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Conversion types API

Our Conversion rypes API allows to identify which formats we do support and which options are possible.

Get possible conversion types

Calling /conversiontypes will return all possible conversion types and possible options. Both query parameters inputformat and outputformat are optional. The mode query parameter defaults to convert.

GET https://api.cloudconvert.com/v1/conversiontypes?inputformat=mp4&outputformat=mp3 
[
    {
        "inputformat": "mp4",
        "outputformat": "mp3",
        "converter": "ffmpeg",
        "converteroptions": {
            "audio_codec": "MP3",
            "audio_bitrate": "128",
            "audio_channels": null,
            "audio_frequency": null,
            "trim_from": null,
            "trim_to": null,
            "audio_normalize": null
        }
    }
]

converteroptions shows all possible options and their default values for this conversion. These options can be specified at the start of a conversion. To find out possible values please use the API Console.

Get all possible input formats

GET https://api.cloudconvert.com/v1/inputformats 
[
  {
    "inputformat": "7z",
    "group": "archive"
  },
  {
    "inputformat": "ace",
    "group": "archive"
  },

...

]

The possible output formats for one specific input format can be determined using the /conversiontypes?inputformat= API as stated above.

Get all possible output formats

GET https://api.cloudconvert.com/v1/outputformats 
[
  {
    "outputformat": "7z",
    "group": "archive"
  },
  {
    "outputformat": "rar",
    "group": "archive"
  },

...

]

The possible input formats for one specific output format can be determined using the /conversiontypes?outputformat= API as stated above.