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Create Job
Description
To create a job, send a POST request to the /2012-09-25/jobs resource. Jobs
start as soon as you create them.
Note
You can configure Elastic Transcoder to notify you when the status of a job changes, including when Elastic Transcoder starts and finishes processing a job, and when Elastic Transcoder encounters a warning or error condition. For more information, see Create Pipeline.
Requests
Syntax
POST /2012-09-25/jobs HTTP/1.1 Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8 Accept: */* Host: elastictranscoder.Elastic Transcoder endpoint.amazonaws.com:443 x-amz-date: 20130114T174952Z Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AccessKeyID/request-date/Elastic Transcoder endpoint/elastictranscoder/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=host;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=calculated-signatureContent-Length:number of characters in the JSON string{ "Inputs":[{ "Key":"name of the file to transcode", "Encryption":{ "Mode":"aes-cbc-pkcs7|aes-ctr|aes-gcm", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded decryption key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector" }, "TimeSpan":{ "StartTime":"starting place of the clip, in HH:mm:ss.SSS or sssss.SSS", "Duration":"duration of the clip, in HH:mm:ss.SSS or sssss.SSS" }, "FrameRate":"auto|10|15|23.97|24|25|29.97|30|50|60", "Resolution":"auto", "AspectRatio":"auto|1:1|4:3|3:2|16:9", "Interlaced":"auto|true|false", "Container":"auto|aac|asf|avi|divx|flv|m4a|mkv|mov|mp2|mp3| mp4|mpeg|mpeg-ps|mpeg-ts|mxf|ogg|vob|wav|webm", "InputCaptions":{ "MergePolicy":"MergeOverride|MergeRetain|Override", "CaptionSources":[ { "Key":"name of the input caption file", "Encryption":{ "Mode":"aes-cbc-pkcs7|aes-ctr|aes-gcm", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded encryption key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector" }, "Language":"language of the input caption file", "TimeOffset":"starting place of the captions, in either [-+]SS.sss or [-+]HH:mm:SS.ss", "Label":"label for the caption" }, {...} ] } }, {...} ] "OutputKeyPrefix":"prefix for file names in Amazon S3 bucket", "Outputs":[{ "Key":"name of the transcoded file", "Encryption":{ "Mode":"s3||aes-cbc-pkcs7|aes-ctr| aes-gcm", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded encryption key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector" }, "ThumbnailPattern":""|"pattern", "Rotate":"auto|0|90|180|270", "PresetId":"preset to use for the job", "SegmentDuration":"[1,60]", "Watermarks":[ { "InputKey":"name of the .png or .jpg file", "Encryption":{ "Mode":"s3||aes-cbc-pkcs7| aes-ctr|aes-gcm", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded encryption key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector" }, "PresetWatermarkId":"value of Video:Watermarks:Id in preset" }, {...} ], "AlbumArt":[ { "AlbumArtMerge":"Replace|Prepend|Append|Fallback", "AlbumArtArtwork":"can be empty, but not null":[ { "AlbumArtInputKey":"name of the file to use as album art", "Encryption":{ "Mode":"s3||aes-cbc-pkcs7| aes-ctr|aes-gcm", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded encryption key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector" }, "AlbumArtMaxWidth":"maximum width of output album art in pixels", "AlbumArtMaxHeight":"maximum height of output album art in pixels", "AlbumArtSizingPolicy":"Fit|Fill|Stretch|Keep| ShrinkToFit|ShrinkToFill", "AlbumArtPaddingPolicy":"Pad|NoPad", "AlbumArtFormat":"jpg|png" }, {...} ] }, {...} ], "Captions":{ "CaptionFormats":[ { "Format":"cea-708|dfxp|mov-text|scc|srt|webvtt", "Pattern":"myCaption/file-language", "Encryption":{ "Mode":"s3||aes-cbc-pkcs7| aes-ctr|aes-gcm", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded encryption key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector" } }, {...} ] } }, {...}], "Playlists":[{ "Format":"HLSv3|HLSv4|MPEG-DASH|Smooth", "Name":"name", "OutputKeys":[ "Outputs:Key to include in this playlist", ... ], "HlsContentProtection":{ "Method":"aes-128", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded protection key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector", "LicenseAcquisitionUrl":"license acquisition url", "KeyStoragePolicy":"NoStore|WithVariantPlaylists" }, "PlayReadyDrm":{ "Format":"microsoft|discretix-3.0", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded DRM key", "KeyId":"id of the DRM key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector", "LicenseAcquisitionUrl":"license acquisition url" } }, {...}], "UserMetadata": { "Key":"Value", "Second user metadata key":"Second user metadata value" }, "PipelineId":"pipeline to use for transcoding" }
Request Parameters
This operation does not use request parameters.
