Create Video

POST /library/{libraryId}/videos

Create Video

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://video.bunnycdn.com/library/{libraryId}/videos \
  --header 'AccessKey: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "title": "<string>",
  "collectionId": "<string>",
  "thumbnailTime": 123
}
'

import requests

url = "https://video.bunnycdn.com/library/{libraryId}/videos"

payload = {
    "title": "<string>",
    "collectionId": "<string>",
    "thumbnailTime": 123
}
headers = {
    "AccessKey": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {AccessKey: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({title: '<string>', collectionId: '<string>', thumbnailTime: 123})
};

fetch('https://video.bunnycdn.com/library/{libraryId}/videos', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://video.bunnycdn.com/library/{libraryId}/videos",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'title' => '<string>',
    'collectionId' => '<string>',
    'thumbnailTime' => 123
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "AccessKey: <api-key>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://video.bunnycdn.com/library/{libraryId}/videos"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"title\": \"<string>\",\n  \"collectionId\": \"<string>\",\n  \"thumbnailTime\": 123\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("AccessKey", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://video.bunnycdn.com/library/{libraryId}/videos")
  .header("AccessKey", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"title\": \"<string>\",\n  \"collectionId\": \"<string>\",\n  \"thumbnailTime\": 123\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://video.bunnycdn.com/library/{libraryId}/videos")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["AccessKey"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"title\": \"<string>\",\n  \"collectionId\": \"<string>\",\n  \"thumbnailTime\": 123\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "videoLibraryId": 123,
  "guid": "<string>",
  "title": "<string>",
  "dateUploaded": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "views": 123,
  "isPublic": true,
  "length": 123,
  "status": 0,
  "framerate": 123,
  "width": 123,
  "height": 123,
  "outputCodecs": "<string>",
  "thumbnailCount": 123,
  "encodeProgress": 123,
  "storageSize": 123,
  "hasMP4Fallback": true,
  "averageWatchTime": 123,
  "totalWatchTime": 123,
  "description": "<string>",
  "rotation": 123,
  "availableResolutions": "<string>",
  "captions": [
    {
      "srclang": "<string>",
      "label": "<string>",
      "version": 123
    }
  ],
  "collectionId": "<string>",
  "thumbnailFileName": "<string>",
  "thumbnailBlurhash": "<string>",
  "category": "<string>",
  "chapters": [
    {
      "title": "<string>",
      "start": 123,
      "end": 123
    }
  ],
  "moments": [
    {
      "label": "<string>",
      "timestamp": 123
    }
  ],
  "metaTags": [
    {
      "property": "<string>",
      "value": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "transcodingMessages": [
    {
      "timeStamp": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "level": 0,
      "issueCode": 0,
      "message": "<string>",
      "value": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "jitEncodingEnabled": true,
  "smartGenerateStatus": 0,
  "smartGenerateFeaturesStatus": {
    "title": 0,
    "description": 0,
    "chapters": 0,
    "moments": 0
  },
  "hasOriginal": true,
  "originalHash": "<string>",
  "hasHighQualityPreview": true
}

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "<string>",
  "statusCode": 123
}

Authorizations

AccessKey · string · header · required

AccessKey based authentication

Path Parameters

libraryId · integer<int64> · required

Body

application/json

title · string · required

The title of the video

Minimum string length: 1

collectionId · string | null

The ID of the collection where the video will be put

thumbnailTime · integer<int32> | null

Video time in ms to extract the main video thumbnail.

Response

200

application/json

The video was successfully created and returned as the response.

videoLibraryId · integer<int64> · required

The ID of the video library that the video belongs to

guid · string · required

The unique ID of the video

Minimum string length: 1

title · string · required

The title of the video

Minimum string length: 1

dateUploaded · string<date-time> · required

The date when the video was uploaded

Minimum string length: 1

views · integer<int64> · required

The number of views the video received

isPublic · boolean · required

Determines if the video is publically accessible

length · integer<int32> · required

The duration of the video in seconds

status · Created · enum<integer> Uploaded · enum<integer> Processing · enum<integer> Transcoding · enum<integer> Finished · enum<integer> Error · enum<integer> UploadFailed · enum<integer> JitSegmenting · enum<integer> JitPlaylistsCreated · enum<integer> · required

The status of the video. See VideoModelStatus.

Available options: 0

framerate · number<double> · required

The framerate of the video

width · integer<int32> · required

The width of the original video file

height · integer<int32> · required

The height of the original video file

outputCodecs · string · required

Encoded output codecs of the video

Minimum string length: 1

thumbnailCount · integer<int32> · required

The number of thumbnails generated for this video

encodeProgress · integer<int32> · required

The current encode progress of the video

storageSize · integer<int64> · required

The amount of storage used by this video

hasMP4Fallback · boolean · required

Determines if the video has MP4 fallback files generated

averageWatchTime · integer<int64> · required

The average watch time of the video in seconds

totalWatchTime · integer<int64> · required

The total video watch time in seconds

description · string | null

The description of the video

rotation · integer | null

The rotation of the video

availableResolutions · string | null

The available resolutions of the video

captions · object[] | null

The list of captions available for the video

Show child attributes

collectionId · string | null

The ID of the collection where the video belongs

thumbnailFileName · string | null

The file name of the thumbnail inside of the storage

thumbnailBlurhash · string | null

Thumbnail blurhash to show while the actual thumbnail is being loaded

category · string | null

The automatically detected category of the video

chapters · object[] | null

The list of chapters available for the video

Show child attributes

moments · object[] | null

The list of moments available for the video

Show child attributes

metaTags · object[] | null

The list of meta tags that have been added to the video

Show child attributes

transcodingMessages · object[] | null

The list of transcoding messages that describe potential issues while the video was transcoding

Show child attributes

jitEncodingEnabled · boolean | null

smartGenerateStatus · None · enum<integer> Queued · enum<integer> InProgress · enum<integer> Finished · enum<integer> Failed · enum<integer>

Aggregate smart generate status derived from per-feature statuses when present: InProgress, then Queued, then Failed, then Finished; otherwise the stored legacy value. See SmartGenerateFeaturesStatus.

Available options: 0

smartGenerateFeaturesStatus · object | null

Per-feature smart generate statuses (title, description, chapters, moments). Null for a feature on legacy rows.

Show child attributes

hasOriginal · boolean | null

Determines if video has the original file available in storage

originalHash · string | null

Original uploaded file SHA256 hash

hasHighQualityPreview · boolean | null