Ingest a video file

Upload a video file to get a file_id for chat operations.

Supported formats: MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, WEBM, FLV, MKV, MPEG, 3GP

Note: For YouTube videos, use /ingest/v1/api/youtube instead.

Required Headers:

• Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Workflow:

1. Upload video → Get file_id
2. Use file_id with /chat/v1/api/video/:type endpoint

POST /ingest/v1/api/video

Ingest a video file

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.skimming.ai/ingest/v1/api/video \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --form file='@example-file' \
  --form saveToServer=true

200

{
  "success": {
    "file_id": "abc123-def456-ghi789",
    "file_name": "document.pdf",
    "user_id": "<string>",
    "createAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
  },
  "error": {},
  "message": {
    "content": "<string>",
    "displayContent": true
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Bearer token authentication using an API key

Body

multipart/form-data

file · file

Video file to upload

saveToServer · boolean · default: true

Response

200

application/json

Video ingested successfully

success · object

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error · object

message · object

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