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POST
/
videos
/
overlay
Add text overlay
curl --request POST \
  --url https://rawugc.com/api/v1/videos/overlay \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "videoId": "vid_jh7a3b9xq2pn4r8k",
  "text": "Check this out!",
  "position": "bottom",
  "fontSize": 48
}
'
{
  "videoId": "<string>",
  "url": "<string>",
  "version": 123,
  "operation": "<string>",
  "creditsUsed": 123
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Use your API key from the RawUGC dashboard. Include as: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Body

application/json
​
videoId
string
required

Video identifier (vid_xxx format)

​
text
string
required

Text to overlay on the video

Required string length: 1 - 500
​
fontSize
integer

Font size in pixels (default: auto)

Required range: 8 <= x <= 200
​
position
enum<string>

Vertical position of the text overlay

Available options:
top,
center,
bottom
​
topBottomMargin
integer

Margin from top/bottom edge in pixels

Required range: 0 <= x <= 500
​
strokeThickness
number

Text stroke/outline thickness

Required range: 0 <= x <= 10

Response

Overlay added successfully

Response from a video editing operation (captions, overlay)

​
videoId
string

Unique identifier for the new version (vid_xxx format)

​
url
string<uri>

URL to download the edited video

​
version
integer

Version number of the edit (2 for first edit, etc.)

​
operation
string

Operation that was performed (e.g. 'caption', 'overlay')

​
creditsUsed
number

Credits deducted for this operation