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Videos

List videos

videos.list(VideoListParams**kwargs) -> SyncConversationCursorPage[Video]
GET/videos

List videos

ParametersExpand Collapse
after: Optional[str]

Identifier for the last item from the previous pagination request

limit: Optional[int]

Number of items to retrieve

minimum0
maximum100
order: Optional[Literal["asc", "desc"]]

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

Accepts one of the following:
"asc"
"desc"
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class Video: …

Structured information describing a generated video job.

id: str

Unique identifier for the video job.

completed_at: Optional[int]

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

created_at: int

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

error: Optional[VideoCreateError]

Error payload that explains why generation failed, if applicable.

code: str

A machine-readable error code that was returned.

message: str

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

expires_at: Optional[int]

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

model: VideoModel

The video generation model that produced the job.

Accepts one of the following:
str
Literal["sora-2", "sora-2-pro", "sora-2-2025-10-06", 2 more]
Accepts one of the following:
"sora-2"
"sora-2-pro"
"sora-2-2025-10-06"
"sora-2-pro-2025-10-06"
"sora-2-2025-12-08"
object: Literal["video"]

The object type, which is always video.

progress: int

Approximate completion percentage for the generation task.

prompt: Optional[str]

The prompt that was used to generate the video.

remixed_from_video_id: Optional[str]

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

seconds: VideoSeconds

Duration of the generated clip in seconds.

Accepts one of the following:
"4"
"8"
"12"
size: VideoSize

The resolution of the generated video.

Accepts one of the following:
"720x1280"
"1280x720"
"1024x1792"
"1792x1024"
status: Literal["queued", "in_progress", "completed", "failed"]

Current lifecycle status of the video job.

Accepts one of the following:
"queued"
"in_progress"
"completed"
"failed"

List videos

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
page = client.videos.list()
page = page.data[0]
print(page.id)
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "id",
      "completed_at": 0,
      "created_at": 0,
      "error": {
        "code": "code",
        "message": "message"
      },
      "expires_at": 0,
      "model": "string",
      "object": "video",
      "progress": 0,
      "prompt": "prompt",
      "remixed_from_video_id": "remixed_from_video_id",
      "seconds": "4",
      "size": "720x1280",
      "status": "queued"
    }
  ],
  "first_id": "first_id",
  "has_more": true,
  "last_id": "last_id",
  "object": "list"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "id",
      "completed_at": 0,
      "created_at": 0,
      "error": {
        "code": "code",
        "message": "message"
      },
      "expires_at": 0,
      "model": "string",
      "object": "video",
      "progress": 0,
      "prompt": "prompt",
      "remixed_from_video_id": "remixed_from_video_id",
      "seconds": "4",
      "size": "720x1280",
      "status": "queued"
    }
  ],
  "first_id": "first_id",
  "has_more": true,
  "last_id": "last_id",
  "object": "list"
}