API Basics
Transloadit provides a nice & simple REST API that you can use for checking on assemblies or for importing your existing media files.
There are two types of API calls:
- Public requests, which can be issued by anybody
- Private requests, which require the parameters below:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| params |
A JSON string containing the actual parameters for this request. Must
at least include an auth.key parameter. See
Authentication.
|
| signature | Optional for public requests, mandatory for private requests. The signature for the given params. |
Create assembly (private)
POST http://api2.transloadit.com/assemblies
Creates a new assembly. You may include any number of files as part of
a multipart/form-data request. Check the
template docs for more details.
Get assembly status (public)
GET <assembly_url>
Queries the status of an assembly. The assembly_url is a unique
url returned whenever an assembly is created.
Cancel assembly (public)
DELETE <assembly_url>
Cancels an assembly / upload that is still in progress.