OpenAI

Retrieve video

Retrieve the status of a video job by ID.

Call Create video first and replace video_123 with its ID; poll until completed before downloading.

GET /openai/v1/videos/{video_id}● Supported

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Request parameters

  • video_idstring必填

    path: Id of the video job whose output you want, the `id` returned by createVideo. The job must be completed; before that the call answers 400.

Returns

200 video

Reads the job's current status and progress. Keep polling while status is queued or in_progress, inspect error when it is failed, and download the content only once it is completed. An unknown job returns 404.

Errors follow the OpenAI format — see error codes

Response

HTTP 200

Success

application/json

NameTypeDescription
idstringId of the video job; pass it as `video_id` to retrieve, download or delete it.
objectstringObject type; always `video`.
modelstringModel that generates the video.
statusstringLifecycle of the job. Poll until it is `completed` or `failed`.
progressintegerProgress from 0 to 100. It is 0 until the job completes and 100 once it has.
created_atintegerUnix time in seconds at which the job was created.
completed_atinteger | nullUnix time in seconds at which the job completed; null until then.
expires_atinteger | nullUnix time in seconds after which the output expires; null because outputs currently have no expiry.
secondsstringLength of the video in seconds, as a string; for a completed job it is the delivered length.
sizestringResolution of the video as `WIDTHxHEIGHT`; null when the provider did not report one.
promptstring | nullPrompt the job was created with.
remixed_from_video_idnullAlways null; remix is not supported.
errorobject | nullWhy the job failed; null unless status is `failed`.
error.codestringMachine-readable failure code.
error.messagestringHuman-readable failure message.
polling_urlstringRelative URL to poll for the job state; same as retrieveVideo for this job.
unsigned_urlsarray<string>Relative URLs of the finished output; empty until the video is ready. Download them with the same API key.
usageobjectCost of the job; present once a price applies.
usage.costnumberCost of the job in USD: delivered seconds times the per-second price once completed, 0 while running.