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The Cherry Shot API turns a product photo into professional shots — with or without an AI model — and into short video ads. It’s the same generation engine behind the Cherry Shot app, exposed as a simple REST API and an MCP server you can plug into Claude, Cursor, or any agent.

Quickstart

Make your first shoot in a couple of minutes.

Authentication

Create an API key and send it with every request.

Use from Claude (MCP)

Add Cherry Shot as an MCP server and generate by chatting.

API Reference

Every endpoint, parameter, and response.

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How it works

Generation is asynchronous. You create a job and receive an id, then poll that job until its status is completed.
1

Create

POST /v1/shoots (or /v1/videos) with your inputs. You get back an id and the credits reserved.
2

Poll

GET /v1/shoots/{id} every few seconds until status is completed.
3

Use the result

Read the returned image or video URLs. Feed shoot images straight into a video.

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Base URL

This is the current staging base URL. A stable production domain (e.g. https://api.cherryshot.ai) will replace it — the paths and payloads stay the same.

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Credits

Every account has a credit balance shared with the app. Images cost 1 credit (standard), 2 (pro / 2K), or 4 (4K) each; videos scale with resolution and duration. Check your balance any time with GET /v1/credits.