--- title: Clip videos given a start and end time --- [Skip to content](#_top) [API Reference](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python) [Stream](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/stream) [Clip](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/stream/subresources/clip) Copy Markdown Open in **Claude**Open in **ChatGPT**Open in **Cursor** --- **Copy Markdown****View as Markdown** # Clip videos given a start and end time stream.clip.create(ClipCreateParams\*\*kwargs) -> [Video]() POST/accounts/{account\_id}/stream/clip Clips a video based on the specified start and end times provided in seconds. ##### Security

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##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required) `Stream Write` ##### ParametersExpand Collapse account\_id: str The account identifier tag. maxLength32 [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.clip%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20account_id%20%3E%20(schema)>) clipped\_from\_video\_uid: str The unique video identifier (UID). maxLength32 [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.clip%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20clippedFromVideoUID%20%3E%20(schema)>) end\_time\_seconds: int Specifies the end time for the video clip in seconds. [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.clip%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20endTimeSeconds%20%3E%20(schema)>) start\_time\_seconds: int Specifies the start time for the video clip in seconds. [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.clip%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20startTimeSeconds%20%3E%20(schema)>) allowed\_origins: Optional\[Sequence\[[AllowedOrigins]()]] Lists the origins allowed to display the video. Enter allowed origin domains in an array and use `*` for wildcard subdomains. Empty arrays allow the video to be viewed on any origin. [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.clip%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20allowedOrigins%20%3E%20(schema)>) creator: Optional\[str] A user-defined identifier for the media creator. maxLength64 [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.clip%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20creator%20%3E%20(schema)>) input: Optional\[str] A video’s URL. Preferred over ‘url’. formaturi [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.clip%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20input%20%3E%20(schema)>) meta: Optional\[[object]()] A user modifiable key-value store used to reference other systems of record for managing videos. [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.clip%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20meta%20%3E%20(schema)>) name: Optional\[str] A name for the video. [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.clip%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20name%20%3E%20(schema)>) require\_signed\_urls: Optional\[[bool]()] Indicates whether the video can be a accessed using the UID. When set to `true`, a signed token must be generated with a signing key to view the video. [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.clip%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20requireSignedURLs%20%3E%20(schema)>) scheduled\_deletion: Optional\[Union\[str, datetime]] Indicates the date and time at which the video will be deleted. Omit the field to indicate no change, or include with a `null` value to remove an existing scheduled deletion. If specified, must be at least 30 days from upload time. formatdate-time [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.clip%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20scheduledDeletion%20%3E%20(schema)>) thumbnail\_timestamp\_pct: Optional\[float] The timestamp for a thumbnail image calculated as a percentage value of the video’s duration. To convert from a second-wise timestamp to a percentage, divide the desired timestamp by the total duration of the video. If this value is not set, the default thumbnail image is taken from 0s of the video. maximum1 minimum0 [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.clip%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20thumbnailTimestampPct%20%3E%20(schema)>) url: Optional\[str] A video’s URL (legacy field, use ‘input’ instead). formaturi [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.clip%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20url%20%3E%20(schema)>)

watermark: Optional\[Watermark]

uid: Optional\[str] The unique identifier for the watermark profile. maxLength32 Link to this property

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class Video: …

allowed\_origins: Optional\[List\[AllowedOrigins]] Lists the origins allowed to display the video. Enter allowed origin domains in an array and use * for wildcard subdomains. Empty arrays allow the video to be viewed on any origin. Link to this property clipped\_from: Optional\[str] The unique identifier of the source video this video was clipped from. Link to this property created: Optional\[datetime] The date and time the media item was created. formatdate-time Link to this property creator: Optional\[str] A user-defined identifier for the media creator. maxLength64 Link to this property duration: Optional\[float] The duration of the video in seconds. A value of -1 means the duration is unknown. The duration becomes available after the upload and before the video is ready. Link to this property

input: Optional\[Input]

height: Optional\[int] The video height in pixels. A value of -1 means the height is unknown. The value becomes available after the upload and before the video is ready. Link to this property width: Optional\[int] The video width in pixels. A value of -1 means the width is unknown. The value becomes available after the upload and before the video is ready. Link to this property

