ffpipe

ffpipe Jobs API

Paid job submission and free status polling.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 9

POST /v1/convert Queue a video conversion ($0.02 USDC) #
POST /v1/probe Inspect a media file ($0.01 USDC) #
POST /v1/frames Extract still frames from a video ($0.01 USDC) #
GET /v1/jobs/{id} Job status (free) #
GET /v1/jobs/{id}/result Download the finished output (free) #
GET /v1/jobs/{id}/thumbnail Download the poster frame (free) #
GET /v1/jobs/{id}/frames/manifest Download a frames job's manifest (free) #
GET /v1/jobs/{id}/frames/{index} Download one frame (free) #
PUT /ingest/{jobId} Upload-mode source delivery (buyers) #

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/ffpipe-dev/openapi/ffpipe-dev-jobs-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/ffpipe-dev/json-schema/ffpipe-dev-frames-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/ffpipe-dev/json-schema/ffpipe-dev-probe-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/ffpipe-dev/json-schema/ffpipe-dev-job-status-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/ffpipe-dev/json-schema/ffpipe-dev-frames-manifest-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/ffpipe-dev/json-schema/ffpipe-dev-job-accepted-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

ffpipe-dev-jobs-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ffpipe — media processing for agents, by VidDay Jobs API
  version: 0.1.0
  summary: Machine-payable video conversion, media inspection and frame extraction, priced per job in USDC over x402.
  description: 'ffpipe does video conversion, media inspection and frame extraction for callers that pay per request with x402 — no account, no API key, no invoice.


    **Live on base mainnet.** Payments settle in real USDC (eip155:8453).


    Flow: POST a paid endpoint without payment → `402` with a `PAYMENT-REQUIRED` challenge → an x402 client signs and retries → `202 { jobId, statusUrl }` → poll `statusUrl` (free, token-gated) until `finished` or `error`.


    Prefer tools over REST? The same API is served as a remote MCP server at `/mcp` (streamable HTTP) — see that path''s description.


    Jobs are asynchronous. Download results within 24 hours of completion.


    If a paid job fails inside our pipeline, or could not be queued after your payment settled, its status response carries a `retryVoucher` — one free retry, chained up to 3 times per job lineage. That is the refund mechanism; there are no on-chain refunds.


    Caveat for `sourceUrl`: we fetch it from datacenter IP ranges, so origins that block datacenter egress (some CDNs answer 403) fail with `ingest_failed`. Prefer a presigned URL from storage you control.


    Need an operation that is not here? Today we offer video conversion, media inspection and frame extraction — `POST /v1/feedback` (free) is where to ask for anything else, and those requests are what drive the roadmap.'
  contact:
    name: VidDay
    url: https://www.vidday.com
    email: ffpipe@vidday.com
  x-guidance: 'To convert a video: POST https://ffpipe.dev/v1/convert with JSON {"sourceUrl": "<public https URL>"} — or {"upload": true} to receive an uploadUrl you PUT the raw bytes to (≤ 100 MiB either way). The first, unpaid request answers 402 with a PAYMENT-REQUIRED challenge ($0.02 USDC on base); sign it with any x402 client and repeat the request. The 202 response carries a statusUrl — poll it (free) until status is finished, then download the MP4 from resultUrl within 24 hours. If the job fails on our side, the status response includes a retryVoucher header value good for one free retry. Anything you wanted but did not find is worth a free POST /v1/feedback — capability requests drive what gets built next.'
  termsOfService: https://ffpipe.dev/terms
servers:
- url: https://ffpipe.dev
  description: this gateway
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/ffpipe-dev/openapi/ffpipe-dev-jobs-api-openapi.yml