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A lightweight API for indexing metadata and links to existing derivatives into Avalon.  

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All API methods are protected by token authentication. A specified token is passed through http header 'Avalon-Api-Key'. A matching token must be configured in in Avalon's database. Creating and viewing tokens can be done via rake tasks.  Every token is associated with an Avalon user. User sessions authenticated against an API token will assume the same authorization rights as the associated user. (NOTE: In pre-7.0 versions of Avalon, API token logins were granted admin user rights.)

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languagebash
rake avalon:token:list
$ rake avalon:token:generate username=archivist email=archivist1@example.com
37ebd7d86d406e925ba2da4315903440b2439f671dc58c2a36dc827e454d263fdcfd0bf8ad5cea7f5dce5516f2ffe63ee02debf6881b7b466a8600d321b0a01c

$ rake avalon:token:list
37ebd7d86d406e925ba2da4315903440b2439f671dc58c2a36dc827e454d263fdcfd0bf8ad5cea7f5dce5516f2ffe63ee02debf6881b7b466a8600d321b0a01c|archivist

$ rake avalon:token:revoke username=archivist
Token `37ebd7d86d406e925ba2da4315903440b2439f671dc58c2a36dc827e454d263fdcfd0bf8ad5cea7f5dce5516f2ffe63ee02debf6881b7b466a8600d321b0a01c` (archivist) revoked.


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mediaobjects
mediaobjects
Media Objects

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If true, fields must include value for :bibliographic_id and may include value from controlled vocabulary for :bibliographic_id_label)
Bib import failure will result in a JSON response: {errors: ['Bib import failed', e.message]}, status: 422

replace_masterfiles (boolean):