Link to this property live\_input: Optional\[str] The live input ID used to upload a video with Stream Live. maxLength32 Link to this property max\_duration\_seconds: Optional\[int] The maximum duration in seconds for a video upload. Can be set for a video that is not yet uploaded to limit its duration. Uploads that exceed the specified duration will fail during processing. A value of -1 means the value is unknown. maximum36000 minimum1 Link to this property max\_size\_bytes: Optional\[int] The maximum size in bytes for the video upload. formatint64 Link to this property meta: Optional\[object] A user modifiable key-value store used to reference other systems of record for managing videos. Link to this property modified: Optional\[datetime] The date and time the media item was last modified. formatdate-time Link to this property

playback: Optional\[Playback]

dash: Optional\[str] DASH Media Presentation Description for the video. Link to this property hls: Optional\[str] The HLS manifest for the video. Link to this property

Link to this property preview: Optional\[str] The video’s preview page URI. This field is omitted until encoding is complete. formaturi Link to this property

public\_details: Optional\[PublicDetails] Public details for the video including title, share link, channel link, and logo.

channel\_link: Optional\[str] Link to this property logo: Optional\[str] Link to this property media\_id: Optional\[int] Link to this property share\_link: Optional\[str] Link to this property title: Optional\[str] Link to this property

Link to this property ready\_to\_stream: Optional\[bool] Indicates whether the video is playable. The field is empty if the video is not ready for viewing or the live stream is still in progress. Link to this property ready\_to\_stream\_at: Optional\[datetime] Indicates the time at which the video became playable. The field is empty if the video is not ready for viewing or the live stream is still in progress. formatdate-time Link to this property require\_signed\_urls: Optional\[bool] Indicates whether the video can be a accessed using the UID. When set to true, a signed token must be generated with a signing key to view the video. Link to this property scheduled\_deletion: Optional\[datetime] Indicates the date and time at which the video will be deleted. Omit the field to indicate no change, or include with a null value to remove an existing scheduled deletion. If specified, must be at least 30 days from upload time. formatdate-time Link to this property size: Optional\[float] The size of the media item in bytes. Link to this property

status: Optional\[Status] Specifies a detailed status for a video. If the state is inprogress or error, the step field returns encoding or manifest. If the state is inprogress, pctComplete returns a number between 0 and 100 to indicate the approximate percent of completion. If the state is error, errorReasonCode and errorReasonText provide additional details.

error\_reason\_code: Optional\[str] Specifies why the video failed to encode. This field is empty if the video is not in an error state. Preferred for programmatic use. Link to this property error\_reason\_text: Optional\[str] Specifies why the video failed to encode using a human readable error message in English. This field is empty if the video is not in an error state. Link to this property pct\_complete: Optional\[str] Indicates the progress as a percentage between 0 and 100. Link to this property

state: Optional\[Literal\["pendingupload", "downloading", "queued", 4 more]] Specifies the processing status for all quality levels for a video.

One of the following: "pendingupload" Link to this property "downloading" Link to this property "queued" Link to this property "inprogress" Link to this property "ready" Link to this property "error" Link to this property "live-inprogress" Link to this property

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Link to this property thumbnail: Optional\[str] The media item’s thumbnail URI. This field is omitted until encoding is complete. formaturi Link to this property thumbnail\_timestamp\_pct: Optional\[float] The timestamp for a thumbnail image calculated as a percentage value of the video’s duration. To convert from a second-wise timestamp to a percentage, divide the desired timestamp by the total duration of the video. If this value is not set, the default thumbnail image is taken from 0s of the video. maximum1 minimum0 Link to this property uid: Optional\[str] A Cloudflare-generated unique identifier for a media item. maxLength32 Link to this property uploaded: Optional\[datetime] The date and time the media item was uploaded. formatdate-time Link to this property upload\_expiry: Optional\[datetime] The date and time when the video upload URL is no longer valid for direct user uploads. formatdate-time Link to this property

watermark: Optional\[Watermark]

created: Optional\[datetime] The date and a time a watermark profile was created. formatdate-time Link to this property downloaded\_from: Optional\[str] The source URL for a downloaded image. If the watermark profile was created via direct upload, this field is null. Link to this property height: Optional\[int] The height of the image in pixels. Link to this property name: Optional\[str] A short description of the watermark profile. Link to this property opacity: Optional\[float] The translucency of the image. A value of 0.0 makes the image completely transparent, and 1.0 makes the image completely opaque. Note that if the image is already semi-transparent, setting this to 1.0 will not make the image completely opaque. maximum1 minimum0 Link to this property padding: Optional\[float] The whitespace between the adjacent edges (determined by position) of the video and the image. 0.0 indicates no padding, and 1.0 indicates a fully padded video width or length, as determined by the algorithm. maximum1 minimum0 Link to this property position: Optional\[str] The location of the image. Valid positions are: upperRight, upperLeft, lowerLeft, lowerRight, and center. Note that center ignores the padding parameter. Link to this property scale: Optional\[float] The size of the image relative to the overall size of the video. This parameter will adapt to horizontal and vertical videos automatically. 0.0 indicates no scaling (use the size of the image as-is), and 1.0 fills the entire video. maximum1 minimum0 Link to this property size: Optional\[float] The size of the image in bytes. Link to this property uid: Optional\[str] The unique identifier for a watermark profile. maxLength32 Link to this property width: Optional\[int] The width of the image in pixels. Link to this property

