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Uploads media files to VOD

Function

When calling this API to create a media file, you need to upload the corresponding media file to the OBS bucket of VOD.If the media file to be uploaded is less than 20 MB, you can use the PUT method to upload the media file to the URL returned by the API. For details, see Example 1: Uploading a Media File Less Than 20 MB.If the media file to be uploaded is greater than 20 MB, it must be split into binary streams before being uploaded. For details about how to use this API, see Example 2: Uploading a Media File More Than 20 MB by Part.

URI

POST /v1.0/{project_id}/asset

**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 a token.
Authorization	No	String	Authentication information. This parameter is mandatory for AK/SK authentication.
X-Sdk-Date	No	String	Time when the request is sent. This parameter is mandatory for AK/SK authentication.

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
title	Yes	String	Media asset title. The value is UTF-8-encoded and contains a maximum of 128 characters.
description	No	String	Video description. The value contains a maximum of 1024 characters.
video_name	Yes	String	Audio/Video file name. The value contains a maximum of 128 characters. The file name extension is optional.
video_type	Yes	String	Format of an uploaded media file Possible values are: Video files: MP4, TS, MOV, MXF, MPG, FLV, WMV, AVI, M4V, F4V, MPEG, 3GP, ASF, and MKV Audio files: 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.
category_id	No	Integer	Media file category ID You can call the API for Creating a Media File Category to create a media file category or create a media file category in the category settings 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.
video_md5	No	String	You are advised to refer to the example of uploading and updating media files in Generating an MD5 Value in the appendix of API Reference.
cover_type	No	String	Thumbnail image format Possible values are: JPG PNG The name of the uploaded thumbnail is fixed, and the extension is the abbreviation of the thumbnail file format, for example, cover0.jpg and cover1.png. If the file format is not specified, the thumbnail file does not have a file name extension. NOTE: If the image format is specified, the first-frame snapshot will not be used as the thumbnail. You need to upload a thumbnail.
cover_md5	No	String	MD5 value of a thumbnail fileYou are advised to refer to the example of uploading and updating media files in Generating an MD5 Value in the appendix of API Reference.
subtitles	No	Array of Subtitle objects	Subtitle file information
tags	No	String	Video tag Each tag contains up to 16 characters and up to 16 tags are allowed. Use commas (,) to separate tags. The values are UTF-8-encoded.
auto_publish	No	Integer	Whether to publish the content automatically. The options are as follows: 0: The content is not automatically published. 1: The content is automatically published. Default value: 1
template_group_name	No	String	Name of a transcoding template group 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 Possible values are: 0: not encrypted 1: encrypted Default value: 0 A file must be encrypted and transcoded at the same time. When encryption is required, the transcoding parameter cannot be empty and the output file must be in HLS format.
auto_preheat	No	String	Whether to automatically pre-load content to the CDN Possible values are: 0: The content is not automatically pre-loaded. 1: The content is automatically pre-loaded. Default value: 0
thumbnail	No	Thumbnail object	Snapshot parameters
review	No	Review object	Media file review parameters NOTE: Only the VOD service in the CN North-Beijing1 and CN North-Beijing4 regions supports this function.
workflow_name	No	String	Workflow nameIf 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 4** Subtitle
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
id	Yes	Integer	Subtitle ID. The value ranges from 1 to 16.
type	Yes	String	Subtitle file format. Currently, only SRT is supported.
language	Yes	String	Subtitle language.
md5	No	String	MD5 value of the subtitle file
description	No	String	Subtitle description

