Create a new script job
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.yalg.ai/v1/script-jobs \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"title": "The story-first content system"
}
'const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({title: 'The story-first content system'})
};
fetch('https://api.yalg.ai/v1/script-jobs', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));import requests
url = "https://api.yalg.ai/v1/script-jobs"
payload = { "title": "The story-first content system" }
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text){
"id": "018f9f42-9c1d-7b12-97c4-8142b8a27c90",
"title": "The story-first content system",
"status": "draft",
"currentStep": "outline",
"selectedAnecdoteIds": [
"018f9f41-22a1-74bb-9450-7dd0d21ab8ab"
],
"thumbnailStatus": "pending",
"createdAt": "2026-06-20T17:24:39.000Z",
"updatedAt": "2026-06-20T17:24:39.000Z"
}{
"statusCode": 400,
"message": "Validation failed",
"error": "Bad Request",
"code": "validation_failed"
}{
"statusCode": 401,
"message": "Invalid or missing API key",
"error": "Unauthorized",
"code": "unauthorized"
}{
"statusCode": 403,
"message": "Access denied",
"error": "Forbidden",
"code": "forbidden"
}{
"statusCode": 409,
"message": "Resource conflict",
"error": "Conflict",
"code": "conflict"
}{
"statusCode": 429,
"message": "Rate limit exceeded",
"error": "Too Many Requests",
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
"retryAfter": 60
}{
"statusCode": 500,
"message": "Internal server error",
"error": "Internal Server Error",
"code": "internal_server_error"
}Script Jobs
Create a new script job
Create a new script job through the YALG API. Requests are scoped to the authenticated API key owner; cross-owner resource IDs return 404.
POST
/
v1
/
script-jobs
Create a new script job
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.yalg.ai/v1/script-jobs \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"title": "The story-first content system"
}
'const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({title: 'The story-first content system'})
};
fetch('https://api.yalg.ai/v1/script-jobs', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));import requests
url = "https://api.yalg.ai/v1/script-jobs"
payload = { "title": "The story-first content system" }
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text){
"id": "018f9f42-9c1d-7b12-97c4-8142b8a27c90",
"title": "The story-first content system",
"status": "draft",
"currentStep": "outline",
"selectedAnecdoteIds": [
"018f9f41-22a1-74bb-9450-7dd0d21ab8ab"
],
"thumbnailStatus": "pending",
"createdAt": "2026-06-20T17:24:39.000Z",
"updatedAt": "2026-06-20T17:24:39.000Z"
}{
"statusCode": 400,
"message": "Validation failed",
"error": "Bad Request",
"code": "validation_failed"
}{
"statusCode": 401,
"message": "Invalid or missing API key",
"error": "Unauthorized",
"code": "unauthorized"
}{
"statusCode": 403,
"message": "Access denied",
"error": "Forbidden",
"code": "forbidden"
}{
"statusCode": 409,
"message": "Resource conflict",
"error": "Conflict",
"code": "conflict"
}{
"statusCode": 429,
"message": "Rate limit exceeded",
"error": "Too Many Requests",
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
"retryAfter": 60
}{
"statusCode": 500,
"message": "Internal server error",
"error": "Internal Server Error",
"code": "internal_server_error"
}Authorizations
ApiKeyAuthbearer
YALG Developer API key. Send it in the x-api-key header from a server-side environment only.
Body
application/json
Title of the script job
Brief or description for the script
Level of detail to generate for the YouTube script.
Available options:
FULL_SCRIPT, BULLET_OUTLINE Anecdote selection mode. V1 supports auto only.
Available options:
auto Response
Script job created successfully
Long-form script generation job.
Job identifier.
Example:
"018f9f40-7d7b-7712-9b0f-2e5d9fd5df3f"
Example:
"pending"
Example:
"draft_generation"
Example:
0.91
Example:
"low"
Example:
1284
Example:
"2026-06-20T17:24:39.000Z"
Example:
"2026-06-20T17:24:39.000Z"
Example:
"2026-06-20T17:24:39.000Z"
Example:
"2026-06-20T17:24:39.000Z"
Example:
"Why creators need stories"
Example:
"pending"