Media Library Entries

Import Media Library Entries

Required scope: public-api:write

Description

When you can upload images, videos or files to the configured Media Library storage (e.g. AWS S3) yourself it is possible to create Media Library Entries through the API.

This has the advantage that the entries will be included in the response directly in contrast e.g. to the api/v1/import/images endpoint where you only get a jobId.

You can also provide a custom id to entries which helps with importing documents where images in the document should be referenced with the correct mediaId maybe even before creating the Media Library Entries themselves.

Use Cases

Initial import from an external system
Self managing asset upload (images, videos, files) and creating your own Media Library Entry (easier for imports to connect Media Library Entries with its documents)

Curl Example

ACCESS_TOKEN=ey1234
curl -k -X POST "https://server.livingdocs.io/api/v1/import/mediaLibrary" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
  --data-binary @- << EOF
  {
    "mediaLibraryEntries": []
  }
EOF

Endpoint

POST api/v1/import/mediaLibrary

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Notes
mediaLibraryEntries	array	x	An array of documents to import. Each entry is an object.
mediaLibraryEntries.id	string		Custom id (Allowed characters: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and -). If omitted a random id will be generated.
mediaLibraryEntries.systemName	string		A string identifiyng the external system where the asset is imported from. It is recommended that you always set this value and it is required if you provide an `externalId`.
mediaLibraryEntries.externalId	string		Must be unique in combination with `systemName`.
mediaLibraryEntries.mediaType	string	x	`image`, `video`, `file`
mediaLibraryEntries.asset	object	x
mediaLibraryEntries.metadata	object
mediaLibraryEntries.translations	object

Example Request

{
    "mediaLibraryEntries": [
        {
            "id": "custom-1",
            "systemName": "externalSystem",
            "externalId": "6hedie82",
            "mediaType": "image",
            "asset": {
                "key": "2022/08/25/d6068c02-ca85-421d-948d-ee0e2c15f372.jpeg",
                "url": "https://livingdocs-images-development.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/08/25/d6068c02-ca85-421d-948d-ee0e2c15f372.jpeg",
                "size": 34910,
                "width": 640,
                "height": 427,
                "filename": "super-mario.jpeg",
                "mimeType": "image/jpeg"
            },
            "metadata": {
                "title": "An image title"
            },
            "translations": [
                {
                    "locale": "fr",
                    "metadata": {
                        "title": "Un titre d'image"
                    },
                    "asset": {
                        "key": "2022/08/25/another-asset.jpeg",
                        "url": "https://livingdocs-images-development.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/08/25/another-asset.jpeg",
                        "size": 34910,
                        "width": 640,
                        "height": 427,
                        "filename": "super-mario-modified.jpeg",
                        "mimeType": "image/jpeg"
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "custom-2",
            "systemName": "externalSystem",
            "externalId": "ahedie8x",
            "mediaType": "file",
            "asset": {
                "key": "2022/09/30/a1cb173d-e85f-498b-996e-5ce46058e9b9.pdf",
                "url": "https://livingdocs-files-development.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/09/30/a1cb173d-e85f-498b-996e-5ce46058e9b9.pdf",
                "size": 3028,
                "filename": "a-simple-pdf.pdf",
                "mimeType": "application/pdf"
            },
            "metadata": {
                "title": "A simple PDF"
            },
            "translations": [
                {
                    "locale": "fr",
                    "metadata": {
                        "title": "Un simple PDF"
                    },
                    "asset": {
                        "key": "2022/09/30/another-asset.pdf",
                        "url": "https://livingdocs-files-development.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/09/30/another-asset.pdf",
                        "size": 3028,
                        "filename": "a-simple-pdf-fr.pdf",
                        "mimeType": "application/pdf"
                    },
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "custom-3",
            "systemName": "externalSystem",
            "externalId": "srfhediess",
            "mediaType": "video",
            "asset": {
                "key": "2022/09/30/2804fc3d-098d-4f8f-b25c-c6c15583d672.mp4",
                "url": "https://livingdocs-videos-development.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/09/30/2804fc3d-098d-4f8f-b25c-c6c15583d672.mp4",
                "size": 8633462,
                "width": 1280,
                "height": 720,
                "duration": 35.241667,
                "filename": "fire.mp4",
                "mimeType": "video/mp4"
            },
            "metadata": {
                "title": "This is a fire"
            },
            "translations": [
                {
                    "locale": "fr",
                    "metadata": {
                        "title": "C'est un feu"
                    },
                    "asset": {
                        "key": "2022/09/30/another-asset.mp4",
                        "url": "https://livingdocs-videos-development.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/09/30/another-asset.mp4",
                        "size": 8633462,
                        "width": 1280,
                        "height": 720,
                        "duration": 35.241667,
                        "filename": "fire-fr.mp4",
                        "mimeType": "video/mp4"
                    },
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Response

200

api/v1/import/mediaLibraryEntries

{
  "mediaLibraryEntries": [
    {
      "ok": true,
      "status": 200,
      "id": "custom-1",
      "record": {}
    }
  ]
}

200

api/v1/import/mediaLibraryEntries (error cases for individual entries)

{
  "mediaLibraryEntries": [
    {
      "ok": false,
      "correlation": "id: custom-1",
      "status": 409,
      "error": "UniqueIdViolation",
      "error_details": {
        "message": "id is not unique: 'custom-1'"
      }
    },
    {
      "ok": false,
      "correlation": "id: custom-2",
      "status": 409,
      "error": "UniqueIdViolation",
      "error_details": {
        "message": "externalId is not unique: 'external-1'"
      }
    },
    {
      "ok": false,
      "correlation": "id: custom-3",
      "status": 400,
      "error": "ValidationError",
      "error_details": {
        "message": "An asset with an externalId also requires a systemName"
      }
    },
    {
      "ok": false,
      "correlation": "id: custom-4",
      "status": 400,
      "error": "MetadataValidationErrors",
      "error_details": {
        "message": "Metadata validation failed.",
        "invalidMetadata": [
          {
            "metadataProperty": "title",
            "message": "The value of '/title' should be string"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}