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Automate annoying media stuff

What is Ittybit?

Ittybit helps you handle all the annoying parts of video, audio, and image files.

Ittybit provides a single consistent API for managing media:

  • Files - The easiest way to upload/ingest media files, store them securely, and deliver via global CDN
  • Tasks - Run powerful actions like transcoding, resizing, and extracting rich intelligence data with a few lines of code
  • Automations - Quickly build robust media workflows that scale to millions of files (without you having to build infrastructure)

The founding team distilled their combined 35 years of experience in video and media technology into an API that's easy to start with, fun to learn, and very powerful when you are ready.

Make your first API calls from the API reference, or install an SDK to add ittybit to your project in minutes.


Quickstart

Get an API key

Create your free account and get an API key when you set up your project.

Make your first API call

You can use the terminal, an API client like Postman, or a language specific client to make your first API call.

curl -X POST "https://api.ittybit.com/files" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ITTYBIT_API_KEY" \
-d '{"url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4"}'

This will ingest the file and return a file object.

Explore the docs

Now that you've made your first API call, you can explore the docs or explore the API reference to learn more about the different endpoints and how to use them.


Core Concepts

Files

Files are the core resource in ittybit. Learn about the different kinds of files, and how they work together to create great media experiences.

Storage

Ittybit allows you to store media files in a secure and scalable way. Learn how to ingest or upload files, and how to control who can access them.

Tasks

Tasks are a powerful way to do complex media processing with a simple API. Learn how to use tasks to create new sources, to generate subtitle and chapter tracks, and to extract rich intelligence data from your files.

Automations

Automations let you quickly build robust media workflows and trigger them from events in your ittybit project. Learn how you can scale up to handle millions of files with just a few lines of JSON.

Delivery

All files are automatically backed by a global CDN, meaning media can be delivered to your users with low-latency (and affordably) wherever they live.

Resources

You can learn more about ittybit by checking out the following resources:

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