cli/resources/videos/methods/retrieve/index.md 2026-07-10 23:02 UTC to 2026-07-12 06:58 UTC

Retrieve video

$ openai videos retrieve

get /videos/{video_id}

Fetch the latest metadata for a generated video.

Parameters

• --video-id: string

  The identifier of the video to retrieve.

Returns

• video: object { id, completed_at, created_at, 10 more }

  Structured information describing a generated video job.

  • id: string

    Unique identifier for the video job.

  • completed_at: number

    Unix timestamp (seconds) for when the job completed, if finished.

  • created_at: number

    Unix timestamp (seconds) for when the job was created.

  • error: object { code, message }

    Error payload that explains why generation failed, if applicable.

    • code: string

      A machine-readable error code that was returned.

    • message: string

      A human-readable description of the error that was returned.

  • expires_at: number

    Unix timestamp (seconds) for when the downloadable assets expire, if set.

  • model: string or "sora-2" or "sora-2-pro" or "sora-2-2025-10-06" or 2 more

    The video generation model that produced the job.

    • "sora-2"

    • "sora-2-pro"

    • "sora-2-2025-10-06"

    • "sora-2-pro-2025-10-06"

    • "sora-2-2025-12-08"

  • object: "video"

    The object type, which is always video.

  • progress: number

    Approximate completion percentage for the generation task.

  • prompt: string

    The prompt that was used to generate the video.

  • remixed_from_video_id: string

    Identifier of the source video if this video is a remix.

  • seconds: string or VideoSeconds

    Duration of the generated clip in seconds. For extensions, this is the stitched total duration.

    • "4"

    • "8"

    • "12"

  • size: "720x1280" or "1280x720" or "1024x1792" or "1792x1024"

    The resolution of the generated video.

    • "720x1280"

    • "1280x720"

    • "1024x1792"

    • "1792x1024"

  • status: "queued" or "in_progress" or "completed" or "failed"

    Current lifecycle status of the video job.

    • "queued"

    • "in_progress"

    • "completed"

    • "failed"

Example

openai videos retrieve \
  --api-key 'My API Key' \
  --video-id video_123

Response

{
  "id": "id",
  "completed_at": 0,
  "created_at": 0,
  "error": {
    "code": "code",
    "message": "message"
  },
  "expires_at": 0,
  "model": "sora-2",
  "object": "video",
  "progress": 0,
  "prompt": "prompt",
  "remixed_from_video_id": "remixed_from_video_id",
  "seconds": "4",
  "size": "720x1280",
  "status": "queued"
}