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Pulling Media Files from URLs (in OBT)

Function

This API is used to pull a source media file from its URL into VOD. This method is applicable to files smaller than 5 TB. If the file size exceeds 5 TB, you need to use a migration tool to upload the file to VOD. Submit a service ticket to obtain the tool and operations guide.

Constraints

A maximum of 16 audio/video clips can be pulled at a time by calling this API.
When a URL is used to pull an M3U8 file, the URL cannot contain authentication parameters such as hotlink protection.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions. For details about the required permissions, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions.

URI

POST /v1.0/{project_id}/asset/upload_by_url

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	No	String	User token. This parameter is mandatory when token authentication is used. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API used to obtain a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.
Authorization	No	String	Authentication information. This parameter is mandatory for AK/SK authentication.
X-Sdk-Date	No	String	Time when a request is sent. This parameter is mandatory for AK/SK authentication.

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
upload_metadatas	Yes	Array of UploadMetaDataByUrl objects	Metadata of a media asset to be created.

**Table 4** UploadMetaDataByUrl
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
video_type	Yes	String	Uploaded audio/video file format. The options include: Video: MP4, TS, MOV, MXF, MPG, FLV, WMV, AVI, M4V, F4V, MPEG, 3GP, ASF, MKV, WebM, and M3U8 Audio: MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA, APE, FLAC, AAC, AC3, MMF, AMR, M4A, M4R, WV, and MP2 If an audio file is uploaded, transcoding, watermarking, and subtitling are not supported.
title	Yes	String	Media asset title. The value is UTF-8 encoded and contains a maximum of 128 characters.
url	Yes	String	URL of the audio or video file to be pulled. NOTE: The URL must end with a file name extension. Currently, only HTTP and HTTPS are supported. HTTPS is more secure than HTTP and is recommended. Do not include sensitive information such as authentication credentials in the URL.
description	No	String	Video description. The value contains a maximum of 1024 characters.
category_id	No	Integer	Media asset category ID. You can create a media asset category by calling the API for creating a media asset category or on the VOD console and obtain the category ID. NOTE: If this parameter is not specified or is set to -1, the uploaded audio/video files fall into the preconfigured Other category.
tags	No	String	Video tags. Each tag contains up to 24 characters and up to 16 tags are allowed. Use commas (,) to separate tags. All tags must be UTF-8 encoded.
auto_publish	No	Integer	Whether to publish the content automatically. The options include: 0: The content is not automatically published. 1: The content is automatically published. Default value: 1
template_group_name	No	String	Transcoding template group name. If this parameter is specified, the specified transcoding template is used to transcode the uploaded audio/video. You can configure a transcoding template on the VOD console. For details, see "Transcoding Settings" in VOD User Guide. NOTE: If both template_group_name and workflow_name are specified, template_group_name takes effect.
auto_encrypt	No	Integer	Whether to automatically encrypt a file. The options include: 0: not encrypted 1: encrypted Default value: 0. If encryption is required, a transcoding template must be configured and the transcoded output format must be HLS.
auto_preheat	No	Integer	Whether to automatically pre-load content to CDN. The options include: 0: The content is not automatically pre-loaded. 1: The content is automatically pre-loaded. Default value: 0
thumbnail	No	Thumbnail object	Snapshot parameters. Note: You will be billed for the snapshots generated. To avoid snapshot costs, you can leave these parameters unspecified.
review	No	Review object	Media asset review parameters. NOTE: Only VOD in AP-Singapore supports this function.
workflow_name	No	String	Workflow name. If this parameter is specified, the specified workflow is used to transcode the uploaded audio/video. You can configure a workflow on the VOD console. For details, see "Transcoding Settings" in VOD User Guide.

