Developer API
Video Editing API for Clipping, Captioning & Dubbing
Automate video clipping, captioning, transcription, subtitles, dubbing, and translation via the AI video API. Python SDK, Node.js SDK, webhooks, and MCP support. AI-powered virality scoring, 100+ caption languages, 80+ dubbing languages. The video processing API for video repurposing at scale. Start free.
Quick start
Authenticate, submit a job, poll for status, fetch results. The reap video editing API follows the standard async submit-poll-retrieve pattern.
API endpoints
The reap video editing API exposes RESTful endpoints for every video processing capability. All endpoints are async. submit a job, poll for status, fetch results.
AI clips from any video URL with prompt-first topic targeting
Animated captions and subtitles in 100+ languages
AI voice dubbing in 80+ languages with lip-sync
Word-level timestamps and speaker diarization
Auto-reframe for 9:16, 1:1, or 16:9
Processing progress and current step
AI video clipping API, caption API, and dubbing API
The reap video repurposing API lets you automate video editing programmatically. Async, webhook-ready, and agent-compatible via MCP.
AI Video Clipping API
AI Caption & Subtitle API
AI Dubbing & Translation API
Social Publishing API
Brand Templates & Presets API
Agent-ready by default
The same video editing engine, three interfaces. Build it into your product, run it from your terminal, or let Claude handle it.
REST API
Programmatic integration for products, backends, and automation pipelines. Full control over every parameter.
CLI
Batch process videos from your terminal. Script entire pipelines in a single command chain.
MCP
AI agents call the same API through natural conversation. Set up the MCP server →
| REST API | CLI | MCP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interface | HTTP endpoints | Terminal commands | Natural language via AI agents |
| Best for | Product integrations, backends, webhooks | Batch processing, scripting | Claude, Cursor, agentic workflows |
| Setup | API key + HTTP client | npm install -g reap | Add MCP server URL to client config |
| Auth | Bearer token | API key in env | API key in MCP config |
| Example | POST /v1/automation/clips | reap clips ./video.mp4 | "Clip the best moments and add captions" |
Add Reap API knowledge to your coding agent
Install the Reap agent skill so your coding agent has full context on every endpoint, schema, and workflow. Build integrations faster with AI-assisted code generation. Agents can also discover the full docs set via the machine-readable index at https://docs.reap.video/llms.txt
npx skills add https://docs.reap.video“Integrate Reap clipping into my Express backend”
“Build a pipeline that uploads a video, creates clips, and polls for completion”
“Why is my create-reframe call returning 400?”
Why developers choose reap over alternatives
| reap | Opus Clip | Vizard | Descript | Shotstack | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Clipping | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| Captioning (100+ langs) | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | – |
| Dubbing (80+ langs) | ✓ | – | – | – | – |
| Subtitle Translation | ✓ | – | – | – | – |
| MCP Support | ✓ | – | – | – | – |
| Free Tier | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ |
| REST API | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Frequently asked questions
A video editing API lets developers automate video repurposing api tasks—clipping, captioning, dubbing, transcription, and reframing—without a graphical editor. The reap API processes videos with AI and returns publish-ready outputs via REST.
The reap AI video clipping API analyzes facial expressions, vocal tone, pacing, and topic relevance to detect engaging moments. Submit a video URL and receive captioned, reframed short clips scored by virality.
Yes. The reap caption API generates subtitles in 100+ languages, including romanized scripts. Export as SRT, VTT, or burned-in overlays with 50+ style presets, word-level timestamps, and speaker diarization.
Yes. The reap dubbing API creates AI voice dubs in 80+ languages with voice matching and lip-sync. The translation endpoint converts subtitles to any target language. Both support batch processing.
Sign up free at app.reap.video and generate an API key in studio settings. The free plan includes 1 hour of processing. Paid plans start at $9.99/month with all premium features.
The reap API accepts YouTube URLs, direct video URLs, and uploaded files in all major formats. Captions support 100+ languages, dubbing supports 80+, and romanized script output is available.
Free plan includes 1 hour of video processing at 720p. Paid plans start at $9.99/month with higher resolution exports, dubbing, translation, and full automation features.
Yes. Submit multiple jobs in parallel—each runs independently and can be polled for status. Agencies use batch processing for video editing automation across dozens of channels at production scale.
Yes. The reap video editing API is a production-ready alternative to Opus Clip, Descript, Shotstack, Veed, and Kapwing APIs—combining topic targeting, 100+ caption languages, 80+ dubbing languages, and native MCP support.
Submit a YouTube URL to the clipping endpoint with aspectRatio 9:16. The API detects engaging moments, adds animated captions, reframes vertically, and returns download-ready clips for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.
Yes. The reap API supports webhooks that trigger on job completion, making it easy to connect with n8n, Zapier, Make, and any workflow automation tool for end-to-end video repurposing pipelines.
Video editing API from $9.99/month
Every paid plan includes API, CLI, and MCP access. Free plan includes 1 hour of processing. No enterprise-only gating. No per-minute surcharges.
View Pricing- ✓AI video clipping API
- ✓Caption generation in 100+ languages
- ✓AI dubbing in 80+ languages
- ✓Subtitle translation
- ✓Video transcription
- ✓Async processing
- ✓Webhook callbacks
- ✓REST API + CLI + MCP
- ✓Agent skills for Cursor & Claude Code
- ✓Free plan available
Start building with the video editing API
Clip, caption, dub, and transcribe programmatically. Free plan included.