Request Headers
This operation uses only request headers that are common to all operations. For information about common request headers, see HTTP Header Contents.
Request Body
The JSON string in the request body contains the input objects for the
CreateJob operation. For more information about the input objects, see
Settings that You Specify When You Create an Elastic Transcoder Job.
Responses
Syntax
Status: 201 Created x-amzn-RequestId: c321ec43-378e-11e2-8e4c-4d5b971203e9 Content-Type: application/json Content-Length:number of characters in the responseDate: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:01:47 GMT { "Job":{ "Id":"Id that Elastic Transcoder assigns to the job", "Inputs":[{ "Key":"name of the file to transcode", "Encryption":{ "Mode":"aes-cbc-pkcs7|aes-ctr|aes-gcm", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded decryption key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector" }, "TimeSpan":{ "StartTime":"starting place of the clip, in HH:mm:ss.SSS or sssss.SSS", "Duration":"duration of the clip, in HH:mm:ss.SSS or sssss.SSS" }, "FrameRate":"auto|10|15|23.97|24|25|29.97|30|50|60", "Resolution":"auto|width in pixelsxheight in pixels", "AspectRatio":"auto|1:1|4:3|3:2|16:9", "Interlaced":"auto|true|false", "Container":"auto|aac|asf|avi|divx|flv|m4a|mkv|mov|mp2|mp3| mp4|mpeg|mpeg-ps|mpeg-ts|mxf|ogg|vob|wav|webm", "InputCaptions":{ "MergePolicy":"MergeOverride|MergeRetain|Override", "CaptionSources":[ { "Key":"name of the input caption file", "Language":"language of the input caption file", "TimeOffset":"starting place of the captions, in either [-+]SS.sss or [-+]HH:mm:SS.ss", "Label":"label for the caption" "Encryption":{ "Mode":"aes-cbc-pkcs7|aes-ctr|aes-gcm", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded decryption key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector" }, }, {...} ] } }, {...}], "OutputKeyPrefix":"prefix for file names in Amazon S3 bucket", "Outputs":[{ "Id":"sequential counter", "Key":"name of the transcoded file", "Encryption":{ "Mode":"s3||aes-cbc-pkcs7|aes-ctr| aes-gcm", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded encryption key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector" }, "ThumbnailPattern":""|"pattern", "Rotate":"auto|0|90|180|270", "PresetId":"preset to use for the job", "SegmentDuration":"[1,60]", "Watermarks":[ { "InputKey":"name of the .png or .jpg file", "Encryption":{ "Mode":"s3||aes-cbc-pkcs7| aes-ctr|aes-gcm", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded encryption key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector" }, "PresetWatermarkId":"value of Video:Watermarks:Id in preset" }, {...} ], "AlbumArt":[ { "AlbumArtMerge":"Replace|Prepend|Append|Fallback", "AlbumArtArtwork":"can be empty, but not null":[ { "AlbumArtInputKey":"name of the file to use as album art", "Encryption":{ "Mode":"s3||aes-cbc-pkcs7| aes-ctr|aes-gcm", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded encryption key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector" }, "AlbumArtMaxWidth":"maximum width of output album art in pixels", "AlbumArtMaxHeight":"maximum height of output album art in pixels", "AlbumArtSizingPolicy":"Fit|Fill|Stretch|Keep| ShrinkToFit|ShrinkToFill", "AlbumArtPaddingPolicy":"Pad|NoPad", "AlbumArtFormat":"jpg|png" }, {...} ] }, {...} ], "Duration":"duration in seconds", "Width":"width in pixels", "Height":"height in pixels", "Status":"Submitted|Progressing|Complete|Canceled|Error", "StatusDetail":"additional information about job status", "Captions":{ "CaptionFormats":[ { "Format":"cea-708|dfxp|mov-text|scc|srt|webvtt", "Pattern":"myCaption/file-language", "Encryption":{ "Mode":"s3||aes-cbc-pkcs7| aes-ctr|aes-gcm", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded encryption key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector" } }, {...} ] }, "AppliedColorSpaceConversion":"None|Bt601ToBt709| Bt709ToBt601" }, {...} ], "Playlists":[ { "Format":"HLSv3|HLSv4|MPEG-DASH|Smooth", "Name":"name", "OutputKeys":[ "Outputs:Key to include in this playlist", ... ], "HlsContentProtection":{ "Method":"aes-128", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded protection key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector", "LicenseAcquisitionUrl":"license acquisition url", "KeyStoragePolicy":"NoStore|WithVariantPlaylists" }, "PlayReadyDrm":{ "Format":"microsoft|discretix-3.0", "Key":"encrypted and base64-encoded DRM key", "KeyId":"id of the DRM key", "KeyMd5":"base64-encoded key digest", "InitializationVector":"base64-encoded initialization vector", "LicenseAcquisitionUrl":"license acquisition url" } }, {...} ], "UserMetadata":{ "key1":"First user metadata value", "key2":"Second user metadata value" }, "PipelineId":"pipeline to add the job to", "Status":"Submitted|Progressing|Complete|Canceled|Error" } }
Response Headers
This operation uses only response headers that are common to most responses. For information about common response headers, see HTTP Responses.
