PeerTube Video Transcoding API

Video transcoding related operations

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openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: PeerTube Abuses Video Transcoding API
  version: 8.1.0
  contact:
    name: PeerTube Community
    url: https://joinpeertube.org
  license:
    name: AGPLv3.0
    url: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/master/LICENSE
  x-logo:
    url: https://joinpeertube.org/img/brand.png
    altText: PeerTube Project Homepage
  description: "The PeerTube API is built on HTTP(S) and is RESTful. You can use your favorite\nHTTP/REST library for your programming language to use PeerTube.\n\nSee the [REST API quick start](https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api/rest-getting-started) for a few\nexamples of using the PeerTube API.\n\n# Authentication\n\nWhen you sign up for an account on a PeerTube instance, you are given the possibility\nto generate sessions on it, and authenticate there using an access token. Only __one\naccess token can currently be used at a time__.\n\n## Roles\n\nAccounts are given permissions based on their role. There are three roles on\nPeerTube: Administrator, Moderator, and User. See the [roles guide](https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/managing-users#roles) for a detail of their permissions.\n\n# Errors\n\nThe API uses standard HTTP status codes to indicate the success or failure\nof the API call, completed by a [RFC7807-compliant](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7807) response body.\n\n```\nHTTP 1.1 404 Not Found\nContent-Type: application/problem+json; charset=utf-8\n\n{\n  \"detail\": \"Video not found\",\n  \"docs\": \"https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html#operation/getVideo\",\n  \"status\": 404,\n  \"title\": \"Not Found\",\n  \"type\": \"about:blank\"\n}\n```\n\nWe provide error `type` (following RFC7807) and `code` (internal PeerTube code) values for [a growing number of cases](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/packages/models/src/server/server-error-code.enum.ts),\nbut it is still optional. Types are used to disambiguate errors that bear the same status code\nand are non-obvious:\n\n```\nHTTP 1.1 403 Forbidden\nContent-Type: application/problem+json; charset=utf-8\n\n{\n  \"detail\": \"Cannot get this video regarding follow constraints\",\n  \"docs\": \"https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html#operation/getVideo\",\n  \"status\": 403,\n  \"title\": \"Forbidden\",\n  \"type\": \"https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html#section/Errors/does_not_respect_follow_constraints\"\n}\n```\n\nHere a 403 error could otherwise mean that the video is private or blocklisted.\n\n### Validation errors\n\nEach parameter is evaluated on its own against a set of rules before the route validator\nproceeds with potential testing involving parameter combinations. Errors coming from validation\nerrors appear earlier and benefit from a more detailed error description:\n\n```\nHTTP 1.1 400 Bad Request\nContent-Type: application/problem+json; charset=utf-8\n\n{\n  \"detail\": \"Incorrect request parameters: id\",\n  \"docs\": \"https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html#operation/getVideo\",\n  \"instance\": \"/api/v1/videos/9c9de5e8-0a1e-484a-b099-e80766180\",\n  \"invalid-params\": {\n    \"id\": {\n      \"location\": \"params\",\n      \"msg\": \"Invalid value\",\n      \"param\": \"id\",\n      \"value\": \"9c9de5e8-0a1e-484a-b099-e80766180\"\n    }\n  },\n  \"status\": 400,\n  \"title\": \"Bad Request\",\n  \"type\": \"about:blank\"\n}\n```\n\nWhere `id` is the name of the field concerned by the error, within the route definition.\n`invalid-params.<field>.location` can be either 'params', 'body', 'header', 'query' or 'cookies', and\n`invalid-params.<field>.value` reports the value that didn't pass validation whose `invalid-params.<field>.msg`\nis about.\n\n### Deprecated error fields\n\nSome fields could be included with previous versions. They are still included but their use is deprecated:\n- `error`: superseded by `detail`\n\n# Rate limits\n\nWe are rate-limiting all endpoints of PeerTube's API. Custom values can be set by administrators:\n\n| Endpoint (prefix: `/api/v1`) | Calls         | Time frame   |\n|------------------------------|---------------|--------------|\n| `/*`                         | 50            | 10 seconds   |\n| `POST /users/token`          | 15            | 5 minutes    |\n| `POST /users/register`       | 2<sup>*</sup> | 5 minutes    |\n| `POST /users/ask-send-verify-email` | 3      | 5 minutes    |\n\nDepending on the endpoint, <sup>*</sup>failed requests are not taken into account. A service\nlimit is announced by a `429 Too Many Requests` status code.\n\nYou can get details about the current state of your rate limit by reading the\nfollowing headers:\n\n| Header                  | Description                                                |\n|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `X-RateLimit-Limit`     | Number of max requests allowed in the current time period  |\n| `X-RateLimit-Remaining` | Number of remaining requests in the current time period    |\n| `X-RateLimit-Reset`     | Timestamp of end of current time period as UNIX timestamp  |\n| `Retry-After`           | Seconds to delay after the first `429` is received         |\n\n# CORS\n\nThis API features [Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)](https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/),\nallowing cross-domain communication from the browser for some routes:\n\n| Endpoint                    |\n|------------------------- ---|\n| `/api/*`                    |\n| `/download/*`               |\n| `/lazy-static/*`            |\n| `/.well-known/webfinger`    |\n\nIn addition, all routes serving ActivityPub are CORS-enabled for all origins.\n"
servers:
- url: https://peertube2.cpy.re
  description: Live Test Server (live data - latest nightly version)
- url: https://peertube3.cpy.re
  description: Live Test Server (live data - latest RC version)
- url: https://peertube.cpy.re
  description: Live Test Server (live data - stable version)
tags:
- name: Video Transcoding
  description: Video transcoding related operations
paths:
  /api/v1/videos/{id}/studio/edit:
    post:
      summary: Create a studio task
      tags:
      - Video Transcoding
      description: Create a task to edit a video  (cut, add intro/outro etc)
      security:
      - OAuth2: []
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/idOrUUID'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/VideoStudioCreateTask'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: successful operation
        '400':
          description: incorrect parameters
        '404':
          description: video not found
  /api/v1/videos/{id}/transcoding:
    post:
      summary: Create a transcoding job
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - admin
      tags:
      - Video Transcoding
      operationId: createVideoTranscoding
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/idOrUUID'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                transcodingType:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - hls
                  - web-video
                forceTranscoding:
                  type: boolean
                  default: false
                  description: If the video is stuck in transcoding state, do it anyway
              required:
              - transcodingType
      responses:
        '204':
          description: successful operation
        '404':
          description: video does not exist
components:
  schemas:
    id:
      type: integer
      minimum: 1
      example: 42
    shortUUID:
      type: string
      description: translation of a uuid v4 with a bigger alphabet to have a shorter uuid
      example: 2y84q2MQUMWPbiEcxNXMgC
    VideoStudioCreateTask:
      type: array
      items:
        anyOf:
        - title: cut
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
              enum:
              - cut
            options:
              type: object
              properties:
                start:
                  type: integer
                end:
                  type: integer
        - title: add-intro
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
              enum:
              - add-intro
            options:
              type: object
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
        - title: add-outro
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
              enum:
              - add-outro
            options:
              type: object
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
        - title: add-watermark
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
              enum:
              - add-watermark
            options:
              type: object
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
        - title: remove-segments
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
              enum:
              - remove-segments
            options:
              type: object
              required:
              - segments
              properties:
                segments:
                  type: array
                  minItems: 1
                  items:
                    type: object
                    required:
                    - start
                    - end
                    properties:
                      start:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 0
                      end:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 1
    UUIDv4:
      type: string
      format: uuid
      example: 9c9de5e8-0a1e-484a-b099-e80766180a6d
      pattern: ^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
      minLength: 36
      maxLength: 36
  parameters:
    idOrUUID:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The object id, uuid or short uuid
      schema:
        oneOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/id'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUIDv4'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/shortUUID'
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      description: 'Authenticating via OAuth requires the following steps:

