Compress, convert, resize, preview, and download video through one job API.

curl -X POST "https://api.condensevideo.com/api/uploads/create" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONDENSEVIDEO_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"filename":"demo-video.mov","content_type":"video/quicktime","size_bytes":734003200,"tool_slug":"compress-mp4","options":{"profile":"balanced","output_format":"mp4","quality_mode":"quality"}}'

curl -X PUT "$UPLOAD_URL" -H "Content-Type: video/quicktime" --data-binary @./demo-video.mov

curl -X POST "https://api.condensevideo.com/api/uploads/complete" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONDENSEVIDEO_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"job_id":"{job_id}","metadata":{"duration_seconds":180,"height":1080}}'

curl -X POST "https://api.condensevideo.com/api/jobs/{job_id}/start-full" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONDENSEVIDEO_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONDENSEVIDEO_TOKEN" \
  "https://api.condensevideo.com/api/jobs/{job_id}"

curl -L -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONDENSEVIDEO_TOKEN" \
  "https://api.condensevideo.com/api/jobs/{job_id}/download-url" \
  -o compressed.mp4

import time
from pathlib import Path
import requests

BASE_URL = "https://api.condensevideo.com"
TOKEN = "YOUR_SUPABASE_ACCESS_TOKEN"
HEADERS = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {TOKEN}"}

source = Path("demo-video.mov")
created = requests.post(
    f"{BASE_URL}/api/uploads/create",
    headers={**HEADERS, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    json={
        "filename": source.name,
        "content_type": "video/quicktime",
        "size_bytes": source.stat().st_size,
        "tool_slug": "compress-mp4",
        "options": {"profile": "balanced", "output_format": "mp4", "quality_mode": "quality"},
    },
    timeout=30,
)
created.raise_for_status()
payload = created.json()

with source.open("rb") as file_obj:
    upload = payload["upload"]
    requests.put(upload["url"], headers=upload["headers"], data=file_obj, timeout=600).raise_for_status()

requests.post(
    f"{BASE_URL}/api/uploads/complete",
    headers={**HEADERS, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    json={"job_id": payload["job"]["id"], "metadata": {"duration_seconds": 180, "height": 1080}},
    timeout=30,
).raise_for_status()

requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/api/jobs/{payload['job']['id']}/start-full", headers=HEADERS, json={}, timeout=30).raise_for_status()
job_id = payload["job"]["id"]

while True:
    job = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/api/jobs/{job_id}", headers=HEADERS, timeout=30).json()
    if job.get("status") == "complete":
        break
    if job.get("status") in {"failed", "not_implemented"}:
        raise RuntimeError(job.get("error_message") or job.get("status"))
    time.sleep(1)

print(requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/api/jobs/{job_id}/download-url", headers=HEADERS, json={}, timeout=30).json())

const baseUrl = "https://api.condensevideo.com";
const token = "YOUR_SUPABASE_ACCESS_TOKEN";
const file = document.querySelector("input[type=file]").files[0];

const created = await fetch(baseUrl + "/api/uploads/create", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer " + token, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    filename: file.name,
    content_type: file.type || "application/octet-stream",
    size_bytes: file.size,
    tool_slug: "compress-mp4",
    options: { profile: "balanced", output_format: "mp4", quality_mode: "quality" }
  })
});
const payload = await created.json();

await fetch(payload.upload.url, { method: payload.upload.method || "PUT", headers: payload.upload.headers || {}, body: file });
await fetch(baseUrl + "/api/uploads/complete", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer " + token, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({ job_id: payload.job.id, metadata: { duration_seconds: 180, height: 1080 } })
});
await fetch(baseUrl + "/api/jobs/" + payload.job.id + "/start-full", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer " + token, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: "{}"
});

{
  "filename": "talk.mov",
  "content_type": "video/quicktime",
  "size_bytes": 734003200,
  "tool_slug": "add-subtitles-to-video",
  "secondary_inputs": [{"role":"subtitle","filename":"captions.vtt","content_type":"text/vtt","size_bytes":42144}]
}

// Upload the source to response.upload.url.
// Upload captions.vtt to response.secondary_uploads[0].upload.url.
// Then call /api/uploads/complete and /api/jobs/{job_id}/start-full.

POST /api/uploads/create HTTP/1.1
Host: api.condensevideo.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SUPABASE_ACCESS_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json

{"filename":"demo-video.mov","content_type":"video/quicktime","size_bytes":734003200,"tool_slug":"compress-mp4","options":{"profile":"balanced","output_format":"mp4","quality_mode":"quality"}}

python -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\activate
pip install "mcp[cli]" requests

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "condensevideo": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["./condensevideo_mcp_server.py"],
      "env": {
        "CONDENSEVIDEO_API_BASE": "https://api.condensevideo.com",
        "CONDENSEVIDEO_TOKEN": "YOUR_TOKEN",
        "CONDENSEVIDEO_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "./condensevideo-downloads"
      }
    }
  }
}