# FFmpeg Extract Frame (assembly)

> Extract Frame takes one still out of a finished clip: the first frame, the middle frame, or the last one.

Status: roasOS API v1.1. Catalog `model-catalog@2026-10-06.v5`, pricing `customer-pricing@2026-11-05.v15`. The endpoint `POST /v1/assembly/extract-frame` is live. `POST /v1/generations` has no `assembly` type, so this endpoint is the only path to this model.

## Endpoint
POST https://api.roasos.com/v1/assembly/extract-frame
Auth: Authorization: Bearer roasos_sk_… (scope api:write). Idempotency-Key required. quote_only / quote_id / webhook_url as in https://docs.roasos.com/llms.txt.

## Good at
Grab a last frame to start the next shot from, or a first frame to use as a thumbnail. This is the one assembly operation whose result is an image rather than a video, so the job reports the `image` kind.

The price is one credit, flat.

## Pricing
Unit: operation. Pricing key: `extract-frame`.

| request | credits |
|---|---|
| `per_operation` | 1 |

Credits come from the roasOS pricing table (`MODEL_COSTS`) through the catalog. No other field changes the price.

## Modes
- `extract-frame`
Provider endpoints: `fal-ai/ffmpeg-api/extract-frame`.

## Request fields
| field | type | required | default | rule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `frame_type` | enum | no | `first` | `first`, `middle`, `last` |
| `quote_id` | string | no | — | UUID |
| `quote_only` | boolean | no | `false` | — |
| `video_url` | string | yes | — | https URL; ≤ 4,096 characters |
| `wait_timeout_seconds` | integer | no | `0` | 0–60 |
| `webhook_url` | string | no | — | https URL; ≤ 4,096 characters |

The schema is strict: a field that is not in this table returns `400 unsupported_option`. Field names are the roasOS role names, one name per role across every family.

## Media
- `video_url` — the source video

| role | items | max size | content types | duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `video_url` | ≤ 1 | 100 MB | `video/mp4` | 0–180 s |

- Refused: `avatar_id`, `elements`, `product_id`, `product_images`, `references`, `reference_images`, `image_url`, `end_image_url`, `scene_id`, `scene_image`, `video_urls`, `audio_urls`, `audio_url`, `voice_id`. A refused role returns `400 unsupported_option`.
- Every URL must be an immutable object on `https://cdn.roasos.com/…` that your workspace owns; any other URL is `400 reference_media_not_workspace_owned`. Upload with `POST /v1/uploads` (direct POST of the bytes to `put_url`, or a `source_url` import), then use the returned CDN URL.

## Prompt
None. This operation takes no prompt.

`frame_type` is `first`, `middle` or `last`, and it defaults to `first`. Set `last` to continue a clip: the frame this returns is the first frame of the next generation.

## Not exposed
The catalog records no pinned or hidden provider field for this model.

## Result
Result kind `image`. Always present: nothing. Present when the run produces it: `avatar_id`, `full_body_url`, `images`, `portrait_url`, `provider_seed`, `reference_sheet`, `url`.
```json
{ "data": { "id": "gen_…", "kind": "image", "model": "extract-frame", "status": "completed", "result": {"avatar_id":"00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000","full_body_url":"https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/full_body_url","images":["https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/images-1.png"],"portrait_url":"https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/portrait_url","provider_seed":0,"reference_sheet":"https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/reference_sheet","url":"https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/result"} } }
```
Files live on `https://cdn.roasos.com` and are immutable; a result URL can be a media input to the next call. Poll `GET /v1/jobs/{id}/status` → `{ id, status, updated_at }`, then `GET /v1/jobs/{id}/result` (`409 run_not_completed` until the job is `completed`, `failed` or `canceled`). Statuses: `queued → processing → completed | failed | canceled`.

## Example
```bash
# 1. quote — nothing is spent
curl -X POST https://api.roasos.com/v1/assembly/extract-frame \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer roasos_sk_live_…" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: 0f1c9e2a-extract-frame-0001" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"quote_only":true,"video_url":"https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/uploads/video_url.mp4"}'
# → 200 { "data": { "kind": "quote", "quote_id": "q_7Hk…", "credits": 1, "expires_at": "…", "confirmation": { "model": "extract-frame", "example": "per_operation" } } }

# 2. run — the same body and the same Idempotency-Key, quote_id instead of quote_only
curl -X POST https://api.roasos.com/v1/assembly/extract-frame \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer roasos_sk_live_…" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: 0f1c9e2a-extract-frame-0001" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"quote_id":"q_7Hk…","video_url":"https://cdn.roasos.com/workspaces/ws_01/uploads/video_url.mp4"}'
# → 201 { "data": { "id": "gen_…", "kind": "image", "model": "extract-frame", "status": "queued", "credits_reserved": 1, "links": { "status": "/v1/jobs/gen_…/status", "result": "/v1/jobs/gen_…/result" } } }

# 3. poll
curl https://api.roasos.com/v1/jobs/gen_…/status -H "Authorization: Bearer roasos_sk_live_…"
curl https://api.roasos.com/v1/jobs/gen_…/result -H "Authorization: Bearer roasos_sk_live_…"
```

## Today
The endpoint is `POST /v1/assembly/extract-frame`.

It is live.

## See also
https://docs.roasos.com/models/assembly/extract-frame · https://api.roasos.com/v1/catalog/assembly/extract-frame · fal-ai/ffmpeg-api/extract-frame