Compress Video to a Target Size

# Install: pip install conversiontools
from conversiontools import ConversionToolsClient

client = ConversionToolsClient({'api_token': 'YOUR_API_TOKEN'})  # Get it at https://conversiontools.io/profile

# Compress Video
client.convert(
    'convert.compress_video',
    'video.mp4',
    'result.mp4',
    # options={'sandbox': True},  # Free testing: a sample result, no quota used
)

print('File saved to: result.mp4')

// Install: npm install conversiontools
import { ConversionToolsClient } from 'conversiontools';

const client = new ConversionToolsClient({
  apiToken: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN', // Get it at https://conversiontools.io/profile
});

// Compress Video
await client.convert({
  type: 'convert.compress_video',
  input: './video.mp4',
  output: './result.mp4',
  // options: { sandbox: true }, // Free testing: a sample result, no quota used
});

console.log('File saved to: ./result.mp4');

# Install: nothing, curl comes with macOS, Linux and Windows 10 or later
# API token: get it at https://conversiontools.io/profile
# Free testing: add "sandbox": true to "options" (a sample result, no quota used)

# 1. Upload your file
curl -sSX POST https://api.conversiontools.io/v1/files \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -F "file=@video.mp4"

# 2. Start the conversion with the file_id from step 1
curl -sSX POST https://api.conversiontools.io/v1/tasks \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"type": "convert.compress_video", "options": {"file_id": "<file_id>"}}'

# 3. Check the task until "status" is "SUCCESS", then download its "file_id"
curl -sSX GET https://api.conversiontools.io/v1/tasks/<task_id> \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
curl -sS -o result.mp4 https://api.conversiontools.io/v1/files/<result_file_id> \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"

<?php
// Install: composer require conversiontools/conversiontools-php
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use ConversionTools\ConversionToolsClient;

$client = new ConversionToolsClient([
    'api_token' => 'YOUR_API_TOKEN', // Get it at https://conversiontools.io/profile
]);

// Compress Video
$client->convert(
    'convert.compress_video',
    'video.mp4',
    'result.mp4',
    // ['sandbox' => true], // Free testing: a sample result, no quota used
);

echo "File saved to: result.mp4\n";