We are a Swiss Army knife for your files
Transloadit is a service for companies with developers. We handle their file uploads and media processing. This means that they can save on development time and the heavy machinery that is required to handle big volumes in an automated way.
We pioneered with this concept in 2009 and have made our customers happy ever since. We are still actively improving our service in 2026, as well as our open source projects uppy.io and tus.io, which are changing how the world does file uploading.
Insert an ad into a video at a specific time
Let's say you want (your users) to insert video advertisements into existing videos at specific
times. Transloadit's API makes light work of that as we'll show in this demo. We'll first split the
original video into two parts using custom ffmpeg instructions. We'll download the ad over HTTP,
and then we'll join the three segments together again to create one unified video that has the
advertisement as an integral part of it.
Step 1:
Handle uploads
We can handle uploads of your users directly.Learn more
":original": {
"robot": "/upload/handle"
}Step 2:
Import files from web servers
We are happy to import from whatever storage solution suits you best.Learn more
"advertisement": {
"robot": "/http/import",
"url": "http://demos.transloadit.com/inputs/fake-ad.mp4"
}Step 3:
Transcode, resize, or watermark videos
We offer a variety of video encoding features like optimizing for different devices, merging, injecting ads, changing audio tracks, or adding company logos.Learn more
"advertisement_processed": {
"use": "advertisement",
"robot": "/video/encode",
"result": true,
"ffmpeg_stack": "v7",
"preset": "ipad-high",
"resize_strategy": "fillcrop",
"turbo": true
}Step 4:
Transcode, resize, or watermark videos
We offer a variety of video encoding features like optimizing for different devices, merging, injecting ads, changing audio tracks, or adding company logos.Learn more
"original_1": {
"use": ":original",
"robot": "/video/encode",
"result": true,
"ffmpeg": {
"ss": 0,
"t": 5
},
"ffmpeg_stack": "v7",
"preset": "ipad-high",
"resize_strategy": "fillcrop",
"turbo": true
}Step 5:
Transcode, resize, or watermark videos
We offer a variety of video encoding features like optimizing for different devices, merging, injecting ads, changing audio tracks, or adding company logos.Learn more
"original_2": {
"use": ":original",
"robot": "/video/encode",
"result": true,
"ffmpeg": {
"ss": 5
},
"ffmpeg_stack": "v7",
"preset": "ipad-high",
"resize_strategy": "fillcrop",
"turbo": true
}Step 6:
Concatenate videos
We offer a variety of video encoding features like optimizing for different devices, merging, injecting ads, changing audio tracks, or adding company logos.Learn more
"concatenated": {
"use": {
"steps": [
{
"name": "original_1",
"as": "video_1"
},
{
"name": "advertisement_processed",
"as": "video_2"
},
{
"name": "original_2",
"as": "video_3"
}
]
},
"robot": "/video/concat",
"result": true,
"ffmpeg_stack": "v7",
"preset": "ipad-high"
}Step 7:
Export files to Amazon S3
We export to the storage platform of your choice.Learn more
:originaladvertisementadvertisement_processedoriginal_1original_2concatenated"exported": {
"use": [
":original",
"advertisement",
"advertisement_processed",
"original_1",
"original_2",
"concatenated"
],
"robot": "/s3/store",
"credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
"url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
}Live Demo. See for yourself
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This live demo is powered by 
Uppy, our open source file uploader that you can also use without Transloadit, and 
tus, our open protocol for resumable file uploads that is making uploading more reliable across the world.
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<!-- This pulls Uppy from our CDN -->
<!-- For smaller self-hosted bundles, install Uppy and plugins manually: -->
<!-- npm i --save @uppy/core @uppy/dashboard @uppy/remote-sources @uppy/transloadit ... -->
<link
href="https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v3.10.0/uppy.min.css"
rel="stylesheet"
/>
<button id="browse">Select Files</button>
<script type="module">
import {
Uppy,
Dashboard,
ImageEditor,
RemoteSources,
Transloadit,
} from 'https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v3.10.0/uppy.min.mjs'
const uppy = new Uppy()
.use(Transloadit, {
waitForEncoding: true,
alwaysRunAssembly: true,
assemblyOptions: {
params: {
// It's often better store encoding instructions in your account
// and use a `template_id` instead of adding these steps inline
steps: {
':original': {
robot: '/upload/handle',
},
advertisement: {
robot: '/http/import',
url: 'http://demos.transloadit.com/inputs/fake-ad.mp4',
},
advertisement_processed: {
use: 'advertisement',
robot: '/video/encode',
result: true,
ffmpeg_stack: 'v7',
preset: 'ipad-high',
resize_strategy: 'fillcrop',
turbo: true,
},
original_1: {
use: ':original',
robot: '/video/encode',
result: true,
ffmpeg: {
ss: 0,
t: 5,
},
ffmpeg_stack: 'v7',
preset: 'ipad-high',
resize_strategy: 'fillcrop',
turbo: true,
},
original_2: {
use: ':original',
robot: '/video/encode',
result: true,
ffmpeg: {
ss: 5,
},
ffmpeg_stack: 'v7',
preset: 'ipad-high',
resize_strategy: 'fillcrop',
turbo: true,
},
concatenated: {
use: {
steps: [
{
name: 'original_1',
as: 'video_1',
},
, {
name: 'advertisement_processed',
as: 'video_2',
},
, {
name: 'original_2',
as: 'video_3',
},
],
},
robot: '/video/concat',
result: true,
ffmpeg_stack: 'v7',
preset: 'ipad-high',
},
exported: {
use: [':original', 'advertisement', 'advertisement_processed', 'original_1', 'original_2', 'concatenated'],
robot: '/s3/store',
credentials: 'demo_s3_credentials',
url_prefix: 'https://demos.transloadit.com/',
},
},
},
},
})
.use(Dashboard, { trigger: '#browse' })
.use(ImageEditor, { target: Dashboard })
.use(RemoteSources, {
companionUrl: 'https://api2.transloadit.com/companion',
})
.on('complete', ({ transloadit }) => {
// Due to `waitForEncoding:true` this is fired after encoding is done.
// Alternatively, set `waitForEncoding` to `false` and provide a `notify_url`
console.log(transloadit) // Array of Assembly Statuses
for (const assembly of transloadit) {
console.log(assembly.results) // Array of all encoding results
}
})
.on('error', (error) => {
console.error(error)
})
</script>
So many ways to integrate
Transloadit is a service for companies with developers. And there are many ways developers can put Transloadit to good use inside your company to automate media processing.
Bulk imports
Add one of our import Robots to acquire and transcode massive media libraries.
Handling uploads
We are the experts at reliably handling uploads. We wrote the protocol for it.
Front-end integration
We integrate with web browsers via our next-gen file uploader Uppy and SDKs for Android and iOS.
Back-end integration
Send us batch jobs in any server language using one of our SDKs or directly interfacing with our REST API.
Pingbacks
Configure a notify_url to let your server receive transcoding results JSON in the transloadit POST field.
On-demand
Use our Smart CDN to adapt files on-demand and stream them directly to your users.
Video encoding
Document processing