Asset.GetDetail

Returns asset specific data.

Parameters and required information

Here's a list of all the parameters you'll need to pass to the Asset.GetDetail method. All of the parameters are required unless otherwise noted.

SessionKey

The session key obtained from User.Login

AssetID

The id of a asset obtained from Workspace.GetAssets

Return Codes

Success

Status: success

Returns a list of all assets for the current workspace.

Status: fail

The call was not successful. Either the session has expired or the XML was not formatted correctly.

Error

5002: Authentication Failure

No active session exists with this session key and developer account id. The user session has expired and the user has to to log on again.

101: The ASSETID attribute is required in the ASSET.GETDETAIL function

The ASSETID was not passed along.

506: This user is not authorized to view assets

This user is not authorized to view assets

HTTP POST

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<request>  
	<sessionkey>string</sessionkey>
	<assetid>string</assetid>     
</request>  

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mediasilo_response method="Asset.GetDetail" status="success">
	<asset>
		<title>string</title>
		<assetstatus>string</assetstatus>
		<isuserapprovalrequired>boolean</isuserapprovalrequired>
		<sourcewidth>integer</sourcewidth>
		<sourceheight>integer</sourceheight>
		<totalcomments>integer</totalcomments>
		<totalannotations>integer</totalannotations>
		<name>string</name>
		<totalapprovals>integer</totalapprovals>
		<userrating>currently returns empty</userrating>
		<size>integer</size>
		<id>integer</id>
		<thumbnail_small>string</thumbnail_small>
		<thumbnail_large>string</thumbnail_large>
		<hasuserapproved>boolean</hasuserapproved>
		<datecreated>yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss</datecreated>
		<ownerusername>currently returns empty</ownerusername>
		<description>string</description>
		<duration>integer</duration>
		<accountid>integer</accountid>
		<ownerid>integer</ownerid>
		<proxysource>string</proxysource>
		<source>string</source>
		<totalapprovalsrequired>integer</totalapprovalsrequired>
		<taglist>string</taglist>
		<isapprovedbyallrequired>boolean</isapprovedbyallrequired>
		<custommetadata>
			<metadataa>
				<key>String</key>
				<value>String</value>
				<type>String</type>
			</metadataa>
		</custommetadata>
	</asset>
</mediasilo_response>

Legend

title

Title of the file as displayed in MediaSilo.

assetstatus

File status.

isuserapprovalrequired

Returns 1 if the current user has been asked to approve the current asset. Otherwise returns empty.

sourcewidth

The width of the uploaded source file in pixels.

sourceheight

The height of the uploaded source file in pixels.

totalcomments

Total number of comments for this asset. Currently not implemented.

totalannotations

Total number of annotations for this asset.

name

Name of the file as it was ingested by MediaSilo.

totalapprovals

Currently not implemented.

userrating

Currently not implemented.

size

File size in kilobytes (KB).

id

ID of the current file.

thumbnail_small

Complete URL to the small thumbnail of the current file.

thumbnail_large.

Complete URL to the large thumbnail of the current file. Currently the same as the small thumbnail.

hasuserapproved

Currently not implemented.

datecreated

Date on which the asset was uploaded. Example: 2008-10-15 09:54:37.0

ownerusername

Currently not implemented.

description

Description of the file.

duration

The duration of the source file in miliseconds, i.e. 115030ms = 1:55.

accountid

ID of the account under which this user is registered.

ownerid

ID of the user who uploaded the asset.

proxysource

Complete URL of the encoded proxy file. Either H.264 .mov or On2.VP6 .flv.

source

Complete URL of the uploaded file before encoding.

totalapprovalsrequired

Currently not implemented.

taglist

Comma separated list of tags associated with this asset.

isapprovedbyallrequired

Currently not implemented.