WIwistia
Media

Copy Media

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This endpoint copies a media and its assets to a destination folder (defaults to source media).

Requires api token with one of the following permissions

Read, update & delete anything

Tokens with the "Act with a team member's permissions" permission (all:delegate_to_contact_permissions scope) can also be used. Requests made with such a token are authorized using the permissions of the contact assigned to the token.

post/medias/{mediaHashedId}/copy

Request

  • Base URL
    https://api.wistia.com/modern
  • URL
    https://api.wistia.com/modern/medias/{mediaHashedId}/copy
  • Auth
    HTTP bearer

Path parameters

mediaHashedIdstring required

Hashed ID of the media (e.g., "4d23503f70")

The hashed ID of the media.

Headers

X-Wistia-API-Versionstring required

Request body

folder_idinteger

The ID of the folder where you want the new copy placed. Defaults to the source media’s current folder if omitted or invalid.

ownerstring email

An email address specifying the owner of the new media. Defaults to the source media’s current owner if omitted or invalid.

Response

Successful creation of the media copy.

idinteger

A unique numeric identifier for the media within the system.

namestring

The display name of the media.

type'Video' | 'Audio' | 'Image' | 'PdfDocument' | 'MicrosoftOfficeDocument' | 'Swf' | 'UnknownType'

A string representing what type of media this is.

archivedboolean

Whether or not the media is archived, either true or false.

createdstring date-time

The date when the media was originally uploaded.

updatedstring date-time

The date when the media was last changed.

durationnumber nullable

Specifies the length (in seconds) for audio and video files. Specifies number of pages in the document. Omitted for other types of media.

embedCodestring

DEPRECATED: If you want to programmatically embed videos, follow the construct an embed code guide.

hashed_idstring

A unique alphanumeric identifier for this media.

descriptionstring

A description for the media which usually appears near the top of the sidebar on the media's page.

progressnumber

A floating point value between 0 and 1 that indicates the progress of the processing for this file.

status'queued' | 'processing' | 'ready' | 'failed'

Post upload processing status. - queued: the file is waiting in the queue to be processed. - processing: the file is actively being processed. - ready: the file has been fully processed and is ready for embedding and viewing. - failed: the file was unable to be processed (usually a format or size error).

sectionstring nullable

The title of the section in which the media appears. This attribute is omitted if the media is not in a section (default).

protectedboolean nullable

Whether the media is protected (e.g. requires a password or other authentication to view). Null if the media is not protected.

Example response

{
  "folder": {
    "id": 22570,
    "name": "My Folder Title",
    "hashed_id": "4d23503f70"
  }
}

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