List videos

GET/accounts/{account_id}/stream

Lists up to 1000 videos from a single request. For a specific range, refer to the optional parameters.

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Stream WriteStream Read

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

The account identifier tag.

maxLength32

Query ParametersExpand Collapse

asc: optional boolean

Lists videos in ascending order of creation.

creator: optional string

A user-defined identifier for the media creator.

maxLength64

end: optional string

Lists videos created before the specified date.

formatdate-time

include_counts: optional boolean

Includes the total number of videos associated with the submitted query parameters.

search: optional string

Provides a partial word match of the name key in the meta field. Slow for medium to large video libraries. May be unavailable for very large libraries.

start: optional string

Lists videos created after the specified date.

formatdate-time

status: optional "pendingupload" or "downloading" or "queued" or 4 more

Specifies the processing status for all quality levels for a video.

One of the following:

"pendingupload"

"downloading"

"queued"

"inprogress"

"ready"

"error"

"live-inprogress"

type: optional string

Specifies whether the video is vod or live.

video_name: optional string

Provides a fast, exact string match on the name key in the meta field.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

errors: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

range: optional number

The total number of remaining videos based on cursor position.

result: optional array of Video { allowedOrigins, created, creator, 20 more }

allowedOrigins: optional array of AllowedOrigins

Lists the origins allowed to display the video. Enter allowed origin domains in an array and use * for wildcard subdomains. Empty arrays allow the video to be viewed on any origin.

created: optional string

The date and time the media item was created.

formatdate-time

creator: optional string

A user-defined identifier for the media creator.

maxLength64

duration: optional number

The duration of the video in seconds. A value of -1 means the duration is unknown. The duration becomes available after the upload and before the video is ready.

input: optional object { height, width }

height: optional number

The video height in pixels. A value of -1 means the height is unknown. The value becomes available after the upload and before the video is ready.

width: optional number

The video width in pixels. A value of -1 means the width is unknown. The value becomes available after the upload and before the video is ready.

liveInput: optional string

The live input ID used to upload a video with Stream Live.

maxLength32

maxDurationSeconds: optional number

The maximum duration in seconds for a video upload. Can be set for a video that is not yet uploaded to limit its duration. Uploads that exceed the specified duration will fail during processing. A value of -1 means the value is unknown.

maximum36000

minimum1

meta: optional unknown

A user modifiable key-value store used to reference other systems of record for managing videos.

modified: optional string

The date and time the media item was last modified.

formatdate-time

playback: optional object { dash, hls }

dash: optional string

DASH Media Presentation Description for the video.

hls: optional string

The HLS manifest for the video.

preview: optional string

The video's preview page URI. This field is omitted until encoding is complete.

formaturi

readyToStream: optional boolean

Indicates whether the video is playable. The field is empty if the video is not ready for viewing or the live stream is still in progress.

readyToStreamAt: optional string

Indicates the time at which the video became playable. The field is empty if the video is not ready for viewing or the live stream is still in progress.

formatdate-time

requireSignedURLs: optional boolean

Indicates whether the video can be a accessed using the UID. When set to true, a signed token must be generated with a signing key to view the video.

scheduledDeletion: optional string

Indicates the date and time at which the video will be deleted. Omit the field to indicate no change, or include with a null value to remove an existing scheduled deletion. If specified, must be at least 30 days from upload time.

formatdate-time

size: optional number

The size of the media item in bytes.

status: optional object { errorReasonCode, errorReasonText, pctComplete, state }

Specifies a detailed status for a video. If the state is inprogress or error, the step field returns encoding or manifest. If the state is inprogress, pctComplete returns a number between 0 and 100 to indicate the approximate percent of completion. If the state is error, errorReasonCode and errorReasonText provide additional details.

errorReasonCode: optional string

Specifies why the video failed to encode. This field is empty if the video is not in an error state. Preferred for programmatic use.

errorReasonText: optional string

Specifies why the video failed to encode using a human readable error message in English. This field is empty if the video is not in an error state.

pctComplete: optional string

Indicates the progress as a percentage between 0 and 100.

maximum100

minimum0

state: optional "pendingupload" or "downloading" or "queued" or 4 more

Specifies the processing status for all quality levels for a video.