**Table 5** Thumbnail
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
type	Yes	String	Snapshot capturing mode. The options include: time: Snapshots are captured by interval. dots: Snapshots are captured at a specified time point. quantity: Snapshots are captured based on the specified quantity and video duration.
quantity	No	Integer	This parameter is mandatory when type is set to quantity. Snapshots are captured based on the specified quantity and video duration. Value range: an integer ranging from 1 to 10
quantity_time	No	Integer	This parameter is optional when type is set to quantity. Snapshots are captured based on the specified quantity at a specified interval. Value range: an integer ranging from 0 to 2147483647
time	No	Integer	Interval at which snapshots are captured. Unit: seconds This parameter is available when type is set to time. Default value: 12 Value range: an integer ranging from 0 to 100
dots	No	Array of integers	This parameter is mandatory when type is set to dots. Array of time points when snapshots are captured.
cover_position	No	Integer	The value indicates which snapshot is specified as the thumbnail. Default value: 1
format	No	Integer	Snapshot file format. The options include: 1: jpg Default value: 1
aspect_ratio	No	Integer	Aspect ratio. The options include: 0: adaptive (the original aspect ratio is retained) 1: 16:9 Default value: 0
max_length	No	Integer	The longest side of a snapshot. Unit: pixel The width of the snapshot is scaled proportionally with the longest side and input video pixel. Default value: 480

**Table 6** Review
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
template_id	No	String	Review template ID. You can obtain the value after configuring the review template on the VOD console. For details, see "Review Settings" in VOD User Guide. NOTE: Only VOD in AP-Singapore supports this function.
interval	No	Integer	Snapshot check interval. The value range is (0,100]. This parameter is ignored in request parameters.
politics	No	Integer	Confidence of politically sensitive content moderation. The value can be -1 or range from 0 to 100. This parameter is ignored in request parameters. A higher confidence score indicates a more reliable moderation result. If this function is disabled or the value is set to 0, this check is not performed. politics, terrorism, and porn cannot be set to 0 simultaneously.
terrorism	No	Integer	Confidence of terrorism-related content moderation. The value can be -1 or range from 0 to 100. This parameter is ignored in request parameters. A higher confidence score indicates a more reliable moderation result. If this function is disabled or the value is set to 0, this check is not performed. politics, terrorism, and porn cannot be set to 0 simultaneously.
porn	No	Integer	Confidence of pornographic content moderation. The value can be -1 or range from 0 to 100. This parameter is ignored in request parameters. A higher confidence score indicates a more reliable moderation result. If this function is disabled or the value is set to 0, this check is not performed. politics, terrorism, and porn cannot be set to 0 simultaneously.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

**Table 7** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
upload_assets	Array of UploadAsset objects	Metadata of a media asset to be created.

**Table 8** UploadAsset
Parameter	Type	Description
url	String	URL of the audio or video file to be pulled.
asset_id	String	ID of the new media asset.
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error description.

Status code: 400

**Table 9** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error description.

Example Requests

This example creates a media file using the URL pull mode. It pulls a media file offline from its URL and uploads it to VOD.

POST https://{endpoint}/v1.0/{project_id}/asset/upload_by_url

Content-Type: application/json
{
  "upload_metadatas": [
    {
      "url": "https://mpc-test.obs.cn-north-4.myhuaweicloud.com/Avatar_480P.mp4",
      "title": "Avatar test test",
      "video_type": "MP4",
      "description": "Avatar, test",
      "category_id": 1,
      "tags": "mytags",
      "auto_publish": 1
    },
    {
      "url": "https://mpc-test.obs.cn-north-4.myhuaweicloud.com/Avatar_720.mp4",
      "title": "Avatar test test",
      "video_type": "MP4",
      "description": "Avatar, test",
      "category_id": 1,
      "tags": "mytags",
      "auto_publish": 1
    }
  ]
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Returned when the request succeeded.

{
  "upload_assets" : [ {
    "url" : "https://mpc-test.obs.cn-north-4.myhuaweicloud.com/Avatar_480P.mp4",
    "asset_id" : "f488337c31c8e4622f1590735b134c65",
    "error_code" : null,
    "error_msg" : null
  }, {
    "url" : "https://mpc-test.obs.cn-north-4.myhuaweicloud.com/Avatar_720.mp4",
    "asset_id" : "f488337c31c8e4622f1590525b134c65",
    "error_code" : null,
    "error_msg" : null
  } ]
}

Status code: 400

Returned when the request failed.

{
  "error_code" : "VOD.10003",
  "error_msg" : "The specified key does not exist."
}

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
200	Returned when the request succeeded.
400	Returned when the request failed.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Media Asset Upload

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