1. Create an api.video account

Before you can start uploading your first video, you need to create an account.

Once you are logged in to dashboard.api.video, select the environment of your choice (sandbox or production), and copy your API key:

2. Upload a video

You can choose to upload a video from your computer, or from a URL.

Upload a file from your computer

a. Create the video object

The first step to uploading a video is to create a video object.
Once you create the object, you can use it to upload a video. Here is the basic minimal code to create the object:

curl --user *your_api_key*: \
--request POST \
--url https://ws.api.video/videos \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
  "title": "My First Video"
}
'

// First install the "@api.video/nodejs-client" npm package
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-nodejs-client/blob/main/doc/api/VideosApi.md#create

const client = new ApiVideoClient({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });

const video = await client.videos.create({ title: "My First Video" });

// First install the api client: "composer require api-video/php-api-client"
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-php-client/blob/main/docs/Api/VideosApi.md#create

$client = new \ApiVideo\Client\Client(
    'https://ws.api.video',
    'YOUR_API_KEY',
    new \Symfony\Component\HttpClient\Psr18Client()
);

$video = $client->videos()->create((new \ApiVideo\Client\Model\VideoCreationPayload())
    ->setTitle("My First Video"));

// First add the "video.api:java-api-client" maven dependency to your project
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-java-client/blob/main/docs/LiveStreamsApi.md#create
                  
ApiVideoClient client = new ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY");

VideoCreationPayload videoCreationPayload = new VideoCreationPayload(); 
videoCreationPayload.setTitle("My First Video"); 

try {
  Video video = client.videos().create(videoCreationPayload);
} catch (ApiException e) {
    // Manage error here
}

// First add the "video.api:android-api-client" maven dependency to your project
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-android-client/blob/main/docs/VideosApi.md#create
                  
val client = ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY")

val videoCreationPayload = VideoCreationPayload()
videoCreationPayload.title = "My First Video"

try {
  val video = client.videos().create(videoCreationPayload)
} catch (e: ApiException) {
    // Manage error here
}

# First install the api client with "pip install api.video"
# Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-python-client/blob/main/docs/VideosApi.md#create

from apivideo.api.videos_api import VideosApi
from apivideo.model.video_creation_payload import VideoCreationPayload
from apivideo import AuthenticatedApiClient, ApiException

with AuthenticatedApiClient("YOUR_API_KEY") as api_client:
    video_creation_payload = VideoCreationPayload(
        title="My First Video"
    ) 

    try:
        video = VideosApi(api_client).create(video_creation_payload)
    except ApiException as e:
        # Manage error here

// First install the go client with go get github.com/apivideo/api.video-go-client
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-go-client/blob/main/docs/Videos.md#Create
                  
client := apivideosdk.ClientBuilder("YOUR_API_KEY").Build()

videoCreationPayload := apivideosdk.VideoCreationPayload{}
videoCreationPayload.SetTitle("My First Video") 

video, err := client.Videos.Create(videosCreationPayload)

if video != nil {
    // Manage error here
}

// First install the api client: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-ios-client#getting-started
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-ios-client/blob/main/docs/VideosAPI.md#create

ApiVideoClient.apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY"

let videoCreationPayload = VideoCreationPayload(
    title: "My First Video"
)

VideosAPI.create(videoCreationPayload: videoCreationPayload) { video, error in
   if let video = video  {
       // Do something with the video
   }
   if let error = error {
      // Manage error here
   }
}

// First add the "ApiVideo" NuGet package to your project
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-csharp-client/blob/main/docs/VideosApi.md#create
                  
var apiVideoClient = new ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY");

var videoCreationPayload = new VideoCreationPayload()
{
    title = "My First Video"
};

try
{
    var video = apiVideoClient.Videos().create(videoCreationPayload);
}
catch (ApiException e)
{
    // Manage error here
}

📘
ℹ️ Replace your_api_key by the key you have already copied from dashboard.api.video

The response to your API request will return the following, along with other params:

{
  "videoId": "your_video_id_here",
  "assets": {
      ...
        "player": "https://embed.api.video/vod/{videoId}",
      ...  
    }
}

Remember the videoId: you will need it to upload your video, in step b.
Also, you will need the assets.player to playback your video in step 3.