One of the following:

"pendingupload"

"downloading"

"queued"

"inprogress"

"ready"

"error"

"live-inprogress"

thumbnail: optional string

The media item's thumbnail URI. This field is omitted until encoding is complete.

formaturi

thumbnailTimestampPct: optional number

The timestamp for a thumbnail image calculated as a percentage value of the video's duration. To convert from a second-wise timestamp to a percentage, divide the desired timestamp by the total duration of the video. If this value is not set, the default thumbnail image is taken from 0s of the video.

maximum1

minimum0

uid: optional string

A Cloudflare-generated unique identifier for a media item.

maxLength32

uploaded: optional string

The date and time the media item was uploaded.

formatdate-time

uploadExpiry: optional string

The date and time when the video upload URL is no longer valid for direct user uploads.

formatdate-time

watermark: optional Watermark { created, downloadedFrom, height, 8 more }

created: optional string

The date and a time a watermark profile was created.

formatdate-time

downloadedFrom: optional string

The source URL for a downloaded image. If the watermark profile was created via direct upload, this field is null.

height: optional number

The height of the image in pixels.

name: optional string

A short description of the watermark profile.

opacity: optional number

The translucency of the image. A value of 0.0 makes the image completely transparent, and 1.0 makes the image completely opaque. Note that if the image is already semi-transparent, setting this to 1.0 will not make the image completely opaque.

maximum1

minimum0

padding: optional number

The whitespace between the adjacent edges (determined by position) of the video and the image. 0.0 indicates no padding, and 1.0 indicates a fully padded video width or length, as determined by the algorithm.

maximum1

minimum0

position: optional string

The location of the image. Valid positions are: upperRight, upperLeft, lowerLeft, lowerRight, and center. Note that center ignores the padding parameter.

scale: optional number

The size of the image relative to the overall size of the video. This parameter will adapt to horizontal and vertical videos automatically. 0.0 indicates no scaling (use the size of the image as-is), and 1.0 fills the entire video.

maximum1

minimum0

size: optional number

The size of the image in bytes.

uid: optional string

The unique identifier for a watermark profile.

maxLength32

width: optional number

The width of the image in pixels.

total: optional number

The total number of videos that match the provided filters.

List videos

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/stream \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "range": 1000,
  "result": [
    {
      "allowedOrigins": [
        "example.com"
      ],
      "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
      "creator": "creator-id_abcde12345",
      "duration": 0,
      "input": {
        "height": 0,
        "width": 0
      },
      "liveInput": "fc0a8dc887b16759bfd9ad922230a014",
      "maxDurationSeconds": 1,
      "meta": {
        "name": "video12345.mp4"
      },
      "modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
      "playback": {
        "dash": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/manifest/video.mpd",
        "hls": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/manifest/video.m3u8"
      },
      "preview": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/watch",
      "readyToStream": true,
      "readyToStreamAt": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
      "requireSignedURLs": true,
      "scheduledDeletion": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
      "size": 4190963,
      "status": {
        "errorReasonCode": "ERR_NON_VIDEO",
        "errorReasonText": "The file was not recognized as a valid video file.",
        "pctComplete": "pctComplete",
        "state": "inprogress"
      },
      "thumbnail": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg",
      "thumbnailTimestampPct": 0.529241,
      "uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a",
      "uploaded": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
      "uploadExpiry": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
      "watermark": {
        "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
        "downloadedFrom": "https://company.com/logo.png",
        "height": 0,
        "name": "Marketing Videos",
        "opacity": 0.75,
        "padding": 0.1,
        "position": "center",
        "scale": 0.1,
        "size": 29472,
        "uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a",
        "width": 0
      }
    }
  ],
  "total": 35586
}

Returns Examples

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "range": 1000,
  "result": [
    {
      "allowedOrigins": [
        "example.com"
      ],
      "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
      "creator": "creator-id_abcde12345",
      "duration": 0,
      "input": {
        "height": 0,
        "width": 0
      },
      "liveInput": "fc0a8dc887b16759bfd9ad922230a014",
      "maxDurationSeconds": 1,
      "meta": {
        "name": "video12345.mp4"
      },
      "modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
      "playback": {
        "dash": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/manifest/video.mpd",
        "hls": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/manifest/video.m3u8"
      },
      "preview": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/watch",
      "readyToStream": true,
      "readyToStreamAt": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
      "requireSignedURLs": true,
      "scheduledDeletion": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
      "size": 4190963,
      "status": {
        "errorReasonCode": "ERR_NON_VIDEO",
        "errorReasonText": "The file was not recognized as a valid video file.",
        "pctComplete": "pctComplete",
        "state": "inprogress"
      },
      "thumbnail": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg",
      "thumbnailTimestampPct": 0.529241,
      "uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a",
      "uploaded": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
      "uploadExpiry": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
      "watermark": {
        "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
        "downloadedFrom": "https://company.com/logo.png",
        "height": 0,
        "name": "Marketing Videos",
        "opacity": 0.75,
        "padding": 0.1,
        "position": "center",
        "scale": 0.1,
        "size": 29472,
        "uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a",
        "width": 0
      }
    }
  ],
  "total": 35586
}