---
title: "Generate video topics"
method: POST
path: "/videos/topics"
---

# Generate video topics

`POST /videos/topics`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.shortgenius.com/v1`
- URL: `https://api.shortgenius.com/v1/videos/topics`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Generate ideas for around 50 videos within a given topic. You can then pass these to the [Create video](#tag/videos/POST/videos) endpoint.

## Request body

- object: Parameters for generating video topic suggestions.
  - `parent_topic` string: Base idea or theme for generating custom topics.
  - `locale` 'af-ZA' | 'id-ID' | 'ms-MY' | 'ca-ES' | 'cs-CZ' | 'da-DK' | 'de-DE' | 'en-US' | 'es-ES' | 'es-419' | 'fr-CA' | 'fr-FR' | 'hr-HR' | 'it-IT' | 'hu-HU' | 'nl-NL' | 'no-NO' | 'pl-PL' | 'pt-BR' | 'pt-PT' | 'ro-RO' | 'sk-SK' | 'fi-FI' | 'sv-SE' | 'vi-VN' | 'tr-TR' | 'el-GR' | 'ru-RU' | 'sr-SP' | 'uk-UA' | 'hy-AM' | 'he-IL' | 'ur-PK' | 'ar-SA' | 'hi-IN' | 'th-TH' | 'ko-KR' | 'ja-JP' | 'zh-CN' | 'zh-TW' | 'auto': Locale for topic generation.
  - `number_of_topics` number: Approximate number of topics to generate (max 100).
  - `content_type` 'Custom' | 'News' | 'Quiz' | 'History' | 'Scary' | 'Motivational' | 'Bedtime' | 'FunFacts' | 'LifeTips' | 'ELI5' | 'Philosophy' | 'Blog' | 'Ad': Content type of the video.

## Response `200`

Successful response

- string[]: List of generated video topics.

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request
- `401`: Unauthorized request

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