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DELETE
/
video
/
{video_id}
Delete video
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.videodb.io/video/{video_id} \
  --header 'x-access-token: <api-key>'
{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Operation successful"
}
Permanently delete a video from VideoDB. This removes all associated metadata, indexes, and transcripts. 
import videodb

conn = videodb.connect(api_key="your_api_key")
coll = conn.get_collection()

# Get video
video = coll.get_videos()[0]

# Delete the video
video.delete()

print("Video deleted successfully")
  • This operation is irreversible
  • Deletes all video data including: video file, metadata, transcript, indexes, thumbnails, and generated streams
  • Associated scene collections and indexes are also removed
  • The video ID cannot be reused

Authorizations

​
x-access-token
string
header
required

API key for authentication (sk-xxx format)

Path Parameters

​
video_id
string
required
Example:

"m-12345"

Response

200 - application/json

Video deleted

​
success
boolean
Example:

true

​
message
string
Example:

"Operation successful"