---
title: "Get video details"
method: GET
path: "/v2/videos/{video_id}"
tags: ["Videos"]
---

# Get video details

`GET /v2/videos/{video_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.heygen.com`
- URL: `https://api.heygen.com/v2/videos/{video_id}`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `x-api-key`
  - HTTP bearer

Get detailed information about a video including status, URLs, and metadata. Supports both generated and translated videos.

## Path parameters

- `video_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful response

- object
  - `data` VideoDetail: Video resource returned by list and detail endpoints. If ``output_language`` is present the video is a translated video; otherwise it is a generated video.
    - `id` string, required: Unique video identifier
    - `title` string, nullable: Video title
    - `status` 'pending' | 'processing' | 'completed' | 'failed', required
    - `created_at` integer, nullable: Unix timestamp of creation
    - `completed_at` integer, nullable: Unix timestamp when video generation finished
    - `video_url` string, nullable: Presigned URL to download the video file
    - `thumbnail_url` string, nullable: URL to video thumbnail image
    - `gif_url` string, nullable: URL to animated GIF preview
    - `captioned_video_url` string, nullable: Presigned URL to download the video file with captions burned in
    - `subtitle_url` string, nullable: Presigned URL to download the SRT subtitle file
    - `duration` number, nullable: Video duration in seconds
    - `folder_id` string, nullable: ID of containing folder
    - `output_language` string, nullable: BCP-47 output language code. Present only for translated videos.
    - `failure_code` string, nullable: Machine-readable failure reason. Only present when status is failed.
    - `failure_message` string, nullable: Human-readable failure description. Only present when status is failed.
    - `video_page_url` string, nullable: URL to the video page in the HeyGen app

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request parameters
- `401`: Authentication failed
- `404`: Resource not found
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `7dfa5e59b4f5`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/heygen/apis/heygen-external-api/changes/v2/videos/:video_id/get.md)

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