Import API allows you to upload videos to your Hippo Video account with a simple downloadable URL. With Hippo Video, you can personalize your videos and customize them to match your brand. Also, you can access detailed video performance reports for every video you share with your contacts. Now, to use video Import API, you need to have API Key.
URL
POST https://www.hippovideo.io/api/v1/me/video/import
HTTP Cache Headers
Accept - application/json
Params
title - Video title
URL - Downloadable URL of the video
email - email of the user
authentication_token - Auth token of the user. If you don't have one yet, check this on how to get auth_token
Response
{
"status": 200,
"code": 200,
"video_id":1412089,
"share_url": "https://www.hippovideo.io/video/play/KQf5MPDupD2qFi4U_LYoo436nEf7gilJIW0I_Pn1Ia8",
"embed_url": "https://www.hippovideo.io/video/embed/KQf5MPDupD2qFi4U_LYoo436nEf7gilJIW0I_Pn1Ia8",
"thumbnail_preview": "https://hippolms-storage.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/wiz/videos/previews/KQf5MPDupD2qFi4U_LYoo436nEf7gilJIW0I_Pn1Ia8.gif",
}share_url - Shareable video link.
embed_url - Link to embed the video.
thumbnail_preview - Thumbnail of the video with a play icon (you can share the thumbnail linking it to your video).
The above responses are success cases. In case, any errors occur you’ll see an error response.
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