FFprobe - ffmpeg-api-cloud

Use ffprobe when you need metadata such as streams, codecs, duration, or container details.

Example request

curl -X POST https://ffmpeg-api.cloud/v1/jobs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "binary": "ffprobe",
    "input": [
      {
        "type": "url",
        "url": "https://example.com/input.mp4"
      }
    ],
    "ffmpegArgs": [
      "-v",
      "error",
      "-show_format",
      "-show_streams",
      "-of",
      "json",
      "input0"
    ]
  }'

Result shape

FFprobe jobs finish with a JSON output in the job result payload.

curl https://ffmpeg-api.cloud/v1/jobs/JOB_ID/result \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Use this when you want to inspect media before deciding which FFmpeg command to run next.