> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL. > For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.reka.ai/vision/api-reference/videos/upload-video/llms.txt. > For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.reka.ai/_mcp/server. # 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": "", "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': ''}}; 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", "") 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"] = '' 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 response = Unirest.post("https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos") .header("X-Api-Key", "") .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 request('POST', 'https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos', [ 'headers' => [ 'Content-Type' => 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001', 'X-Api-Key' => '', ], ]); 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", ""); 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": ""] 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() ``` > One OpenAI-compatible API for Reka models and a curated selection of open models.