The API makes videos the way the app does. A UGC video follows the same four
steps as the create-video dialog, and you make every choice the dialog lets
you make: audience, recipe, concept, voice. You can also animate any finished
Quick Shoot photo into a short video.
Everything runs asynchronously. A request answers 202 Accepted and you poll
the video until it is done.
Before you start
- A product in LocalAds, on a plan that includes Video Ads.
- An API key with
videos:generate (and videos:read to poll).
- 60 credits for a UGC video, or 2 per second for an animation.
Workflows
Cost
A UGC video costs 2 credits per second: 60 for the 30 second recipe. An
animation costs 2 credits per second of its length. Concepts, voices and
recipes are free (GET /pricing shows ugc_video_second and
animation_second). A render that fails is refunded. Set max_credits on
the request to cap what it can spend; see
Credits and spending.
Open a workflow to see its fields and copy-paste examples. Last modified on September 30, 2026
