# Get video

URL: https://clippie.ai/developers/docs/get-video

Gets one video project: template, title, status (draft, not_ready, in_progress, rendered), why it cannot be rendered yet, its length, a 7-day preview link, the editor link and the last render (with videoUrl).

## At a glance

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| REST | `GET https://api.clippie.ai/v1/videos/:projectId` |
| MCP tool | `get_video` |
| Scope | `read` |
| Cost | Free. Works with a read-only key. |

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `projectId` | path | string | Yes |  | The project id: output.projectId of a job, an id from list_videos, or the id in an editor URL. 1-64 chars. |
| `template` | query | string | No |  | Only look among this template's projects (ai_story, captions, reddit, roblox). One of `ai_story`, `captions`, `reddit`, `roblox`. |

## Example

curl:

```bash
curl "https://api.clippie.ai/v1/videos/PROJECT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLIPPIE_API_KEY"
```

get-video.mjs:

```js
const auth = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CLIPPIE_API_KEY}` };

const res = await fetch('https://api.clippie.ai/v1/videos/PROJECT_ID', { headers: auth });
if (!res.ok) throw new Error((await res.json()).error.message);
console.log(await res.json());
```

## Response

`200` with JSON. The full response schema is in the [OpenAPI spec](https://api.clippie.ai/v1/openapi.json).

## From an MCP client

Your AI calls `get_video` with the same fields as JSON arguments. See [MCP server](https://clippie.ai/developers/docs.md#mcp) to connect one.

tools/call:

```json
{
  "name": "get_video",
  "arguments": {
    "projectId": "PROJECT_ID"
  }
}
```