📘
💡 If you are using one of our API clients, you will find the above information in the returned response. Video object.

b. Upload the file into the video object

In the first step, you created the video object. Now, we enter the second step: you have to upload the video file into the video object. The below API request will do this for you.

curl --user *your_api_key*:
--url https://ws.api.video/videos/{videoId}/source
--form [email protected]/path/to/video.mp4

// First install the "@api.video/nodejs-client" npm package
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-nodejs-client/blob/main/doc/api/VideosApi.md#upload

const client = new ApiVideoClient({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });

// Enter the videoId you want to use to upload your video.
const videoId = 'YOUR_VIDEO_ID'; 

// The path to the video you would like to upload. The path must be local. 
// Instead of a path, you can also use a Readable object, or Buffer.
const file = './my-video.mp4'; 
      
const video = await client.videos.upload(videoId, file);

// First install the api client: "composer require api-video/php-api-client"
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-php-client/blob/main/docs/Api/VideosApi.md#upload---upload-a-video

$client = new \ApiVideo\Client\Client(
    'https://ws.api.video',
    'YOUR_API_KEY',
    new \Symfony\Component\HttpClient\Psr18Client()
);

$client->videos()->upload('YOUR_VIDEO_ID', new SplFileObject(__DIR__ . '/my-video.mp4'));

// First add the "video.api:java-api-client" maven dependency to your project
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-java-client/blob/main/docs/VideosApi.md#upload
                  
ApiVideoClient client = new ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY");

try {
  Video video = client.videos().upload("YOUR_VIDEO_ID", new File("/path/to/my-video.mp4"));
  System.out.println(video);
} catch (ApiException e) {
    // Manage error here
}

// First add the "video.api:android-api-client" maven dependency to your project
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-android-client/blob/main/docs/VideosApi.md#upload
                  
val client = ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY")

try {
  // Notice: you must not call API from the UI/main thread. Dispatch with Thread, Executors or Kotlin coroutines.
  val video = client.videos().upload("YOUR_VIDEO_ID", File("/path/to/my-video.mp4"))
} catch (e: ApiException) {
    // Manage error here
}

# First install the api client with "pip install api.video"
# Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-python-client/blob/main/docs/VideosApi.md#upload

import apivideo
from apivideo.api import videos_api
from apivideo.model.video import Video

with apivideo.AuthenticatedApiClient("YOUR_API_KEY") as api_client:
        video_id = "YOUR_VIDEO_ID" # Enter the videoId you want to use to upload your video.
    video_file = open("/path/to/my-video.mp4", "rb") # The path to the video you would like to upload. The path must be local. 

    try:
                video = videos_api.VideosApi(api_client).upload(video_id, video_file)
    except ApiException as e:
        # Manage error here

// First install the go client with go get github.com/apivideo/api.video-go-client
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-go-client/blob/main/docs/Videos.md#Upload
                  
client := apivideosdk.ClientBuilder("YOUR_API_KEY").Build()

videoId := "YOUR_VIDEO_ID" 
file, _ := os.Open("./my-video.mp4")
  
video, err := client.Videos.UploadFile(videoId, file)

if err != nil {
    // Manage error here
}

// First install the api client: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-ios-client#getting-started
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-ios-client/blob/main/docs/VideosAPI.md#upload

ApiVideoClient.apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY"

VideosAPI.upload(videoId: "YOUR_VIDEO_ID", file: URL(string: "./my-video.mov")) { video, error in
            if let video = video {
                // Manage upload success here
            }
            if let error = error {
                // Manage upload error here
            }
        }

// First add the "ApiVideo" NuGet package to your project
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-csharp-client/blob/main/docs/VideosApi.md#Upload
                  
var apiVideoClient = new ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY");

var videoFile = File.OpenRead("./my-video.mp4");

try
{
    var video = apiVideoClient.Videos().upload("YOUR_VIDEO_ID", videoFile)
}
catch (ApiException e)
{
    // Manage error here
}

API response

{
  "videoId": "your_video_id_here",
  "assets": {
      ...
        "player": "https://embed.api.video/vod/{videoId}",
      ...  
    }
}

Upload a file from a URL

Create the video object

Uploading a video from a video URL allows you to do the whole video upload process in only 1 step. Just paste your video URL as a source. The request below shows you how to do it.

curl --user *your_api_key*: \
--request POST \
--url https://ws.api.video/videos \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
    "title": "My First Video",
    "source": "https://www.myvideourl.com/video.mp4"
}
'

// First install the "@api.video/nodejs-client" npm package
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-nodejs-client/blob/main/doc/api/VideosApi.md#create

const client = new ApiVideoClient({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });

const video = await client.videos.create({ 
    title: "My First Video",
    source: "https://www.myvideourl.com/video.mp4" 
});

