Video API
A Video API allows developers to add short-form and long videos to web apps, offering upload, storage, URL-based video manipulation, encoding, adaptive bitrate streaming, and optimized CDN delivery.
Video API that replaces multiple tools and simplifies architecture
Stream: Attach your current video storage or upload the video to our DAM and stream it right away.
Transform in real-time: Transform and optimize videos by directly changing the URL.
Scale: Different devices, different platforms. We ensure a smooth, buffer-free streaming experience for all your viewers every time.
Transform and personalize at scale
Transform your videos in real time by adding resize, crop, and other parameters to your URL.
Adjust the aspect ratio on the fly to meet vertical, square, or other platform-specific requirements.
Optimize and stream videos
ImageKit's Video API automatically converts videos to the optimal format and quality level based on the user's device. It supports the latest codecs, such as VP9 and AV1.
Build YouTube-like video experiences on your own website
Give users the interactive playback experience they expect, without sending them to another platform. ImageKit's AI-powered video player brings subtitles, chapters, playlists, recommendations, and more to your website or app - customizable and under your control.
Automatically transcribe videos and display subtitles in 100+ languages, with word-level highlighting that keeps viewers in sync.
Use AI-generated subtitles, bring your own WebVTT files, or combine both for a polished viewing experience.
Measure engagement and quality with video analytics
Video Analytics is built into ImageKit's video player - no third-party integrations, no cookies, and no PII collected by default. Track viewer engagement, quality of experience, and errors to understand how your videos perform and where to improve.
See total views, total users, and playing time on a single engagement timeline, plus playback completion and audience retention curves — all out of the box. Understand who watches, how long, and where they drop off to optimize your video content.
Add videos to your product in minutes
Plan your integration
Whether you store assets across different locations or you plan to migrate to a new cloud platform, ImageKit guarantees real-time optimized delivery, transformations, and streaming for your videos.
With ImageKit's upload APIs, every digital asset, regardless of its source or destination, finds its home in ImageKit's DAM—a unified asset repository that simplifies your business processes across teams and apps.
