curl --request POST \
--url https://api.tella.com/v1/library/screenshots \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"url": "<string>",
"scroll": true
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.tella.com/v1/library/screenshots"
payload = {
"url": "<string>",
"scroll": True
}
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({url: '<string>', scroll: true})
};
fetch('https://api.tella.com/v1/library/screenshots', 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/library/screenshots",
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([
'url' => '<string>',
'scroll' => true
]),
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/library/screenshots"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"scroll\": true\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/library/screenshots")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"scroll\": true\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.tella.com/v1/library/screenshots")
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 \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"scroll\": true\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"item": {
"id": "media_abc123def456",
"name": "Intro camera take",
"scope": "private",
"sourceId": "<string>",
"type": "image",
"category": "Everyday",
"createdAt": "<string>",
"dimensions": {
"height": 0,
"width": 0
},
"durationMs": 4200,
"presetId": "cha-ching",
"updatedAt": "<string>",
"url": "<string>"
}
}{
"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."
}Capture a web page or social post
Captures a public web page or a single post on X, Instagram, LinkedIn or TikTok and saves it to the caller’s private library. Pages are captured above the fold; social posts are cropped to their embed card. Set scroll=true to record a scrolling web page as video (ignored for social posts). Returns a finished image or video library item with a sourceId for overlays or layout media. Unlike AI generation, capture completes in this request, with no polling; allow up to two minutes. Private pages and social profiles/feeds are not supported. Use an Idempotency-Key when retrying to avoid duplicate captures.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.tella.com/v1/library/screenshots \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"url": "<string>",
"scroll": true
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.tella.com/v1/library/screenshots"
payload = {
"url": "<string>",
"scroll": True
}
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({url: '<string>', scroll: true})
};
fetch('https://api.tella.com/v1/library/screenshots', 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/library/screenshots",
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([
'url' => '<string>',
'scroll' => true
]),
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/library/screenshots"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"scroll\": true\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/library/screenshots")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"scroll\": true\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.tella.com/v1/library/screenshots")
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 \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"scroll\": true\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"item": {
"id": "media_abc123def456",
"name": "Intro camera take",
"scope": "private",
"sourceId": "<string>",
"type": "image",
"category": "Everyday",
"createdAt": "<string>",
"dimensions": {
"height": 0,
"width": 0
},
"durationMs": 4200,
"presetId": "cha-ching",
"updatedAt": "<string>",
"url": "<string>"
}
}{
"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."
}Authorizations
API key obtained from your Tella account settings
Body
Response
Captured and saved to the private library
Finished private library item: image for a still, video for a scrolling page. Place item.sourceId with overlays or layout media. Capture completes synchronously; no generation polling is needed.
Hide child attributes
Hide child attributes
Unique library item identifier
"media_abc123def456"
Display name shown in the library
"Intro camera take"
private image, video Catalog grouping, for default items only — the same grouping the editor's sound effects and background music panels show
"Everyday"
ISO-8601 creation timestamp. Absent for default catalog items, which are served from Tella's catalog rather than stored as rows.
Duration in milliseconds, for time-based media
4200
Preset ID, for default catalog items only. A preset has no source, so pass this instead of sourceId: a sound-effect preset goes to POST /v1/videos/{id}/clips/{clipId}/sound-effects (placing it copies the effect into a source owned by your workspace), a music preset to PUT /v1/videos/{id}/background-music.
"cha-ching"
ISO-8601 update timestamp. Absent for default catalog items.
Hosted media URL, for image, screenshot, music and lut items, and for default catalog items, where it is a publicly fetchable preview of the audio (for music presets it is also the track the video will play). API-created images expose this alongside sourceId; use sourceId to place the image on a clip, since overlays and layout media do not accept URLs. Editor-created screenshot items have a URL but no sourceId; use POST /v1/library/screenshots to capture a new placeable image or video.
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