// First install the api client: "composer require api-video/php-api-client"
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-php-client/blob/main/docs/Api/VideosApi.md#create

$client = new \ApiVideo\Client\Client(
    'https://ws.api.video',
    'YOUR_API_KEY',
    new \Symfony\Component\HttpClient\Psr18Client()
);

$video = $client->videos()->create((new \ApiVideo\Client\Model\VideoCreationPayload())
    ->setTitle("My First Video")
        ->setSource("https://www.myvideourl.com/video.mp4"));

// First add the "video.api:java-api-client" maven dependency to your project
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-java-client/blob/main/docs/LiveStreamsApi.md#create
                  
ApiVideoClient client = new ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY");

VideoCreationPayload videoCreationPayload = new VideoCreationPayload(); 
videoCreationPayload.setTitle("My First Video"); 
videoCreationPayload.setSource("https://www.myvideourl.com/video.mp4");

try {
  Video video = client.videos().create(videoCreationPayload);
} catch (ApiException e) {
    // Manage error here
}

// First add the "video.api:android-api-client" maven dependency to your project
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-android-client/blob/main/docs/VideosApi.md#create
                  
val client = ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY")

val videoCreationPayload = VideoCreationPayload()
videoCreationPayload.title = "My First Video"
videoCreationPayload.source = "https://www.myvideourl.com/video.mp4"

try {
  val video = client.videos().create(videoCreationPayload)
} catch (e: ApiException) {
    // Manage error here
}

# First install the api client with "pip install api.video"
# Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-python-client/blob/main/docs/VideosApi.md#create

from apivideo.api.videos_api import VideosApi
from apivideo.model.video_creation_payload import VideoCreationPayload
from apivideo import AuthenticatedApiClient, ApiException

with AuthenticatedApiClient("YOUR_API_KEY") as api_client:
    video_creation_payload = VideoCreationPayload(
        title="My First Video",
                source="https://www.myvideourl.com/video.mp4"
    ) 

    try:
        video = VideosApi(api_client).create(video_creation_payload)
    except ApiException as e:
        # Manage error here

// First install the go client with go get github.com/apivideo/api.video-go-client
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-go-client/blob/main/docs/Videos.md#Create
                  
client := apivideosdk.ClientBuilder("YOUR_API_KEY").Build()

videoCreationPayload := apivideosdk.VideoCreationPayload{}
videoCreationPayload.SetTitle("My First Video") 
videoCreationPayload.SetSource("https://www.myvideourl.com/video.mp4")

video, err := client.Videos.Create(videosCreationPayload)

if video != nil {
    // Manage error here
}

// First install the api client: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-ios-client#getting-started
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-ios-client/blob/main/docs/VideosAPI.md#create

ApiVideoClient.apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY"

let videoCreationPayload = VideoCreationPayload(
    title: "My First Video",
        source: "https://www.myvideourl.com/video.mp4"
)

VideosAPI.create(videoCreationPayload: videoCreationPayload) { video, error in
   if let video = video  {
       // Do something with the video
   }
   if let error = error {
      // Manage error here
   }
}

// First add the "ApiVideo" NuGet package to your project
// Documentation: https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-csharp-client/blob/main/docs/VideosApi.md#create
                  
var apiVideoClient = new ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY");

var videoCreationPayload = new VideoCreationPayload()
{
    title = "My First Video",
        source = "https://www.myvideourl.com/video.mp4"
};

try
{
    var video = apiVideoClient.Videos().create(videoCreationPayload);
}
catch (ApiException e)
{
    // Manage error here
}

📘
ℹ️ Replace the link in the example above with your video URL. If you don’t have a video URL handy to test this, you can use this one for example.

API response

{
  "videoId": "your_video_id_here",
  "assets": {
      ...
        "player": "https://embed.api.video/vod/{videoId}",
      ...  
    }
}

3. Watch your video

The easiest way to play your video is to use the api.video player URL that you received in step 2:

"player": "https://embed.api.video/vod/{videoId}"

To watch your video, just paste the link into your favorite browser.

4. Manage your video

You can do many things to manage existing videos in your api.video environment, among which:

Update a video (API)

List all videos (API)

Delete a video (API)

Upload a thumbnail to a video (API)

Pick a thumbnail for a video (API)

Retrieve a video (API)

Retrieve a video status (API)

Retrieve raw statistics about your video (API)