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Video Status

You Uploaded a Video, Is It Ready?

To know if your video is ready to play, fetch the video details and look at the status flags.

Processing Status

After initiating processing, your video will go through several states:

StatusDescription
transcodingCreating multiple quality versions
readyProcessing complete, ready for playback
failedProcessing failed (check error message)

Fetching Status

GET https://api.antcdn.net/v1/videos/{assetId}

200 Response Body

{
"body": {
"body": {
"assetId": "vid_XXX",
"name": "My Video",
"duration": "0:42",
"durationSeconds": 42,
"createdAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"served": "0",
"status": {
"ready": false,
"transcoding": true,
"failed": false
}
}
}