Syndication-Based Automation

You can also implement an automated video publishing process using the Content Engine's syndication format. This is a proprietary Escenic XML file format that can be used for import/export purposes. It is described in detail in the Escenic Content Engine Syndication Reference.

To define and create a content item in this way you simply create a syndication file containing all the required information and upload it to a specified import folder on the Content Engine server. The Content Engine will then automatically import the file and create a corresponding content item, triggering the transcoding and keyframe generation process.

For a general description of how to use the Content Engine's import service, see http://documentation.escenic.com/ece-syndication-ref/5.4/the_import_service.html.

The following example shows a syndication file that could be used to import a video content item, based on the content type example given in Defining an External Video Content Type:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <escenic xmlns="http://xmlns.escenic.com/2009/import" version="2.0"> <content source="my-video-library" sourceid="1" type="news" state="published"> <section-ref unique-name="videos" home-section="true"/> <field name="title">My First Imported Video</field>  <field name="video"> { "master" : { "uri" : "http://my-video-server/video1.mpeg", "mime-type" : "video/mpeg"}} </field> </content> </escenic>

The video field (highlighted above) must contain the URI and the MIME type of the video, specified in JSON format, since video fields are defined with a MIME type of application/json (see Defining an External Video Content Type).