# Ingest from a URL

[View original](https://ittybit.com/guides/ingest-from-url)

## Example

<Tabs groupId="language" items={["typescript", "python", "ruby", "php", "go", "fetch", "curl" ]} persist>
  <Tab value="typescript">
    ```js
    const task = await ittybit.tasks.create({
      kind: 'ingest',
      url: 'https://ittyb.it/sample.mp4'
    });
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="python">
    ```python
    task = ittybit.tasks.create(
      kind='ingest',
      url='https://ittyb.it/sample.mp4'
    )
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="ruby">
    ```ruby
    task = ittybit.tasks.create(
      kind: 'ingest',
      url: 'https://ittyb.it/sample.mp4'
    )
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="php">
    ```php
    $task = $ittybit->tasks->create([
        'kind' => 'ingest',
        'url' => 'https://ittyb.it/sample.mp4'
    ]);
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="go">
    ```go
    task, err := ittybit.Tasks.Create(
        context.Background(),
        &ittybit.TaskCreateParams{
            Kind: "ingest",
            URL: "https://ittyb.it/sample.mp4",
        },
    )
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="fetch">
    ```js
    const task = await fetch('https://api.ittybit.com/tasks', {
      method: 'POST',
      headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${ITTYBIT_API_KEY}` },
      body: JSON.stringify({ 
        kind: 'ingest', 
        url: 'https://ittyb.it/sample.mp4' 
      })
    })
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="curl">
    ```bash
    curl -X POST https://api.ittybit.com/tasks \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer $ITTYBIT_API_KEY" \
      -d '{"kind": "ingest", "url": "https://ittyb.it/sample.mp4"}'
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

*(See [SDKs](/sdks) for install and initialization steps.)*

***

## Async

Ingestion will happen asynchronously, and the task will be added to the [Tasks](/docs/tasks) list.

You can poll the [Task Endpoint](/api/tasks/get) to check the status of the task, or setup a [Webhook](/docs/webhooks) to be notified when the task is complete.

<Callout type="info">
  <Icon icon="info" />

  If you need to ingest a file synchronously (meaning you wait for the file to be ingested before receiving a response), you can use the [Files](/docs/files) API. See [Ingest](/docs/ingest).
</Callout>