Unforuntely at this time, the notify field only allows one URL or email address. This can be either an HTTP(S) URL for the script with which the result will be posted, or a mailto: link with email address for which the result info will be sent. Note that this field may be specified for AddMedia and AddMediaBenchmark actions.
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Can I have multiple notifications via API?
Unforuntely at this time, the notify field only allows one URL or email address. This can be either an HTTP(S) URL for the script with which the result will be posted, or a mailto: link with email address for which the result info will be sent. Note that this field may be specified for AddMedia and AddMediaBenchmark actions.
What should I enter in the Notify field?
In the Notify field you can use either mailto: link or the URL of your script. When your Media is finished, an HTTP POST request with will be sent to the specified location. Please refer to the API docs for details of POST request data format.
In the Notify field you can use either mailto: link or the URL of your script. When your Media is finished, an HTTP POST request with will be sent to the specified location. Please refer to the API docs for details of POST request data format.
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How do I create a new FTP, Amazon S3 or Cloud File watch folder in the web interface?
Once you have logged into encoding.com's web interface, click on the 'Watch Folder' tab on the left side of the screen.
1) In the Folder URL field enter a valid FTP, S3 or Rackspace location folder in the dialogue box. Replace the contents there. They are for suggestion only! Please note if you are using Rackspace or S3 as
More -->Once you have logged into encoding.com's web interface, click on the 'Watch Folder' tab on the left side of the screen.
1) In the Folder URL field enter a valid FTP, S3 or Rackspace location folder in the dialogue box. Replace the contents there. They are for suggestion only! Please note if you are using Rackspace or S3 as source or destination locations, there are specifics to the formatting of the URLs that must be followed in order for the URLs to be valid. Please refer to the two following articles explaining the proper syntax.
Rackspace: http://www.encoding.com/how_do_i_use_rackspace_cloud_files_as_the_source_or_destination_location
Amazon S3: http://www.encoding.com/how_can_i_use_a_amazon_s3_file_as_a_source
2) Add an email address in the Notify URL field form "email@yourdomain.com." Alternatively you can enter a http URL of the script the result would be posted to
3) Select a time frequency you would like our system to check your folder for new video files. If you have large files, set a higher poll time.
4) Enter one or more destination URLs in the format: http://myusername:password@myftpserver.com/video_out. FTP is also valid here, if you're using that type of location.
6) Click Save and enter a encoding profile for this watch folder.
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Many users wish to use the encoding.com Notify field in the API or under the AddMedia interface to send an email notification to the desired user. In order to do so, please use ' mailto: ' before the email address. A sample, correctly formatted, email notification request is:
mailto:helpdesk@encoding.com
This will send
More -->Many users wish to use the encoding.com Notify field in the API or under the AddMedia interface to send an email notification to the desired user. In order to do so, please use 'mailto:' before the email address. A sample, correctly formatted, email notification request is:
mailto:helpdesk@encoding.com
This will send the notification to helpdesk@encoding.com, which, as everyone knows, will send in a support ticket.
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In the notification field of the API, web interface or Desktop Air App, you can specify a http url which we will send a notification post to once the job is complete. If we do not get a success message from our first attempt to send your system this XML we will resend the post up to 3 times.
More -->In the notification field of the API, web interface or Desktop Air App, you can specify a http url which we will send a notification post to once the job is complete. If we do not get a success message from our first attempt to send your system this XML we will resend the post up to 3 times.
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