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titleExample Response
collapsetrue
{
  "id": "1g05fb83r",
  "title": "Lease Test",
  "collection": "7.0 testing",
  "unit": "Default Unit",
  "main_contributors": [],
  "publication_date": null,
  "published_by": null,
  "published": false,
  "summary": null,
  "visibility": "private",
  "read_groups": [],
  "files": [
    {
      "workflow_name": "avalon",
      "percent_complete": "100.0",
      "status_code": "COMPLETED",
      "structure": null,
      "label": "",
      "thumbnail_offset": 2000,
      "poster_offset": 2000,
      "physical_description": null,
      "file_location": "/srv/avalon/Archiver_spool/avalon/1c18df984-SampleVideo.mp4",
      "file_size": "1055736",
      "duration": "5312",
      "date_digitized": "2019-12-10T18:33:41Z",
      "file_checksum": null,
      "file_format": "Moving image",
      "other_identifier": [],
      "captions": null,
      "captions_type": null,
      "comment": [],
      "display_aspect_ratio": "1.7777777777777777",
      "original_frame_size": "1280x720",
      "width": 1280,
      "height": 720,
      "files": [
        {
          "label": "quality-medium",
          "id": "12532-medium",
          "url": "rtmp://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:1935/avalon/mp4:ececa279-0217-45b4-92fb-daf49d552f33/outputs/SampleVideo-medium",
          "hls_url": "https://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:8980/avalon/ececa279-0217-45b4-92fb-daf49d552f33/outputs/SampleVideo-medium.mp4/index.m3u8",
          "duration": 5336,
          "mime_type": null,
          "audio_bitrate": 128078,
          "audio_codec": "mp4a-40-2",
          "video_bitrate": 1500000,
          "video_codec": "avc1",
          "width": "1280.0",
          "height": "720.0",
          "location": "rtmp://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:1935/avalon/mp4:ececa279-0217-45b4-92fb-daf49d552f33/outputs/SampleVideo-medium",
          "track_id": "12532-medium",
          "hls_track_id": null,
          "managed": false,
          "derivativeFile": "file:///srv/avalon/rtmp_streams/ececa279-0217-45b4-92fb-daf49d552f33/outputs/SampleVideo-medium.mp4"
        },
        {
          "label": "quality-high",
          "id": "12532-high",
          "url": "rtmp://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:1935/avalon/mp4:ececa279-0217-45b4-92fb-daf49d552f33/outputs/SampleVideo-high",
          "hls_url": "https://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:8980/avalon/ececa279-0217-45b4-92fb-daf49d552f33/outputs/SampleVideo-high.mp4/index.m3u8",
          "duration": 5336,
          "mime_type": null,
          "audio_bitrate": 192000,
          "audio_codec": "mp4a-40-2",
          "video_bitrate": 3000000,
          "video_codec": "avc1",
          "width": "1280.0",
          "height": "720.0",
          "location": "rtmp://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:1935/avalon/mp4:ececa279-0217-45b4-92fb-daf49d552f33/outputs/SampleVideo-high",
          "track_id": "12532-high",
          "hls_track_id": null,
          "managed": false,
          "derivativeFile": "file:///srv/avalon/rtmp_streams/ececa279-0217-45b4-92fb-daf49d552f33/outputs/SampleVideo-high.mp4"
        },
        {
          "label": "quality-low",
          "id": "12532-low",
          "url": "rtmp://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:1935/avalon/mp4:ececa279-0217-45b4-92fb-daf49d552f33/outputs/SampleVideo-low",
          "hls_url": "https://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:8980/avalon/ececa279-0217-45b4-92fb-daf49d552f33/outputs/SampleVideo-low.mp4/index.m3u8",
          "duration": 5336,
          "mime_type": null,
          "audio_bitrate": 128078,
          "audio_codec": "mp4a-40-2",
          "video_bitrate": 500000,
          "video_codec": "avc1",
          "width": "852.0",
          "height": "480.0",
          "location": "rtmp://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:1935/avalon/mp4:ececa279-0217-45b4-92fb-daf49d552f33/outputs/SampleVideo-low",
          "track_id": "12532-low",
          "hls_track_id": null,
          "managed": false,
          "derivativeFile": "file:///srv/avalon/rtmp_streams/ececa279-0217-45b4-92fb-daf49d552f33/outputs/SampleVideo-low.mp4"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "fields": {
    "duration": "5312",
    "avalon_resource_type": [
      "moving image"
    ],
    "avalon_publisher": null,
    "avalon_uploader": "archivist1@example.com",
    "identifier": [],
    "title": "Lease Test",
    "alternative_title": [],
    "translated_title": [],
    "uniform_title": [],
    "statement_of_responsibility": null,
    "creator": [],
    "date_created": null,
    "date_issued": "2020",
    "copyright_date": null,
    "abstract": null,
    "format": [
      "video/mp4"
    ],
    "resource_type": [],
    "contributor": [],
    "publisher": [],
    "genre": [],
    "subject": [],
    "geographic_subject": [],
    "temporal_subject": [],
    "topical_subject": [],
    "terms_of_use": null,
    "table_of_contents": [],
    "physical_description": [],
    "record_identifier": [
      "http://127.0.0.1:8984/fedora4/rest/1g/05/fb/83/1g05fb83r"
    ],
    "comment": [],
    "bibliographic_id": null,
    "bibliographic_id_label": null,
    "note": null,
    "note_type": null,
    "language": null,
    "related_item_url": null,
    "related_item_label": null,
    "other_identifier": null,
    "other_identifier_type": null,
    "rights_statement": null
  }
}

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Code Block
languagebash
titleGET /media_objects.json
curl -H "Avalon-Api-Key:abcdef123456" "https://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects.json?per_page=101&page=3"


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titleExample Response
collapsetrue
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titlePOST /media_objects.json
curl -H "Avalon-Api-Key:abcdef123456" -X POST -d @data.json https://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects.json

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languagejs
titleExample Request Data (data.json)
collapsetrue

