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Intelligent Media Services:CreateEditingProject

Last Updated:Mar 30, 2026

Creates an online editing project. You can specify configurations such as the title, description, timeline, and thumbnail for the project.

Operation description

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

ice:CreateEditingProject

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

Title

string

Yes

The title of the online editing project.

example

Description

string

No

The description of the online editing project.

Description

Timeline

string

No

The timeline of the online editing project, in the JSON format.

{"VideoTracks":[{"VideoTrackClips":[{"MediaId":"****4d7cf14dc7b83b0e801c****"},{"MediaId":"****4d7cf14dc7b83b0e801c****"}]}]}

CoverURL

string

No

The thumbnail URL of the online editing project.

https://example.com/example.png

TemplateId

string

No

The template ID. This parameter is used to quickly build a timeline with ease. Note: Only one of Timeline and TemplateId can be specified. If TemplateId is specified, ClipsParam must also be specified.

****96e8864746a0b6f3****

ClipsParam

string

No

The material parameter corresponding to the template, in the JSON format. If TemplateId is specified, ClipsParam must also be specified. For more information.

See template usage documentation

TemplateType

string

No

The template type. This parameter is required if you create a template-based online editing project. Default value: Timeline. Valid values:

  • Timeline: a regular template.

  • VETemplate: an advanced template.

Valid values:

  • Timeline :
  • VETemplate :

Timeline

MaterialMaps

string

No

The material associated with the project. Separate multiple material IDs with commas (,). Each type supports up to 10 material IDs.

{"video":"*****2e057304fcd9b145c5cafc*****", "image":"****8021a8d493da643c8acd98*****,*****cb6307a4edea614d8b3f3c*****", "liveStream": "[{\"appName\":\"testrecord\",\"domainName\":\"test.alivecdn.com\",\"liveUrl\":\"rtmp://test.alivecdn.com/testrecord/teststream\",\"streamName\":\"teststream\"}]", "editingProject": "*****9b145c5cafc2e057304fcd*****"}

BusinessConfig

string

No

The business configuration of the project. This parameter can be ignored for general editing projects.

For a live stream editing project, observe the following rules: OutputMediaConfig.StorageLocation is required. OutputMediaConfig.Path is optional. If you do not specify this option, the live streaming clips are stored in the root directory by default.

Valid values of OutputMediaTarget include vod-media and oss-object. If you do not specify OutputMediaTarget, the default value oss-object is used.

If you set OutputMediaTarget to vod-media, the setting of OutputMediaConfig.Path does not take effect.

{ "OutputMediaConfig" : { "StorageLocation": "test-bucket.oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com", "Path": "test-path" }, "OutputMediaTarget": "oss-object", "ReservationTime": "2021-06-21T08:05:00Z" }

ProjectType

string

No

The type of the editing project. Valid values: EditingProject and LiveEditingProject. A value of EditingProject indicates a regular editing project, and a value of LiveEditingProject indicates a live stream editing project.

LiveEditingProject

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response parameters.

RequestId

string

The request ID.

******3B-0E1A-586A-AC29-742247******

Project

object

The information about the online editing project.

ProjectId

string

The ID of the online editing project.

****01bf24bf41c78b2754cb3187****

Title

string

The title of the online editing project.

example_title

Description

string

The description of the online editing project.

example_description

Timeline

string

The timeline of the online editing project, in the JSON format. If you leave this parameter empty, an empty timeline is created and the duration of the online editing project is zero.

{"VideoTracks":[{"VideoTrackClips":[{"MediaId":"****4d7cf14dc7b83b0e801c****"},{"MediaId":"****4d7cf14dc7b83b0e801c****"}]}]}

TemplateId

string

The template ID.

****96e8864746a0b6f3****

ClipsParam

string

The template material parameters.

See template usage documentation

CoverURL

string

The thumbnail URL of the online editing project.

http://example-bucket.oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com/example.png?Expires=&OSSAccessKeyId=&Signature=&security-token=

Status

integer

The status of the online editing project.

Valid values:

- 1: Draft

- 2: Editing

- 3: Producing

- 4: Produced

- 5: ProduceFailed

- 7: Deleted

2

StatusName

string

The status of the online editing project. For more information, see the status list.

Editing

CreateTime

string

The time when the online editing project was created.

2021-01-08T16:52:07Z

ModifiedTime

string

The time when the online editing project was last edited.

2021-01-08T16:52:07Z

Duration

number

The duration of the online editing project.

3.4200000

CreateSource

string

The method for creating the online editing project. Valid values:

- OpenAPI

- AliyunConsole

- WebSDK

- LiveEditingOpenAPI

- LiveEditingConsole

WebSDK

ModifiedSource

string

The method for editing the online editing project. Valid values:

- OpenAPI

- AliyunConsole

- WebSDK

- LiveEditingOpenAPI

- LiveEditingConsole

WebSDK

TemplateType

string

The template type of the online editing project. Valid values:

- Timeline

- VETemplate

Timeline

BusinessConfig

string

The business configuration of the project. This parameter can be ignored for general editing projects.

{ "OutputMediaConfig" : { "StorageLocation": "test-bucket.oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com", "Path": "test-path" }, "OutputMediaTarget": "oss-object", "ReservationTime": "2021-06-21T08:05:00Z" }

ProjectType

string

The type of the editing project. Default value: EditingProject. Valid values:

- EditingProject: a regular editing project.

- LiveEditingProject: a live stream editing project.

LiveEditingProject

BusinessStatus

string

The business status of the project. This parameter can be ignored for general editing projects. Valid values:

  • Reserving

  • ReservationCanceled

  • BroadCasting

  • LoadingFailed

  • LiveFinished

Reserving

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "******3B-0E1A-586A-AC29-742247******",
  "Project": {
    "ProjectId": "****01bf24bf41c78b2754cb3187****",
    "Title": "example_title",
    "Description": "example_description",
    "Timeline": "{\"VideoTracks\":[{\"VideoTrackClips\":[{\"MediaId\":\"****4d7cf14dc7b83b0e801c****\"},{\"MediaId\":\"****4d7cf14dc7b83b0e801c****\"}]}]}",
    "TemplateId": "****96e8864746a0b6f3****",
    "ClipsParam": "See template usage documentation",
    "CoverURL": "http://example-bucket.oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com/example.png?Expires=&OSSAccessKeyId=&Signature=&security-token=",
    "Status": 2,
    "StatusName": "Editing",
    "CreateTime": "2021-01-08T16:52:07Z",
    "ModifiedTime": "2021-01-08T16:52:07Z",
    "Duration": 3.42,
    "CreateSource": "WebSDK",
    "ModifiedSource": "WebSDK",
    "TemplateType": "Timeline",
    "BusinessConfig": "{ \"OutputMediaConfig\" :    { \"StorageLocation\": \"test-bucket.oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com\", \"Path\": \"test-path\"   }, \"OutputMediaTarget\": \"oss-object\", \"ReservationTime\": \"2021-06-21T08:05:00Z\" }",
    "ProjectType": "LiveEditingProject",
    "BusinessStatus": "Reserving"
  }
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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