Transcode a video

POST /transcode transcodes a video file and uploads the results to the specified storage service.

Transcoding is asynchronous so you will need to check the status of the task in order to determine when transcoding is complete. The id field in the response is the unique ID for the transcoding Task. The task status can be queried using the GET tasks endpoint:

When status.phase is completed, transcoding will be complete and the results will be stored in the storage service and the specified output location.

The results will be available under params.outputs.hls.path and params.outputs.mp4.path in the specified storage service.

Input

This endpoint currently supports the following inputs:

• HTTP
• S3 API Compatible Service
  
  HTTP
  A public HTTP URL can be used to read a video file.

{
    "url": "https://www.example.com/video.mp4"
}

Note: For IPFS HTTP gateway URLs, the API currently only supports “path style” URLs and does not support “subdomain style” URLs. The API will support both styles of URLs in a future update.

S3 API Compatible Service

S3 credentials can be used to authenticate with a S3 API compatible service to read a video file.

{
    "type": "s3",
    "endpoint": "https://gateway.storjshare.io",
    "credentials": {
        "accessKeyId": "$ACCESS_KEY_ID",
        "secretAccessKey": "$SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
    },
    "bucket": "inbucket",
    "path": "/video/source.mp4"
}

Storage

This endpoint currently supports the following storage services:

• S3 API Compatible Service
• Web3 Storage
  
  S3 API Compatible Service

{
  "type": "s3",
    "endpoint": "https://gateway.storjshare.io",
    "credentials": {
        "accessKeyId": "$ACCESS_KEY_ID",
        "secretAccessKey": "$SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
    },
    "bucket": "mybucket"
}

Web3 Storage

{
  "type": "web3.storage",
    "credentials": {
        "proof": "$UCAN_DELEGATION_PROOF",
    }
}

Outputs

This endpoint currently supports the following output types:

• HLS
• MP4

HLS

{
  "hls": {
        "path": "/samplevideo/hls"
    }
}

MP4

{
  "mp4": {
        "path": "/samplevideo/mp4"
    }
}