Turn a short clip of the video into an animated GIF

Converts a clip of the video into an animated GIF.

Request

POSThttps://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif

Media Type

Upload the video in the file field (max 50 MB). Instead of a file you can send JSON: {"url": "https://…"} for a public video URL, or {"base64": "…"} — the options below then go in the same JSON object.

file*

Choose fileNo file chosen

File. The video file (MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, AVI…).

start

Number. Start time in seconds.

duration

Number. Clip length, 0.5–10 seconds.

width

Integer. Width in px, 80–640.

fps

Integer. Frames per second, 5–20.

Parameters and body structure are inherited from this endpoint's definition. Changes here only apply to this test run.

Language

Client

1curl --request POST \
2  --url https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif \
3  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
4  --header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
5  --header 'content-type: multipart/form-data' \
6  --form file=@file.bin \
7  --form start=0 \
8  --form duration=3 \
9  --form width=320 \
10  --form fps=10

Converts a clip of the video into an animated GIF. This endpoint is part of the Video Tools API: Get video info, grab thumbnails, make storyboard contact sheets, extract audio (MP3/WAV/M4A) and convert clips to GIF.

Turn a short clip of the video into an animated GIF: example requests in every language

POST /v1/to-gif in Shell (cURL)

curl --request POST \
  --url https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'content-type: multipart/form-data' \
  --form [email protected] \
  --form start=0 \
  --form duration=3 \
  --form width=320 \
  --form fps=10

POST /v1/to-gif in Shell (HTTPie)

echo '-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="file.bin"
Content-Type: multipart/form-data


-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="start"

0
-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="duration"

3
-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="width"

320
-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fps"

10
-----011000010111000001101001--
' |  \
  http POST https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif \
  Accept:application/json \
  X-API-Key:YOUR_API_KEY \
  content-type:'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001'

POST /v1/to-gif in Shell (Wget)

wget --quiet \
  --method POST \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001' \
  --body-data '-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="file.bin"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="start"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="duration"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="width"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="fps"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n' \
  --output-document \
  - https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif

POST /v1/to-gif in Node.js (http)

const http = require('https');

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  hostname: 'video-tools.p.apihiver.com',
  port: null,
  path: '/v1/to-gif',
  headers: {
    Accept: 'application/json',
    'X-API-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'content-type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001'
  }
};

const req = http.request(options, function (res) {
  const chunks = [];

  res.on('data', function (chunk) {
    chunks.push(chunk);
  });

  res.on('end', function () {
    const body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
    console.log(body.toString());
  });
});

req.write('-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="file.bin"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="start"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="duration"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="width"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="fps"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n');
req.end();

POST /v1/to-gif in Node.js (Request)

const fs = require('fs');
const request = require('request');

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif',
  headers: {
    Accept: 'application/json',
    'X-API-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'content-type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001'
  },
  formData: {
    file: {
      value: fs.createReadStream('file.bin'),
      options: {filename: 'file.bin', contentType: 'multipart/form-data'}
    },
    start: '0',
    duration: '3',
    width: '320',
    fps: '10'
  }
};

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);

  console.log(body);
});

POST /v1/to-gif in Node.js (Unirest)

const fs = require('fs');
const unirest = require('unirest');

const req = unirest('POST', 'https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif');

req.headers({
  Accept: 'application/json',
  'X-API-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  'content-type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001'
});

req.multipart([
  {
    body: fs.createReadStream('file.bin'),
    'content-type': 'multipart/form-data'
  },
  {
    body: '0'
  },
  {
    body: '3'
  },
  {
    body: '320'
  },
  {
    body: '10'
  }
]);

req.end(function (res) {
  if (res.error) throw new Error(res.error);

  console.log(res.body);
});

POST /v1/to-gif in Node.js (Axios)

const axios = require('axios').default;

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif',
  headers: {
    Accept: 'application/json',
    'X-API-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'content-type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001'
  },
  data: '-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="file.bin"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="start"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="duration"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="width"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="fps"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n'
};

try {
  const { data } = await axios.request(options);
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

POST /v1/to-gif in Node.js (Fetch)

const fs = require('fs');
const FormData = require('form-data');
const fetch = require('node-fetch');

const formData = new FormData();
formData.append('file', fs.createReadStream('file.bin'));
formData.append('start', '0');
formData.append('duration', '3');
formData.append('width', '320');
formData.append('fps', '10');

const url = 'https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Accept: 'application/json', 'X-API-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'}
};
options.body = formData;