Response Body
When you create a job, Elastic Transcoder returns the values that you specified in the request. For more information, see Settings that You Specify When You Create an Elastic Transcoder Job.
In addition, Elastic Transcoder returns the following values.
- (Automatic) Id
-
The identifier that Elastic Transcoder assigned to the job. You use this value to get settings for the job or to delete the job.
- (Automatic) Outputs:Id
-
A sequential counter, starting with 1, that identifies an output among the outputs from the current job. In the
Outputsyntax, this value is always1. - (Automatic) Outputs:Duration
-
Duration of the output file in seconds, rounded up.
- (Automatic) Outputs:Width
-
Width of the output file, in pixels.
- (Automatic) Outputs:Height
-
Height of the output file, in pixels.
- (Automatic) Outputs:Status
-
The status of one output in a job. If you specified only one output for the job,
Outputs:Statusis always the same asJob:Status. If you specified more than one output:Job:StatusandOutputs:Statusfor all of the outputs isSubmitteduntil Elastic Transcoder starts to process the first output.When Elastic Transcoder starts to process the first output,
Outputs:Statusfor that output andJob:Statusboth change toProgressing. For each output, the value ofOutputs:StatusremainsSubmitteduntil Elastic Transcoder starts to process the output.Job:StatusremainsProgressinguntil all of the outputs reach a terminal status, eitherCompleteorError.When all of the outputs reach a terminal status,
Job:Statuschanges toCompleteonly ifOutputs:Statusfor all of the outputs isComplete. IfOutputs:Statusfor one or more outputs isError, the terminal status forJob:Statusis alsoError.
The value of
Statusis one of the following:Submitted,Progressing,Complete,Canceled, orError. - (Automatic) Outputs:StatusDetail
-
Information that further explains
Outputs:Status. - (Automatic) Outputs:AppliedColorSpaceConversion
-
If Elastic Transcoder used a preset with a
ColorSpaceConversionModeto transcode the output file, theAppliedColorSpaceConversionparameter shows the conversion used. If noColorSpaceConversionModewas defined in the preset, this parameter will not be included in the job response. - (Automatic) Status
-
If you specified more than one output for the job, the status of the entire job. When Elastic Transcoder starts processing a job, the value of
Job:Statuschanges toProgressingand doesn't change until Elastic Transcoder has finished processing all outputs. When processing is complete,Job:Statuschanges either toCompleteor, if any of the outputs failed, toError.If you specified only one output for the job,
Job:Statusis the same asOutputs:Status.The value of
Job:Statusis one of the following:Submitted,Progressing,Complete,Canceled, orError.
Errors
For information about Elastic Transcoder exceptions and error messages, see Handling Errors in Elastic Transcoder.
Note
If a job fails with an Access Denied error, we recommend that you run the Test Role API action
to determine what is causing the error. For more information, see Test Role.
Examples
The following example request creates a job that has two outputs.