**Table 5** Thumbnail
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
type	Yes	String	Snapshot capturing mode. The options are as follows: 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 between 1 and 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 between 0 and 2,147,483,647
time	No	Integer	Interval for sampling, in seconds. type is set to time. Default value: 12 Value range: an integer between 0 and 100
dots	No	Array of integers	This parameter is mandatory when type is set to dots. The array of time points when a snapshot is captured is used.
cover_position	No	Integer	The value indicates which snapshot is specified as the thumbnail. The default value is 1.
format	No	Integer	Snapshot file format Possible values are: 1: jpg The default value is 1.
aspect_ratio	No	Integer	Aspect ratio Possible values are: 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	Yes	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 the VOD service in the CN North-Beijing1 and CN North-Beijing4 regions 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 detection. The value range is [0,100]. This parameter is ignored in request parameters. A higher confidence level indicates a more reliable review result. If this function is disabled or the value is set to 0, this check is not performed.
terrorism	No	Integer	Confidence of terrorism-related content detection. The value range is [0,100]. This parameter is ignored in request parameters. A higher confidence level indicates a more reliable review result. If this function is disabled or the value is set to 0, this check is not performed.
porn	No	Integer	Confidence of pornographic content detection. The value range is [0,100]. This parameter is ignored in request parameters. A higher confidence level indicates a more reliable review result. If this function is disabled or the value is set to 0, this check is not performed.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

**Table 7** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
asset_id	String	Media ID
video_upload_url	String	URL for uploading videos
cover_upload_url	String	URL for uploading covers
subtitle_upload_urls	Array of strings	Array in the URL for uploading subtitles
target	File_addr object	Media asset storage parameters.

**Table 8** File_addr
Parameter	Type	Description
bucket	String	OBS bucket name
location	String	Name of the region where the bucket is located. For example, the region name of CN North-Beijing4 is cn-north-4. The created bucket must be in the region of the VOD service.
object	String	File path

Status code: 403

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

Example Requests

Creates a media file.

POST https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/asset

{
  "title" : "Avatar test test",
  "description" : "Avatar, test",
  "category_id" : -1,
  "tags" : "mytags",
  "video_name" : "Avatar_480P.mp4",
  "video_type" : "MP4",
  "video_md5" : "a945d4b3d8fc317190a9332fe856f03d",
  "cover_type" : "JPG",
  "cover_md5" : "a655d4b3d8fc758691a9332fe387f26c",
  "auto_publish" : 0,
  "subtitles" : [ {
    "id" : 1,
    "language" : "CN",
    "type" : "SRT",
    "md5" : "SqcyFjJZoDZaP8oKIY6rgQ==",
    "description" : "AAAAA"
  } ]
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

The information is returned when the request succeeds.

{
  "asset_id" : "f488337c31c8e4622f1590735b134c65",
  "video_upload_url" : "https://obs.cn-north-4.myhuaweicloud.com:443/obs-vod-1/%7Bproject_id%7D/f488337c31c8e4622f1590735b134c65/Avatar_480P.mp4?AWSAccessKeyId=CBN2JOVSQVVUREU0RCSN&Expires=1518147618&Signature=kZYh0hEos2VJhjjdHC2zVAHGyXA%3D",
  "cover_upload_url" : "https://obs.cn-north-4.myhuaweicloud.com:443/obs-vod-1/%7Bproject_id%7D/f488337c31c8e4622f1590735b134c65/cover/Cover0.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=CBN2JOVSQVVUREU0RCSN&Expires=1518147619&Signature=eVoLA54Qi6cG9vZbS3fuaIw1RDQ%3D",
  "subtitle_upload_urls" : [ "https://obs-vod-1.obs.cn-north-4.myhuaweicloud.com:443/14ce1d4437164aba8b364ce15866154e/53a018d2dc53ca07eb5a07a839205c9d/subtitle/1.srt?AWSAccessKeyId=CBN2JOVSQVVUREU0RCSN&Expires=1534760131&Signature=twZPabMSf%2FO%2B2H3mpo3Gsqk1uIo%3D" ],
  "target" : {
    "bucket" : "obs-vod-1",
    "location" : "cn-north-4",
    "object" : "093bb6b6c4fc460ab90a40d8b821dda3/a2053aef99725711dad3e02dc6cd5f89/0a9b70035b78b8a19c6d9e7c2693d93c.mp4"
  }
}

Status code: 403

The information is returned when the request fails.

{
  "error_code" : "VOD.10064",
  "error_msg" : "Media asset classification does not exist, please check."
}

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
200	The information is returned when the request succeeds.
403	The information is returned when the request fails.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

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