Turn a clip into a GIF

A section of video as an optimised animated GIF, with a palette generated for it.

Drop a file here, or choose one.

.mp4 · .mov · .webm · up to 4 MB · processed in memory and never stored · or paste with Ctrl+V

Options

Duration

Clip length, up to 15 seconds — a GIF stores every frame whole.

Width

Output width, 64 to 1280.

64 to 1280

FPS

Frames per second, 2 to 30.

2 to 30

Start

Offset in seconds or HH:MM:SS.

5 credits

What it does

Also called: turn a video into a gif · convert a clip to an animated gif · make a gif from mp4.

Use it from your own code

The same endpoint this page calls — no daily cap, 5 credits a call either way.

POST /v1/media/video-to-gif

curl -X POST "$DOATHING_API/v1/media/video-to-gif" \
  -H "x-api-key: $DOATHING_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"file": {"filename": "clip.mp4", "content_type": "video/mp4", "data_b64": "<base64>"}, "options": {"start": 2, "duration": 3, "width": 480, "fps": 12}}'

A section of video as an optimised animated GIF, with a palette generated for it.

Convert a video segment to an optimised animated GIF with a generated colour palette.

Input

Send a file object with base64 data_b64, its content_type and a filename. Accepted types: video/mp4, video/quicktime, video/webm.

The declared type is not trusted — the bytes are sniffed and a contradiction is rejected rather than corrected.

Response

The result carries your remaining balance alongside it, so you can track spend without a second call.

{
  "start_seconds": 2.0,
  "duration_seconds": 3.0,
  "width": 480,
  "fps": 12,
  "frames": 36,
  "request_id": "37f01edb-0163-42a1-ac51-0acaef979800",
  "credits_remaining": 96
}

Cost

5 credits per call, whether it is run from the site or from the API — the credential differs, the price does not. A new account starts with 20 credits.

A rejected request still costs a credit: the authorizer decrements before the tool validates. A call rejected for a missing or invalid key is free.

Parameters

Generated from the endpoint’s own validation, so this is exactly what it accepts. A body field goes at the top level; an option goes inside options.

Name	In	Type	Default	Notes
duration	options	number \| string	"duration"	Clip length, up to 15 seconds — a GIF stores every frame whole.
width	options	integer	480	Output width, 64 to 1280. 64 to 1280
fps	options	integer	12	Frames per second, 2 to 30. 2 to 30
start	options	number \| string	"start"	Offset in seconds or HH:MM:SS.