curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/cut-by-transcript \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "wordRanges": [
    {
      "fromWordIndex": 12,
      "toWordIndex": 17
    }
  ]
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/cut-by-transcript"

payload = { "wordRanges": [
        {
            "fromWordIndex": 12,
            "toWordIndex": 17
        }
    ] }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({wordRanges: [{fromWordIndex: 12, toWordIndex: 17}]})
};

fetch('https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/cut-by-transcript', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/cut-by-transcript",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'wordRanges' => [
        [
                'fromWordIndex' => 12,
                'toWordIndex' => 17
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/cut-by-transcript"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"wordRanges\": [\n    {\n      \"fromWordIndex\": 12,\n      \"toWordIndex\": 17\n    }\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/cut-by-transcript")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"wordRanges\": [\n    {\n      \"fromWordIndex\": 12,\n      \"toWordIndex\": 17\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/cut-by-transcript")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"wordRanges\": [\n    {\n      \"fromWordIndex\": 12,\n      \"toWordIndex\": 17\n    }\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "clip": {
    "background": {
      "type": "solid",
      "color": "#000000ff",
      "gradientAngle": 45,
      "gradientColor1": "#ff0080ff",
      "gradientColor2": "#7928caff",
      "imageUrl": "<string>",
      "sourceId": "su_abc123",
      "videoDurationSeconds": 12.4,
      "videoUrl": "<string>"
    },
    "borderStyle": "subtle-shadow",
    "corners": "regular",
    "createdAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
    "cuts": [
      {
        "durationMs": 750,
        "startTimeMs": 1500
      }
    ],
    "durationSeconds": 12.5,
    "id": "cl_xyz789ghi012",
    "layoutSceneType": "combi",
    "maxDurationSeconds": 14.2,
    "name": "Intro",
    "order": 0,
    "studioSound": false,
    "transition": "default",
    "updatedAt": "2026-01-15T14:45:00.000Z",
    "videoId": "vid_abc123def456",
    "animatedCursor": true,
    "microphoneVolume": 0.4,
    "systemAudioVolume": null
  }
}

{
  "docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
  "error": "bad_request",
  "message": "The request was malformed or contained invalid parameters."
}

{
  "docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
  "error": "unauthorized",
  "message": "Authentication is required. Provide a valid API key."
}

{
  "docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
  "error": "forbidden",
  "message": "You don't have permission to access this resource."
}

{
  "docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
  "error": "not_found",
  "message": "The requested resource was not found."
}

{
  "docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
  "error": "conflict",
  "message": "The request conflicts with the resource's current state, e.g. an Idempotency-Key whose first request is still in progress. Retry once it settles."
}

{
  "docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
  "error": "rate_limited",
  "message": "You have exceeded the rate limit. Please slow down."
}

{
  "docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
  "error": "server_error",
  "message": "An unexpected error occurred"
}

{
  "docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
  "error": "not_implemented",
  "message": "The requested operation is not implemented."
}

{
  "docsUrl": "https://docs.tella.com/",
  "error": "unavailable",
  "message": "A dependency was unavailable and the request was not executed. Safe to resend unchanged after the Retry-After delay."
}