Start a video upload

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.vturb.com/v1/videos \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Landing hero",
  "filename": "hero.mp4",
  "type": "video/mp4",
  "size": 12582912,
  "folder_id": "6890000000000000000000a1",
  "part_size": 104857600
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.vturb.com/v1/videos"

payload = {
    "name": "Landing hero",
    "filename": "hero.mp4",
    "type": "video/mp4",
    "size": 12582912,
    "folder_id": "6890000000000000000000a1",
    "part_size": 104857600
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'Landing hero',
    filename: 'hero.mp4',
    type: 'video/mp4',
    size: 12582912,
    folder_id: '6890000000000000000000a1',
    part_size: 104857600
  })
};

fetch('https://api.vturb.com/v1/videos', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.vturb.com/v1/videos",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'Landing hero',
    'filename' => 'hero.mp4',
    'type' => 'video/mp4',
    'size' => 12582912,
    'folder_id' => '6890000000000000000000a1',
    'part_size' => 104857600
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.vturb.com/v1/videos"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Landing hero\",\n  \"filename\": \"hero.mp4\",\n  \"type\": \"video/mp4\",\n  \"size\": 12582912,\n  \"folder_id\": \"6890000000000000000000a1\",\n  \"part_size\": 104857600\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.vturb.com/v1/videos")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Landing hero\",\n  \"filename\": \"hero.mp4\",\n  \"type\": \"video/mp4\",\n  \"size\": 12582912,\n  \"folder_id\": \"6890000000000000000000a1\",\n  \"part_size\": 104857600\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.vturb.com/v1/videos")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Landing hero\",\n  \"filename\": \"hero.mp4\",\n  \"type\": \"video/mp4\",\n  \"size\": 12582912,\n  \"folder_id\": \"6890000000000000000000a1\",\n  \"part_size\": 104857600\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "652f2b1e8f1b2c3d4e5f6a7b",
  "status": "awaiting_upload",
  "upload": {
    "expires_at": "2026-07-30T12:15:00Z",
    "part_size": 1073741824,
    "parts": [
      {
        "part_number": 1,
        "url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/vturb-uploads/org_123/x/original.mp4?partNumber=1&uploadId=mpu1&X-Amz-Signature=abc"
      }
    ]
  },
  "complete_url": "/v1/videos/652f2b1e8f1b2c3d4e5f6a7b/upload/completion"
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.vturb.com/errors/bad_request",
  "code": "bad_request",
  "message": "The request includes fields this endpoint does not accept.",
  "field": "nope",
  "request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.vturb.com/errors/unauthorized",
  "code": "unauthorized",
  "message": "Missing or invalid API credential. Send a vt_ token in the Authorization header.",
  "request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.vturb.com/errors/forbidden",
  "code": "forbidden",
  "message": "The credential is missing the scope this action requires.",
  "request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.vturb.com/errors/unprocessable_content",
  "code": "unprocessable_content",
  "message": "The request is invalid. See errors for the fields that failed.",
  "request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
  "errors": [
    {
      "field": "type",
      "message": "is not a supported video type"
    },
    {
      "field": "size",
      "message": "must be an integer number of bytes"
    }
  ]
}