api.video typescript video uploader

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Table of contents

• Table of contents
• Project description
• Getting started
  • Installation
    • Installation method #1: requirejs
    • Installation method #2: typescript
    • Simple include in a javascript project
• Documentation - Standard upload
  • Instanciation
    • Options
      • Using a delegated upload token (recommended):
      • Using an access token (discouraged):
      • Using an API key (strongly discouraged):
      • Common options
    • Example
  • Methods
    • upload()
    • onProgress()
    • cancel()
    • onPlayable()
• Documentation - Progressive upload
  • Instanciation
    • Options
      • Using a delegated upload token (recommended):
      • Using an access token (discouraged):
      • Common options
    • Example
  • Methods
    • uploadPart(file: Blob)
    • uploadLastPart(file: Blob)
    • onProgress()
    • cancel()
    • onPlayable()
• Static wrapper

Project description

Typescript library to upload videos to api.video using delegated upload token (or usual access token) from the front-end.

It allows you to upload videos in two ways:

• standard upload: to send a whole video file in one go
• progressive upload: to send a video file by chunks, without needing to know the final size of the video file

Getting started

Installation

Installation method #1: requirejs

If you use requirejs you can add the library as a dependency to your project with

$ npm install --save @api.video/video-uploader

You can then use the library in your script:

// standard upload:
var { VideoUploader } = require('@api.video/video-uploader');

var uploader = new VideoUploader({
    // ... (see bellow)
}); 

// progressive upload:
var { ProgressiveUploader } = require('@api.video/video-uploader');

var uploader = new ProgressiveUploader({
    // ... (see bellow)
}); 

Installation method #2: typescript

If you use Typescript you can add the library as a dependency to your project with

$ npm install --save @api.video/video-uploader

You can then use the library in your script:

// standard upload:
import { VideoUploader } from '@api.video/video-uploader'

const uploader = new VideoUploader({
    // ... (see bellow)
});

// progressive upload:
import { ProgressiveUploader } from '@api.video/video-uploader'

const uploader = new ProgressiveUploader({
    // ... (see bellow)
});

Simple include in a javascript project

Include the library in your HTML file like so:

<head>
    ...
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/@api.video/video-uploader" defer></script>
</head>

Then, once the window.onload event has been trigered, create your player using new VideoUploader():

...
<form>
    <input type="file" id="input" onchange="uploadFile(this.files)">
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
    function uploadFile(files) {
        new VideoUploader({
            file: files[0],
            uploadToken: "YOUR_DELEGATED_TOKEN"
        }).upload();
    }
</script>

Documentation - Standard upload

Instanciation

Options

The upload library is instanciated using an options object. Options to provide depend on the way you want to authenticate to the API: either using a delegated upload token (recommanded), or using a usual access token.

Using a delegated upload token (recommended):

Using delegated upload tokens for authentication is best options when uploading from the client side. To know more about delegated upload token, read the dedicated article on api.video's blog: Delegated Uploads.

Using an access token (discouraged):

Warning: be aware that exposing your access token client-side can lead to huge security issues. Use this method only if you know what you're doing :).

Using an API key (strongly discouraged):

Warning: be aware that exposing your API key client-side can lead to huge security issues. Use this method only if you know what you're doing :).

Common options

Example

    const uploader = new VideoUploader({
        file: files[0],
        uploadToken: "YOUR_DELEGATED_TOKEN",
        chunkSize: 1024*1024*10, // 10MB
        retries: 10,
    });

Methods

upload()

The upload() method starts the upload. It takes no parameter. It returns a Promise that resolves once the file is uploaded. If an API call fails more than the specified number of retries, then the promise is rejected. On success, the promise embeds the video object returned by the API. On fail, the promise embeds the status code & error message returned by the API.

Example

    // ... uploader instanciation

    uploader.upload()
        .then((video) => console.log(video))
        .catch((error) => console.log(error.status, error.message));

onProgress()

The onProgress() method let you defined an upload progress listener. It takes a callback function with one parameter: the onProgress events. An onProgress event contains the following attributes:

• uploadedBytes (number): total number of bytes uploaded for this upload
• totalBytes (number): total size of the file
• chunksCount (number): number of upload chunks
• chunksBytes (number): size of a chunk
• currentChunk (number): index of the chunk being uploaded
• currentChunkUploadedBytes (number): number of bytes uploaded for the current chunk

cancel()

The cancel() method cancels the upload. It takes no parameter.