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languagejs
titleExample Response
collapsetrue
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languagebash
titlePUT /media_objects/:id.json
curl -H "Avalon-Api-Key:abcdef123456" -X POST -d @data.json https://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/abcd1234.json
true
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languagejs
titleExample Request Data (data.json)
collapse
[
  {
    "id": "vd66w000m",
    "title": "100_item_8",
    "collection": "Krishna_Ptest",
    "unit": "Indiana University Libraries",
    "main_contributors": [],
    "publication_date": null,
    "published_by": null,
    "published": false,
    "summary": null,
    "visibility": "private",
    "read_groups": [],
    "files": [
      {
        "workflow_name": "avalon-skip-transcoding",
        "percent_complete": null,
        "status_code": null,
        "structure": null,
        "label": "popeye",
        "thumbnail_offset": 2000,
        "poster_offset": 2000,
        "physical_description": null,
        "file_location": "/srv/avalon/dropbox/Krishna_Ptest/assets/Popeye_forPresident.mp4",
        "file_size": "2352948",
        "duration": "30101",
        "date_digitized": "2018-10-02T19:18:35Z",
        "file_checksum": null,
        "file_format": "Moving image",
        "other_identifier": [],
        "captions": "WEBVTT\r\n\r\n1\r\n00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:02.000\r\nTitle frame 1-2 sec\r\n\r\n2\r\n00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:05.000\r\n4 seconds\r\n\r\n3\r\n00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:11.000\r\n10 seconds\r\n\r\n4\r\n00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:16.500\r\n16 seconds\r\n\r\n5\r\n00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:27.800\r\n27 seconds",
        "captions_type": "text/vtt",
        "comment": [],
        "display_aspect_ratio": "1.3333333333333333",
        "original_frame_size": "320x240",
        "width": 320,
        "height": 240,
        "files": [
          {
            "label": "quality-high",
            "id": "track-3",
            "url": "rtmp://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:1935/avalon/mp4:06e89f15-e16a-475b-af5f-8a119891e559/c16082dd-5fc7-4b1b-b582-8fa71923e6f6/Popeye_forPresident",
            "hls_url": "https://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:8980/avalon/06e89f15-e16a-475b-af5f-8a119891e559/c16082dd-5fc7-4b1b-b582-8fa71923e6f6/Popeye_forPresident.mp4/index.m3u8",
            "duration": "30102",
            "mime_type": "video/mp4",
            "audio_bitrate": "98902.0",
            "audio_codec": "AAC",
            "video_bitrate": "513984.0",
            "video_codec": "AVC",
            "width": "320",
            "height": "240",
            "location": "rtmp://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:1935/avalon/mp4:06e89f15-e16a-475b-af5f-8a119891e559/c16082dd-5fc7-4b1b-b582-8fa71923e6f6/Popeye_forPresident",
            "track_id": "track-3",
            "hls_track_id": "track-4",
            "managed": false,
            "derivativeFile": "file:///var/avalon/rtmp_streams/06e89f15-e16a-475b-af5f-8a119891e559/c16082dd-5fc7-4b1b-b582-8fa71923e6f6/Popeye_forPresident.mp4"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "fields": {
      "duration": "30101",
      "avalon_resource_type": [
        "moving image"
      ],
      "avalon_publisher": null,
      "avalon_uploader": "archivist1@example.com",
      "identifier": [],
      "title": "100_item_8",
      "alternative_title": [],
      "translated_title": [],
      "uniform_title": [],
      "statement_of_responsibility": null,
      "creator": [],
      "date_created": null,
      "date_issued": "2017",
      "copyright_date": null,
      "abstract": null,
      "format": [
        "video/mp4"
      ],
      "resource_type": [],
      "contributor": [],
      "publisher": [],
      "genre": [],
      "subject": [],
      "geographic_subject": [],
      "temporal_subject": [],
      "topical_subject": [],
      "terms_of_use": null,
      "table_of_contents": [],
      "physical_description": [],
      "record_identifier": [
        "http://127.0.0.1:8984/fedora4/rest/vd/66/w0/00/vd66w000m"
      ],
      "comment": [],
      "bibliographic_id": null,
      "bibliographic_id_label": null,
      "note": null,
      "note_type": null,
      "language": null,
      "related_item_url": null,
      "related_item_label": null,
      "other_identifier": null,
      "other_identifier_type": null,
      "rights_statement": null
    }
  }
]


Code Block
languagebash
titlePOST /media_objects.json
curl -H "Avalon-Api-Key:abcdef123456" -X POST -d @data.json -H "Content-type:application/json" -H "Accept:application/json" https://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects.json


