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List videos

$ openai videos list
GET/videos

List recently generated videos for the current project.

ParametersExpand Collapse
--after: optional string

Identifier for the last item from the previous pagination request

--limit: optional number

Number of items to retrieve

--order: optional "asc" or "desc"

Sort order of results by timestamp. Use asc for ascending order or desc for descending order.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
VideoListResource: object { data, first_id, has_more, 2 more }
data: array of Video { id, completed_at, created_at, 10 more }

A list of items

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"
first_id: string

The ID of the first item in the list.

has_more: boolean

Whether there are more items available.

last_id: string

The ID of the last item in the list.

object: "list"

The type of object returned, must be list.

List videos

openai videos list \
  --api-key 'My API Key'
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "video_123",
      "object": "video",
      "model": "sora-2",
      "status": "completed"
    }
  ],
  "object": "list"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "video_123",
      "object": "video",
      "model": "sora-2",
      "status": "completed"
    }
  ],
  "object": "list"
}