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Thinking of Building a Developer-First Video Hosting API

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vidpirate

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I’m thinking of starting a video hosting service, like file hosting sites but specifically for videos. In this, I’m planning to provide video encoding, HLS streaming, and downloading through a direct JSON API. That means users will upload videos directly through the API, and I’ll give them a JSON API that they can directly use in their own player or platform.


How is this idea? Should I work on it? And what plans and pricing should I keep?


The service I’m thinking about:
  • Video hosting
  • Encoding
  • Streaming
  • Direct download links
  • A complete private JSON API

So should I work on this? Share your thoughts and ideas.
 
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Developer-first API is a great angle. Most video hosts have terrible documentation. If you can keep the encoding fast and the API documentation clean, you’ll definitely find a market. Pricing should probably be consumption-based (GB stored/streamed).
 
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