Video APIs let you add video capabilities without building from scratch. Every entry below is profiled with trust signals — pricing model, authentication requirements, CORS support, rate limits, and live uptime checks — so you can compare options and pick production-safe choices instead of guessing from a link list.
| API | Pricing | Auth | CORS | Health | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS ElasticTranscoder API Official AWS ElasticTranscoder service API exposed through AWS SDKs and service API references. | Paid | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| AWS KinesisVideo API Official AWS KinesisVideo service API exposed through AWS SDKs and service API references. | Paid | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| AWS KinesisVideoArchivedMedia API Official AWS KinesisVideoArchivedMedia service API exposed through AWS SDKs and service API references. | Paid | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| AWS KinesisVideoMedia API Official AWS KinesisVideoMedia service API exposed through AWS SDKs and service API references. | Paid | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| AWS MediaConvert API Official AWS MediaConvert service API exposed through AWS SDKs and service API references. | Paid | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| AWS MediaLive API Official AWS MediaLive service API exposed through AWS SDKs and service API references. | Paid | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| AWS MediaPackage API Official AWS MediaPackage service API exposed through AWS SDKs and service API references. | Paid | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| AWS MediaPackageVod API Official AWS MediaPackageVod service API exposed through AWS SDKs and service API references. | Paid | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| AWS MediaStore API Official AWS MediaStore service API exposed through AWS SDKs and service API references. | Paid | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| AWS MediaStoreData API Official AWS MediaStoreData service API exposed through AWS SDKs and service API references. | Paid | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| An API of Ice And Fire Game Of Thrones API | Free | No | Yes | Profile | |
| Azure Automation Microsoft.Automation API 2023-11-01 22 Official Microsoft Azure REST API OpenAPI specification for specification/automation/resource-manager/Microsoft.Automation/stable/2023-11-01/sourceControlSyncJobStreams.json. | Paid | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| Azure Aws Connector Microsoft.Aws Connector API 2024-12-01 74 Official Microsoft Azure REST API OpenAPI specification for specification/awsconnector/resource-manager/Microsoft.AwsConnector/stable/2024-12-01/logsLogStream.json. | Paid | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| Bob's Burgers API The Bob's Burgers API contains data for hundreds of characters, episodes, running gags, and images from the show | Free | No | Yes | Profile | |
| Bob's Burgers API 2 Bob's Burgers API | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Profile | |
| Breaking Bad Quotes Some Breaking Bad quotes | Free | No | No | Profile | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel Get episode, cast and crew data from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel | Free | No | No | Profile | |
| Bungie.Net API These endpoints constitute the functionality exposed by Bungie.net, both for more traditional website functionality and for connectivity to Bungie video games and their related functionality. | Unknown | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| Catch The Show API REST API for next-episode.net | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Profile | |
| Compress Video API Compress video files through an asynchronous workflow, a practical API for large-scale or long-duration videos / tasks | Freemium | API Key | No | Profile | |
| Czech Television TV programme of Czech TV | Free | No | No | Profile | |
| Daily REST API Video call infrastructure REST API for rooms, meetings, recordings, domains, and webhooks. | Freemium | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| Dailymotion Dailymotion Developer API | Free | OAuth | No | Profile | |
| Dailymotion API Dailymotion API: upload, manage, and search videos, channels, playlists, and live streams on the Dailymotion platform. | Free | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| Dune API A simple API which provides you with book, character, movie and quotes JSON data | Unknown | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| Eurovision Song Contest Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest API | Free | No | Yes | Profile | |
| Final Space Final Space API | Free | No | Yes | Profile | |
| GIF from Video API This API helps you generate GIF from any video | Freemium | API Key | No | Profile | |
| Game of Thrones Quotes Some Game of Thrones quotes | Free | No | No | Profile | |
| Gcore Streaming Scale to 100+ million viewers and beyond. Stream everything from online games to online events reliably in minutes instead of months. | Paid | API Key | No | Profile | |
| Generate Thumbnail from video API This API generates image thumbnails from any input video file, in the desired size (pixels). The API supports multiple video formats including MP4, WEBM, FLV, AVI, MKV, MOV and 3GP | Freemium | API Key | No | Profile | |
| Google Cloud Video Intelligence API Official Google Cloud Video Intelligence API REST API (v1p1beta1) discovered via Google APIs Discovery Service. | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Profile | |