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[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream%20%3E%20(model)%20video%20%3E%20(schema)>) ### Clip videos given a start and end time Python HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform ``` import os from cloudflare import Cloudflare client = Cloudflare( api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"), # This is the default and can be omitted ) video = client.stream.clip.create( account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353", clipped_from_video_uid="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353", end_time_seconds=0, start_time_seconds=0, ) print(video.uid) ``` 200 example ``` { "errors": [ { "code": 1000, "message": "message", "documentation_url": "documentation_url", "source": { "pointer": "pointer" } } ], "messages": [ { "code": 1000, "message": "message", "documentation_url": "documentation_url", "source": { "pointer": "pointer" } } ], "success": true, "result": { "allowedOrigins": [ "example.com" ], "clippedFrom": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a", "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "creator": "creator-id_abcde12345", "duration": 0, "input": { "height": 0, "width": 0 }, "liveInput": "fc0a8dc887b16759bfd9ad922230a014", "maxDurationSeconds": 1, "maxSizeBytes": 0, "meta": { "name": "video12345.mp4" }, "modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "playback": { "dash": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/manifest/video.mpd", "hls": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/manifest/video.m3u8" }, "preview": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/watch", "publicDetails": { "channel_link": "channel_link", "logo": "logo", "media_id": 0, "share_link": "share_link", "title": "title" }, "readyToStream": true, "readyToStreamAt": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "requireSignedURLs": true, "scheduledDeletion": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "size": 4190963, "status": { "errorReasonCode": "ERR_NON_VIDEO", "errorReasonText": "The file was not recognized as a valid video file.", "pctComplete": "45", "state": "inprogress" }, "thumbnail": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg", "thumbnailTimestampPct": 0.529241, "uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a", "uploaded": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "uploadExpiry": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "watermark": { "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "downloadedFrom": "https://company.com/logo.png", "height": 0, "name": "Marketing Videos", "opacity": 0.75, "padding": 0.1, "position": "center", "scale": 0.1, "size": 29472, "uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a", "width": 0 } } } ``` ##### Returns Examples 200 example ``` { "errors": [ { "code": 1000, "message": "message", "documentation_url": "documentation_url", "source": { "pointer": "pointer" } } ], "messages": [ { "code": 1000, "message": "message", "documentation_url": "documentation_url", "source": { "pointer": "pointer" } } ], "success": true, "result": { "allowedOrigins": [ "example.com" ], "clippedFrom": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a", "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "creator": "creator-id_abcde12345", "duration": 0, "input": { "height": 0, "width": 0 }, "liveInput": "fc0a8dc887b16759bfd9ad922230a014", "maxDurationSeconds": 1, "maxSizeBytes": 0, "meta": { "name": "video12345.mp4" }, "modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "playback": { "dash": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/manifest/video.mpd", "hls": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/manifest/video.m3u8" }, "preview": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/watch", "publicDetails": { "channel_link": "channel_link", "logo": "logo", "media_id": 0, "share_link": "share_link", "title": "title" }, "readyToStream": true, "readyToStreamAt": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "requireSignedURLs": true, "scheduledDeletion": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "size": 4190963, "status": { "errorReasonCode": "ERR_NON_VIDEO", "errorReasonText": "The file was not recognized as a valid video file.", "pctComplete": "45", "state": "inprogress" }, "thumbnail": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg", "thumbnailTimestampPct": 0.529241, "uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a", "uploaded": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "uploadExpiry": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "watermark": { "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "downloadedFrom": "https://company.com/logo.png", "height": 0, "name": "Marketing Videos", "opacity": 0.75, "padding": 0.1, "position": "center", "scale": 0.1, "size": 29472, "uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a", "width": 0 } } } ```