Tutorials
Follow along these tutorials using api.video
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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Tutorials · 3 min read
Auto Caption a video
Videos with captions/subtitles are watched longer than videos without. Yet, adding captions is non-trivial. In this post, we'll walk through a sample application that takes an uploaded video, and automatically transcribes the audio and creates a caption file for the video.
Doug Sillars · February 26, 2021
Tutorials · 4 min read
Live stream from your Android phone
Live streaming from your phone can be as involved as you'd like. In this post, we'll use a free Android application to create a live stream at api.video. In future posts, we'll build an Android streaming app.
Doug Sillars · February 24, 2021
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
Tutorials · 6 min read
Delegated uploads for videos large and small
With delegated uploads, you can protect your API key and authentication tokens. Instead, you can authenticate with a delegated token where you can control how long it lasts and delete it if you no longer need it. This tutorial goes over everything you'll need to start trying delegated uploads!
Erikka Innes · February 12, 2021
Tutorials · 14 min read
Upload a big video file using Python
If you try to upload big files in Python, a common way to handle them is by breaking them into chunks. This tutorial will show you how to break your file into chunks and send the file for upload to api.video.
Erikka Innes · February 11, 2021
Tutorials · 3 min read
Helpful PHP Scripts Pt 5: Update Video Settings in Bulk Without a CSV File
If you need to update the mp4Support setting and privacy settings for your videos, this script will let you do that in bulk.
Erikka Innes · February 11, 2021
Tutorials · 8 min read
Upload a video from your computer with the api.video API (Python)
When you upload videos from your computer, you must use a two step process. First you create a container for your video, then you upload your video into your container. This code sample shows you how!
Erikka Innes · February 10, 2021
Tutorials · 4 min read
Helpful PHP Scripts Pt 4: Update Metadata for api.video Videos Using CSV
Update metadata for your videos in bulk using this script that uses a .csv file to make the changes!
Erikka Innes · February 10, 2021
Tutorials · 14 min read
Sharing a video: sending a video via live stream
Video on demand (VOD) is a great way to give your customers a way to watch videos when *they* want to watch them. But what if you want that recorded video to be played at a specific time? This is not possible with VOD, but is possible with a video live stream. In this post, we'll walk through the steps required to convert a recorded video into a video live stream for scheduled playback.
Doug Sillars · February 9, 2021
Tutorials · 5 min read
Upload a video to api.video using a public URL
Video upload with the api.video API. Move a video from a public URL to api.video using Python.
Erikka Innes · February 8, 2021