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Videos

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Retrieve video content

videos.download_content(strvideo_id, VideoDownloadContentParams**kwargs) -> BinaryResponseContent

GET/videos/{video_id}/content

Download the generated video bytes or a derived preview asset.

Streams the rendered video content for the specified video job.

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video_id: str

variant: Optional[Literal["video", "thumbnail", "spritesheet"]]

Which downloadable asset to return. Defaults to the MP4 video.

Accepts one of the following:

"video"

"thumbnail"

"spritesheet"

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BinaryResponseContent

Retrieve video content

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from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI()
response = client.videos.download_content(
    video_id="video_123",
)
print(response)
content = response.read()
print(content)

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