Amazon Elastic Transcoder Jobs API is one of 6 APIs that Amazon Elastic Transcoder publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 3 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include Job. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, pricing, a JSON-LD context, and 3 JSON Schemas.
This API exposes
3 operations
across 2 paths,
and defines 81 schemas.
It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against 4 base URLs: http://elastictranscoder.{region}.amazonaws.com, https://elastictranscoder.{region}.amazonaws.com, http://elastictranscoder.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn, https://elastictranscoder.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn.
3 operations2 paths81 schemas1 DELETE1 GET1 POST
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Amazon Elastic Transcoder Jobs API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (hmac).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
hmac — Amazon Signature authorization v4
Paths & Operations 3
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Jobs 3
DELETE
/2012-09-25/jobs/{Id}
Amazon Elastic Transcoder CancelJob
CancelJob8 params→ 202480481482483484485
GET
/2012-09-25/jobs/{Id}
Amazon Elastic Transcoder ReadJob
ReadJob8 params→ 200480481482483484
POST
/2012-09-25/jobs
Amazon Elastic Transcoder CreateJob
CreateJob7 paramsbody→ 201480481482483484485
Schemas 81
The contract defines 81 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are JobOutput (21 properties), Job (12 properties), CreateJobOutput (11 properties), JobInput (10 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
AspectRatio
string
OutputKeys
array
Timing
object
Details about the timing of a job.
3 properties
JobOutput
object
Outputs recommended instead. If you specified one output for a job, information about that output. If you specified multiple outputs for a job, the Output obje…
21 properties
LongKey
string
CaptionFormatFormat
string
ReadJobResponse
object
The ReadJobResponse structure.
1 property
JobInput
object
Information about the file that you're transcoding.
10 properties
CreateJobOutput
object
The CreateJobOutput structure.
11 properties
Artwork
object
The file to be used as album art. There can be multiple artworks associated with an audio file, to a maximum of 20. To remove artwork or leave the artwork empt…
7 properties
KeyStoragePolicy
string
Job
object
A section of the response body that provides information about the job that is created.
12 properties
NullableInteger
integer
Key
string
TimeSpan
object
Settings that determine when a clip begins and how long it lasts.
2 properties
HlsContentProtection
object
The HLS content protection settings, if any, that you want Elastic Transcoder to apply to your output files.
6 properties
JobStatus
string
ZeroTo512String
string
Name
string
CaptionFormatPattern
string
NonEmptyBase64EncodedString
string
MergePolicy
string
CaptionMergePolicy
string
UserMetadata
object
CreateJobPlaylist
object
Information about the master playlist.
5 properties
CaptionSources
array
Description
string
HlsContentProtectionMethod
string
Base64EncodedString
string
DigitsOrAuto
string
Playlist
object
Use Only for Fragmented MP4 or MPEG-TS Outputs. If you specify a preset for which the value of Container is fmp4 (Fragmented MP4) or ts (MPEG-TS), Playlists co…
7 properties
Filename
string
String
string
PresetWatermarkId
string
Rotate
string
Artworks
array
JobAlbumArt
object
The .jpg or .png file associated with an audio file.
2 properties
Composition
array
DetectedProperties
object
The detected properties of the input file. Elastic Transcoder identifies these values from the input file.
5 properties
LimitExceededException
TimeOffset
string
Playlists
array
JobInputs
array
JobWatermark
object
Watermarks can be in .png or .jpg format. If you want to display a watermark that is not rectangular, use the .png format, which supports transparency.
3 properties
ResourceInUseException
JpgOrPng
string
InputCaptions
object
The captions to be created, if any.
2 properties
CreateJobResponse
object
The CreateJobResponse structure.
1 property
CaptionSource
object
A source file for the input sidecar captions used during the transcoding process.
5 properties
WatermarkKey
string
JobOutputs
array
Time
string
CancelJobResponse
object
The response body contains a JSON object. If the job is successfully canceled, the value of Success is true .
KeyIdGuid
string
JobWatermarks
array
Encryption
object
The encryption settings, if any, that are used for decrypting your input files or encrypting your output files. If your input file is encrypted, you must speci…
4 properties
PaddingPolicy
string
CaptionFormats
array
ResourceNotFoundException
PlayReadyDrmFormatString
string
Clip
object
Settings for one clip in a composition. All jobs in a playlist must have the same clip settings.
1 property
AccessDeniedException
ValidationException
PlaylistFormat
string
ZeroTo255String
string
IncompatibleVersionException
Resolution
string
FloatString
string
Captions
object
The captions to be created, if any.
3 properties
InternalServiceException
FrameRate
string
SizingPolicy
string
EncryptionMode
string
Id
string
NullableLong
integer
Interlaced
string
OneTo512String
string
CaptionFormat
object
The file format of the output captions. If you leave this value blank, Elastic Transcoder returns an error.
3 properties
PlayReadyDrm
object
The PlayReady DRM settings, if any, that you want Elastic Transcoder to apply to the output files associated with this playlist. PlayReady DRM encrypts your me…
6 properties
ThumbnailPattern
string
JobContainer
string
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