Create new collection
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.videodb.io/collection \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-access-token: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"name": "My New Collection",
"description": "Collection for my videos",
"is_public": false
}
'const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-access-token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'My New Collection',
description: 'Collection for my videos',
is_public: false
})
};
fetch('https://api.videodb.io/collection', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.videodb.io/collection",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'My New Collection',
'description' => 'Collection for my videos',
'is_public' => false
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-access-token: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.videodb.io/collection"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.videodb.io/collection")
.header("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.videodb.io/collection")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-access-token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body$headers=@{}
$headers.Add("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
$headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://api.videodb.io/collection' -Method POST -Headers $headers -ContentType 'application/json' -Body '{
"name": "My New Collection",
"description": "Collection for my videos",
"is_public": false
}'import Foundation
let parameters = [
"name": "My New Collection",
"description": "Collection for my videos",
"is_public": false
] as [String : Any?]
let postData = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])
let url = URL(string: "https://api.videodb.io/collection")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.timeoutInterval = 10
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = [
"x-access-token": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
]
request.httpBody = postData
let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
print(String(decoding: data, as: UTF8.self))using RestSharp;
var options = new RestClientOptions("https://api.videodb.io/collection");
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("");
request.AddHeader("x-access-token", "<api-key>");
request.AddJsonBody("{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}", false);
var response = await client.PostAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", response.Content);using RestSharp;
var options = new RestClientOptions("https://api.videodb.io/collection");
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("");
request.AddHeader("x-access-token", "<api-key>");
request.AddJsonBody("{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}", false);
var response = await client.PostAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", response.Content);const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-access-token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'My New Collection',
description: 'Collection for my videos',
is_public: false
})
};
fetch('https://api.videodb.io/collection', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, stdout);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.videodb.io/collection");
struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "x-access-token: <api-key>");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}");
CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, stdout);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.videodb.io/collection");
struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "x-access-token: <api-key>");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}");
CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);val client = OkHttpClient()
val mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json")
val body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}")
val request = Request.Builder()
.url("https://api.videodb.io/collection")
.post(body)
.addHeader("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
.build()
val response = client.newCall(request).execute(){
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "default",
"name": "My Collection",
"description": "Collection description",
"is_public": false,
"owner": "u-12345",
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}Create Collection
Create a new collection to organize videos
POST
/
collection
Create new collection
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.videodb.io/collection \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-access-token: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"name": "My New Collection",
"description": "Collection for my videos",
"is_public": false
}
'const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-access-token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'My New Collection',
description: 'Collection for my videos',
is_public: false
})
};
fetch('https://api.videodb.io/collection', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.videodb.io/collection",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'My New Collection',
'description' => 'Collection for my videos',
'is_public' => false
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-access-token: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.videodb.io/collection"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.videodb.io/collection")
.header("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.videodb.io/collection")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-access-token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body$headers=@{}
$headers.Add("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
$headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://api.videodb.io/collection' -Method POST -Headers $headers -ContentType 'application/json' -Body '{
"name": "My New Collection",
"description": "Collection for my videos",
"is_public": false
}'import Foundation
let parameters = [
"name": "My New Collection",
"description": "Collection for my videos",
"is_public": false
] as [String : Any?]
let postData = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])
let url = URL(string: "https://api.videodb.io/collection")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.timeoutInterval = 10
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = [
"x-access-token": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
]
request.httpBody = postData
let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
print(String(decoding: data, as: UTF8.self))using RestSharp;
var options = new RestClientOptions("https://api.videodb.io/collection");
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("");
request.AddHeader("x-access-token", "<api-key>");
request.AddJsonBody("{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}", false);
var response = await client.PostAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", response.Content);using RestSharp;
var options = new RestClientOptions("https://api.videodb.io/collection");
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("");
request.AddHeader("x-access-token", "<api-key>");
request.AddJsonBody("{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}", false);
var response = await client.PostAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", response.Content);const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-access-token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'My New Collection',
description: 'Collection for my videos',
is_public: false
})
};
fetch('https://api.videodb.io/collection', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, stdout);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.videodb.io/collection");
struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "x-access-token: <api-key>");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}");
CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, stdout);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.videodb.io/collection");
struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "x-access-token: <api-key>");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}");
CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);val client = OkHttpClient()
val mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json")
val body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n \"name\": \"My New Collection\",\n \"description\": \"Collection for my videos\",\n \"is_public\": false\n}")
val request = Request.Builder()
.url("https://api.videodb.io/collection")
.post(body)
.addHeader("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
.build()
val response = client.newCall(request).execute(){
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "default",
"name": "My Collection",
"description": "Collection description",
"is_public": false,
"owner": "u-12345",
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}Collections organize your media files and provide a scope for search and other operations.
import videodb
conn = videodb.connect(api_key="your_api_key")
coll = conn.create_collection(
name="Product Demos",
description="Demo videos for Q1 2024"
)
print(f"Created collection: {coll.id}")
import { connect } from 'videodb';
const conn = connect({ apiKey: 'your_api_key' });
const coll = await conn.createCollection(
'Product Demos',
'Demo videos for Q1 2024'
);
console.log(`Created collection: ${coll.id}`);
- Collection IDs have a
c-prefix (e.g.,c-a1b2c3d4) - Use
is_public=Trueto make collections accessible via ID without authentication - Each account has a “default” collection created automatically
Collection Management Guide
Complete guide to creating and managing collections
Upload Media
Add videos, audio, or images to your collection
Authorizations
API key for authentication (sk-xxx format)
Body
application/json
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