shotstack app.
How Many Tracks?howManyTracksinteger

The number of tracks to create.

Soundtrack SourcesoundtrackSrcstring

The URL of the soundtrack to use.

Soundtrack EffectsoundtrackEffectstringSelect a value from the drop down menu:{ "label": "Fade volume in only", "value": "fadeIn" }{ "label": "Fade volume out only", "value": "fadeOut" }{ "label": "Fade volume in and out", "value": "fadeInFadeOut" }
Backgroundbackgroundstring

A hexadecimal value for the timeline background colour. Defaults to #000000 (black).

Fontsfontsstring[]

An array of custom fonts to be downloaded for use by the HTML assets. The URL must be publicly accessible or include credentials. E.g. https://s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/open-sans.ttf

Authentication

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

Sign in and copy your API Keys from the API Keys page.

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