## Clip videos given a start and end time

**post** `/accounts/{account_id}/stream/clip`

Clips a video based on the specified start and end times provided in seconds.

### Path Parameters

- `account_id: string`

  The account identifier tag.

### Body Parameters

- `clippedFromVideoUID: string`

  The unique video identifier (UID).

- `endTimeSeconds: number`

  Specifies the end time for the video clip in seconds.

- `startTimeSeconds: number`

  Specifies the start time for the video clip in seconds.

- `allowedOrigins: optional array of AllowedOrigins`

  Lists the origins allowed to display the video. Enter allowed origin domains in an array and use `*` for wildcard subdomains. Empty arrays allow the video to be viewed on any origin.

- `creator: optional string`

  A user-defined identifier for the media creator.

- `maxDurationSeconds: optional number`

  The maximum duration in seconds for a video upload. Can be set for a video that is not yet uploaded to limit its duration. Uploads that exceed the specified duration will fail during processing. A value of `-1` means the value is unknown.

- `requireSignedURLs: optional boolean`

  Indicates whether the video can be a accessed using the UID. When set to `true`, a signed token must be generated with a signing key to view the video.

- `thumbnailTimestampPct: optional number`

  The timestamp for a thumbnail image calculated as a percentage value of the video's duration. To convert from a second-wise timestamp to a percentage, divide the desired timestamp by the total duration of the video.  If this value is not set, the default thumbnail image is taken from 0s of the video.

- `watermark: optional  { uid }`

  - `uid: optional string`

    The unique identifier for the watermark profile.

### Returns

- `errors: array of  { code, message, documentation_url, source }`

  - `code: number`

  - `message: string`

  - `documentation_url: optional string`

  - `source: optional  { pointer }`

    - `pointer: optional string`

- `messages: array of  { code, message, documentation_url, source }`

  - `code: number`

  - `message: string`

  - `documentation_url: optional string`

  - `source: optional  { pointer }`

    - `pointer: optional string`

- `success: true`

  Whether the API call was successful.

  - `true`

- `result: optional Clip`

  - `allowedOrigins: optional array of AllowedOrigins`

    Lists the origins allowed to display the video. Enter allowed origin domains in an array and use `*` for wildcard subdomains. Empty arrays allow the video to be viewed on any origin.

  - `clippedFromVideoUID: optional string`

    The unique video identifier (UID).

  - `created: optional string`

    The date and time the clip was created.

  - `creator: optional string`

    A user-defined identifier for the media creator.

  - `endTimeSeconds: optional number`

    Specifies the end time for the video clip in seconds.

  - `maxDurationSeconds: optional number`

    The maximum duration in seconds for a video upload. Can be set for a video that is not yet uploaded to limit its duration. Uploads that exceed the specified duration will fail during processing. A value of `-1` means the value is unknown.

  - `meta: optional unknown`

    A user modifiable key-value store used to reference other systems of record for managing videos.

  - `modified: optional string`

    The date and time the live input was last modified.

  - `playback: optional  { dash, hls }`

    - `dash: optional string`

      DASH Media Presentation Description for the video.

    - `hls: optional string`

      The HLS manifest for the video.

  - `preview: optional string`

    The video's preview page URI. This field is omitted until encoding is complete.

  - `requireSignedURLs: optional boolean`

    Indicates whether the video can be a accessed using the UID. When set to `true`, a signed token must be generated with a signing key to view the video.

  - `startTimeSeconds: optional number`

    Specifies the start time for the video clip in seconds.

  - `status: optional "pendingupload" or "downloading" or "queued" or 4 more`

    Specifies the processing status for all quality levels for a video.

    - `"pendingupload"`

    - `"downloading"`

    - `"queued"`

    - `"inprogress"`

    - `"ready"`

    - `"error"`

    - `"live-inprogress"`

  - `thumbnailTimestampPct: optional number`

    The timestamp for a thumbnail image calculated as a percentage value of the video's duration. To convert from a second-wise timestamp to a percentage, divide the desired timestamp by the total duration of the video.  If this value is not set, the default thumbnail image is taken from 0s of the video.

  - `watermark: optional  { uid }`

    - `uid: optional string`

      The unique identifier for the watermark profile.

### Example

```http
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/stream/clip \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "clippedFromVideoUID": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
          "endTimeSeconds": 0,
          "startTimeSeconds": 0,
          "allowedOrigins": [
            "example.com"
          ],
          "creator": "creator-id_abcde12345",
          "requireSignedURLs": true,
          "thumbnailTimestampPct": 0.529241
        }'
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "allowedOrigins": [
      "example.com"
    ],
    "clippedFromVideoUID": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
    "creator": "creator-id_abcde12345",
    "endTimeSeconds": 0,
    "maxDurationSeconds": 1,
    "meta": {
      "name": "video12345.mp4"
    },
    "modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
    "playback": {
      "dash": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/manifest/video.mpd",
      "hls": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/manifest/video.m3u8"
    },
    "preview": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/watch",
    "requireSignedURLs": true,
    "startTimeSeconds": 0,
    "status": "inprogress",
    "thumbnailTimestampPct": 0.529241,
    "watermark": {
      "uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a"
    }
  }
}
```