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# Draft video

Generates a draft video from a topic or prompt, returning the proposed scenes, script, and media selections without rendering the final video. Review the draft and then submit it to [Create video](/api/api-reference/editor/create-video.md) to queue rendering.

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