POST videos/upscale — Google Vids API v1

Upscale a video to 1080p

October 7, 2026

Request Headers
Request Body
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Turn a 720p clip made by this API into 1080p: 1280×720 becomes 1920×1080 and 720×1280 becomes 1080×1920. The clip keeps its length and aspect ratio, and the result has a new mediaId. The job runs on the account that made the clip.

The source is a video mediaId from POST /videos, POST /videos/extend or POST /videos/edit. A clip that is already 1080p is refused with 400.

Cost

An upscale uses the clip’s full length in seconds again from the account’s monthly Vids video allowance: upscaling an 8-second clip uses 8 seconds. Since 720p and 1080p cost the same when you generate, set resolution: "1080p" on POST /videos when you know you want it. An extend can also return a 720p clip at 1080p and is charged only the seconds it adds.

Sync, async and webhooks

Every generation runs as a job on our side, with up to 15 minutes for Google’s answer, so a slow answer is never lost.
Sync (the default): the POST waits for the job and answers 200 with the finished job record, or the job’s error code. A video usually takes 20 to 100 seconds, an image about 10. If the job is still running after about 100 seconds, the POST answers 202 with the job as it stands: fetch the result with GET /jobs/jobid. Always check status: only completed has a result.
Async: pass async: true or a replyUrl. The POST answers 202 at once with the job in status: "pending". Poll GET /jobs/jobid or wait for the webhook.
replyUrl receives one POST of the final job record, as JSON, when the job completes or fails.
Each account runs at most maxJobs jobs at a time (default 3, range 1 to 10, set with POST /accounts). GET /jobs shows what is running. Job records are kept for 30 days.

https://api.useapi.net/v1/google-vids/videos/upscale

Request Headers

Authorization: Bearer {API token}
Content-Type: application/json
# Alternatively you can use multipart/form-data
# Content-Type: multipart/form-data

API token is required, see Setup useapi.net for details.

Request Body

{
  "mediaId": "user:[email protected]:eyJ1IjoiaHR0…",
  "async": true,
  "replyUrl": "https://your-domain.com/webhook",
  "replyRef": "boat-1080p"
}

mediaId is required, the video mediaId of a 720p clip, from a finished job’s result.
async is optional, true to answer 202 at once and run the job in the background. Default: false.
replyUrl is optional, a public http(s) URL that receives one POST of the job record when the job completes or fails. Setting it also makes the request async.
Callback body has the same JSON shape as GET /jobs/jobid response.
Maximum length: 1024 characters.
replyRef is optional, your own reference echoed back in the job record.
Maximum length: 1024 characters.

Responses

200 OK — sync mode, a 3-second 720p clip upscaled to 1080p, charged 3 seconds.

{
  "jobid": "user:[email protected]:3fe9115f-a433-40f5-b7c0-60ad390a124e",
  "type": "video",
  "mode": "upscale",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "status": "completed",
  "created": "2026-10-07T06:27:55.554Z",
  "request": {
    "mediaId": "user:[email protected]:eyJ1IjoiaHR0…"
  },
  "updated": "2026-10-07T06:28:19.945Z",
  "completed": "2026-10-07T06:28:19.945Z",
  "result": {
    "mediaId": "user:[email protected]:eyJ1IjoiaHR0…",
    "width": 1920,
    "height": 1080,
    "duration": 3,
    "resolution": "1080p",
    "aspectRatio": "landscape",
    "model": "/flix/upsample_video/v1",
    "quota": {
      "video": {
        "limit": 10000,
        "left": 9624,
        "resetAt": "2026-11-01T07:00:00.000Z"
      }
    },
    "elapsedMs": 24339
  }
}

202 Accepted — the job is running: with async: true or replyUrl at once, in sync mode after about 100 seconds of waiting. Fetch the result with GET /jobs/jobid (or wait for the webhook).

400 Bad Request — mediaId is missing or invalid, or the clip is already 1080p.

{
  "error": "This clip is already 1080p",
  "code": 400
}

{
  "error": "Parameter mediaId is required",
  "code": 400
}

401 Unauthorized

Invalid API token.

