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POST
get timeline

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

An API key (es_live_…) from Settings, under API keys, or an OAuth access token.

Headers

Idempotency-Key
string

Retry a paid dispatch safely: the same key returns the job already dispatched instead of charging again.

x-workspace-id
string

The workspace this one call acts in, when it is not the key's own.

Body

application/json
timeline_id
string
required

The timeline id.

time_range
tuple

[start, end] in frames; only clips overlapping this window.

tracks
string[]

Only these track ids.

fields
string[]

Only these clip fields in the response.

response_format
enum<string>

concise (default): every track and clip with key fields. detailed: everything updateClip can set (fades, transitions, grade, effects, text styling, a graphic's knobs), for matching a look or patching a clip whole. A clip's spoken text and a graphic's source code come only when fields names them.

Available options:
concise,
detailed
history
integer

Include this many recent revisions, newest first.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 50
media
boolean

Include how many library items the timeline works with and its documents by title. timeline_media reads and changes the whole set.

limit
integer

At most this many clips. Default: as many as fit the read.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 2000
cursor
string

next_cursor from the answer before, with the other fields the same: the rest of a timeline a read cut short.

Response

Done, or a job started for work that runs longer (follow it with get_jobs).

ok
any
required
data
object
required
meta
object
required
media
object[]