---
title: "Get video by ID"
method: GET
path: "/videos/{video_id}"
tags: ["Videos"]
---

# Get video by ID

`GET /videos/{video_id}`

This returns a single video

## Path parameters

- `video_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Video object

- VideoObject
  - `id` string, required
  - `title` string, nullable, required
  - `mime` string, nullable, required
  - `resolution` string, nullable, required
  - `size` integer, required
  - `genre` GenreReference[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
  - `time` integer, required
  - `url` string, required
  - `art` string, nullable, required
  - `has_art` boolean, required
  - `flag` boolean, required
  - `rating` integer, nullable, required
  - `averagerating` number, nullable, required
  - `playcount` integer, required
  - `last_played` string, nullable, required
  - `catalog` string, required

## Other responses

- `400` — HTTP 400 Bad Request (errors 4705, 4710).
- `401` — HTTP 401 Unauthorized (error 4701).
- `403` — HTTP 403 Forbidden (errors 4700, 4703, 4742).
- `404` — HTTP 404 Not Found (error 4704).
- `500` — HTTP 500 Internal Server Error (error 4702).

## Changes

- **2026-07-29** `1e49346294e8` — 1 info
  - added the required property `catalog` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-07-28** `48f80d018de4` — 1 info
  - added the required property `last_played` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-07-22** `e8e6b266ea29` — 5 info
  - api operation id `video` was added
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
  - …1 more
- **2026-07-18** `0366bc42fb8f` — 14 info
  - added the required property `art` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the required property `averagerating` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the required property `flag` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the required property `genre` to the response with the `200` status
  - …10 more
- **2026-07-17** `9abb9bf6d3bf` — 1 info
  - removed the non-success response with the status `400`

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/ampache/apis/ampache-rest-api/changes/videos/:video_id/get.md)

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