--- title: "Connect VideoDB to Amazon Textract - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Video Uploaded & Indexed\" fires in VideoDB, your agent runs \"Analyze Invoice or Receipt\" in Amazon Textract." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/videodb-to-amazon-textract" --- # Connect VideoDB to Amazon Textract When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** fires in [VideoDB](https://apiant.ai/connections/videodb), your agent runs **Analyze Invoice or Receipt** in [Amazon Textract](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-textract). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. VideoDB **1** trigger VideoDB **21** actions Amazon Textract **3** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want VideoDB and Amazon Textract to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What VideoDB can start in Amazon Textract - When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Analyze Invoice or Receipt** in Amazon Textract - When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Ask Questions About a Document** in Amazon Textract Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with VideoDB and Amazon Textract ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 24 actions - Trigger **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** Triggered when a new video is uploaded to a VideoDB collection. - Action **Add Collection** Creates a new VideoDB collection to organize videos and scope search. - Action **Add Overlay / Watermark** Places an image (logo or watermark) over a VideoDB video at a chosen time and position, and returns a stream URL for the result. - Action **Ask Video (Q&A)** Get the Q&A for a video. - Action **Auto-Chapter Video** Splits a video into scenes (chapters) using shot detection or fixed time segments. The job runs in the background; the result is available at the returned output URL. - Action **Auto-Dub Video** Starts an AI dubbing job that replaces a video's soundtrack with a version in another language, preserving the speaker's voice characteristics. - Action **Check Job Status** Checks the progress of a long-running VideoDB job (dubbing, generation, transcoding, indexing) and returns its status and, once finished, its result. - Action **Create Highlight Clip** Starts an AI clip-generation job on an indexed video from a natural-language prompt describing the moments to include. - Action **Delete Video** Permanently delete a video and all its metadata, transcripts and indexes from VideoDB. - Action **Find Video Moment** Searches one indexed video for the moments matching a spoken-word or visual query, returning each match's start and end time, text and score. - Action **Generate Image** Generates an image from a text prompt using VideoDB's AI generation. Generation runs asynchronously; the result returns a job id and an address to check for the finished image. - Action **Generate Subtitles** Generates subtitles for a video using VideoDB service. - Action **Generate Video** Starts an AI video generation job from a text prompt and saves the result to a collection. - Action **Generate Voice-Over** Converts text into AI-generated speech (a voice-over audio asset) in a VideoDB collection. Generation runs as a job; check its result with Check Job Status or a callback URL. - Action **Get Collection** Retrieve the details of one VideoDB collection by its id. - Action **Get Meeting Assets** Get a meeting recording's status and recorded video URL. - Action **Get Transcript** Get the transcript of a video. - Action **Get Video Metadata** Get metadata for a video. - Action **List Collections** Retrieve all collections in your VideoDB account, including the default collection. - Action **List Videos** Lists the videos in a VideoDB collection. - Action **Summarize Video** Asks VideoDB's AI to summarize a video using your own instructions. Summarization usually runs as a background job: use Check Job Status with the returned job id to fetch the finished summary. - Action **Upload & Index Video** Uploads a video from a URL into a VideoDB collection, waits for the upload to finish, then starts indexing it (spoken words by default) and returns the indexing job. - Action **Analyze Invoice or Receipt** Reads an invoice or receipt stored in S3 and returns its summary fields (vendor, date, totals) and its line items. - Action **Ask Questions About a Document** Answers plain-language questions about a document stored in S3, such as "What is the invoice number?", and returns each answer with its confidence. - Action **Extract Text from Document** Reads the printed and handwritten text in an image or single-page PDF stored in S3 and returns it as plain text and lines. ## Each app on its own - [ **VideoDB** VideoDB is an AI engine for video workflows—search scenes, cut clips, dub, subtitles, and apply GenAI effects.](https://apiant.ai/connections/videodb) - [ **Amazon Textract** Machine learning API that extracts text, handwriting, and structured data from scanned documents, forms, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-textract) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from VideoDB - [ **VideoDB to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/videodb-to-zoom) - [ **VideoDB to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/videodb-to-webflow) - [ **VideoDB to Wix** The Wix website builder gives businesses of any size the tools to create, manage and grow a fully integrated...](https://apiant.ai/connect/videodb-to-wix) - [ **VideoDB to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/videodb-to-linkedin) - [ **VideoDB to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/videodb-to-facebook) - [ **VideoDB to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/videodb-to-anthropic) ## More into Amazon Textract - [ **HubSpot to Amazon Textract** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-amazon-textract) - [ **Salesforce to Amazon Textract** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-amazon-textract) - [ **Slack to Amazon Textract** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-amazon-textract) - [ **Google Sheets to Amazon Textract** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-amazon-textract) - [ **Gmail to Amazon Textract** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-amazon-textract) - [ **Google Calendar to Amazon Textract** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-amazon-textract) Questions ## VideoDB and Amazon Textract, answered ### ### What can start an automation from VideoDB? Any of VideoDB's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Video Uploaded & Indexed. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Amazon Textract when something happens in VideoDB? Any of Amazon Textract's 3 actions, including Analyze Invoice or Receipt, Ask Questions About a Document and Extract Text from Document. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Amazon Textract to VideoDB? Amazon Textract has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in VideoDB. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Amazon Textract's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for VideoDB or Amazon Textract? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use VideoDB and Amazon Textract without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.