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

POST /v1/to-gif in JavaScript (XMLHttpRequest)

const data = new FormData();
data.append('file', 'file.bin');
data.append('start', '0');
data.append('duration', '3');
data.append('width', '320');
data.append('fps', '10');

const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.withCredentials = true;

xhr.addEventListener('readystatechange', function () {
  if (this.readyState === this.DONE) {
    console.log(this.responseText);
  }
});

xhr.open('POST', 'https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif');
xhr.setRequestHeader('Accept', 'application/json');
xhr.setRequestHeader('X-API-Key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');

xhr.send(data);

POST /v1/to-gif in JavaScript (Axios)

import axios from 'axios';

const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', 'file.bin');
form.append('start', '0');
form.append('duration', '3');
form.append('width', '320');
form.append('fps', '10');

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif',
  headers: {
    Accept: 'application/json',
    'X-API-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'content-type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001'
  },
  data: '[form]'
};

try {
  const { data } = await axios.request(options);
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

POST /v1/to-gif in JavaScript (Fetch)

const url = 'https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif';
const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', 'file.bin');
form.append('start', '0');
form.append('duration', '3');
form.append('width', '320');
form.append('fps', '10');

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Accept: 'application/json', 'X-API-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'}
};

options.body = form;

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

POST /v1/to-gif in JavaScript (jQuery)

const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', 'file.bin');
form.append('start', '0');
form.append('duration', '3');
form.append('width', '320');
form.append('fps', '10');

const settings = {
  async: true,
  crossDomain: true,
  url: 'https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif',
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Accept: 'application/json',
    'X-API-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
  },
  processData: false,
  contentType: false,
  mimeType: 'multipart/form-data',
  data: form
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

POST /v1/to-gif in Python (http.client)

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("video-tools.p.apihiver.com")

payload = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"file.bin\"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"start\"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"duration\"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"width\"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"fps\"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n"

headers = {
    'Accept': "application/json",
    'X-API-Key': "YOUR_API_KEY",
    'content-type': "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001"
}

conn.request("POST", "/v1/to-gif", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

POST /v1/to-gif in Python (Requests)

import requests

url = "https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif"

files = { "file": "open('file.bin', 'rb')" }
payload = {
    "start": "0",
    "duration": "3",
    "width": "320",
    "fps": "10"
}
headers = {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}

response = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

POST /v1/to-gif in PHP (cURL)

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"file.bin\"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"start\"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"duration\"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"width\"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"fps\"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Accept: application/json",
    "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY",
    "content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

POST /v1/to-gif in PHP (Guzzle)

<?php

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif', [
  'multipart' => [
    [
        'name' => 'file',
        'filename' => 'file.bin',
        'contents' => null,
        'headers' => [
                'Content-Type' => 'multipart/form-data'
        ]
    ],
    [
        'name' => 'start',
        'contents' => '0'
    ],
    [
        'name' => 'duration',
        'contents' => '3'
    ],
    [
        'name' => 'width',
        'contents' => '320'
    ],
    [
        'name' => 'fps',
        'contents' => '10'
    ]
  ]
  'headers' => [
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'X-API-Key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

POST /v1/to-gif in PHP (PECL HTTP v1)

<?php

$request = new HttpRequest();
$request->setUrl('https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_METH_POST);

$request->setHeaders([
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'X-API-Key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  'content-type' => 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001'
]);

$request->setBody('-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="file.bin"
Content-Type: multipart/form-data


-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="start"

0
-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="duration"

3
-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="width"

320
-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fps"

10
-----011000010111000001101001--
');

try {
  $response = $request->send();

  echo $response->getBody();
} catch (HttpException $ex) {
  echo $ex;
}

POST /v1/to-gif in PHP (PECL HTTP v2)

<?php

$client = new http\Client;
$request = new http\Client\Request;

$body = new http\Message\Body;
$body->addForm([
  'start' => '0',
  'duration' => '3',
  'width' => '320',
  'fps' => '10'
], [
  [
    'name' => 'file',
    'type' => 'multipart/form-data',
    'file' => 'file.bin',
    'data' => null
  ]
]);

$request->setRequestUrl('https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif');
$request->setRequestMethod('POST');
$request->setBody($body);

$request->setHeaders([
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'X-API-Key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY'
]);

$client->enqueue($request)->send();
$response = $client->getResponse();

echo $response->getBody();

POST /v1/to-gif in Java (AsyncHttp)

AsyncHttpClient client = new DefaultAsyncHttpClient();
client.prepare("POST", "https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif")
  .setHeader("Accept", "application/json")
  .setHeader("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
  .setHeader("content-type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001")
  .setBody("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"file.bin\"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"start\"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"duration\"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"width\"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"fps\"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")
  .execute()
  .toCompletableFuture()
  .thenAccept(System.out::println)
  .join();

client.close();

POST /v1/to-gif in Java (java.net.http)

HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif"))
    .header("Accept", "application/json")
    .header("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    .header("content-type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001")
    .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"file.bin\"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"start\"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"duration\"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"width\"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"fps\"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n"))
    .build();
HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());

