resources/videos/methods/list/index.md 2026-09-16 22:58 UTC to 2026-09-18 22:59 UTC

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List videos

get /videos

List recently generated videos for the current project.

Query Parameters

• after: optional string

  Identifier for the last item from the previous pagination request

• limit: optional number

  Number of items to retrieve

• order: optional "asc" or "desc"

  Sort order of results by timestamp. Use asc for ascending order or desc for descending order.

  • "asc"

  • "desc"

Returns

• data: array of Video

  A list of items

  • id: string

    Unique identifier for the video job.

  • completed_at: number or null

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

  • created_at: number

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

  • error: VideoCreateError or null

    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.

    • misalignment: optional object { detailed_explanation, error_type, steer }

      • detailed_explanation: optional string

        The public explanation for this block.

      • error_type: optional string or "potentially_unintended_data_transfer" or "potentially_unintended_data_access" or "potentially_unintended_destructive_activity" or "other"

        An optional classification; clients must accept additional values.

        • string

        • SafetyAlertErrorType = "potentially_unintended_data_transfer" or "potentially_unintended_data_access" or "potentially_unintended_destructive_activity" or "other"

          An optional classification; clients must accept additional values.

          • "potentially_unintended_data_transfer"

          • "potentially_unintended_data_access"

          • "potentially_unintended_destructive_activity"

          • "other"

      • steer: optional object { message }

        An optional public continuation instruction.

        • message: string

          The public continuation instruction.

  • expires_at: number or null

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

  • model: VideoModel

    The video generation model that produced the job.

    • string

    • "sora-2" or "sora-2-pro" or "sora-2-2025-10-06" or 2 more

      • "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.

    • "video"

  • progress: number

    Approximate completion percentage for the generation task.

  • prompt: string or null

    The prompt that was used to generate the video.

  • remixed_from_video_id: string or null

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

  • seconds: string

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

  • size: VideoSize

    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"

• first_id: string or null

  The ID of the first item in the list.

• has_more: boolean

  Whether there are more items available.

• last_id: string or null

  The ID of the last item in the list.

• object: "list"

  The type of object returned, must be list.

  • "list"

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/videos \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "id",
      "completed_at": 0,
      "created_at": 0,
      "error": {
        "code": "code",
        "message": "message",
        "misalignment": {
          "detailed_explanation": "detailed_explanation",
          "error_type": "potentially_unintended_data_transfer",
          "steer": {
            "message": "message"
          }
        }
      },
      "expires_at": 0,
      "model": "sora-2",
      "object": "video",
      "progress": 0,
      "prompt": "prompt",
      "remixed_from_video_id": "remixed_from_video_id",
      "seconds": "string",
      "size": "720x1280",
      "status": "queued"
    }
  ],
  "first_id": "first_id",
  "has_more": true,
  "last_id": "last_id",
  "object": "list"
}

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/videos \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "video_123",
      "object": "video",
      "model": "sora-2",
      "status": "completed"
    }
  ],
  "object": "list"
}