api.video is an API that encodes on the go to facilitate immediate playback, enhancing viewer streaming experiences across multiple devices and platforms. You can stream live or on-demand online videos within minutes.

helpful-scripts

This repository contains useful scripts for PHP users who want to move videos into api.video more easily, or extract data details from your api.video account into a csv file. It includes:

• Google Drive to api.video - Move all your videos from a folder on your Google Drive into api.video
• FTP Server to api.video - Move all your videos from a folder on your FTP server into api.video
• Export Video Details to .csv File - Gather data about all your videos on api.video and export it in a .csv file.

Google Drive to api.video

Quickly ingest video from Google Drive to api.video with this script.

Prerequisites

• PHP 5.4 or greater with the command-line interface (CLI) and JSON extension installed
• The Composer dependency management tool
• A Google account with Google Drive enabled
• An api.video account

Installation

composer require api-video/php-sdk
composer require google/apiclient:^2.0

Walkthrough

If you want help setting up the Google Drive to api.video script, we have a complete walkthrough available: Helpful PHP Scripts Pt 1 - Upload Videos from Google Drive to API Video

Quick Start

php Ingest_google_drive.php

Ingest from ftp server to api.video

Easily ingest files from a selected ftp.server to your api.video account.

Prerequisites

• PHP 5.4 or greater with the command-line interface (CLI)
• The Composer dependency management tool
• An Ftp server account
• An api.video account

Installation

composer require api-video/php-sdk

Walkthrough

If you want help setting up the Google Drive to api.video script, we have a complete walkthrough available: Helpful PHP Scripts Pt 2 - Upload Videos from an FTP Server

Quick start

php import_from_ftp.php

php-export-csv

Allow to easily export data details from tour api.video account into a csv file.

Prerequisites

• PHP 5.4 or greater with the command-line interface (CLI)
• The Composer dependency management tool
• An api.video account

Installation

Walkthrough

If you want help setting up the Export Video Details to a .csv File script, we have a complete walkthrough available: Helpful PHP Scripts Pt 3 - Export All Your Video Details to a .csv File

Quick Start

php create_csv.php