How I Automated My YouTube Intros with Just One Python Script!
Folasayo Samuel Olayemi
Product Manager | Driving Payments & Platform Innovation in Africa | SQL, APIs, Growth Strategy | Ex-Developer Advocate
Managing a content pipeline can be exhausting, especially when you’re juggling editing, scripting, uploading, and staying consistent.
What if you could automate parts of that workflow, like your YouTube intros, and never manually edit them again?
In this video, I break down exactly how I automated my YouTube intros using Python and the Shotstack API, a cloud-based video editing platform that takes the pain out of rendering timelines.
What You'll Learn:
How to configure the Shotstack Python SDK
How to build video & audio timelines programmatically
How to submit render jobs and handle asynchronous polling
Tips for secure API key usage, asset hosting, and logging
How I used just one script to go from concept to a rendered video in the cloud
Watch Now:
Why This Matters:
If you're a content creator, developer, or automation geek, this tutorial will open your mind to what’s possible with APIs and a few lines of Python.
Whether you're working on personal branding, creating dev content, or streamlining video production, this video will save you time, improve your process, and inspire your next automation idea.
Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to support the channel, and drop your questions in the YouTube comments!
Thanks for watching...
Happy Coding!