daft.functions.video_file#

def video_file(url: Expression, verify: bool = False, io_config: IOConfig | None = None) -> Expression:
    """Converts a string containing a file reference to a `daft.VideoFile` reference.

    Args:
        url (String Expression): the url of the file
        verify:
            If True, verify that the file exists and is a video file.
            If **ANY** files are not videos, this will produce an error.

        io_config (IOConfig, default=None): The IO configuration to use.

    Returns:
        Expression (File[Video] Expression): An expression containing the file reference.

    """
    return url._eval_expressions("video_file", verify=verify, io_config=io_config)