api.video Android video uploader
api.video is the video infrastructure for product builders. Lightning fast video APIs for integrating, scaling, and managing on-demand & low latency live streaming features in your app.
Project description
api.video's Android video uploader streamlines the coding process. Chunking files is handled for you, as is pagination and refreshing your tokens.
Getting started
Requirements
Building the API client library requires:
- Java 1.8+
- Maven/Gradle
Installation
Maven users
Add this dependency to your project's POM:
video.api
android-video-uploader
1.3.2
compile
Gradle users
Add this dependency to your project's build file:
implementation "video.api:android-video-uploader:1.3.2"
Others
At first generate the JAR by executing:
mvn clean package
Then manually install the following JARs:
target/android-video-uploader-1.3.2.jar
target/lib/*.jar
Code sample
Please follow the installation instruction and execute the following Kotlin code:
// If you want to upload a video with an upload token (uploadWithUploadToken):
VideosApiStore.initialize()
// if you rather like to use the sandbox environment:
// VideosApiStore.initialize(environment = Environment.SANDBOX)
val myVideoFile = File("my-video.mp4")
val workManager = WorkManager.getInstance(context) // WorkManager comes from package "androidx.work:work-runtime"
workManager.uploadWithUploadToken("MY_UPLOAD_TOKEN", myVideoFile) // Dispatch the upload with the WorkManager
Example
Examples that demonstrate how to use the API is provided in folder examples/
.
Upload methods
To upload a video, you have 3 differents methods:
WorkManager
: preferred method: Upload with Android WorkManager API. It supports progress notifications, upload in background, queue, reupload after lost connections. Directly use, WorkManager extensions. See example for more details.UploadService
: Upload with an Android Service. It supports progress notifications, upload in background, queue. You have to extend theUploadService
and register it in yourAndroidManifest.xml
. See example for more details.- Direct call with
ApiClient
: Do not call API from the main thread, otherwise you will get anandroid.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException
. Dispatch API calls with Thread, Executors or Kotlin coroutine to avoid this.
Permissions
You have to add the following permissions in your AndroidManifest.xml
:
<!-- Application requires android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE to upload videos` -->
Your application also has to dynamically request the android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
permission to upload videos.
Documentation
API Endpoints
All URIs are relative to https://ws.api.video
VideosApi
Retrieve an instance of VideosApi:
val videosApi = VideosApi("YOUR_API_KEY", Environment.PRODUCTION)
Endpoints
Method | HTTP request | Description |
---|---|---|
upload | POST /videos/{videoId}/source | Upload a video |
uploadWithUploadToken | POST /upload | Upload with an delegated upload token |
Documentation for Models
- AccessToken
- AdditionalBadRequestErrors
- AuthenticatePayload
- BadRequest
- Metadata
- NotFound
- RefreshTokenPayload
- Video
- VideoAssets
- VideoSource
- VideoSourceLiveStream
- VideoSourceLiveStreamLink
Documentation for Authorization
API key
Most endpoints required to be authenticated using the API key mechanism described in our documentation.
On Android, you must NOT store your API key in your application code to prevent your API key from being exposed in your source code. Only the Public endpoints can be called without authentication. In the case, you want to call an endpoint that requires authentication, you will have to use a backend server. See Security best practices for more details.
Public endpoints
Some endpoints don't require authentication. These one can be called with a client instantiated without API key:
val videosApi = VideosApi()
Recommendation
It's recommended to create an instance of ApiClient
per thread in a multithreaded environment to avoid any potential issues.
For direct call with ApiClient
: Do not call API from the main thread, otherwise you will get a android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException
. Dispatch API calls with Thread, Executors or Kotlin coroutine to avoid this. Alternatively, APIs come with an asynchronous counterpart (createAsync
for create
) except for the upload endpoint.
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Contribution
Since this API client is generated from an OpenAPI description, we cannot accept pull requests made directly to the repository. If you want to contribute, you can open a pull request on the repository of our client generator. Otherwise, you can also simply open an issue detailing your need on this repository.
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