Videos

Create video

$ openai videos create

POST/videos

Create a new video generation job by editing a source video or existing generated video.

$ openai videos edit

POST/videos/edits

Create an extension of a completed video.

$ openai videos extend

POST/videos/extensions

Create a character from an uploaded video.

$ openai videos create-character

POST/videos/characters

Fetch a character.

$ openai videos get-character

GET/videos/characters/{character_id}

List videos

$ openai videos list

GET/videos

Retrieve video

$ openai videos retrieve

GET/videos/{video_id}

Delete video

$ openai videos delete

DELETE/videos/{video_id}

Remix video

$ openai videos remix

POST/videos/{video_id}/remix

Retrieve video content

$ openai videos download-content

GET/videos/{video_id}/content

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image_input_reference_param: object { file_id, image_url }

file_id: optional string

image_url: optional string

A fully qualified URL or base64-encoded data URL.

video: object { id, completed_at, created_at, 10 more }

Structured information describing a generated video job.

id: string

Unique identifier for the video job.

completed_at: number

Unix timestamp (seconds) for when the job completed, if finished.

created_at: number

Unix timestamp (seconds) for when the job was created.

error: object { code, message }

Error payload that explains why generation failed, if applicable.

code: string

A machine-readable error code that was returned.

message: string

A human-readable description of the error that was returned.

expires_at: number

Unix timestamp (seconds) for when the downloadable assets expire, if set.

model: string or "sora-2" or "sora-2-pro" or "sora-2-2025-10-06" or 2 more

The video generation model that produced the job.

"sora-2"

"sora-2-pro"

"sora-2-2025-10-06"

"sora-2-pro-2025-10-06"

"sora-2-2025-12-08"

object: "video"

The object type, which is always video.

progress: number

Approximate completion percentage for the generation task.

prompt: string

The prompt that was used to generate the video.

remixed_from_video_id: string

Identifier of the source video if this video is a remix.

seconds: string or VideoSeconds

Duration of the generated clip in seconds. For extensions, this is the stitched total duration.

"4"

"8"

"12"

size: "720x1280" or "1280x720" or "1024x1792" or "1792x1024"

The resolution of the generated video.

"720x1280"

"1280x720"

"1024x1792"

"1792x1024"

status: "queued" or "in_progress" or "completed" or "failed"

Current lifecycle status of the video job.

"queued"

"in_progress"

"completed"

"failed"

video_create_error: object { code, message }

An error that occurred while generating the response.