curl -X POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/videos/characters' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
  -F 'video=@sample.bin' \
  -F 'name=example-name'

# POST /videos/characters (OpenAI API)
Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
Auth: Authorization; OpenAI API key; required.
Status: Deprecated.
Request formats: multipart/form-data.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Create a character

## Critical Gotchas
* The Responses API is the primary interface for new text and tool workflows; Chat Completions remains a separate compatibility API.
* Audio transcription uploads use multipart form data rather than a JSON request body.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/videos/characters' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
  -F 'video=@sample.bin' \
  -F 'name=example-name'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| video | body | string | Yes | Video file used to create a character. |
| name | body | string | Yes | Display name for this API character. |

## Response example
{"id":"string","name":"string","created_at":0}

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POST

POST /videos/characters — OpenAI API

Deprecated

OpenAI API key (required); https://api.openai.com/v1

OpenAI API

Create a character

Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <OPENAI_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

Actions Try in browser→

Agents: curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" this URL
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Critical gotchas

The Responses API is the primary interface for new text and tool workflows; Chat Completions remains a separate compatibility API.

Audio transcription uploads use multipart form data rather than a JSON request body.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/videos/characters' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \  -F '[email protected]' \  -F 'name=example-name'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
video	body	string	Yes	Video file used to create a character.
name	body	string	Yes	Display name for this API character.

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "created_at": 0
}

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