        - Have an activated account

        - [Generate] an access token for that account at `/api/v1/users/token`.

        - Make requests with the *Authorization: Bearer <token\>* header

        - Profit, depending on the role assigned to the account


        Note that the __access token is valid for 1 day__ and is given

        along with a __refresh token valid for 2 weeks__.


        [Generate]: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api/rest-getting-started

        '
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        password:
          tokenUrl: /api/v1/users/token
          scopes:
            admin: Admin scope
            moderator: Moderator scope
            user: User scope
externalDocs:
  url: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html
x-tagGroups:
- name: Static endpoints
  tags:
  - Static Video Files
- name: Download
  tags:
  - Video Download
- name: Feeds
  tags:
  - Video Feeds
- name: Auth
  tags:
  - Register
  - Session
- name: Accounts
  tags:
  - Accounts
  - Users
  - User Exports
  - User Imports
  - My User
  - My Subscriptions
  - My Notifications
  - My History
- name: Videos
  tags:
  - Video
  - Video Upload
  - Video Imports
  - Video Captions
  - Video Chapters
  - Video Channels
  - Video Comments
  - Video Rates
  - Video Playlists
  - Video Stats
  - Ownership Change
  - Video Mirroring
  - Video Files
  - Video Transcoding
  - Live Videos
  - Channels Sync
  - Video Passwords
  - Video Embed Privacy
- name: Search
  tags:
  - Search
- name: Moderation
  tags:
  - Abuses
  - Video Blocks
  - Account Blocklist
  - Server Blocklist
  - Automatic Tags
  - Watched Words
- name: Instance
  tags:
  - Config
  - Client Config
  - Homepage
  - Instance Follows
  - Instance Redundancy
  - Plugins
  - Stats
  - Logs
  - Job
- name: Remote Jobs
  tags:
  - Runner Registration Token
  - Runner Jobs
  - Runners