Example

    // ... uploader instanciation
    
    uploader.onProgress((event) => {
        console.log(`total number of bytes uploaded for this upload: ${event.uploadedBytes}.`);
        console.log(`total size of the file: ${event.totalBytes}.`);
        console.log(`number of upload chunks: ${event.chunksCount} .`);
        console.log(`size of a chunk: ${event.chunksBytes}.`);
        console.log(`index of the chunk being uploaded: ${event.currentChunk}.`);
        console.log(`number of bytes uploaded for the current chunk: ${event.currentChunkUploadedBytes}.`);
    });

onPlayable()

The onPlayable() method let you defined a listener that will be called when the video is playable. It takes a callback function with one parameter: the video object returned by the API.

Example

    <div id="player-container"></div>

    <script>
        // ... uploader instanciation
    
        uploader.onPlayable((video) => {
            // the video is playable, we can display the player
            document.getElementById('player-container').innerHTML = v.assets.iframe;
        });
    </script>

Documentation - Progressive upload

Instanciation

Options

The progressive upload object is instanciated using an options object. Options to provide depend on the way you want to authenticate to the API: either using a delegated upload token (recommanded), or using a usual access token.

Using a delegated upload token (recommended):

Using delegated upload tokens for authentication is best options when uploading from the client side. To know more about delegated upload token, read the dedicated article on api.video's blog: Delegated Uploads.

Using an access token (discouraged):

Warning: be aware that exposing your access token client-side can lead to huge security issues. Use this method only if you know what you're doing :).

Common options

Example

    const uploader = new ProgressiveUploader({
        uploadToken: "YOUR_DELEGATED_TOKEN",
        retries: 10,
    });

Methods

uploadPart(file: Blob)

The upload() method starts the upload. It takes no parameter. It returns a Promise that resolves once the file is uploaded. If an API call fails more than the specified number of retries, then the promise is rejected. On success, the promise embeds the video object returned by the API. On fail, the promise embeds the status code & error message returned by the API.

Example

    // ... uploader instanciation

    uploader.uploadPart(blob)
        .catch((error) => console.log(error.status, error.message));

uploadLastPart(file: Blob)

The upload() method starts the upload. It takes no parameter. It returns a Promise that resolves once the file is uploaded. If an API call fails more than the specified number of retries, then the promise is rejected. On success, the promise embeds the video object returned by the API. On fail, the promise embeds the status code & error message returned by the API.

Example

    // ... uploader instanciation

    uploader.uploadLastPart(blob)
        .then((video) => console.log(video))
        .catch((error) => console.log(error.status, error.message));

onProgress()

The onProgress() method let you defined an upload progress listener. It takes a callback function with one parameter: the onProgress events. An onProgress event contains the following attributes:

• uploadedBytes (number): total number of bytes uploaded for this upload
• totalBytes (number): total size of the file
• part (number): index of the part being uploaded

Example

    // ... uploader instanciation
    
    uploader.onProgress((event) => {
        console.log(`total number of bytes uploaded for this upload: ${event.uploadedBytes}.`);
        console.log(`total size of the file: ${event.totalBytes}.`);
        console.log(`current part: ${event.part}.`);
    });

cancel()

The cancel() method cancels the upload. It takes no parameter.

onPlayable()

The onPlayable() method let you defined a listener that will be called when the video is playable. It takes a callback function with one parameter: the video object returned by the API.

Example

    <div id="player-container"></div>

    <script>
        // ... uploader instanciation
    
        uploader.onPlayable((video) => {
            // the video is playable, we can display the player
            document.getElementById('player-container').innerHTML = v.assets.iframe;
        });
    </script>

Static wrapper

For situations where managing object instances is impractical, consider using the UploaderStaticWrapper class, which offers static method equivalents for all functionalities.