Convert MXF to MKV API | ConvertHub API

How to convert MXF to MKV using API?

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cURL Example

Complete workflow

# Step 1: Submit file for conversion
curl -X POST https://api.converthub.com/v2/convert \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@/path/to/file.mxf" \
  -F "target_format=mkv"

# Step 2: Check job status (replace JOB_ID with actual ID from step 1)
curl https://api.converthub.com/v2/jobs/JOB_ID \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

# Step 3: Download converted file
curl https://api.converthub.com/v2/jobs/JOB_ID/download \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -o "output.mkv"

PHP SDK

<?php
use ConvertHub\ConvertHubClient;

$client = new ConvertHubClient('YOUR_API_KEY');

// Convert mxf to mkv
$conversion = $client->conversions()->convert(
    '/path/to/file.mxf',
    'mkv'
);

// Wait and download
$job = $client->jobs()->waitForCompletion(
    $conversion->getJobId()
);

if ($job->isCompleted()) {
    $client->jobs()
        ->getDownloadUrl($job->getId())
        ->downloadTo('output.mkv');
}

View PHP documentation →

JavaScript SDK

import { ConvertHubClient } from '@converthub/sdk';

const client = new ConvertHubClient({
    apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY'
});

// Convert mxf to mkv
const conversion = await client.convertFile({
    file: '/path/to/file.mxf',
    targetFormat: 'mkv'
});

// Wait for completion
const job = await conversion.waitForCompletion();

// Download result
if (job.status === 'completed') {
    await conversion.download('output.mkv');
}

View JavaScript documentation →

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API Response Structure

Clean, predictable JSON responses

POST /v2/convert - Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "job_id": "job_NB0Af7G0-GpFw-j7yI",
    "status": "processing",
    "source_format": "mxf",
    "target_format": "mkv",
    "created_at": "2025-09-24T23:09:43.940114Z",
    "estimated_time": 15
  }
}

GET /v2/jobs/{id} - Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "job_id": "job_FVQZuqDS-mEmx-hlqH",
    "status": "completed",
    "progress": 100,
    "download_url": "https://api.converthub.com/v2/download/...",
    "file_size": 245632,
    "completed_at": "2025-09-24T23:09:55.940299Z"
  }
}