Multimodal video editing
Initialize a Kling editing session
Initialize video elements via Kling init-selection endpoint in CometAPI to start multimodal editing with selectable regions and timestamps.
POST
cURL
Use this endpoint to open a video-editing session and obtain the
session_id required by all later multimodal editing steps.
Choose one input path
- Kling-generated video: send
video_id - External or already-hosted video: send
video_url - Do not send both input paths at the same time
- Do not send the parent
task_idhere; save the returnedsession_idfor the next steps
Workflow role
1
Initialize the session
Submit the source clip and save the returned
session_id.2
Mark selection points
Continue with Add Video Selection to define the region you want to edit.
3
Submit the final edit task
After selection is ready, continue with Create Task.
Authorizations
Bearer token authentication. Use your CometAPI key.
Body
application/json
Last modified on June 25, 2026