Export Asset

Creates a job to export the specified asset as a downloadable MP4.

Request

Request syntax:

/jobs/create_export

Request parameters:

Pass the following parameters through the msg parameter:

Name	Data Type	Description
asset	String	Identifies the asset that will be exported by its asset ID. Where can I find an asset ID? Navigate to the CMS library by clicking the Content tab. Select the desired asset. The asset ID corresponding to the asset selected in the previous step is listed under the GUID label.
aaclc	String	Optional. Set to 1 to export the file using AAC-LC audio encoding. If omitted, the default audio codec HE-AAC will be used.

Name

Data Type

Description

asset

String

Identifies the asset that will be exported by its asset ID.

Where can I find an asset ID?

Navigate to the CMS library by clicking the Content tab.
Select the desired asset.
The asset ID corresponding to the asset selected in the previous step is listed under the GUID label.

aaclc

String

Optional. Set to 1 to export the file using AAC-LC audio encoding. If omitted, the default audio codec HE-AAC will be used.

Response

The response for a successful request contains the following parameter.

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

Once an asset has been successfully exported, use the Get Cloud Slicer Job endpoint to find out the URL to the exported MP4 (hd_exported_url). If captions are present, a TTML file may be downloaded by appending .ttml to this URL.

Sample Request/Response

A sample request/response is provided below.

The Call function, which is imported from API Auth for V2 APIs (see below), prepares the message body and digital signature.

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API Auth for Classic Authentication (V2 APIs)

Open Recipe

from uplynk_api2_auth import Call

print(Call('/api2/cloudslicer/jobs/create_export', asset='a29a0bf647454d70bbb9b13d6896a108'))

{
    "job": {
        "state": "assigned",
        "last_error": "",
        "args": {"export_mp4": True},
        "attempts": 0,
        "source": {},
        "finished": 0,
        "asset": "a29a0bf647454d70bbb9b13d6896a108",
        "last_start": 0,
        "owner": "a735c56ea4014685bc74c0a375236cc5",
        "progress": "",
        "id": "d0d05debde654249ae25b1c7f45a19fe"
    },
    "error": 0
}

print(Call('/api2/cloudslicer/jobs/get', id='d0d05debde654249ae25b1c7f45a19fe'))

{
    "job": {
        "state": "done",
        "last_error": "",
        "args": {"export_mp4": True},
        "attempts": 1,
        "source": {},
        "finished": 1488565621330,
        "hd_exported_url": "http://stg-ec-ore-u.uplynk.com/slices/5409e4c0c71444849ac6e07743ff20bd_g.mp4",
        "asset": "a29a0bf647454d70bbb9b13d6896a108",
        "last_start": 1488565611238,
        "owner": "a735c56ea4014685bc74c0a971238cc5",
        "progress": "Finished successfully",
        "id": "d0d05debde654249ae25b1c7f45a19fe"
    },
    "error": 0
}