---
title: "Probe a URL's media metadata"
method: POST
path: "/files/probe"
tags: ["Files"]
---

# Probe a URL's media metadata

`POST /files/probe`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.varg.ai/v2`
- URL: `https://api.varg.ai/v2/files/probe`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Inspect a media URL (dimensions, duration) without storing it.

## Request body

- object
  - `url` string, uri, required
  - `media_type` string

## Response `200`

Probe result

- object
  - `url` string, required
  - `media_type` string, required
  - `metadata` object, nullable, required
  - `width` integer, nullable, required
  - `height` integer, nullable, required
  - `duration_ms` number, nullable, required
  - `duration` number, nullable, required: Seconds

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid JSON (`invalid_json`), missing URL, or unsafe URL
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key / JWT

## Changes

- **2026-10-20** `43bcf5ea398d`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/varg/apis/varg-api/changes/files/probe/post.md)

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