Copy Asset

View your libraries by clicking My Content from the Content tab.

Copies an asset from a library shared with your account to your CMS library. The following data will be copied from the original asset:

Audio/video content
Asset name
Poster image
Metadata
Ad breaks
Allowed domains
Whether it requires a signed playback URL

The asset copied to your account will be assigned a unique system-defined ID (i.e., GUID).

Request

Request syntax:

/jobs/copy-from-library

Request parameters:

Pass the following parameters through the msg parameter:

Name	Data Type	Description
asset_id Required	String	Identifies the asset that will be copied by its asset ID. This asset must reside in a library shared with your account. ClosedWhere can I find an asset ID? 1. Navigate to the CMS library by clicking the Content tab. 2. Select the desired asset. 3. The asset ID corresponding to the asset selected in the previous step is listed under the GUID label.

Authentication

Pass a digital signature based off of msg.

Learn more.

Response

The response for a successful request contains the following parameter.

Name	Data Type	Description
job	Dictionary	Describes a Cloud Slicer job.

Sample Request/Response

A sample request/response is provided below. The Call() function, which is imported from uplynk_api2_auth module, prepares the message body and digital signature.

from uplynk_api2_auth import Call

print(Call('/api2/cloudslicer/jobs/copy-from-library', asset_id='ae01164a50a04847b5624485aae1aac3'))

{
	'job' : {
		'state' : 'waiting',
		'last_error' : '',
		'args' : {},
		'attempts' : 0,
		'source' : {
			'beam_id' : 'ae01164a50a04847b5624485aae1aac3'
		},
		'finished' : 0,
		'asset' : None,
		'last_start' : 0,
		'owner' : 'a7231b9499a94e7a90e0438c6a136940',
		'progress' : '',
		'id' : 'a3b33c97e932443ea33bc44ab83abb33'
	},
	'error' : 0
}