API Reference

Building Gifs or Videos from Images

You can aggregate a collection of images into a Gif or MP4 video file.

For mp4_from_images

  • "images" is the array of source images
  • "output_size": "1280x480" (Dimensions of output video)
  • "framerate_fps": 30 (Framerate in fps)
  • "pad": true (If resized, whether to add padding or not)
  • "padding_color": "#ffffff" (Color of padding if added)
  • "total_frames": 180 (Optional, can define to "loop" a particular number of frames)

Example:

{
    "application_id": "YOUR_APP_ID",
    "src": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/blitdoc/gifs/1x1.gif",
    "src_type": "pre_process_only",
    "pre_process": [{
            "mp4_from_images": {
                "images": [
                    "https://s3.amazonaws.com/blitdoc/pngs/animation/out0000.png",
                    "https://s3.amazonaws.com/blitdoc/pngs/animation/out0001.png",
                    "https://s3.amazonaws.com/blitdoc/pngs/animation/out0002.png",
                    "https://s3.amazonaws.com/blitdoc/pngs/animation/out0003.png",
                    "https://s3.amazonaws.com/blitdoc/pngs/animation/out0004.png",
                    "https://s3.amazonaws.com/blitdoc/pngs/animation/out0005.png",
                    "https://s3.amazonaws.com/blitdoc/pngs/animation/out0006.png",
                    "https://s3.amazonaws.com/blitdoc/pngs/animation/out0007.png",
                    "https://s3.amazonaws.com/blitdoc/pngs/animation/out0008.png",
                    "https://s3.amazonaws.com/blitdoc/pngs/animation/out0009.png",
                    "https://s3.amazonaws.com/blitdoc/pngs/animation/out0010.png",
                    "https://s3.amazonaws.com/blitdoc/pngs/animation/out0011.png"

                ],
                "output_size": "1280x480",
                "framerate_fps": 30,
                "pad": true,
                "padding_color": "#ffffff",
                "total_frames": 180,
                "s3_destination": {
                    "bucket": "YOUR_BUCKET",
                    "key": "YOUR_KEY.mp4"
                }
            }
        }
]}

For gif_from_images

  • "images" is the array of source images
  • "delay" is the milliseconds between frames
  • "autosharpen" is whether to autosharpen the images (if resized)

Example:

{
    "application_id": "YOUR_APP_ID",
    "src": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/blitdoc/gifs/1x1.gif",
    "src_type": "pre_process_only",
    "pre_process": [{
            "gif_from_images": {
            "images" : [
                "http://pngimg.com/uploads/number1/number1_PNG14896.png?i=1",
                "https://www.astrogle.com/images/2014/09/number-23.png",
                             "https://cdn.thinglink.me/api/image/652842870016835586/1240/10/scaletowidth"
            ],
            "output_size" : "200x200",
            "delay" : 500,
            "autosharpen" : true,
            "s3_destination": {
              "bucket": "YOUR_BUCKET",
              "key": "YOUR_KEY.gif"
          }
        
        }
]}