Uploads a video to Stream from a provided URL.
/accounts/{account_identifier}/stream/copy
post
Stream Videos
stream-videos-upload-videos-from-a-url
nullnull[
{
"in": "path",
"name": "account_identifier",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"description": "The account identifier tag.",
"example": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
"maxLength": 32,
"type": "string"
}
},
{
"in": "header",
"name": "Upload-Creator",
"schema": {
"description": "A user-defined identifier for the media creator.",
"example": "creator-id_abcde12345",
"maxLength": 64,
"type": "string"
}
},
{
"in": "header",
"name": "Upload-Metadata",
"schema": {
"description": "Comma-separated key-value pairs following the TUS protocol specification. Values are Base-64 encoded.\nSupported keys: `name`, `requiresignedurls`, `allowedorigins`, `thumbnailtimestamppct`, `watermark`, `scheduleddeletion`.",
"example": "name aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=, requiresignedurls, allowedorigins ZXhhbXBsZS5jb20sdGVzdC5jb20=",
"type": "string"
}
}
]{
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"properties": {
"allowedOrigins": {
"description": "Lists the origins allowed to display the video. Enter allowed origin domains in an array and use `*` for wildcard subdomains. Empty arrays allow the video to be viewed on any origin.",
"example": [
"example.com"
],
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"creator": {
"description": "A user-defined identifier for the media creator.",
"example": "creator-id_abcde12345",
"maxLength": 64,
"type": "string"
},
"meta": {
"description": "A user modifiable key-value store used to reference other systems of record for managing videos.",
"example": {
"name": "video12345.mp4"
},
"type": "object"
},
"requireSignedURLs": {
"default": false,
"description": "Indicates whether the video can be a accessed using the UID. When set to `true`, a signed token must be generated with a signing key to view the video.",
"example": true,
"type": "boolean"
},
"scheduledDeletion": {
"description": "Indicates the date and time at which the video will be deleted. Omit the field to indicate no change, or include with a `null` value to remove an existing scheduled deletion. If specified, must be at least 30 days from upload time.",
"example": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
"format": "date-time",
"type": "string"
},
"thumbnailTimestampPct": {
"default": 0,
"description": "The timestamp for a thumbnail image calculated as a percentage value of the video's duration. To convert from a second-wise timestamp to a percentage, divide the desired timestamp by the total duration of the video. If this value is not set, the default thumbnail image is taken from 0s of the video.",
"example": 0.529241,
"maximum": 1,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number"
},
"url": {
"description": "A video's URL. The server must be publicly routable and support `HTTP HEAD` requests and `HTTP GET` range requests. The server should respond to `HTTP HEAD` requests with a `content-range` header that includes the size of the file.",
"example": "https://example.com/myvideo.mp4",
"format": "uri",
"type": "string"
},
"watermark": {
"properties": {
"uid": {
"description": "The unique identifier for the watermark profile.",
"example": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a",
"maxLength": 32,
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"url"
]
}
}
},
"required": true
}{
"200": {
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"allOf": [
{
"allOf": [
{
"properties": {
"errors": {
"example": [],
"items": {
"properties": {
"code": {
"minimum": 1000,
"type": "integer"
},
"message": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"code",
"message"
],
"type": "object",
"uniqueItems": true
},
"type": "array"
},
"messages": {
"example": [],
"items": {
"properties": {
"code": {
"minimum": 1000,
"type": "integer"
},
"message": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"code",
"message"
],
"type": "object",
"uniqueItems": true
},
"type": "array"
},
"result": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "object"
},
{
"items": {},
"type": "array"
},
{
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"success": {
"description": "Whether the API call was successful",
"enum": [
true
],
"example": true,
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"success",
"errors",
"messages",
"result"
],
"type": "object"
},
{
"properties": {
"result": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "object"
},
{
"type": "string"
}
]
}
}
}
],
"type": "object"
},
{
"properties": {
"result": {
"properties": {
"allowedOrigins": {
"description": "Lists the origins allowed to display the video. Enter allowed origin domains in an array and use `*` for wildcard subdomains. Empty arrays allow the video to be viewed on any origin.",
"example": [
"example.com"
],
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"created": {
"description": "The date and time the media item was created.",
