Meride API - Video - Create

This page explains how to create elements Video.

Entity name: video.

POST http://API_DOMAIN/rest/video.{format}

Attributes

Attribute Value Mandatory
title A non-empty string YES
video A reference to the path of the video on your disk.
Formats accepted: avi, mpg, mp4, flv, mov, wmv
A field between video and uploaded_video_name must be set
NO
uploaded_video_name Specify the name of the video file loaded manually to net storage. A field between video and uploaded_video_name must be set NO
uploaded_video_mono 1 if the video loaded manually to net storage is single bit-rate. 0 if multi-bitrate. Do not specify any value if the video is loaded via the parameter video NO
descrizione_breve A string NO
description A string NO
tags A string where each tag has the character , as a divider NO
preview_image A reference to the absolute path of the image on your disk.
Formats accepted: jpg, png, gif
NO
snapshot 1 if you want to automatically generate a poster image. 0 to disable automatic generation. NO
snapshot_time the time instance from which to generate the poster image. Mandatory format: hh:mm:ss.xxx (hours:minutes:seconds.milliseconds). The parameter snapshot must be set to 1. NO
squeeze_slot Encoder slot from which you want to convert the video. To view the slots available on your Meride, query the queues_video.json resource NO

Response

Field Value Description
id string Object ID
titolo string The title of the video
descrizione_breve string The associated short description
descrizione string The associated complete description
tags string List of tags separated by commas
video_disponibile boolean If the video is available for playback, the value will be set 1, otherwise it will have the value 0
invalid_video boolean 1 If the video was not converted correctly, 0 otherwise
data_inserimento string The create date that follows the format Y-m-d H:i:s
Y(year) m(month) d(day) H(hours) i(minutes) s(seconds)
preview_image string URL of the associated preview image

Example of a curl request

curl -i -H "Accept: application/json" -H "access-token: Fun94nBf4YiaL20hG5np2Ki8mHtm9OCn4R6lPamNM8mNn7YFDRUvZveSbB0n6T" -X POST -F "preview_image=@path_and_filename.jpg" -F "video=@path_and_filename.wmv" -F "titolo=Video title" http://API_DOMAIN/rest/video.json

Example of a JSON response

{
	"id":"2",
	"titolo":"Video title",
	"descrizione_breve":"",
	"descrizione":"",
	"tags":"",
	"video_disponibile":"0",
	"invalid_video":"0",
	"data_inserimento":"2012-09-25 17:55:47",
	"preview_image":"http:\/\/example.com\/meride\/video\/images\/test_image.jpg"
}
		    

Note The object created will be returned as a response