Sample Request
POST /2012-09-25/jobs HTTP/1.1 Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8 Accept: */* Host: elastictranscoder.Elastic Transcoder endpoint.amazonaws.com:443 x-amz-date: 20130114T174952Z Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AccessKeyID/request-date/Elastic Transcoder endpoint/elastictranscoder/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=host;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=calculated-signatureContent-Length:number of characters in the JSON string{ "Inputs":[{ "Key":"recipes/lasagna.mp4", "FrameRate":"auto", "Resolution":"auto", "AspectRatio":"auto", "Interlaced":"auto", "Container":"mp4", "InputCaptions":{ "MergePolicy":"MergeOverride", "CaptionSources":[ { "Key":"scc/lasagna-kindlefirehd.scc", "Language":"en", "Label":"English" }, { "Key":"srt/lasagna-kindlefirehd.srt", "Language":"fr", "TimeOffset":"1:00:00", "Label":"French" } ] } }] "OutputKeyPrefix":"recipes/", "Outputs":[ { "Key":"mp4/lasagna-kindlefirehd.mp4", "ThumbnailPattern":"mp4/thumbnails/lasagna-{count}", "Rotate":"0", "PresetId":"1351620000000-100080", "Watermarks":[ { "InputKey":"logo/128x64.png", "PresetWatermarkId":"company logo 128x64" } ], "Captions":{ "CaptionFormats":[ { "Format":"scc", "Pattern":"scc/lasagna-{language}" }, { "Format":"srt", "Pattern":"srt/lasagna-{language}", } ] } }, { "Key":"iphone/lasagna-1024k", "ThumbnailPattern":"iphone/th1024k/lasagna-{count}", "Rotate":"0", "PresetId":"1351620000000-987654", "SegmentDuration":"5" }, { "Key":"iphone/lasagna-512k", "ThumbnailPattern":"iphone/th512k/lasagna-{count}", "Rotate":"0", "PresetId":"1351620000000-456789", "SegmentDuration":"5" }, ], "Playlists": [ { "Format": "HLSv3", "Name": "playlist-iPhone-lasagna.m3u8", "OutputKeys": [ "iphone/lasagna-1024k", "iphone/lasagna-512k" ] } ], "UserMetadata": { "Food type":"Italian", "Cook book":"recipe notebook" }, "PipelineId":"1111111111111-abcde1" }
Sample Response
Status: 201 Created x-amzn-RequestId: c321ec43-378e-11e2-8e4c-4d5b971203e9 Content-Type: application/json Content-Length:number of characters in the responseDate: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:01:47 GMT { "Job":{ "Id":"3333333333333-abcde3", "Inputs":[{ "Key":"recipes/lasagna.mp4", "FrameRate":"auto", "Resolution":"auto", "AspectRatio":"auto", "Interlaced":"auto", "Container":"mp4", "InputCaptions":{ "MergePolicy":"MergeOverride", "CaptionSources":[ { "Key":"scc/lasagna-kindlefirehd.scc", "Language":"en", "Label":"English" }, { "Key":"srt/lasagna-kindlefirehd.srt", "Language":"fr", "TimeOffset":"1:00:00", "Label":"French" } ] } }], "Outputs":[ { "Id":"1", "Key":"mp4/lasagna-kindlefirehd.mp4", "ThumbnailPattern":"mp4/thumbnails/lasagna-{count}", "Rotate":"0", "PresetId":"1351620000000-100080", "Watermarks":[ { "InputKey":"logo/128x64.png", "PresetWatermarkId":"company logo 128x64", } ], "Duration":"1003", "Width":"1280", "Height":"720", "Status":"Progressing", "StatusDetail":"", "Captions":{ "CaptionFormats":[ { "Format":"scc", "Pattern":"scc/lasagna-{language}", }, { "Format":"srt", "Pattern":"srt/lasagna-{language}", }, { "Format":"mov-text" } ] } }, { "Id":"2", "Key":"iphone/lasagna-1024k", "ThumbnailPattern":"iphone/th1024k/lasagna-{count}", "Rotate":"0", "PresetId":"1351620000000-987654", "SegmentDuration":"5", "Duration":"1003", "Width":"1136", "Height":"640", "Status":"Progressing", "StatusDetail":"" }, { "Id":"3", "Key":"iphone/lasagna-512k", "ThumbnailPattern":"iphone/th512k/lasagna-{count}", "Rotate":"0", "PresetId":"1351620000000-456789", "SegmentDuration":"5", "Duration":"1003", "Width":"1136", "Height":"640", "Status":"Complete", "StatusDetail":"", "AppliedColorSpaceConversion":"None" } ], "Playlists":[ { "Format":"HLSv3", "Name":"playlist-iPhone-lasagna.m3u8", "OutputKeys": [ "iphone/lasagna-1024k", "iphone/lasagna-512k" ] } ], "UserMetadata": { "Food type":"Italian", "Cook book":"recipe notebook" }, "PipelineId":"1111111111111-abcde1", "Status":"Progressing" } }
