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Dive into our collection of tutorials, from learning on how to use api.video, building clones, to quick integrations. Whether you're a getting started or already building video-centric products, check our step-by-step guides.

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Kid covering ears

Tutorials · 3 min read

Volume warnings

Many video providers will warn you if the volume level is too high. Learn how to do the same with api.video

Doug Sillars · May 14, 2021

screenshot from the Brady Bunch

Tutorials · 9 min read

A very Brady video: Using FFMPEG to recreate the Brady Bunch introduction

Just looking at the image <BAM!> - now the theme song is stuck in your head, right? In this tutorial, we'll walk through how to re-create the iconic Brady Bunch intro video with FFmpeg.

Doug Sillars · September 15, 2021

Photo by ThisIsEngineering from Pexels

Tutorials · 3 min read

Listing, retrieving, and deleting delegated tokens

You can list all delegated tokens to see which ones you want to keep or delete, retrieve details about a specific delegated token, or delete a delegated token. In this tutorial you'll learn how to do all of this in Python!

Erikka Innes · February 16, 2021

Heroku and api.video logos

Tutorials · 5 min read

Build an api.video demo with Heroku

Have you tried our demos at a.video? Have you wanted to launch a demo app using your api.video credentials? In this post, we'll walk you through the steps to launch your own version!

Doug Sillars · October 20, 2021

cables lightening

Tutorials · 7 min read

Helpful PHP scripts Pt 1: Upload videos from Google Drive to API video

If you love PHP and need to do a bulk video transfer to api.video using Google Drive, this script will make it easy.

Erikka Innes · January 28, 2021

<a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-laptop-computer-turned-on-showing-computer-codes-177598/">Photo by Markus Spiske from Pexels</a>

Tutorials · 4 min read

Helpful PHP Scripts Pt 2 - Upload Videos from an FTP Server

If you have video files on an FTP server and need a quick way to move them to api.video we have a helpful PHP script that will get the job done.

Erikka Innes · January 28, 2021

Photo by Fausto Marqués on Unsplash

Tutorials · 3 min read

Choose a thumbnail with api.video's pick a thumbnail endpoint

Learn how to use api.videos pick a thumbnail endpoint to choose a thumbnail to display without having to upload an image separately. Also includes where to find the video duration.

Erikka Innes · April 13, 2021

pichart of operating systems

Tutorials · 3 min read

api.video Analytics: Create a pie chart showing what operating system is most popular to view

Using D3, Observable, and Python, we'll create a pie chart showing what operating system is most popular to view video content with.

Erikka Innes · April 12, 2021

Create a Live Stream

Tutorials · 3 min read

Create a Live Stream

Live streaming your content is a great way to connect with your audience. In this tutorial, we'll walk through he steps you need to follow to set up a video livestream.

Doug Sillars · May 4, 2020

View out my window

Tutorials · 6 min read

Video streaming with a Raspberry Pi

At the birth of the internet, we had webcams that took a picture every x minutes. Now, anyone can set up a live stream of video - with just a camera and a network connection. This kicks off a series of posts experimenting with live streaming video. In this post, we'll use a Raspberry Pi.

Doug Sillars · December 29, 2020