What information can you export from the Videos tab?
Exporting Video Data
You can export the videos in your Videos tab feed as a CSV or JSON file. For any video you've analyzed, the analysis is included too. Exports come with the Pro, Visionary and Titan plans.
Which plans include exports
- Exports are available on Pro, Visionary and Titan. To compare plans, see What are the differences between the Starter, Pro, Visionary, and Titan plans?.
- Exports aren't available on Starter.
- Workspace guests have read-only access, so they can't export.
How to export videos
- Go to the Videos tab and set the filters and sort you want. Learn more in How to use the Videos tab.
- Click the Export button (the cloud icon with a down arrow) in the toolbar above your videos.
- In the Start an export window, choose JSON or CSV under Format.
- Under Items, enter how many videos to include. It starts at the number of videos that match your filters, up to 500.
- Click Start export.
The export includes the top videos in your current sort. For example, sort by Views to export your most-viewed videos.
What's included
Every export includes, for each video:
- Caption, link, platform and post date
- The creator's handle and their subscriber or follower count
- Views, likes, comments, engagement rate and outlier score
- Whether the video has been analyzed
For analyzed videos, the export also includes:
- Summary and transcript
- Idea analysis: topic, idea seed and unique angle
- Hook: the spoken hook, its category and its formula
- Storytelling format: category and type
- Visual layout: category and layout
To export only analyzed videos, choose Your analyzed library under Browsing mode in the filters panel before you export. In Global Sandcastles mode, only the videos already loaded on the page are exported, so click Load more first if you need more.
Getting your file
Once your export is ready, a notification appears at the top right of Sandcastles: "Your export is ready! Download it now." Click Download to save the file.
If Enable emails for exports is on, you'll also get an email titled "Your Sandcastles export is ready" with a Download export button. This setting is on by default. You can turn it off in Settings > Feature Flags (see What settings can I change in Sandcastles?).
The notification and the email share one download link. It works once and expires after 48 hours.
Download an export again
Every export you create is saved on the Exports page.
- Click Exports in the left sidebar.
- Find your export. Each one shows what you exported (such as Videos), its format and the date you created it.
- Hover over it and click Download (the arrow icon). To get a new download link by email instead, click Email (the paper airplane icon).
Downloading from the Exports page works anytime, even after an email link has expired or been used. Exports are saved per workspace, so switch to the workspace you exported from to see them.
Troubleshooting
- "Export token expired!": The link is more than 48 hours old. Log in and download the export from the Exports page.
- "Export token already used!": Each link works once. If you already downloaded the file from the notification in Sandcastles, the email link counts as used. Download it again from the Exports page.
- "Exports are only available to paid subscribers of the Pro tier or higher.": You're on the Starter plan. Click upgrade your plan in the message to see the plans.
- The Export button is greyed out: There are no videos in your feed, or you're a guest in someone else's workspace.
- Fewer videos than expected: Each export holds up to 500 videos.
To export from the Ideas tab instead, see What information can you export from the Ideas tab?.
If you have any questions, please reach out to support@sandcastles.ai.
