api.video

Fair

Agent Native Score

Free TierAPI Key AuthOpenAPI Spec

A video infrastructure platform providing APIs for video hosting, streaming, encoding, and analytics. It enables developers to build video capabilities into applications with managed transcoding, adaptive bitrate streaming, and comprehensive video delivery.

Categories: Video · Streaming · Media

#9 of 10 in Video · #8 of 12 in Streaming · #20 of 32 in Media

Checklist Breakdown

13 of 33 checks passed. 14 unscored.

Discovery 63%

Can an agent find and understand this tool without a web search?

✓ Published OpenAPI/Swagger spec

✗ Has llms.txt or llms-full.txt

✗ Has an MCP server (official or well-maintained)

✗ MCP server listed in a public registry

✓ API reference docs are publicly accessible

✓ Docs include runnable code examples

✓ Has a public changelog or release notes

✓ Has a public status page

Auth & Onboarding 50%

Can an agent create an account and get credentials without human intervention?

✗ Signup does not require CAPTCHA

✗ Signup does not require phone verification

✓ Supports API key auth (not only OAuth)

✗ API key obtainable without manual approval

✓ No mandatory billing info to start

✓ Can sign up without creating an organization

Pricing 100%

Can an agent operate autonomously without upfront payment or contracts?

✓ Has a free tier

✓ Usage-based pricing available

✓ No minimum contract or commitment

✓ Pricing page is public (no 'contact sales')

✓ Free tier sufficient for testing (not just a trial)

Agent Tooling Not yet scored

How well does the API work for non-human consumers?

— SDK available in 2+ languages

— Structured error responses (JSON with error codes)

— Idempotency support on write endpoints

— Pagination on list endpoints

— Webhook/event support

— Sandbox or test mode available

— Rate limit headers in responses

— Consistent REST resource naming

Reliability Not yet scored

Does the tool fail gracefully when an agent makes a mistake?

— Meaningful error messages (not just 500)

— 429 responses include Retry-After header

— Documented uptime SLA (99.9%+)

— Graceful degradation under rate limits

— Request IDs in responses for debugging

— API versioning supported

Reviewer Notes

api.video has solid API documentation and an OpenAPI spec, making technical discovery reasonable for agents. However, account creation requires email verification and manual dashboard setup, preventing autonomous agent signup. The REST API is well-structured with good error messages and supports video upload/management workflows. The free tier (100GB storage/month) enables cost-free experimentation, but lacks a dedicated sandbox environment. Main strength: comprehensive video infrastructure with predictable REST endpoints. Main weakness: no programmatic account creation and absence of MCP server or llms.txt limits agent discoverability.

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