azure-media

Azure Media for Node.js

Attention!!! Many bugs. Still working on it..

Azure's Media REST API provides a way to store, encode, and deliver media (video and images). This library makes using the API easier.

var AzureMedia = require('azure-media');
var myconfig = require('./myconfig');

var api = new AzureMedia(myconfig); // {client_id: 'your azure media id', client_secret: 'your azure media secret'} 
api.init(function (err) {
    // do your work here or after this callback
});

Install

npm install azure-media

Using Microsoft's Documentation

All of the data structures and endpoints used in this library are documented in Azure Media Service REST API Reference.

Each subsection is modeled based on its "Entity Properties" section (eg. Asset Entity Properties).

Each model usable at API.rest.[lowercase model name] with create, get, update, list methods.

REST Endpoints

All REST endpoints are in the initialized api lib at api.rest.someendpoint (eg. api.rest.asset)

"data" is a JavaScript object for the appropriate endpoint model documented in the Properties section of each model in Azure Media Service REST API Reference.
Callbacks generally return an object, called a model. It uses VeryModel. VeryModel instances behave like normal objects. If you want a simpler object, call .toObject() and use the returned value.

Each endpoint will have some of the following methods:

update

Signature: update(id, data, callback)
Callback: function (err, model)

create

Signature: create(data, callback)
Callback: function(err, model)

Example:

api.rest.asset.create({Name: 'Some Asset'}, function (err, asset) {
    if (err) {
        console.log(err);
    } else {
        console.log("Created asset: " + asset.Id);
    }
});

delete

Signature: delete(id, callback)
Callback: function(err)

get

Signature: get(id, callback)
Callback: function(err, model)

list

Signature: list(callback, query)
Callback: function(err, model)

The query parameter is a JavaScript object of the query parameters documented in OData Query String Options (eg: {'$filter': "Name eq 'Bill'"})

accesspolicy

AccessPolicys should be reused, rather than just creating a new one for every use. So rather than create, or trying to manage this yourself, use

Signature: findOrCreate(durationInMinutes, permissions, callback)
Callback: function (err, accesspolicy_model)

assetfileindex

ingestmanifestasset

job

Signature: cancel(id, callback)
Callback: function (err)

locator

notificationendpoint

tasktemplate

asset

contentkey

ingestmanifest

ingestmanifestfile

jobtemplate

mediaprocessor

task

Models

Most callbacks return a VeryModel instance. These are based on Microsoft's documentation and are implemented in /models/

Some models have extra ORM-like methods, allowing you to interact with the model itself which will work with the Azure REST API behind the scenes.

accesspolicy

assetfileindex

ingestmanifestasset

job

locator

notificationendpoint

tasktemplate

asset

contentkey

ingestmanifest

ingestmanifestfile

jobtemplate

mediaprocessor

task

Workflow Methods

uploadStream

api.uploadStream('somefile.mp4', fs.createReadStream('/some/file.mp4'), fs.statSync('/some/file.mp4').size, function (err, assetId) {
    if(!err) {
        console.log("done uploading");
    }
});

downloadStream

api.downloadStream(assetId, fs.createWriteStream('/some/download/path.mp4'), function (err) {
});

getDownloadURL

api.getDownloadURL(assetId, fs.createWriteStream('/some/download/path.mp4'), function (err, url) {
});

encodeVideo

api.encodeVideo(assetId, 'H264 Broadband SD 4x3', function (err, job)) {
});