> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.trackplay.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a video > Creates a new, empty video shell. The video has no playable media until you upload one with the resumable upload protocol or the single-shot upload endpoint. Pass `copy_from` to clone every option-group setting (style, playback, autoplay, captions, chapters, CTA cards, and the rest) from an existing video in this workspace. Source media is never copied: the new video still needs its own upload. Fires the `video.created` webhook. Requires a token with the `videos:write` scope. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /videos openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: TrackPlay API description: >- Send conversions and events to TrackPlay, and read them back. Authenticated with scoped tokens you mint in the dashboard. version: 1.0.0 servers: - url: https://app.trackplay.io/api/v1 description: App API. Conversions, videos, webhooks. - url: https://e.trackplay.io description: Events API. High-volume event ingest. security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Videos description: Create, read, update, and delete videos, and read workspace metadata. - name: Video settings description: Save a settings draft, publish it live, and read or restore past deploys. - name: Uploads description: >- Upload a source video file in one request or in resumable chunks, and poll its processing status. - name: Captions and chapters description: >- Manage caption tracks, chapter markers, AI-generated segments, and CTA cards on a video. - name: Playlists description: Group videos into a playlist or course, and manage the videos inside it. - name: Webhooks description: Subscribe a URL to TrackPlay lifecycle events and test deliveries. - name: Zapier description: >- The REST-hook endpoints Zapier calls to connect a workspace and manage triggers. - name: Analytics description: Read play, retention, event, and conversion analytics for a video. - name: Exports description: Queue and download bulk analytics exports. - name: Conversions description: Report a sale or a lead, from your own server or from a browser fallback. - name: Events description: Send a custom event tied to a viewer's session. - name: Identity description: Resolve a viewer's identity from the page, with no token required. paths: /videos: post: tags: - Videos summary: Create a video description: >- Creates a new, empty video shell. The video has no playable media until you upload one with the resumable upload protocol or the single-shot upload endpoint. Pass `copy_from` to clone every option-group setting (style, playback, autoplay, captions, chapters, CTA cards, and the rest) from an existing video in this workspace. Source media is never copied: the new video still needs its own upload. Fires the `video.created` webhook. Requires a token with the `videos:write` scope. operationId: createVideo parameters: - name: Idempotency-Key in: header required: false schema: type: string description: >- Retry-safe key. The first response for a given key is cached for 24 hours and replayed on a repeat, with `Idempotency-Replayed: true` set. requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/VideoCreateRequest' examples: basic: value: title: New VSL player_version: v2 responses: '201': description: The video was created. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/VideoEnvelope' '401': description: >- `AUTH_REQUIRED`: no token sent. `INVALID_TOKEN`: the token is invalid, expired, or revoked. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError' '403': description: '`INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE`: the token does not carry `videos:write`.' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError' '422': description: Validation failed. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError' '429': description: Rate limited. 60 requests per minute per token. components: schemas: VideoCreateRequest: type: object required: - title properties: title: type: string maxLength: 255 description: The video's title. Required. folder_id: type: integer description: >- Places the video in an existing folder of this workspace. Anything else is refused with `422 FOLDER_NOT_FOUND`. tags: type: array items: type: string maxLength: 64 description: Free-form tags for organizing videos in the dashboard. player_version: type: string enum: - v1 - v2 - '1' - '2' description: >- Which player build the video uses. Defaults to the workspace's default new-video version. copy_from: type: integer description: >- Copy every option-group column and the player version from another video in this workspace. The new video still needs its own upload: source media is never copied. plain_mode: type: boolean default: false description: >- `true` makes the video a silent looping clip with no overlays, prompts or controls. See the Plain mode guide. VideoEnvelope: type: object properties: video: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Video' ApiError: type: object description: The error shape the app API returns on a failed read or export. properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string description: >- A stable error code, e.g. `INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE`, `VIDEO_NOT_FOUND`, `EXPORT_NOT_FOUND`. message: type: string description: What went wrong, in plain English. ValidationError: type: object description: >- Laravel's default validation-failure body. `errors` maps each invalid field to its list of messages. properties: message: type: string examples: - The given data was invalid. errors: type: object additionalProperties: type: array items: type: string Video: type: object description: >- A video and its settings. A video carries around thirty option-group columns (style, playback, autoplay, captions, chapters, CTA cards, playlist, and more) that are not itemized here. Read `GET /videos/{video}/settings` for the full set, or the dedicated endpoint for the group you care about (captions, chapters, AI segments, CTA cards). additionalProperties: true properties: id: type: integer description: The video's numeric ID. code: type: string description: >- The video's public code, used in `video_code` fields across the API and in conversions and events. title: type: string workspace_id: type: integer folder_id: type: - integer - 'null' tags: type: array items: type: string player_version: type: string examples: - v2 landscape_hls: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The landscape HLS manifest URL, once an upload has completed for that orientation. portrait_hls: type: - string - 'null' created_at: type: string format: date-time updated_at: type: string format: date-time securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- A scoped token minted in **Settings → API tokens**. Send it as `Authorization: Bearer tplt_…` or `X-API-Key: tplt_…`. ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.