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languagejs
titleExample Request Data (data.json)
collapsetrue
{
   "fields" : {
      "avalon_uploader" : "srsridh@iu.edu",
      "subject" : [],
      "format" : [
         "video/mp4"
      ],
      "title" : "100_item_8",
      "translated_title" : [],
      "publisher" : [],
      "note_type" : null,
      "alternative_title" : [],
      "duration" : "30101",
      "date_created" : null,
      "related_item_url" : null,
      "related_item_label" : null,
      "genre" : [],
      "contributor" : [],
      "bibliographic_id" : null,
      "uniform_title" : [],
      "topical_subject" : [],
      "note" : null,
      "comment" : [],
      "statement_of_responsibility" : null,
      "temporal_subject" : [],
      "rights_statement" : null,
      "language" : null,
      "date_issued" : "2017",
      "creator" : [],
      "other_identifier" : null,
      "geographic_subject" : [],
      "terms_of_use" : null,
      "abstract" : null,
      "avalon_resource_type" : [
         "moving image"
      ],
      "record_identifier" : [
         "http://127.0.0.1:8984/fedora4/rest/61/08/vb/48/6108vb48x"
      ],
      "identifier" : [],
      "resource_type" : [],
      "bibliographic_id_label" : null,
      "copyright_date" : null,
      "physical_description" : [],
      "table_of_contents" : [],
      "other_identifier_type" : null,
      "avalon_publisher" : "srsridh@iu.edu"
   },
   "publish" : true,
   "collection_id" : "jh343s44s",
   "files" : [
      {
         "file_location" : "/srv/avalon/dropbox/Performance_Testing_100/assets/Popeye_forPresident.mp4",
         "duration" : "30101",
         "files" : [
            {
               "derivativeFile" : "file:///var/avalon/rtmp_streams/3c5ee8d6-dc51-4112-8f60-f4cc36abab5c/5136f7be-1637-4ebf-be5e-35c79df16dac/Popeye_forPresident.mp4",
               "managed" : false,
               "video_bitrate" : "513984.0",
               "duration" : "30102",
               "audio_codec" : "AAC",
               "url" : "rtmp://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:1935/avalon/mp4:3c5ee8d6-dc51-4112-8f60-f4cc36abab5c/5136f7be-1637-4ebf-be5e-35c79df16dac/Popeye_forPresident",
               "track_id" : "track-3",
               "id" : "track-3",
               "video_codec" : "AVC",
               "hls_url" : "https://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:8980/avalon/3c5ee8d6-dc51-4112-8f60-f4cc36abab5c/5136f7be-1637-4ebf-be5e-35c79df16dac/Popeye_forPresident.mp4/index.m3u8",
               "width" : "320",
               "label" : "quality-high",
               "hls_track_id" : "track-4",
               "location" : "rtmp://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:1935/avalon/mp4:3c5ee8d6-dc51-4112-8f60-f4cc36abab5c/5136f7be-1637-4ebf-be5e-35c79df16dac/Popeye_forPresident",
               "height" : "240",
               "mime_type" : "video/mp4",
               "audio_bitrate" : "98902.0"
            }
         ],
         "captions" : "WEBVTT\r\n\r\n1\r\n00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:02.000\r\nTitle frame 1-2 sec\r\n\r\n2\r\n00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:05.000\r\n4 seconds\r\n\r\n3\r\n00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:11.000\r\n10 seconds\r\n\r\n4\r\n00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:16.500\r\n16 seconds\r\n\r\n5\r\n00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:27.800\r\n27 seconds",
         "other_identifier" : [],
         "file_checksum" : null,
         "workflow_name" : "avalon-skip-transcoding",
         "structure" : null,
         "percent_complete" : null,
         "physical_description" : null,
         "file_size" : "2352948",
         "poster_offset" : 2000,
         "display_aspect_ratio" : "1.3333333333333333",
         "height" : 240,
         "comment" : [],
         "thumbnail_offset" : 2000,
         "original_frame_size" : "320x240",
         "date_digitized" : "2018-10-15T18:57:39Z",
         "width" : 320,
         "captions_type" : "text/vtt",
         "status_code" : null,
         "file_format" : "Moving image",
         "label" : "popeye"
      }
   ]
}


Code Block
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titleExample Response
collapsetrue
{"id":"f4752h024"}


Code Block
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titlePUT /media_objects/:id.json
curl -H "Avalon-Api-Key:abcdef123456" -X PUT -d @data.json -H "Content-type:application/json" -H "Accept:application/json" https://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/f4752h024.json


