Ittybit

Create a new task.

Authorization

AuthorizationRequiredBearer <token>

See API Security for more details.

In: header

Request Body

application/jsonRequired

The request body should contain a properly formatted JSON object with one of url or file_id, plus a kind. See Tasks for more details.

urlstring

Format: "uri"

file_idstring

kindRequiredstring

Value in:

"ingest" | "video" | "image" | "audio" | "chapters" | "subtitles" | "thumbnails" | "nsfw" | "speech" | "description" | "outline" | "prompt" | "workflow" | "conditions" | "http"

filenamestring

folderstring

refstring

webhook_urlstring

Format: "uri"

Header Parameters

Accept-Versionstring

Specifies the API Version

Default: "2025-08-20"Value in: "2025-08-20" | "latest"

Response Body

Success

idRequiredstring

objectRequiredstring

kindRequiredstring

Value in:

"ingest" | "video" | "image" | "audio" | "chapters" | "subtitles" | "thumbnails" | "nsfw" | "speech" | "description" | "outline" | "prompt" | "workflow" | "conditions" | "http"

inputobject

optionsobject

outputobject

statusRequiredstring

progressinteger

Minimum: 0Maximum: 100

errorstring

created_bystring

createdRequiredstring

Format: "date-time"

updatedRequiredstring

Format: "date-time"

parent_idstring

workflowarray<unknown>

resultsobject

const body = {
  file_id: "file_abcdefgh1234",
  kind: "image",
  width: 320,
  format: "png",
  ref: "thumbnail"
};

const task = await fetch("https://api.ittybit.com/tasks", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer ITTYBIT_API_KEY" },
  body: JSON.stringify(body)
})

{
  "id": "task_abcdefgh1234",
  "object": "task",
  "kind": "image",
  "input": {
    "id": "file_abcdefgh1234",
    "object": "source",
    "kind": "video",
    "type": "video/mp4",
    "width": 1920,
    "height": 1080,
    "duration": 123.45,
    "filesize": 12345678,
    "url": "https://you.ittybit.net/file_abcdefgh1234",
    "ref": "original"
  },
  "options": {
    "width": 320,
    "format": "png",
    "ref": "thumbnail"
  },
  "output": null,
  "status": "pending",
  "created": "2025-01-01T01:23:45Z",
  "updated": "2025-01-01T01:23:45Z"
}

Create Task

Authorization

Request Body

Header Parameters

Response Body