"example": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
"format": "date-time",
"type": "string"
},
"creator": {
"description": "A user-defined identifier for the media creator.",
"example": "creator-id_abcde12345",
"maxLength": 64,
"type": "string"
},
"duration": {
"description": "The duration of the video in seconds. A value of `-1` means the duration is unknown. The duration becomes available after the upload and before the video is ready.",
"type": "number"
},
"input": {
"properties": {
"height": {
"description": "The video height in pixels. A value of `-1` means the height is unknown. The value becomes available after the upload and before the video is ready.",
"type": "integer"
},
"width": {
"description": "The video width in pixels. A value of `-1` means the width is unknown. The value becomes available after the upload and before the video is ready.",
"type": "integer"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"liveInput": {
"description": "The live input ID used to upload a video with Stream Live.",
"example": "fc0a8dc887b16759bfd9ad922230a014",
"maxLength": 32,
"type": "string"
},
"maxDurationSeconds": {
"description": "The maximum duration in seconds for a video upload. Can be set for a video that is not yet uploaded to limit its duration. Uploads that exceed the specified duration will fail during processing. A value of `-1` means the value is unknown.",
"maximum": 21600,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"meta": {
"description": "A user modifiable key-value store used to reference other systems of record for managing videos.",
"example": {
"name": "video12345.mp4"
},
"type": "object"
},
"modified": {
"description": "The date and time the media item was last modified.",
"example": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
"format": "date-time",
"type": "string"
},
"playback": {
"properties": {
"dash": {
"description": "DASH Media Presentation Description for the video.",
"example": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/manifest/video.mpd",
"type": "string"
},
"hls": {
"description": "The HLS manifest for the video.",
"example": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/manifest/video.m3u8",
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"preview": {
"description": "The video's preview page URI. This field is omitted until encoding is complete.",
"example": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/watch",
"format": "uri",
"type": "string"
},
"readyToStream": {
"description": "Indicates whether the video is playable. The field is empty if the video is not ready for viewing or the live stream is still in progress.",
"example": true,
"type": "boolean"
},
"readyToStreamAt": {
"description": "Indicates the time at which the video became playable. The field is empty if the video is not ready for viewing or the live stream is still in progress.",
"example": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
"format": "date-time",
"type": "string"
},
"requireSignedURLs": {
"default": false,
"description": "Indicates whether the video can be a accessed using the UID. When set to `true`, a signed token must be generated with a signing key to view the video.",
"example": true,
"type": "boolean"
},
"scheduledDeletion": {
"description": "Indicates the date and time at which the video will be deleted. Omit the field to indicate no change, or include with a `null` value to remove an existing scheduled deletion. If specified, must be at least 30 days from upload time.",
"example": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
"format": "date-time",
"type": "string"
},
"size": {
"description": "The size of the media item in bytes.",
"example": 4190963,
"type": "number"
},
"status": {
"description": "Specifies a detailed status for a video. If the `state` is `inprogress` or `error`, the `step` field returns `encoding` or `manifest`. If the `state` is `inprogress`, `pctComplete` returns a number between 0 and 100 to indicate the approximate percent of completion. If the `state` is `error`, `errorReasonCode` and `errorReasonText` provide additional details.",
"properties": {
"errorReasonCode": {
"description": "Specifies why the video failed to encode. This field is empty if the video is not in an `error` state. Preferred for programmatic use.",
"example": "ERR_NON_VIDEO",
"type": "string"
},
"errorReasonText": {
"description": "Specifies why the video failed to encode using a human readable error message in English. This field is empty if the video is not in an `error` state.",
"example": "The file was not recognized as a valid video file.",
"type": "string"
},
"pctComplete": {
"description": "Indicates the size of the entire upload in bytes. The value must be a non-negative integer.",
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "string"
},
"state": {
"description": "Specifies the processing status for all quality levels for a video.",
"enum": [
"pendingupload",
"downloading",
"queued",
"inprogress",
