Video Tools APIs
Pixazo's video utility APIs in one place. Cut, compress, merge and trim video programmatically — converting, cropping, resizing, trimming, merging, compressing and more, each on the same unified Pixazo endpoint and authentication. Pick a tool below to see what it does and how it works.
Explore the Video Tools APIs
Thirteen focused video utility endpoints — choose the one you need.
What are the Video Tools APIs?
The Video Tools APIs are Pixazo's programmatic video utilities — the operations you'd normally run in a desktop editor, exposed as simple API calls. Cut a clip out of a long recording, compress a video to fit an upload limit, merge several clips into one, trim the dead air off the ends, convert or crop or resize, change the speed, make a GIF, pull a single frame, swap the audio track, or read a file's duration and codecs before you process it — each through a dedicated endpoint on the same Pixazo API and authentication.
They're built to drop into an existing media pipeline: process every upload automatically, generate derivatives at scale, and skip manual editing entirely. Because every tool shares one gateway, key, and job model, you can call them individually or chain them into a single workflow. Every tool below is live and billable today — open its page for the exact inputs, outputs and options.
The Video Tools APIs at a glance
| API | What it does | Typical input → output | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video Cutter API | Cut a clip out of a video by timestamp | Long video → one clip per call | Shorts, highlights, chapters |
| Video Compressor API | Compress to a target size or bitrate | Large video → smaller video | Faster delivery, upload limits |
| Video Merger API | Merge and combine clips into one video | Many clips → one video | Compilations, intros/outros |
| Video Transition API | Join clips with a transition, not a hard cut | Many clips → one video, 58 effects | Montages, reels, showreels |
| Video Trimmer API | Trim unwanted footage off the start and end | Raw video → tidied video | Cleaning recordings & uploads |
| Video Converter API | Convert any format to MP4 (H.264/AAC) | MOV/AVI/WMV/MKV/FLV → MP4 | Normalising mixed uploads |
| Video Cropper API | Crop to an aspect ratio or exact box | 16:9 → 9:16 | Reels, Shorts, TikTok |
| Video Resizer API | Resize to a preset or exact size | 1080p → 720p | Bandwidth and storage |
| Video Speed API | Speed up or slow down, pitch-corrected | 1× → 0.5–8× | Timelapse, slow motion |
| Video to GIF API | Two-pass palette GIF encoding | Clip → looping GIF | Social, docs, previews |
| Video Frame Extractor API | Pull a single frame as a PNG | Video → one still | Thumbnails, posters |
| Video Audio Remover API | Remove the audio track | Video → silent video | Muting, re-scoring |
| Video Replace Audio API | Swap the audio for a different track | Video + audio → new video | Dubbing, re-scoring |
| Media Probe API | Read duration, size and codecs before processing | Any file → JSON | Sizing work up front |
How do the Video Tools APIs work?
- Authenticate with your Pixazo API key in the
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Keyheader — the same key across every tool. - POST a publicly reachable HTTPS URL to the tool's endpoint with its options (timestamps, target size, clip order…).
- You get a
request_idback straight away — poll/v2/requests/status/{request_id}or receive a webhook. - Download the result; your source file is never modified.
Chain them into one pipeline
- Trim → Compress — cut the dead air, then shrink the result for delivery.
- Cut → Merge — pull the best moments out of several videos, then stitch them into one highlight reel.
- Cut → Compress — generate lightweight social clips from a long stream in one flow.
- Merge → Compress — assemble a compilation, then compress it to fit a platform's limit.