How-to guides
Practical, step-by-step guides for automating video with the Renderly API. Each one starts from a template that already renders, so you can ship the workflow the same day.
Connect a data source
Turn rows, records and spreadsheets into finished videos.
Airtable to Video: Automate Video Creation from a Base
Turn Airtable records into finished videos automatically. Connect a base to the Renderly API, map fields to template variables, and render every row without opening an editor.
Bulk Video from CSV: Generate One Video per Row
Turn a CSV export into finished videos. Map headers to template variables, send one render request per row from a resumable script, and collect every result.
Google Sheets to Video: Automate Video Creation from a Sheet
Turn spreadsheet rows into finished videos. Connect a Google Sheet to the Renderly API with Apps Script, map columns to variables, and render every row.
Notion to Video: Automate Video Creation from a Database
Turn Notion database pages into finished videos. Connect an integration, unwrap the typed properties into template variables, and render every row automatically.
Social and creator workflows
Automate the formats that ship daily.
Automate Instagram Reels: One Template, One Row per Post
Run a Reels account off a spreadsheet. Lock one format, keep a row per post, and render the week in a single pass for under half a credit a video.
Automate TikTok Videos: Render the Recurring Post on a Schedule
Automate the TikTok post you repeat, not the idea. Pull this week's data from the system that already holds it, render one vertical video on a cron, then post it.
Faceless YouTube Shorts Automation: Render a Month of Uploads
Run a faceless Shorts channel from a spreadsheet. Lock one format, write a batch of facts, add an AI voiceover, and render a month of uploads in one pass.
By industry
Ready-made templates for a specific job.
Automated Business Metrics Video, One per Client
Render an automated business metrics video for every client from the numbers your reporting job already computes, with the same look each month.
Automated Course Video: One Lesson Video Per Row
Render a consistent lesson video for every row of a course outline, in 16:9 for the course player and 9:16 for promotion, from the same eight fields.
Automated Job Ad Video: One Render per Open Role
Render a 34-second job ad from eight fields in your ATS. One video per requisition, the same design every time, 0.56 credits each, published before a designer opens a file.
Automated News Video Generation: One Edition Every Morning
Render a daily news and weather brief from feeds instead of from a script. One edition a morning, 26 fields, 0.63 credits, and nothing to review before it ships.
Automated Sports Recap Video: One Card for Every Fixture
Render a full-time scorecard from a league feed, not from footage. One card per fixture, 26 fields, 0.61 credits, published before anyone opens an editor.
Personalized Wedding Video Invitation: One Render Per Guest
Render a 30-second vertical wedding invitation that names each guest, straight from the guest list. Eleven fields, one changing per row, half a credit a guest.
Restaurant Daily Special Video: One Render Every Morning
Render a 20-second vertical Story card for tonight's dish from twelve fields in your POS. One video a day, the same card every time, 0.33 credits each, posted before service.
Vacation Rental Listing Video: One Per Property
Render a vacation rental listing video for every property in your feed, in 16:9 for the booking page and 9:16 for social, and update it when rates change.
API capabilities
Render, personalize and deliver at scale.
JSON to Video API: Render an MP4 From One Request
Use a JSON to video API: send one JSON document with the canvas, the timing and every layer, and get an MP4 back. The fields, the units and the errors to avoid.
Multi Format Video API: One Render per Format
Use a multi format video API the right way: one request per aspect ratio from the same data, so text stays inside each frame instead of being cropped.
White Label Video API in Your Customer's Brand
Use a white label video API to render videos in each customer's brand: one project per brand, your own storage and webhooks, and no vendor logo in the frame.