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Rendobar Documentation

Rendobar is a serverless media processing API built on Cloudflare Workers. It supports 22 video processing operations accessible through a single REST API with credit-based billing.

Getting started

New to Rendobar? Start here:

  • Quickstart — Set up your API key and process your first video in 5 minutes
  • Authentication — Session-based auth for the dashboard, API keys for programmatic access
  • Credits & Billing — How credits work, plan limits, and usage tracking

API reference

  • Job Types — All 23 supported media processing operations with parameters and examples
  • Webhooks — Receive real-time job status updates via HTTP callbacks with HMAC verification
  • Raw FFmpeg — Run arbitrary FFmpeg commands with safety guardrails and sandboxed execution

Integrations

  • MCP for AI Agents — Use Rendobar from AI agents via the Model Context Protocol with 15 tools

Key concepts

  • Jobs — Every operation is a job. Submit a job, poll or webhook for status, download the result.
  • Credits — Each job costs a dollar amount based on duration or a flat rate. Plans include monthly usage balance.
  • Providers — Jobs are dispatched to execution providers (Trigger.dev, Workers AI) based on capabilities.
  • MCP — AI agents can use Rendobar directly via the Model Context Protocol.

Quick links

  • Dashboard — Manage your account, API keys, and jobs
  • API Base URL — https://api.rendobar.com
  • GitHub — Source code and issue tracker