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# Create video

Creates and queues a video for rendering from a finalized draft. Returns `201 Created` with the new video's metadata; poll [Get video](/api/api-reference/editor/get-video.md) to track generation progress.

{% openapi src="<https://api.shortgenius.com/openapi.yaml>" path="/videos" method="post" %}
<https://api.shortgenius.com/openapi.yaml>
{% endopenapi %}