Get list of videos

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

API key for authentication. Make sure to include the word apikey, followed by a single space and then your token. Example: apikey 1234$abcdef

Query Parameters

string

IDs of the videos to find. You can specify one or more identifiers separated by commas. Example, ?id=1,101,1001

string

Aggregated search condition. If set, the video list is filtered by one combined SQL criterion:

id={s} OR slug={s} OR name like {s}

i.e. "/videos?search=1000" returns list of videos where id=1000 or slug=1000 or name contains "1000".

status

string

Use it to get videos filtered by their status. Possible values:

empty
pending
viewable
ready
error

client_user_id

integer

Find videos where "client_user_id" meta field is equal to the search value

stream_id

integer

Find videos recorded from a specific stream, so for which "stream_id" field is equal to the search value

fields

string

Restriction to return only the specified attributes, instead of the entire dataset. Specify, if you need to get short response. The following fields are available for specifying: id, name, duration, status, created_at, updated_at, hls_url, screenshots, converted_videos, priority, stream_id. Example, ?fields=id,name,hls_url

page

integer

Page number. Use it to list the paginated content

per_page

integer

Items per page number. Use it to list the paginated content

Response

200 - application/json

Successful

integer

Video ID

name

string

Title of the video.

Often used as a human-readable name of the video, but can contain any text you wish. The values are not unique and may be repeated. Examples:

Educational training 2024-03-29
Series X S3E14, The empire strikes back
480fd499-2de2-4988-bc1a-a4eebe9818ee

description

string

Additional text field for video description

client_id

integer

Client ID

origin_size

integer

Size of original file

origin_video_duration

integer

Original video duration in milliseconds

origin_url

string

URL to an original file from which the information for transcoding was taken.

May contain a link for scenarios:

If the video was downloaded from another origin
If the video is a recording of a live stream
Otherwise it is "null"

Copy from another server URL to an original file that was downloaded. Look at method "Copy from another server" in POST /videos. Recording of an original live stream

URL to the original non-transcoded stream recording with original quality, saved in MP4 format. File is created immediately after the completion of the stream recording. The stream from which the recording was made is reflected in "stream_id" field.

Can be used for internal operations when a recording needs to be received faster than the transcoded versions are ready. But this version is not intended for public distribution. Views and downloads occur in the usual way, like viewing an MP4 rendition.

The MP4 file becomes available for downloading when the video entity "status" changes from "new" to "pending". The file is stored for 7 days, after which it will be automatically deleted.

Format of URL is /videos/<cid>_<slug>/origin_<bitrate>_<height>.mp4 Where:

<bitrate> – Encoding bitrate in Kbps.
<height> – Video height.

This is a premium feature, available only upon request through your manager or support team.

duration

integer

Video duration in milliseconds. May differ from "origin_video_duration" value if the video was uploaded with clipping through the parameters "clip_start_seconds" and "clip_duration_seconds"

slug

string

A unique alphanumeric identifier used in public URLs to retrieve and view the video. It is unique for each video, generated randomly and set automatically by the system.

Format of usage in URL is .../videos/{client_id}_{slug}/...

Example:

Player: /videos/12345_neAq1bYZ2
Manifest: /videos/12345_neAq1bYZ2/master.m3u8
Rendition: /videos/12345_neAq1bYZ2/qid90v1_720.mp4

stream_id

integer

If the video was saved from a stream, then ID of that stream is saved here

recording_started_at

string

If the video was saved from a stream, then start time of the stream recording is saved here. Format is date time in ISO 8601

Custom URL or iframe displayed in the link field when a user clicks on a sharing button in player. If empty, the link field and social network sharing is disabled

poster

string

Poster is your own static image which can be displayed before the video begins playing. This is often a frame of the video or a custom title screen.

Field contains a link to your own uploaded image.

Also look at "screenshot" attribute.

poster_thumb

string

Field contains a link to minimized poster image. Original "poster" image is proportionally scaled to a size of 200 pixels in height.

screenshot

string

A URL to the default screenshot is here. The image is selected from an array of all screenshots based on the “screenshot_id” attribute. If you use your own "poster", the link to it will be here too.

Our video player uses this field to display the static image before the video starts playing. As soon as the user hits "play" the image will go away. If you use your own external video player, then you can use the value of this field to set the poster/thumbnail in your player.

Example:

video_js.poster: api.screenshot
clappr.poster: api.screenshot

screenshots

string[]

Array of auto generated screenshots from the video. By default 5 static screenshots are taken from different places in the video. If the video is short, there may be fewer screenshots.

Screenshots are created automatically, so they may contain not very good frames from the video. To use your own image look at "poster" attribute.

screenshot_id

integer

ID of auto generated screenshots to be used for default screenshot.

