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Videos

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Create a character from an uploaded video.

$ openai videos create-character

POST/videos/characters

Create a character from an uploaded video.

ParametersExpand Collapse

--name: string

Display name for this API character.

--video: file path

Video file used to create a character.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

VideoNewCharacterResponse: object { id, created_at, name }

id: string

Identifier for the character creation cameo.

created_at: number

Unix timestamp (in seconds) when the character was created.

name: string

Display name for the character.

Create a character from an uploaded video.

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CLI Tool

openai videos create-character \
  --api-key 'My API Key' \
  --name x \
  --video 'Example data'

200 example

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": 0,
  "name": "name"
}

Returns Examples

200 example

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": 0,
  "name": "name"
}