---
title: "Generate a module's video"
method: POST
path: "/v1/courses/{id}/generate"
tags: ["Courses"]
---

# Generate a module's video

`POST /v1/courses/{id}/generate`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.vidocu.ai`
- URL: `https://api.vidocu.ai/v1/courses/{id}/generate`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://vidocu.ai/oauth/authorize`, token URL `https://api.vidocu.ai/oauth/token`)

Needs a storyboard first.

**Scope:** `courses:write`

**Role permission:** `canEdit` (OAuth only — API keys carry full workspace permissions)

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `moduleId` string, required

## Response `202`

Job accepted; poll GET /v1/jobs/:id

## Other responses

- `400`: Validation error
- `401`: Invalid or missing credentials
- `403`: Missing scope (`insufficient_scope`), insufficient role (`insufficient_role`), or quota exhausted (`limit_exceeded`)
- `404`: Not found
- `409`: That module is already generating
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded (60 req/min)
- `500`: Server error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/vidocu/apis/vidocu-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/vidocu/apis/vidocu-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/vidocu/apis/vidocu-api/revisions/cc813d2ca5d2?raw)