{
  "error": "useapi.net ⁝ Unauthorized",
  "code": 401
}

403 Forbidden — the mediaId was issued to a different API token.

{
  "error": "video id does not belong to this API token",
  "code": 403
}

404 Not Found — the account that made the clip is no longer connected.

{
  "error": "Account [email protected] (from the video id) is not configured",
  "code": 404
}

429 Too Many Requests — the account is running maxJobs jobs, the month’s video allowance is used up (error.retryAt is the reset time), or Google is limiting the account for a minute.
```
{
  "error": "Account [email protected] is running 3 of 3 jobs (maxJobs). Wait for one to finish, or raise maxJobs with POST /accounts",
  "code": 429
}
```
504 Gateway Timeout — Google did not answer within 15 minutes, or the connection to Google was cut. Google may still finish the job and charge it, but the result cannot be retrieved: run it again.

596 Account Error

Google reported the account as signed out. While we re-check it, the answer is the first message below. Retry in about a minute. If it stays signed out, the account is paused, you receive an email, and the answer becomes the second message until you re-add it via Setup Google Vids.

{
  "error": "Google reported this account as signed out. We are re-checking it — please retry in about a minute. If it stays signed out, you will receive a re-add email.",
  "code": 596
}

{
  "error": "Account [email protected]: Google signed this account out. Re-add it at https://useapi.net/docs/start-here/setup-google-vids",
  "code": 596
}

Model

The job record, mode: "upscale". GET /jobs/jobid and the replyUrl webhook return the same shape.

{ // TypeScript, all fields are optional
  jobid: string                  // user:<id>-<email>-job:<uuid>
  type: 'video' | 'image'
  mode?: 'text' | 'image' | 'ingredients' | 'extend' | 'upscale' | 'edit'   // video jobs only
  email: string                  // the account the job runs on
  status: 'pending' | 'processing' | 'completed' | 'failed'
  created: string                // ISO 8601, when the job was accepted
  updated?: string               // ISO 8601, the last status change
  completed?: string             // ISO 8601, when the job completed or failed
  request: Record<string, unknown>   // your request body as sent (ids as strings)
  replyUrl?: string
  replyRef?: string
  error?: {                      // status 'failed'
    code: number                 // 400 | 403 | 404 | 422 | 429 | 500 | 502 | 503 | 504 | 596, see GET /jobs/{jobid}
    message: string
    retryAt?: string             // code 429: ISO 8601, when to try again
  }
  result?: {                     // status 'completed'
    mediaId: string              // download it with GET /media/{mediaId}. A video: extend / upscale / edit it. An image: use it as startImage, referenceImage_N or avatar image
    width: number
    height: number
    duration?: number            // video: length of the whole clip in seconds
    resolution?: '720p' | '1080p'              // video
    aspectRatio?: 'landscape' | 'portrait'     // video
    model: string | null         // Google's backend path, e.g. /flix/generate_videos_omni_t2v_psq/v1
    quota: {                     // what the account has left after this job
      video?: { limit: number, left: number, resetAt: string }   // seconds, video jobs
      image?: { limit: number, left: number, resetAt: string }   // images, image jobs
    }
    elapsedMs: number            // how long Google took
  }
}

Examples

curl -X POST "https://api.useapi.net/v1/google-vids/videos/upscale" \
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   -H "Authorization: Bearer …" \
   -d '{
     "mediaId": "user:[email protected]:eyJ1IjoiaHR0…"
   }'

const token = "API token";
const mediaId = "mediaId of a 720p clip made by this API";
const apiUrl = "https://api.useapi.net/v1/google-vids/videos/upscale";
const response = await fetch(apiUrl, {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${token}`,
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ mediaId })
});
const job = await response.json();
console.log("response", response.status, job.result ?? job.error ?? job);

import requests
token = "API token"
mediaId = "mediaId of a 720p clip made by this API"
apiUrl = "https://api.useapi.net/v1/google-vids/videos/upscale"
headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization" : f"Bearer {token}"
}
response = requests.post(apiUrl, headers=headers, json={"mediaId": mediaId})
print(response, response.json())