Publishing a video
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Updated at January 26, 2026
You can publish a video and check its availability.
Publish your video
Cloud Video UI
API
- Upload a video.
- Wait until the video is completely uploaded, processed, and gets the
Readystatus.
By default, all videos are published after uploading, changing their status to Published.
If you want to unpublish a video, disable the Grant access option. The Public access field value will change to Unpublished and your video will become unreachable via links.
Use the performAction REST API method for the Video resource or the VideoService/PerformAction gRPC API call.
Check if the video is available
Cloud Video UI
API
- Open the Cloud Video home page
. - Select a channel.
- In the
Video tab, select your video. - On the opened page with video parameters, select the
linktab under Past code. - Click
Copy. - Open a new browser page and paste the obtained URL to the address bar.
- Click the Play button.
Use the getPlayerURL REST API method for the Video resource or the VideoService/GetPlayerURL gRPC API call.
See also
Getting an embed code or link to a video
Downloading a video