| Google Display & Video 360 API Official Google Display & Video 360 API REST API (v2) discovered via Google APIs Discovery Service. | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Profile | |
| Google Transcoder API Official Google Transcoder API REST API (v1) discovered via Google APIs Discovery Service. | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Profile | |
| Google YouTube Analytics API Official Google YouTube Analytics API REST API (v2) discovered via Google APIs Discovery Service. | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Profile | |
| Harry Potter Characters Harry Potter Characters Data with with imagery | Free | No | No | Profile | |
| Harry Potter Charactes API Harry Potter Characters Data with with imagery | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Profile | |
| Hunt Video To API. Get video or audio and metadata for all video platforms with one provider. | Free | API Key | No | Profile | |
| Hydra Movies API Hydra Movies is a streaming service that holds information on thousands of popular movies. The Hydra Movies API gives you access to [their entire collection of full movies.](https://hydramovies.com) Each film returned pr | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Profile | |
| IMDb API for receiving movie, serial and cast information | Free | API Key | No | Profile | |
| IMDbOT Unofficial IMDb Movie / Series Information | Free | No | No | Profile | |
| JSON2Video Create and edit videos programmatically: watermarks,resizing,slideshows,voice-over,text animations | Freemium | API Key | No | Profile | |
| LiveKit Server API Server APIs for rooms, participants, tracks, ingress, egress, and real-time media infrastructure. | Freemium | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| Lucifer Quotes Returns Lucifer quotes | Free | No | No | Profile | |
| MCU Countdown A Countdown to the next MCU Film | Free | No | No | Profile | |
| Movie Quote Random Movie and Series Quotes | Free | No | No | Profile | |
| Mux Mux Video is an API that enables developers to build unique live and on-demand video experiences | Paid | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| Mux API Mux API for video infrastructure: encoding, storage, live streaming, video analytics, player SDKs, and DRM content protection. | Freemium | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| Open Movie Database Movie information | Freemium | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| Rendi FFmpeg API | Freemium | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| Ron Swanson Quotes Television | Free | No | No | Profile | |
| STAPI Information on all things Star Trek | Free | No | No | Profile | |
| SWAPI All things Star Wars | Free | No | Yes | Profile | |
| SWAPI All the Star Wars data you've ever wanted | Free | No | Yes | Profile | |
| SWAPI GraphQL Star Wars GraphQL API | Free | No | Yes | Profile | |
| SYNQ Video API * [Sign up for a developer API key!](https://www.synq.fm/register) * [SYNQ API Guide](/) | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Profile | |
| Shotstack Cloud-based video editing API | Freemium | API Key | No | Profile | |
| Simkl Movie, TV and Anime data | Free | API Key | No | Profile | |
| South Park Quotes Get some quotes from South Park, mmkay! | Free | No | No | Profile | |
| Star Wars Databank Info and data from the Star Wars databank in the form of an API | Free | No | Yes | Profile | |
| Stranger Things Quotes Returns Stranger Things quotes | Free | No | No | Profile | |
| Stromberg Quotes Returns Stromberg quotes and more | Free | No | No | Profile | |
| Supernatural Quotes 100+ Supernatural quotes | Free | No | Yes | Profile | |
| TMDb Community-based movie data | Free | API Key | No | Profile | |
| TVDB Television data | Freemium | API Key | No | Profile | |
| TVMaze TV Show Data | Free | No | No | Profile | |
| The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings API | Free | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| The Vampire Diaries TV Show Data | Free | API Key | No | Profile | |
| ThronesApi Game Of Thrones Characters Data with imagery | Free | No | Yes | Profile | |
| Trakt Movie and TV Data | Freemium | API Key | No | Profile | |
| Video Thumbnail API Create Video Thumbnails from any video or URL | Freemium | API Key | No | Profile | |
| Vimeo Vimeo Developer API | Paid | OAuth | No | Profile | |
| Watchmode API for finding out the streaming availability of movies & shows | Freemium | API Key | No | Profile | |
| YouTube Add YouTube functionality to your sites and apps | Free | OAuth | No | Profile | |
| api.clarify.io API The API to Search and Understand Audio & Video Data. | Paid | Unknown | Yes | Profile | |
| api.video API api.video API for video hosting and streaming: upload, encode, transcode, live stream, and embed with global CDN delivery. | Freemium | API Key | No | Profile | |
| api.video API 2 api.video is an API that encodes on the go to facilitate immediate playback, enhancing viewer streaming experiences across multiple devices and platforms. You can stream live or on-demand online videos within minutes. | Paid | API Key | Yes | Profile | |
| uNoGS Unofficial Netflix Online Global Search, Search all netflix regions in one place | Paid | API Key | No | Profile |
Start with pricing and auth: free tiers and no-auth APIs are fastest to prototype with. Then check CORS if your app calls the API from the browser, and health before you commit — a great API that's been down for a week will block your launch. Each profile below shows all of these signals plus rate limits where documented.