Vimeo | Operate As Docs

Connect your client's Vimeo with a sign-in, and call its API through Operate As.

Website: vimeo.com
Connects by: Signing in with Vimeo
Category: Social and video
Services: 1
Tools: 279

Service	Key	Base URL
Vimeo	`vimeo`	`https://api.vimeo.com`

Connecting

Your client presses Connect on their link and approves on Vimeo's own screen. Operate As never sees their password.

Check they're connected

curl https://api.operate.as/v1/me/clients \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

curl https://api.operate.as/v1/me/clients \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

Response

[
  {
    "id": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "name": "Miller Dental",
    "services": [
      "vimeo"
    ]
  }
]

[  {    "id": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "name": "Miller Dental",    "services": [      "vimeo"    ]  }]

Permissions

What the client reads	Permission it asks for
See your public videos	`public`
See your private videos	`private`
Edit your videos	`edit`
Upload videos	`upload`

Tools

Install Vimeo's typed package for your language:

pip install operate-as-vimeo

pip install operate-as-vimeo

Run vimeo.add_channel_categories

curl -X POST https://api.operate.as/v1/actions/vimeo.add_channel_categories \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "input": {
      "channel_id": "<channel_id>"
    }
  }'

curl -X POST https://api.operate.as/v1/actions/vimeo.add_channel_categories \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "input": {      "channel_id": "<channel_id>"    }  }'

Shows the required inputs. Every input, with its JSON Schema: GET /v1/actions/vimeo.add_channel_categories

Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "data": {
    "…": "the service's own response"
  },
  "encoding": "json"
}

{  "status": 200,  "data": {    "…": "the service's own response"  },  "encoding": "json"}

Pass-through

Paths continue from https://api.vimeo.com. Your Operate As key goes in Authorization; the client's access is added for you.

See Pass-through requests for the full request and response format.

Call any endpoint

curl "https://api.operate.as/v1/clients/6f1c2a7e-.../vimeo/..." \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

curl "https://api.operate.as/v1/clients/6f1c2a7e-.../vimeo/..." \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "data": {
    "…": "the service's own response"
  },
  "encoding": "json"
}

{  "status": 200,  "data": {    "…": "the service's own response"  },  "encoding": "json"}

When access ends

Operate As renews the sign-in before it runs out and checks it daily. If Vimeo refuses to renew it, the service shows Expired, you're alerted, and your client reconnects from the same link.

See Keeping access alive and Removing access.

Calls answer

HTTP/1.1 409 Conflict
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "detail": "Miller Dental's Vimeo access ended. Send them their link to reconnect."
}

HTTP/1.1 409 ConflictContent-Type: application/json{  "detail": "Miller Dental's Vimeo access ended. Send them their link to reconnect."}

Your webhook receives

{
  "id": "evt_3f9a1c…",
  "type": "connection.expired",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-16T08:00:00+00:00",
  "data": {
    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "clientName": "Miller Dental",
    "provider": "vimeo",
    "services": [
      "vimeo"
    ],
    "reconnectUrl": "https://…"
  }
}

{  "id": "evt_3f9a1c…",  "type": "connection.expired",  "createdAt": "2026-10-16T08:00:00+00:00",  "data": {    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "clientName": "Miller Dental",    "provider": "vimeo",    "services": [      "vimeo"    ],    "reconnectUrl": "https://…"  }}