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Videos

List videos

GET/videos

List videos

Query ParametersExpand Collapse
after: optional string

Identifier for the last item from the previous pagination request

limit: optional number

Number of items to retrieve

minimum0
maximum100
order: optional "asc" or "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
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: VideoCreateError { 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: VideoModel

The video generation model that produced the job.

Accepts one of the following:
UnionMember0 = string
UnionMember1 = "sora-2" or "sora-2-pro" or "sora-2-2025-10-06" or 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: "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: 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: "queued" or "in_progress" or "completed" or "failed"

Current lifecycle status of the video job.

Accepts one of the following:
"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

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/videos \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"
{
  "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"
}