Counting from 0. A value of -1 sets the "screenshot" attribute to the URL of your own image from the "poster" attribute.

sprite

string

Link to picture with video storyboard. Image in JPG format. The picture is a set of rectangles with frames from the video. Typically storyboard is used to show preview images when hovering the video's timeline.

sprite_vtt

string

Storyboard in VTT format. This format implies an explicit indication of the timing and frame area from a large sprite image.

ad_id

integer

ID of ad that should be shown. If empty the default ad is show. If there is no default ad, no ad is shownю

hls_url

string

A URL to a master playlist HLS (master.m3u8). Chunk type will be selected automatically:

TS if your video was encoded to H264 only.
CMAF if your video was encoded additionally to H265 and/or AV1 codecs (as Apple does not support these codecs over MPEG TS, and they are not standardized in TS-container).

You can also manually specify suffix-options that will allow you to change the manifest to your request:

/videos/{client_id}_{video_slug}/master[-cmaf][-min-N][-max-N][-img][-(h264|hevc|av1)].m3u8

List of suffix-options:

[-cmaf] – getting HLS CMAF version of the manifest. Look at the hls_cmaf_url field.
[-min-N] – ABR soft limitation of qualities from below.
[-max-N] – ABR soft limitation of qualities from above.
[-img] – Roku trick play: to add tiles directly into .m3u8 manifest. Read the Product Documentation for details.
[-(h264|hevc|av1) – Video codec soft limitation. Applicable if the video was transcoded into multiple codecs H264, H265 and AV1 at once, but you want to return just 1 video codec in a manifest. Read the Product Documentation for details.

ABR soft-limiting: Soft limitation of the list of qualities allows you to return not the entire list of transcoded qualities for a video, but only those you need. For example, the video is available in 7 qualities from 360p to 4K, but you want to return not more than 480p only due to the conditions of distribution of content to a specific end-user (i.e. free account): ABR soft-limiting examples:

To a generic .../master.m3u8 manifest
Add a suffix-option to limit quality .../master-max-480.m3u8
Add a suffix-option to limit quality and codec .../master-min-320-max-320-h264.m3u8 For more details look at the Product Documentation.

Caution. Solely master.m3u8 (and master[-options].m3u8) is officially documented and intended for your use. Any additional internal manifests, sub-manifests, parameters, chunk names, file extensions, and related components are internal infrastructure entities. These may undergo modifications without prior notice, in any manner or form. It is strongly advised not to store them in your database or cache them on your end.

hls_cmaf_url

string

A URL to a master playlist HLS (master-cmaf.m3u8) with CMAF-based chunks. Chunks are in fMP4 container. It's a code-agnostic container, which allows to use any like H264, H265, AV1, etc.

It is possible to use the same suffix-options as described in the "hls_url" attribute.

dash_url

string

A URL to a master playlist MPEG-DASH (master.mpd) with CMAF or WebM based chunks.

Chunk type will be selected automatically for each quality:

CMAF for H264 and H265 codecs.
WebM for AV1 codec.

This URL is a link to the main manifest. But you can also manually specify suffix-options that will allow you to change the manifest to your request:

/videos/{client_id}_{slug}/master[-min-N][-max-N][-(h264|hevc|av1)].mpd

List of suffix-options:

[-min-N] – ABR soft limitation of qualities from below.
[-max-N] – ABR soft limitation of qualities from above.
[-(h264|hevc|av1) – Video codec soft limitation. Applicable if the video was transcoded into multiple codecs H264, H265 and AV1 at once, but you want to return just 1 video codec in a manifest. Read the Product Documentation for details.

Read more what is ABR soft-limiting in the "hls_url" field above.

Caution. Solely master.mpd is officially documented and intended for your use. Any additional internal manifests, sub-manifests, parameters, chunk names, file extensions, and related components are internal infrastructure entities. These may undergo modifications without prior notice, in any manner or form. It is strongly advised not to store them in your database or cache them on your end.

iframe_url

string

A URL to a built-in HTML video player with the video inside. It can be inserted into an iframe on your website and the video will automatically play in all browsers.

The player can be opened or shared via this direct link. Also the video player can be integrated into your web pages using the Iframe tag.

Example of usage on a web page:

There are some link modificators you can specify and add manually:

?no_low_latency – player is forced to use non-low-latency streams HLS MPEG-TS, instead of MPEG-DASH CMAF or HLS/LL-HLS CMAF.
?t=(integer) – time to start playback from specified point in the video. Applicable for VOD only.
?sub_lang=(language) – force subtitles to specific language (2 letters ISO 639 code of a language).
Read more in the Product Documentation.

custom_iframe_url

string

Custom URL of Iframe for video player to be used in share panel in player. Auto generated Iframe URL provided by default.

views

integer

Number of video views through the built-in HTML video player of the Streaming Platform only. This attribute does not count views from other external players and native OS players, so here may be less number of views than in "cdn_views".

cdn_views

integer

Total number of video views. It is calculated based on the analysis of all views, no matter in which player.

