Returns the status of a video uploaded through the API.

Note: ALL arguments are required.

Authenication

Authentication is optional. After authenticating and using sessionid parameter, you may ask about your private data using this method. Asking about private data without authentication will result with returning empty data set or an error.

Arguments

method
Should be set to “Viddler.videos.getStatus”
api_key
Assigned Viddler API Key
sessionid (optional)
User session token
video_id
The ID of the video to get information for. This is the ID that’s returned by upload.video.

Example Call

http://api.viddler.com/rest/v1?method=viddler.videos.getStatus&api_key=123456&video_id=k04Eeue24Lk

Example Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<video_status>
  <id>f4509d17</id>
  <failed>0</failed>
  <statuscode>1</statuscode>
  <statusmsg>Waiting for encode</statusmsg>
</video_status>

Status codes

1 (failed=0)
Waiting for encode
2 (failed=0)
Encoding
3 (failed=1)
Not encoded (encoding error)
4 (failed=0)
Ready
5 (failed=0)
Deleted