# Analyze Video

Source: https://recoupable.dev/docs/api-reference/content/analyze-video

Analyze a video and answer questions about it. Pass a video URL and a text prompt — for example, "Describe what happens" or "Rate the visual quality 1-10." Returns the generated text.

## POST /api/content/analyze

Full OpenAPI specification: https://recoupable.dev/docs/spec/content.json

## Authentication

This operation requires one of the security alternatives in the specification below. Security scheme definitions are included where present in the published specification.

[Authentication guide](https://recoupable.dev/docs/authentication)

## Operation and referenced schemas

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Recoup API - Content",
    "description": "API documentation for the Recoup platform - an AI agent platform for the music industry",
    "license": {
      "name": "MIT"
    },
    "version": "1.0.0"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.recoupable.dev"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/api/content/analyze": {
      "post": {
        "description": "Analyze a video and answer questions about it. Pass a video URL and a text prompt — for example, \"Describe what happens\" or \"Rate the visual quality 1-10.\" Returns the generated text.",
        "security": [
          {
            "apiKeyAuth": []
          },
          {
            "bearerAuth": []
          }
        ],
        "requestBody": {
          "description": "Video analysis parameters",
          "required": true,
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ContentCreateAnalyzeRequest"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "Video analyzed successfully",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ContentCreateAnalyzeResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "Validation failed — invalid or missing request body fields",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ContentErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "401": {
            "description": "Unauthorized — invalid or missing API key",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ContentErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "502": {
            "description": "Video analysis failed upstream",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ContentErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "ContentCreateAnalyzeRequest": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "video_url",
          "prompt"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "video_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri",
            "description": "Publicly accessible URL of the video to analyze. Supported formats: MP4, MOV, AVI, and other FFmpeg-compatible formats. Maximum duration: 1 hour."
          },
          "prompt": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 2000,
            "description": "A text prompt that guides the analysis. Can be instructive, descriptive, or phrased as a question. Examples: \"Describe the key moments in this video\", \"Generate 5 SEO keywords for this video\"."
          },
          "temperature": {
            "type": "number",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 1,
            "default": 0.2,
            "description": "Controls the randomness of the text output. Lower values produce more focused results. Defaults to `0.2`."
          },
          "max_tokens": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 1,
            "maximum": 4096,
            "description": "Maximum number of tokens to generate. If omitted, uses the model default."
          }
        }
      },
      "ContentCreateAnalyzeResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "text"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "text": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The generated analysis text based on the video and prompt."
          },
          "finish_reason": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "stop",
              "length"
            ],
            "nullable": true,
            "description": "`stop` if the generation completed normally. `length` if truncated at the token limit."
          },
          "usage": {
            "type": "object",
            "nullable": true,
            "properties": {
              "output_tokens": {
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Number of tokens in the generated text."
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "ContentErrorResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "error"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "error": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Error message describing what went wrong",
            "example": "Unauthorized"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "apiKeyAuth": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "in": "header",
        "name": "x-api-key",
        "description": "Your Recoup API key. [Learn more](/quickstart#api-keys)."
      },
      "bearerAuth": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "bearer"
      }
    }
  }
}
```