Create Encoding Job

Add a file encoding job.

curl -X POST "https://api.5centscdn.com/v2/transcoding/jobs/7" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "file": "/uploads/source_clip.mp4",
  "priority": 0,
  "map": "0:v:0 0:a:0 0:s:0"
}'

import requests
import json

url = "https://api.5centscdn.com/v2/transcoding/jobs/7"
headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
data = {
  "file": "/uploads/source_clip.mp4",
  "priority": 0,
  "map": "0:v:0 0:a:0 0:s:0"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch("https://api.5centscdn.com/v2/transcoding/jobs/7", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
},
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "file": "/uploads/source_clip.mp4",
  "priority": 0,
  "map": "0:v:0 0:a:0 0:s:0"
})
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "bytes"
    "encoding/json"
)

func main() {
    data := []byte(`{
  "file": "/uploads/source_clip.mp4",
  "priority": 0,
  "map": "0:v:0 0:a:0 0:s:0"
}`)

    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.5centscdn.com/v2/transcoding/jobs/7", bytes.NewBuffer(data))
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
    req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    fmt.Println("Response Status:", resp.Status)
}

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.5centscdn.com/v2/transcoding/jobs/7')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['X-API-Key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
request.body = '{
  "file": "/uploads/source_clip.mp4",
  "priority": 0,
  "map": "0:v:0 0:a:0 0:s:0"
}'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.body

{
  "result": "example_string",
  "jobid": 123,
  "message": "example_string"
}

POST

/transcoding/jobs/{profileid}

POST

Base URLstring

Target server for requests. Edit to use your own host.

API Key (header: X-API-Key)

X-API-Keystring

Required

API key (sent in header)

path

profileidinteger

Required

ID of the Transcode Profile (fs_transcodeprofiles.id).

Content-Typestring

Required

The media type of the request body

Options: application/json

filestring

Input file relative path.

priorityinteger

Encode job priority. 0 = High, 100 = Lowest.

mapstring

Video/Audio/Subtitle stream selection from input source. Passed as a string value to the encoder.

Request Preview

Response

Response will appear here after sending the request

Authentication

header

X-API-Keystring

Required

API Key for authentication. Provide your API key in the header.

Path Parameters

profileidinteger

Required

ID of the Transcode Profile (fs_transcodeprofiles.id).

Example:

7

Body

application/json

filestring

Input file relative path.

Example:

/uploads/source_clip.mp4

priorityinteger

Encode job priority. 0 = High, 100 = Lowest.

Example:

0

mapstring

Video/Audio/Subtitle stream selection from input source. Passed as a string value to the encoder.

Example:

0:v:0 0:a:0 0:s:0

Responses

resultstring

success/error

jobidinteger

Video encoding job ID.

messagestring

Error message, only present if an error occurs.

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