Retrieves one or more assets from any of your libraries.

A maximum of 1000 assets may be retrieved per request.

An asset will only be reported a single time per request. Duplicate requests for the same asset are ignored.

Request

Request syntax:

GET /api2/asset/get

Request parameters:

Pass the following parameters through the msg parameter:

A valid request must identify one or more assets by including only one of the following request parameters.

Request Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Specify a single asset by its asset ID. This unique ID identifies an asset. View this ID by navigating to the Content tab, selecting the desired asset, and then viewing the GUID option from the Details tab.
external_id	String	Specify a single asset by its external ID.
ids	List	Specify one or more assets by their asset IDs.
external_ids	List	Specify one or more assets by their external IDs.

Sample Request/Response

The following sample request retrieves an asset whose external ID is id1234.

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

from uplynk_api2_auth import Call

print(Call('/api2/asset/get', external_id='id1234'))

{
	"asset": {
		"orig_filename": null,
		"rays": 8,
		"require_drm": 0,
		"require_studio_drm": 0,
		"slices": 22,
		"autoexpire": 0,
		'break_offsets': [{
				'break_type': 'AD BREAK',
				'duration': 19.202916666666667,
				'offset': 17.024
			}, {
				'break_type': 'BOUNDARY',
				'duration': 20.352,
				'name': 'c4',
				'offset': 24.96
			}, {
				'break_type': 'AD BREAK',
				'duration': 29.953729166666665,
				'offset': 55.424
			}
		],
		"created": 1345730768265,
		"job_type": "vod",
		"libraries": [],
		"test_player_url": "https://content.uplynk.com/player5/Hak3zjnPLSW5o0j8GMpzRMsa.html",
		"test_players": [{
				"desc": "Monitoring Test Player",
				"id": "Hak3zjnPLSW5o0j8GMpzRMsa",
				"url": "https://content.uplynk.com/player5/Hak3zjnPLSW5o0j8GMpzRMsa.html"
			}, {
				"desc": "Affiliate Test Player",
				"id": "3fqeYp0yrG5Pk4bDqazn79",
				"url": "https://content.uplynk.com/player5/3fqeYp0yrG5Pk4bDqazn79sa.html"
			}
		],
		"state": "ready",
		"duration": 88.88598639455783,
		"embed_player_url": "https://content.uplynk.com/player5/2aZeCWBZd0FVXmU95BGKnjea.html",
		"external_id": "id1234",
		"id": "5915d84829405cb4db1bc3f71c10fc83",
		"thumb_url": "http://storage.uplynk.com/slices/.../00000014.jpg",
		"desc": "foux du fu fa fa",
		"mp4_url": "http://storage.uplynk.com/slices/.../8e37519b10c8408d879d619760baaee0_g.mp4",
		"ttml_url": "http://storage.uplynk.com/slices/.../8e37519b10c8408d879d619760baaee0_g.mp4.ttml"
	},
	"error": 0
}