MakeAIVideo API documentation

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Ways to connect

Three surfaces onto the same account, the same credits and the same scopes.

Open source packages (MIT): @makeaivideo/mcp (GitHub, npm) · @makeaivideo/sdk (GitHub, npm) · @makeaivideo/cli (GitHub, npm). Machine-readable spec: openapi.json.

The response envelope

Every JSON response has the same three keys, so a client can unwrap any endpoint the same way.

{
  "data": { ... },
  "error": null,
  "meta": { ... }
}

On failure data is null and error carries a machine-readable code.

{
  "data": null,
  "error": {
    "message": "Insufficient credits",
    "code": "insufficient_credits",
    "retryable": false
  },
  "meta": { ... }
}

retryable is true only for 5xx and 429. Never retry a 4xx without changing the request. Two endpoints return files rather than JSON, including GET /videos/{id}/captions.

The core loop

Renders take minutes, so creating a video is asynchronous: you get a video_id immediately and collect the result later.

1. 1GET /toolsSee what we can make.
2. 2POST /videos/estimateFree quote, before you spend credits.
3. 3POST /videosCreate from a brief plus fields, or your own script. Returns 202.
4. 4GET /videos/{id}Poll, respecting poll_after_seconds, or skip polling and subscribe to video.ready.
5. 5GET /videos/{id}/downloadFetch the finished MP4.

Set idempotency_key on create so a retry never produces, and never charges for, a second video.

API reference

Generated from the OpenAPI document, so it matches what the API actually serves.

• All endpointsEvery endpoint in one list, grouped by resource.
• Introspection3 operations.
• VideosCreate, inspect, edit, regenerate, export and download videos.
• ScriptsWrite or structure a script before rendering.
• Characters7 operations.
• Voices3 operations.
• Music2 operations.
• Uploads4 operations.
• Brand kit3 operations.
• Workspace2 operations.
• Ideas2 operations.
• PublishingConnect social accounts and post finished videos to them.
• Webhooks7 operations.
• AuthCLI device-code login (RFC 8628). Unauthenticated.

API questions

Does MakeAIVideo have an API?

Yes. There is a REST API at https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 covering 56 operations, plus an MCP server for assistants. Anything the product does, the API does.

Can I generate video programmatically?

Yes. POST a brief or your own script to /videos and the API renders a finished video with narration, scenes, captions and music, which you then download as an MP4.

How much does the API cost?

The API is not billed separately: renders use the same credits and the same balance as the app. Every plan from $9 a month includes monthly credits, reset on each billing date, and every plan starts with a 7-day free trial. A 30-second stock-footage video is about 112 credits and a 30-second AI video with voiceover about 612. POST /videos/estimate quotes any job for free before you commit credits to it.

How long does a render take?

Minutes rather than seconds. Creation is asynchronous: you get a video id straight away and either poll for status or subscribe to a webhook that fires when the render is ready.

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