---
title: "Retrieve a character"
method: GET
path: "/videos/characters/{character_id}"
tags: ["Videos"]
deprecated: true
---

# Retrieve a character

`GET /videos/characters/{character_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.openai.com/v1`
- URL: `https://api.openai.com/v1/videos/characters/{character_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

> **Deprecated.**

Fetch a character.

## Path parameters

- `character_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Success

- VideoCharacterResource
  - `id` string, nullable, required: Identifier for the character creation cameo.
  - `name` string, nullable, required: Display name for the character.
  - `created_at` integer, required: Unix timestamp (in seconds) when the character was created.

## Other responses

- `400`: The character ID is invalid, or the organization does not support video generation.
- `404`: The character was not found or is not accessible, or the video character endpoint is unavailable.

## Changes

- **2026-10-06** `487892d3954e`: 2 info
  - added the optional property `error/misalignment/review_target` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `error/misalignment/review_target` to the response with the `404` status
- **2026-10-05** `7f654af7f94f`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/omnistack-sh/apis/openai-api/changes/videos/characters/:character_id/get.md)

---

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