POST /v1/to-gif in Java (OkHttp)

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"file.bin\"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"start\"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"duration\"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"width\"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"fps\"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif")
  .post(body)
  .addHeader("Accept", "application/json")
  .addHeader("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
  .addHeader("content-type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001")
  .build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

POST /v1/to-gif in Java (Unirest)

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif")
  .header("Accept", "application/json")
  .header("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
  .header("content-type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"file.bin\"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"start\"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"duration\"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"width\"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"fps\"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")
  .asString();

POST /v1/to-gif in C# (HttpClient)

using System.Net.Http.Headers;
var client = new HttpClient();
var request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
    Method = HttpMethod.Post,
    RequestUri = new Uri("https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif"),
    Headers =
    {
        { "Accept", "application/json" },
        { "X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY" },
    },
    Content = new MultipartFormDataContent
    {
        new StringContent("")
        {
            Headers =
            {
                ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("multipart/form-data"),
                ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("form-data")
                {
                    Name = "file",
                    FileName = "file.bin",
                }
            }
        },
        new StringContent("0")
        {
            Headers =
            {
                ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("form-data")
                {
                    Name = "start",
                }
            }
        },
        new StringContent("3")
        {
            Headers =
            {
                ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("form-data")
                {
                    Name = "duration",
                }
            }
        },
        new StringContent("320")
        {
            Headers =
            {
                ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("form-data")
                {
                    Name = "width",
                }
            }
        },
        new StringContent("10")
        {
            Headers =
            {
                ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("form-data")
                {
                    Name = "fps",
                }
            }
        },
    },
};
using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
{
    response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
    var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
    Console.WriteLine(body);
}

POST /v1/to-gif in C# (RestSharp)

var client = new RestClient("https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif");
var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Post);
request.AddHeader("Accept", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY");
request.AddHeader("content-type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001");
request.AddParameter("multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001", "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"file.bin\"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"start\"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"duration\"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"width\"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"fps\"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n", ParameterType.RequestBody);
var response = client.Execute(request);

POST /v1/to-gif in Go (NewRequest)

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"file.bin\"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"start\"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"duration\"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"width\"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"fps\"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	req.Header.Add("content-type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

POST /v1/to-gif in Ruby (net::http)

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Accept"] = 'application/json'
request["X-API-Key"] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
request["content-type"] = 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"file.bin\"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"start\"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"duration\"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"width\"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"fps\"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

POST /v1/to-gif in Swift (NSURLSession)

import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Accept": "application/json",
  "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "content-type": "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001"
]
let parameters = [
  [
    "name": "file",
    "fileName": "file.bin",
    "contentType": "multipart/form-data"
  ],
  [
    "name": "start",
    "value": "0"
  ],
  [
    "name": "duration",
    "value": "3"
  ],
  [
    "name": "width",
    "value": "320"
  ],
  [
    "name": "fps",
    "value": "10"
  ]
]

let boundary = "---011000010111000001101001"

var body = ""
var error: NSError? = nil
for param in parameters {
  let paramName = param["name"]!
  body += "--\(boundary)\r\n"
  body += "Content-Disposition:form-data; name=\"\(paramName)\""
  if let filename = param["fileName"] {
    let contentType = param["content-type"]!
    let fileContent = String(contentsOfFile: filename, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)
    if (error != nil) {
      print(error as Any)
    }
    body += "; filename=\"\(filename)\"\r\n"
    body += "Content-Type: \(contentType)\r\n\r\n"
    body += fileContent
  } else if let paramValue = param["value"] {
    body += "\r\n\r\n\(paramValue)"
  }
}

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()

POST /v1/to-gif in Objective-C (NSURLSession)

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

NSDictionary *headers = @{ @"Accept": @"application/json",
                           @"X-API-Key": @"YOUR_API_KEY",
                           @"content-type": @"multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001" };
NSArray *parameters = @[ @{ @"name": @"file", @"fileName": @"file.bin", @"contentType": @"multipart/form-data" },
                         @{ @"name": @"start", @"value": @"0" },
                         @{ @"name": @"duration", @"value": @"3" },
                         @{ @"name": @"width", @"value": @"320" },
                         @{ @"name": @"fps", @"value": @"10" } ];
NSString *boundary = @"---011000010111000001101001";

