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Built for Developers: Video Upload API
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Upload videos with a simple API
Bytescale's real-time video upload API is designed for developers that need a fast and scalable way to store, transcode, and stream videos on-demand.
- Video-optimized CDN.
- Stream videos while they're transcoding.
- Video resizing, cropping, converting, and more.
Prepare your videos for playback
Prepare videos for web playback by appending simple querystring parameters to the URL.
- Supports almost any input video format (100+).
- Converts to 8 different web-optimized formats.
- Resize, crop, trim, and concatenate videos.
Stream your videos on-demand
Stream your video to millions of viewers, at multiple resolutions, within seconds of uploading your video.
- Real-time transcoding (playback within seconds).
- Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) over HLS.
- Set bitrate and resolution (CBR, VBR & QBR).
- Stream in multiple resolutions for different devices.
Extract duration, resolution & more
Extract video metadata as JSON, to make decisions within your app based on the uploaded video's characteristics.
- Video dimensions: width, height & rotation
- Video length: seconds, frames & framerate
- Video encoding: codec, color space & bitrate
- Audio encoding: codec, sample rate & bitrate
Authorize uploads & video plays
Optionally authorize all uploads and video plays via your app's existing security layer using JWTs.
- Authorize all uploads and video plays.
- Generate JWTs from your API for per-user access.
- Uses your app's existing security layer.
Stream to a global audience
Benefit from a worldwide CDN with built-in video support, allowing for efficient buffering, seeking, and partial playbacks.
- Global CDN with Full Video Support.
- HTTP Standard Video Streaming (MP4 & WebM).
- HTTP Live Streaming (HLS).
Monitor traffic & storage
Beautiful dashboards to reveal bandwidth and storage usage in clear and simple terms.
- Analyze monthly & daily usage patterns.
- Gain insights by identifying trends.
- Identify busy and quiet periods.
Everything you need to handle
videos in your application
Core Features
Video Conversion
Convert almost any input video (100+ supported formats) to a web-optimized output format.
Video Resizing
Resize videos with 10+ fit options, including cropping and scaling with aspect ratio preservation.
Video Cropping
Control your video's output size while preserving its aspect ratio by cropping your video around a point.
Video Trimming
Remove seconds from the start and/or end of your video with simple URL parameters.
Video Concatenation
Create new videos by adding multiple source videos together, e.g. to add intros to your videos.
Video Thumbnails
Generate video thumbnails either automatically or manually using our simple URL API.
Video Metadata
Extract metadata, such as duration, to make decisions in your app based on the user's video.
Simple Upload API
Upload videos with POST requests or our SDKs: our documentation is clear and simple, and includes examples with your API key.
Simple Video API
Benefit from an easy-to-use URL API to stream your uploaded videos in web-optimized formats, such as HLS, MP4, and WebM.
Pro Features
Custom CNAME
Use a custom CNAME for your video URLs to strengthen your company's brand.
External Storage
Integrate external storage: AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, DigitalOcean Spaces, Google Storage & HTTP.
Authorized Access
Bytescale allows you to control access to your videos via your API through JWT access tokens.
Acceleration
Bytescale offers a Content Ingestion Network (CIN) for video upload traffic.
Team Support
Invite your team to manage and monitor your organization's account.
Read the Docs
Video API docs
Fine-tune your video playback with simple URL query parameters:
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