"ready",
"error"
],
"example": "inprogress",
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"thumbnail": {
"description": "The media item's thumbnail URI. This field is omitted until encoding is complete.",
"example": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg",
"format": "uri",
"type": "string"
},
"thumbnailTimestampPct": {
"default": 0,
"description": "The timestamp for a thumbnail image calculated as a percentage value of the video's duration. To convert from a second-wise timestamp to a percentage, divide the desired timestamp by the total duration of the video. If this value is not set, the default thumbnail image is taken from 0s of the video.",
"example": 0.529241,
"maximum": 1,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number"
},
"uid": {
"description": "A Cloudflare-generated unique identifier for a media item.",
"example": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a",
"maxLength": 32,
"type": "string"
},
"uploadExpiry": {
"description": "The date and time when the video upload URL is no longer valid for direct user uploads.",
"example": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
"format": "date-time",
"type": "string"
},
"uploaded": {
"description": "The date and time the media item was uploaded.",
"example": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
"format": "date-time",
"type": "string"
},
"watermark": {
"properties": {
"created": {
"description": "The date and a time a watermark profile was created.",
"example": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
"format": "date-time",
"type": "string"
},
"downloadedFrom": {
"description": "The source URL for a downloaded image. If the watermark profile was created via direct upload, this field is null.",
"example": "https://company.com/logo.png",
"type": "string"
},
"height": {
"description": "The height of the image in pixels.",
"type": "integer"
},
"name": {
"default": "",
"description": "A short description of the watermark profile.",
"example": "Marketing Videos",
"type": "string"
},
"opacity": {
"default": 1,
"description": "The translucency of the image. A value of `0.0` makes the image completely transparent, and `1.0` makes the image completely opaque. Note that if the image is already semi-transparent, setting this to `1.0` will not make the image completely opaque.",
"example": 0.75,
"maximum": 1,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number"
},
"padding": {
"default": 0.05,
"description": "The whitespace between the adjacent edges (determined by position) of the video and the image. `0.0` indicates no padding, and `1.0` indicates a fully padded video width or length, as determined by the algorithm.",
"example": 0.1,
"maximum": 1,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number"
},
"position": {
"default": "upperRight",
"description": "The location of the image. Valid positions are: `upperRight`, `upperLeft`, `lowerLeft`, `lowerRight`, and `center`. Note that `center` ignores the `padding` parameter.",
"example": "center",
"type": "string"
},
"scale": {
"default": 0.15,
"description": "The size of the image relative to the overall size of the video. This parameter will adapt to horizontal and vertical videos automatically. `0.0` indicates no scaling (use the size of the image as-is), and `1.0 `fills the entire video.",
"example": 0.1,
"maximum": 1,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number"
},
"size": {
"description": "The size of the image in bytes.",
"example": 29472,
"type": "number"
},
"uid": {
"description": "The unique identifier for a watermark profile.",
"example": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a",
"maxLength": 32,
"type": "string"
},
"width": {
"description": "The width of the image in pixels.",
"type": "integer"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
}
}
]
}
}
},
"description": "Upload videos from a URL response"
},
"4XX": {
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"properties": {
"errors": {
"allOf": [
{
"example": [],
"items": {
"properties": {
"code": {
"minimum": 1000,
"type": "integer"
},
"message": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"code",
"message"
],
"type": "object",
"uniqueItems": true
},
"type": "array"
}
],
"example": [
{
"code": 7003,
"message": "No route for the URI"
}
],
"minLength": 1
},
"messages": {
"allOf": [
{
"example": [],
"items": {
"properties": {
"code": {
"minimum": 1000,
"type": "integer"
},
"message": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"code",
"message"
],
"type": "object",
"uniqueItems": true
},
"type": "array"
}
],
"example": []
},
"result": {
"enum": [
null
],
"nullable": true,
"type": "object"
},
"success": {
"description": "Whether the API call was successful",
"enum": [
false
],
"example": false,
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"success",
"errors",
"messages",
"result"
],
"type": "object"
}
}
},
"description": "Upload videos from a URL response failure"
}
}[
{
"api_email": [],
"api_key": []
}
]