NSError *error;
NSMutableString *body = [NSMutableString string];
for (NSDictionary *param in parameters) {
    [body appendFormat:@"--%@\r\n", boundary];
    if (param[@"fileName"]) {
        [body appendFormat:@"Content-Disposition:form-data; name=\"%@\"; filename=\"%@\"\r\n", param[@"name"], param[@"fileName"]];
        [body appendFormat:@"Content-Type: %@\r\n\r\n", param[@"contentType"]];
        [body appendFormat:@"%@", [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:param[@"fileName"] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error]];
        if (error) {
            NSLog(@"%@", error);
        }
    } else {
        [body appendFormat:@"Content-Disposition:form-data; name=\"%@\"\r\n\r\n", param[@"name"]];
        [body appendFormat:@"%@", param[@"value"]];
    }
}
[body appendFormat:@"\r\n--%@--\r\n", boundary];
NSData *postData = [body dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif"]
                                                       cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
                                                   timeoutInterval:10.0];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
[request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];
[request setHTTPBody:postData];

NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *dataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
                                            completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
                                                if (error) {
                                                    NSLog(@"%@", error);
                                                } else {
                                                    NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
                                                    NSLog(@"%@", httpResponse);
                                                }
                                            }];
[dataTask resume];

POST /v1/to-gif in Kotlin (OkHttp)

val client = OkHttpClient()

val mediaType = MediaType.parse("multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001")
val body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"file.bin\"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"start\"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"duration\"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"width\"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"fps\"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")
val request = Request.Builder()
  .url("https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif")
  .post(body)
  .addHeader("Accept", "application/json")
  .addHeader("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
  .addHeader("content-type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001")
  .build()

val response = client.newCall(request).execute()

POST /v1/to-gif in C (libcurl)

CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif");

struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Accept: application/json");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"file.bin\"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"start\"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"duration\"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"width\"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"fps\"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n");

CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);

POST /v1/to-gif in Clojure (clj-http)

(require '[clj-http.client :as client])

(client/post "https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif" {:headers {:X-API-Key "YOUR_API_KEY"}
                                                             :multipart [{:name "file"
                                                                          :content (clojure.java.io/file "file.bin")} {:name "start"
                                                                          :content "0"} {:name "duration"
                                                                          :content "3"} {:name "width"
                                                                          :content "320"} {:name "fps"
                                                                          :content "10"}]
                                                             :accept :json})

POST /v1/to-gif in OCaml (CoHTTP)

open Cohttp_lwt_unix
open Cohttp
open Lwt

let uri = Uri.of_string "https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif" in
let headers = Header.add_list (Header.init ()) [
  ("Accept", "application/json");
  ("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY");
  ("content-type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001");
] in
let body = Cohttp_lwt_body.of_string "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"file.bin\"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"start\"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"duration\"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"width\"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"fps\"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n" in

Client.call ~headers ~body `POST uri
>>= fun (res, body_stream) ->
  (* Do stuff with the result *)

POST /v1/to-gif in R (httr)

library(httr)

url <- "https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif"

payload <- "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"file.bin\"\r\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"start\"\r\n\r\n0\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"duration\"\r\n\r\n3\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"width\"\r\n\r\n320\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"fps\"\r\n\r\n10\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n"

encode <- "multipart"

response <- VERB("POST", url, body = payload, add_headers('X-API-Key' = 'YOUR_API_KEY'), content_type("multipart/form-data"), accept("application/json"), encode = encode)

content(response, "text")

POST /v1/to-gif in PowerShell (Invoke-WebRequest)

$headers=@{}
$headers.Add("Accept", "application/json")
$headers.Add("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
$headers.Add("content-type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001")
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif' -Method POST -Headers $headers -ContentType 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001' -Body '-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="file.bin"
Content-Type: multipart/form-data


-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="start"

0
-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="duration"

3
-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="width"

320
-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fps"

10
-----011000010111000001101001--
'

POST /v1/to-gif in PowerShell (Invoke-RestMethod)

$headers=@{}
$headers.Add("Accept", "application/json")
$headers.Add("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
$headers.Add("content-type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001")
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'https://video-tools.p.apihiver.com/v1/to-gif' -Method POST -Headers $headers -ContentType 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001' -Body '-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="file.bin"
Content-Type: multipart/form-data


-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="start"

0
-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="duration"

3
-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="width"

320
-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fps"

10
-----011000010111000001101001--
'

POST /v1/to-gif in HTTP (HTTP/1.1)

POST /v1/to-gif HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001
Host: video-tools.p.apihiver.com
Content-Length: 501

-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="file.bin"
Content-Type: multipart/form-data


-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="start"

0
-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="duration"

3
-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="width"

320
-----011000010111000001101001
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fps"

10
-----011000010111000001101001--

Example response (200, image/gif)

The animated GIF.

Errors

400 — A required parameter is missing or a value has the wrong format.

1{
2  "error": {
3    "code": "INVALID_INPUT",
4    "message": "Provide a file upload, 'url', or 'base64'."
5  }
6}

Gateway errors (missing key, no subscription, rate limits) are listed in Error codes.