client_user_id

integer

Custom meta field for storing the Identifier in your system. We do not use this field in any way when processing the stream. Example: client_user_id = 1001

status

enum<string>

Video processing status:

empty – initial status, when video-entity is created, but video-file has not yet been fully uploaded (TUS uploading, or downloading from an origin is not finished yet)
pending – video is in queue to be processed
viewable – video has at least 1 quality and can already be viewed via a link, but not all qualities are ready yet
ready – video is completely ready, available for viewing with all qualities
error – error while processing a video, look at "error" field

Available options:

empty,

pending,

viewable,

ready,

error

error

string

Video processing error text will be saved here if "status: error"

projection

string

Regulates the video format:

regular — plays the video as usual
vr360 — plays the video in 360 degree mode
vr180 — plays the video in 180 degree mode
vr360tb — plays the video in 3D 360 degree mode Top-Bottom.

Default is regular

converted_videos

object[]

Array of data about each transcoded quality

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converted_videos.id

integer

ID of the converted file of the specific quality

converted_videos.name

string

Specific quality name

converted_videos.width

integer

Width in pixels of the converted video file of the specified quality. Can be null for audio files.

converted_videos.height

integer

Height in pixels of the converted video file of the specific quality. Can be null for audio-only files.

converted_videos.size

integer

Size in bytes of the converted file of the specific quality. Can be null until transcoding is fully completed.

converted_videos.progress

integer

Status of transcoding into the specific quality, from 0 to 100

converted_videos.status

enum<string>

Status of transcoding:

processing – video is being transcoded to this quality,
complete – quality is fully processed,
error – quality processing error, see parameter "error".

Available options:

processing,

complete,

error

converted_videos.error

string

Video processing error text in this quality

converted_videos.mp4_url

string

A URL to a rendition file of the specified quality in MP4 format for downloading.

Download methods

For each converted video, additional download endpoints are available under converted_videos/mp4_urls. An MP4 download enpoints:

/videos/{client_id}_{slug}/{filename}.mp4
/videos/{client_id}_{slug}/{filename}.mp4/download
/videos/{client_id}_{slug}/{filename}.mp4/download={custom_filename}

The first option returns the file as is. Response will be:

GET .mp4
...
content-type: video/mp4

The second option with /download will respond with HTTP response header that directly tells browsers to download the file instead of playing it in the browser:

GET .mp4/download
...
content-type: video/mp4
content-disposition: attachment
access-control-expose-headers: Content-Disposition

The third option allows you to set a custom name for the file being downloaded. You can optionally specify a custom filename (just name excluding the .mp4 extension) using the download= query.

Filename constraints:

Length: 1-255 characters
Must NOT include the .mp4 extension (it is added automatically)
Allowed characters: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _(underscore), -(dash), .(dot)
First character cannot be .(dot)
Example valid filenames: holiday2025, _backup.final, clip-v1.2

GET .mp4/download={custom_filename}
...
content-type: video/mp4
content-disposition: attachment; filename="{custom_filename}.mp4"
access-control-expose-headers: Content-Disposition

Examples:

MP4: https://demo-public.gvideo.io/videos/2675_1OFgHZ1FWZNNvx1A/qid3567v1_h264_4050_1080.mp4/download
MP4 with custom download filename: https://demo-public.gvideo.io/videos/2675_1OFgHZ1FWZNNvx1A/qid3567v1_h264_4050_1080.mp4/download=highlights_v1.1_2025-05-30

Default MP4 file name structure

Link to the file {filename} contains information about the encoding method using format: <quality_version>_<codec>_<bitrate>_<height>.mp4

<quality_version> – Internal quality identifier and file version. Please do not use it, can be changed at any time without any notice.
<codec> – Codec name that was used to encode the video, or audio codec if it is an audio-only file.
<bitrate> – Encoding bitrate in Kbps.
<height> – Video height, or word "audio" if it is an audio-only file.

Note that this link format has been applied since 14.08.2024. If the video entity was uploaded earlier, links may have old simplified format.

Example: /videos/{client_id}_{slug}/qid3567v1_h264_4050_1080.mp4

Dynamic speed limiting This mode sets different limits for different users or for different types of content. The speed is adjusted based on requests with the “speed” and “buffer” arguments.

Example: ?speed=50k&buffer=500k

Read more in Product Documentation in CDN section "Network limits".

Secure token authentication for MP4 (updated)

Access to MP4 download links only can be protected using advanced secure tokens passed as query parameters.

Token generation uses the entire MP4 path, which ensures the token only grants access to a specific quality/version of the video. This prevents unintended access to other bitrate versions of an ABR stream.

Token Query Parameters:

token: The generated hash
expires: Expiration timestamp
speed: (optional) Speed limit in bytes/sec, or empty string
buffer: (optional) Buffer size in bytes, or empty string

Optional (for IP-bound tokens):

ip: The user’s IP address Example: ?md5=QX39c77lbQKvYgMMAvpyMQ&expires=1743167062

Read more in Product Documentation in Streaming section "Protected temporarily link".

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