---
title: "Get a clipping"
method: GET
path: "/clipping/{id}"
tags: ["Clipping"]
---

# Get a clipping

`GET /clipping/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.postiz.com/public/v1`
- URL: `https://api.postiz.com/public/v1/clipping/{id}`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`

Get the status of a clipping and its clips. Poll it (every 30 seconds is plenty) until the status is `completed` or `failed`.

A `completed` clipping can still carry failed clips: every clip has its own `status`. When the status is `failed` no clip was made and the clipping minutes were given back.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

The clipping and its clips

- Clipping
  - `id` string
  - `url` string: The YouTube URL that was clipped
  - `status` 'analysing' | 'transcribing' | 'picking' | 'rendering' | 'completed' | 'failed': The step the clipping is on. `completed` and `failed` are final
  - `error` string, nullable: Why the clipping failed. A completed clipping can also carry an error when something after the rendering (like the draft posts) went wrong
  - `title` string, nullable: Title of the source video, known after the analysing step
  - `thumbnail` string, nullable: Thumbnail of the source video
  - `duration` integer, nullable: Length of the source video in seconds
  - `createdAt` string, date-time
  - `clips` ClippingClip[]
    - `id` string
    - `title` string: Title written for the clip
    - `content` string: Post text written for the clip
    - `start` number: Start of the clip in the source video, in seconds
    - `end` number: End of the clip in the source video, in seconds
    - `status` 'pending' | 'completed' | 'failed'
    - `error` string, nullable: Why this clip failed
    - `mediaId` string, nullable: ID of the clip in the media library
    - `path` string, nullable: Hosted URL of the rendered clip. Works as a media URL in Create Post
    - `thumbnail` string, nullable: URL of the clip's thumbnail

## Other responses

- `404`: Clipping not found

## Changes

- **2026-09-22** `56bc50600b40`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/postiz/apis/postiz-public-api/changes/clipping/:id/get.md)

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