Generate or retrieve a timelapse

List a project's rendered media, and request a new timelapse without tripping over the required fields.

A timelapse compresses weeks of a site into seconds. Unlike a snapshot it is rendered asynchronously: you request one, the platform processes it, and it appears in the project's media hub when ready.

Retrieve what already exists

GET/v2/projects/{project_exid}/media-hubDash API

Timelapses, clips and compares a project has produced.

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERCAM_TOKEN" \
  "https://media.evercam.io/v2/projects/$PROJECT_EXID/media-hub"

Items carry a title, a type and — once processing finishes — a file URL you can put straight into a video element.

Not every item is playable yet

A queued or processing item has no file URL. Check for one before rendering, and show a "still processing" state otherwise.

Request a new timelapse

POST/v2/projects/{project_exid}/media-hub/timelapsesDash API

Queues a timelapse for rendering.

All seven fields are required

camera_exid, title, duration, from_datetime, to_datetime, schedule and video_options are all mandatory. The last two are easy to miss because they are objects rather than plain values — omitting them fails the request rather than falling back to a default.

curl -X POST "https://media.evercam.io/v2/projects/$PROJECT_EXID/media-hub/timelapses" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERCAM_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "camera_exid": "dorset-street-i",
    "title": "Foundation pour",
    "duration": 30,
    "from_datetime": "2026-07-01T08:00:00.000+00:00",
    "to_datetime": "2026-07-31T18:00:00.000+00:00",
    "schedule": {},
    "video_options": {}
  }'

duration is the length of the finished video in seconds — not the period it covers, which is set by from_datetime and to_datetime. Both datetimes use the same ISO 8601 form as the timeline endpoints.

Rendering is not instant. Poll the media hub until the new item has a file URL.

Try it

The demo below lists and plays your project's real media. Creation is not wired to a button, because rendering is a long-running write against your own account — use the request above to queue one.