Coconut NodeJS Library
The Coconut NodeJS library provides access to the Coconut API for encoding videos, packaging media files into HLS and MPEG-Dash, generating thumbnails and GIF animation.
This library is only compatible with the Coconut API v2.
Documentation
See the full documentation.
Installation
To install this package, run:
npm install coconutjsUsage
The library needs you to set your API key which can be found in your dashboard. Webhook URL and storage settings are optional but are very convenient because you set them only once.
const Coconut = require('coconutjs');
const coconut = new Coconut.Client('k-api-key');
coconut.notification = {
'type': 'http',
'url': 'https://yoursite/api/coconut/webhook'
}
coconut.storage = {
'service': 's3',
'bucket': 'my-bucket',
'region': 'us-east-1',
'credentials': {
'access_key_id': 'access-key',
'secret_access_key': 'secret-key'
}
}Creating a job
coconut.Job.create(
{
'input': { 'url': 'https://mysite/path/file.mp4' },
'outputs': {
'jpg:300x': { 'path': '/image.jpg' },
'mp4:1080p': { 'path': '/1080p.mp4' },
'httpstream': {
'hls': { 'path': 'hls/' }
}
}
}, function(job, err) {
console.log(job);
}
)Getting information about a job
coconut.Job.retrieve('OolQXaiU86NFki', function(job, err) {
console.log(job);
});Retrieving metadata
coconut.Metadata.retrieve('OolQXaiU86NFki', function(metadata, err) {
console.log(metadata);
})Released under the MIT license.