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languagejs
titleExample Request Data (data.json)
collapsetrue
{
   "publish" : true,
   "collection_id" : "jh343s44s",
   "fields" : {
      "physical_description" : [],
      "related_item_label" : null,
      "creator" : [],
      "avalon_uploader" : "srsridh@iu.edu",
      "terms_of_use" : null,
      "copyright_date" : null,
      "date_issued" : "2017",
      "note_type" : null,
      "other_identifier" : null,
      "alternative_title" : [],
      "bibliographic_id" : null,
      "date_created" : null,
      "comment" : [],
      "avalon_publisher" : "srsridh@iu.edu",
      "rights_statement" : null,
      "uniform_title" : [],
      "bibliographic_id_label" : null,
      "geographic_subject" : [],
      "translated_title" : [],
      "abstract" : null,
      "note" : null,
      "duration" : "30101",
      "title" : "Ingest API Test",
      "topical_subject" : [],
      "genre" : [],
      "contributor" : [],
      "statement_of_responsibility" : null,
      "publisher" : [],
      "table_of_contents" : [],
      "language" : null,
      "avalon_resource_type" : [
         "moving image"
      ],
      "temporal_subject" : [],
      "record_identifier" : [
         "http://127.0.0.1:8984/fedora4/rest/61/08/vb/48/6108vb48x"
      ],
      "related_item_url" : null,
      "subject" : [],
      "other_identifier_type" : null,
      "resource_type" : [],
      "identifier" : [],
      "format" : [
         "video/mp4"
      ]
   },
   "files" : [
      {
         "width" : 320,
         "thumbnail_offset" : 2000,
         "file_format" : "Moving image",
         "file_checksum" : null,
         "file_size" : "2352948",
         "status_code" : null,
         "percent_complete" : null,
         "poster_offset" : 2000,
         "date_digitized" : "2018-10-15T18:57:39Z",
         "structure" : null,
         "workflow_name" : "avalon-skip-transcoding",
         "comment" : [],
         "other_identifier" : [],
         "display_aspect_ratio" : "1.3333333333333333",
         "captions" : "WEBVTT\r\n\r\n1\r\n00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:02.000\r\nTitle frame 1-2 sec\r\n\r\n2\r\n00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:05.000\r\n4 seconds\r\n\r\n3\r\n00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:11.000\r\n10 seconds\r\n\r\n4\r\n00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:16.500\r\n16 seconds\r\n\r\n5\r\n00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:27.800\r\n27 seconds",
         "file_location" : "/srv/avalon/dropbox/Performance_Testing_100/assets/Popeye_forPresident.mp4",
         "original_frame_size" : "320x240",
         "duration" : "30101",
         "physical_description" : null,
         "height" : 240,
         "files" : [
            {
               "mime_type" : "video/mp4",
               "hls_track_id" : "track-4",
               "duration" : "30102",
               "video_bitrate" : "513984.0",
               "audio_codec" : "AAC",
               "managed" : false,
               "height" : "240",
               "track_id" : "track-3",
               "derivativeFile" : "file:///var/avalon/rtmp_streams/3c5ee8d6-dc51-4112-8f60-f4cc36abab5c/5136f7be-1637-4ebf-be5e-35c79df16dac/Popeye_forPresident.mp4",
               "location" : "rtmp://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:1935/avalon/mp4:3c5ee8d6-dc51-4112-8f60-f4cc36abab5c/5136f7be-1637-4ebf-be5e-35c79df16dac/Popeye_forPresident",
               "label" : "quality-high",
               "width" : "320",
               "audio_bitrate" : "98902.0",
               "hls_url" : "https://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:8980/avalon/3c5ee8d6-dc51-4112-8f60-f4cc36abab5c/5136f7be-1637-4ebf-be5e-35c79df16dac/Popeye_forPresident.mp4/index.m3u8",
               "video_codec" : "AVC",
               "url" : "rtmp://mallorn.dlib.indiana.edu:1935/avalon/mp4:3c5ee8d6-dc51-4112-8f60-f4cc36abab5c/5136f7be-1637-4ebf-be5e-35c79df16dac/Popeye_forPresident",
               "id" : "track-3"
            }
         ],
         "captions_type" : "text/vtt",
         "label" : "popeye"
      }
   ],
   "replace_masterfiles" : true
}


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languagejs
titleExample Response
collapsetrue
{"id":"f4752h024"}


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