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# Upload Video

POST https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos
Content-Type: multipart/form-data

Upload a video file or URL without triggering indexing.

Reference: https://docs.reka.ai/vision/api-reference/videos/upload-video

## Authentication

- `X-Api-Key` header (required) — API key authentication via X-Api-Key header
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer token authentication via Authorization header

## Request

### Body (multipart/form-data)

This endpoint expects a multipart form.

- `file` (string, optional)
- `video_url` (string, optional) — URL to download video from
- `video_name` (string, optional) — Display name for the video. Required for file uploads.
- `group_id` (string, optional) — ID of the video group to associate this video with
- `description` (string, optional) — Video description

## Response

### 202

Successful Response

- `video_id` (string, required) — Unique identifier for the uploaded video
- `status` (enum, required) — Status of the upload
  - Allowed values: `uploading`, `uploaded`, `failed`
- `metadata` (VideoMetadata, optional, nullable) — Video metadata (populated after upload completes)

## Types

### VideoMetadata

- `width` (integer, optional, nullable) — Width of the video in pixels
- `height` (integer, optional, nullable) — Height of the video in pixels
- `avg_fps` (double, optional, nullable) — Average frames per second
- `video_name` (string, optional, nullable) — Name of the video
- `title` (string, optional, nullable) — Title of the video
- `video_start_timestamp_utc_ms` (integer, optional, nullable) — Start timestamp in milliseconds
- `duration` (double, optional, nullable) — Duration of the video in seconds
- `thumbnail` (string, optional, nullable) — URL to the video thumbnail
- `thumbnails` (string, optional, nullable) — URL, typically VTT, pointing to generated storyboard thumbnails
- `description` (string, optional, nullable) — Description of the video
- `source` (string, optional, nullable) — Source path or URL of the video

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "video_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "status": "uploading",
  "metadata": {
    "width": 1920,
    "height": 1080,
    "avg_fps": 23.976023976023978,
    "video_name": "Kathy test",
    "title": "Kathy test",
    "video_start_timestamp_utc_ms": 1,
    "duration": 641.939,
    "thumbnail": "https://demo-videos-bucket-reka.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/None/images/{image_id}",
    "thumbnails": "https://demo-videos-bucket-reka.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/user/videos/video-id/thumbnails.vtt",
    "description": "Uploaded video file: home/kathy/vids/tuscany.mp4",
    "source": "home/kathy/vids/tuscany.mp4"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos"

payload = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"video_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"video_name\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"group_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"description\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n"
headers = {
    "X-Api-Key": "<apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos';
const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', '');
form.append('video_url', '');
form.append('video_name', '');
form.append('group_id', '');
form.append('description', '');

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'X-Api-Key': '<apiKey>'}};

options.body = form;

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"video_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"video_name\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"group_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"description\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")

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

	req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", "<apiKey>")

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-Api-Key"] = '<apiKey>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"video_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"video_name\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"group_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"description\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n"

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

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos")
  .header("X-Api-Key", "<apiKey>")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"video_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"video_name\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"group_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"description\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos', [
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001',
    'X-Api-Key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("X-Api-Key", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001");
request.AddParameter("undefined", "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"video_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"video_name\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"group_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"description\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["X-Api-Key": "<apiKey>"]
let parameters = [
  [
    "name": "file",
    "value": 
  ],
  [
    "name": "video_url",
    "value": 
  ],
  [
    "name": "video_name",
    "value": 
  ],
  [
    "name": "group_id",
    "value": 
  ],
  [
    "name": "description",
    "value": 
  ]
]

let boundary = "---011000010111000001101001"

var body = ""
var error: NSError? = nil
for param in parameters {
  let paramName = param["name"]!
  body += "--\(boundary)\r\n"
  body += "Content-Disposition:form-data; name=\"\(paramName)\""
  if let filename = param["fileName"] {
    let contentType = param["content-type"]!
    let fileContent = String(contentsOfFile: filename, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)
    if (error != nil) {
      print(error as Any)
    }
    body += "; filename=\"\(filename)\"\r\n"
    body += "Content-Type: \(contentType)\r\n\r\n"
    body += fileContent
  } else if let paramValue = param["value"] {
    body += "\r\n\r\n\(paramValue)"
  }
}

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```