--- title: "Create Video" method: POST path: "/library/{libraryId}/videos" tags: ["Manage Videos"] --- # Create Video `POST /library/{libraryId}/videos` ## Request - Base URL: `https://video.bunnycdn.com` - URL: `https://video.bunnycdn.com/library/{libraryId}/videos` - Auth: API key in header `AccessKey` - TypeScript: (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema) ## Path parameters - `libraryId` integer, required ## Request body - CreateVideoModel - `title` string, required: The title of the video - `collectionId` string, nullable: The ID of the collection where the video will be put - `thumbnailTime` integer, nullable: Video time in ms to extract the main video thumbnail. ## Response `200` The video was successfully created and returned as the response. - VideoModel - `videoLibraryId` integer, required: The ID of the video library that the video belongs to - `guid` string, required: The unique ID of the video - `title` string, required: The title of the video - `description` string, nullable: The description of the video - `dateUploaded` string, date-time, required: The date when the video was uploaded - `views` integer, required: The number of views the video received - `isPublic` boolean, required: Determines if the video is publically accessible - `length` integer, required: The duration of the video in seconds - `status` union, required - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - `framerate` number, double, required: The framerate of the video - `rotation` integer, nullable: Rotation of the source file in degrees as read from container metadata (e.g. 90, -90, 180, 270); null when no rotation metadata is present. - `width` integer, required: The width of the original video file - `height` integer, required: The height of the original video file - `availableResolutions` string, nullable: Comma-separated list of resolution labels (e.g. "360p,720p,1080p") that have finished encoding and are available for playback. - `outputCodecs` string, required: Comma-separated list of output codecs generated for this video (e.g. "x264,vp9"). See EncoderOutputCodec for possible values. - `thumbnailCount` integer, required: The number of thumbnails generated for this video - `encodeProgress` integer, required: Encoding progress as a percentage from 0 to 100; reaches 100 when transcoding finishes. - `storageSize` integer, required: Total storage used by this video, in bytes. - `captions` CaptionModel[], nullable: The list of captions available for the video - `srclang` string, nullable: The unique srclang shortcode for the caption - `label` string, nullable: The text description label for the caption - `version` integer: Increments each time this caption is replaced; useful as a cache-busting value for the caption file URL. - `hasMP4Fallback` boolean, required: Determines if the video has MP4 fallback files generated - `collectionId` string, nullable: The ID of the collection where the video belongs - `thumbnailFileName` string, nullable: The file name of the thumbnail inside of the storage - `thumbnailUrl` string, nullable: The CDN URL of the thumbnail - `thumbnailBlurhash` string, nullable: Thumbnail blurhash to show while the actual thumbnail is being loaded - `averageWatchTime` integer, required: The average watch time of the video in seconds - `totalWatchTime` integer, required: The total video watch time in seconds - `category` string, nullable: Automatically detected content category label; "untagged" when no category has been determined yet. - `chapters` ChapterModel[], nullable: The list of chapters available for the video - `title` string, required: The title of the chapter, up to 255 characters. - `start` integer: The start time of the chapter in seconds. Must be less than End and within the video's duration; chapters must not overlap each other. - `end` integer: The end time of the chapter in seconds. Must be greater than Start and within the video's duration; chapters must not overlap each other. - `moments` MomentModel[], nullable: The list of moments available for the video - `label` string, required: The text description label for the moment, up to 255 characters. - `timestamp` integer: The timestamp of the moment in seconds. Must be within the video's duration. - `metaTags` MetaTagModel[], nullable: The list of meta tags that have been added to the video - `property` string, nullable: The meta tag key. Must match ^[A-Za-z0-9._:'"-]+$. Setting a tag with the property "description" also updates the video's Description field. - `value` string, nullable: The meta tag value. HTML/markup is stripped and the value is stored as plain text. - `transcodingMessages` TranscodingMessageModel[], nullable: The list of transcoding messages that describe potential issues while the video was transcoding - `timeStamp` string, date-time: Date and time when this message was added (UTC). - `level` union - 0: Shouldn't be used - 1: An info message to the user, shouldn't break anythying - 2: A warning message, for example that the transcoded video may break when playing - 3: An error, meaning that the video will most likely not be playable - `issueCode` union - 0: Shouldn't be used - 1: Marks that there is a mismatch between lengths of audio and video streams in the transcoded file - 2: Marks that transcoding completed with warnings - 3: Marks that original video file has incompatible resolution or isn't a video stream - 4: Marks that original video file has invalid framerate - 5: Marks that video stream exceeded max duration - 6: Marks that audio stream exceeded max duration - 7: Marks that video file is corrupted and couldn't be processed properly - 8: Marks that video transcription finished with errors and might not be complete - 9: Marks that video file is not compatible with JIT encoding - 10: Marks that video failed JIT encoding - 11: Marks that captions generation failed - 12: Marks that the uploaded or fetched file is not video or audio, for example a photo or a document - `message` string, nullable: Human-readable description of the issue. - `value` string, nullable: Additional context value for the issue, if applicable; otherwise empty. - `jitEncodingEnabled` boolean, nullable: Whether just-in-time encoding is enabled for this specific video, overriding the video library's default JitEncodingEnabled setting when set. Null means the library default applies. - `smartGenerateStatus` union - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - `smartGenerateFeaturesStatus` SmartGenerateFeaturesStatusModel - `title` union - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - `description` union - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - `chapters` union - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - `moments` union - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - `hasOriginal` boolean, nullable: Determines if video has the original file available in storage - `originalHash` string, nullable: Original uploaded file SHA256 hash - `hasHighQualityPreview` boolean, nullable: Whether a high-quality animated preview has been generated for this video. ## Other responses - `400`: Request was invalid - `401`: The request authentication failed - `403`: The request authorization failed - `500`: Internal Server Error ## Changes - **2026-11-12** `83116184952f`: 6 breaking, 34 info - added `#/components/schemas/IssueCodes` to the `transcodingMessages/items/issueCode` response property `oneOf` list for the response status `200` - added `#/components/schemas/Severity` to the `transcodingMessages/items/level` response property `oneOf` list for the response status `200` - added `subschema #1: Created, subschema #2: Uploaded, subschema #3: Processing, subschema #4: Transcoding, subschema #5: Finished, subschema #6: Error, subschema #7: UploadFailed, subschema #8: JitSegmenting, subschema #9: JitPlaylistsCreated` to the `status/oneOf[#/components/schemas/VideoModelStatus]/` response property `oneOf` list for the response status `200` - added `subschema #1: None, subschema #2: Queued, subschema #3: InProgress, subschema #4: Finished, subschema #5: Failed` to the `smartGenerateStatus/oneOf[#/components/schemas/SmartGenerateStatus]/` response property `oneOf` list for the response status `200` - …36 more [Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/bunny/apis/stream-api/changes/library/:libraryId/videos/post.md) --- [API](https://skmtc.dev/bunny/apis/stream-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/bunny/apis/stream-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/bunny/apis/stream-api/revisions/83116184952f?raw)