---
title: "Video frame"
description: "A frame of your video at t seconds, as JPEG."
canonical_url: https://docs.markdrop.in/api/analytics/video-frame
last_updated: 2026-10-30
site: "Markdrop Docs"
index: https://docs.markdrop.in/llms.txt
---

# Video frame

`GET https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/me/documents/{slug}/analytics/frame`

A frame of your video at `t` seconds, as JPEG. `404` when the file isn't a video.

- **Authentication:** API token required: `Authorization: Bearer mdk_…`.
- **Rate limit:** 60 per minute per IP address.

## Path parameters

- `slug` (string, required): The document's address: the part after `markdrop.in/`.

## Query parameters

- `t` (number, required): From 0 to 86,400.
- `ver` (integer): From 1 to 100,000.

## Responses

- `200`: OK.
- `401`: No token, or the token is revoked or mistyped.
- `422`: The request didn't validate. `detail` lists each problem, with where it is (`loc`) and why (`msg`).
- `429`: Too many requests from your IP address. Wait the seconds in `Retry-After`.

## Examples

**curl**

```bash
curl 'https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/me/documents/k3x9q2m/analytics/frame?t=30' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MARKDROP_TOKEN"
```

**JavaScript**

```javascript
const res = await fetch("https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/me/documents/k3x9q2m/analytics/frame?t=30", {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MARKDROP_TOKEN}`,
  },
});
const data = await res.blob();
```

**Python**

```python
import os

import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/me/documents/k3x9q2m/analytics/frame?t=30",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['MARKDROP_TOKEN']}"},
)
r.raise_for_status()
open("out.jpeg", "wb").write(r.content)
```