APapivideo
Videos

Upload with an delegated upload token

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Uploading a video with the delegated upload token.

post/upload

Request

  • Base URL
    https://ws.api.video
  • URL
    https://ws.api.video/upload
  • Auth
    none required

Query parameters

tokenstring required

The unique identifier for the token you want to use to upload a video.

Headers

Content-Rangestring

Content-Range represents the range of bytes that will be returned as a result of the request. Byte ranges are inclusive, meaning that bytes 0-999 represents the first 1000 bytes in a file or object.

Request body multipart/form-data

filestring binary required

The path to the video you want to upload.

videoIdstring

The video id returned by the first call to this endpoint in a large video upload scenario.

Response

Created

videoIdstring required

The unique identifier of the video object.

createdAtstring date-time

When a video was created, presented in ATOM UTC format.

titlestring

The title of the video content.

descriptionstring

A description for the video content.

publishedAtstring date-time

The date and time the API created the video. Date and time are provided using ATOM UTC format.

updatedAtstring date-time

The date and time the video was updated. Date and time are provided using ATOM UTC format.

discardedAtstring date-time nullable

The date and time the video was discarded. The API populates this field only if you have the Video Restore feature enabled and discard a video. Date and time are provided using ATOM UTC format.

deletesAtstring date-time nullable

The date and time the video will be permanently deleted. The API populates this field only if you have the Video Restore feature enabled and discard a video. Discarded videos are pemanently deleted after 90 days. Date and time are provided using ATOM UTC format.

discardedboolean

Returns true for videos you discarded when you have the Video Restore feature enabled. Returns false for every other video.

languagestring

Returns the language of a video in IETF language tag format. You can set the language during video creation via the API, otherwise it is detected automatically.

languageOrigin'api' | 'auto' nullable

Returns the origin of the last update on the video's language attribute.

  • api means that the last update was requested from the API.
  • auto means that the last update was done automatically by the API.
tagsstring[]

One array of tags (each tag is a string) in order to categorize a video. Tags may include spaces.

playerIdstring

The id of the player that will be applied on the video.

publicboolean

Defines if the content is publicly reachable or if a unique token is needed for each play session. Default is true. Tutorials on private videos.

panoramicboolean

Defines if video is panoramic.

mp4Supportboolean

This lets you know whether mp4 is supported. If enabled, an mp4 URL will be provided in the response for the video.

Example response

{
  "videoId": "vi4k0jvEUuaTdRAEjQ4Jfrgz",
  "title": "Maths video",
  "description": "An amazing video explaining the string theory",
  "language": "en",
  "languageOrigin": "api",
  "tags": [
    "maths",
    "string theory",
    "video"
  ],
  "metadata": [
    {
      "key": "Author",
      "value": "John Doe"
    },
    {
      "key": "Format",
      "value": "Tutorial"
    }
  ],
  "createdAt": "2024-03-03T12:52:03+00:00",
  "publishedAt": "2024-07-14T23:36:07+00:00",
  "discarded": false,
  "discardedAt": null,
  "deletesAt": null,
  "actions": [
    "video_delete",
    "video_download",
    "video_update"
  ]
}

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