Content Management API > Upload track

Create a new upload track

Body parameters

type string Required

Must be exactly "upload_track".

attributes.url_or_upload_request_id string Required

Either an URL to download, or the ID of an upload request

Example:

"/7/1455102967-image.png"

attributes.type enum Required

The type of track (audio or subtitles)

Example:

"subtitles"

subtitles Optional

Subtitles

audio Optional

Audio

attributes.language_code string Required

A valid BCP 47 specification compliant language code

Example:

"it-IT"

attributes.name string Optional

The human-readable name of the track

Example:

"Italiano"

attributes.closed_captions null, boolean Optional

Indicates if the track provides subtitles for the Deaf or Hard-of-hearing (SDH)

Returns

Returns a Job ID. You can then poll for the completion of the job that will eventually return a resource object of type upload_track

Examples

The response contains the ID of the asynchronous job that started:

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POST https://site-api.datocms.com/uploads/:upload_id/tracks HTTP/1.1
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Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN
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Accept: application/json
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X-Api-Version: 3
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Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
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{
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  "data": {
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    "type": "upload_track",
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    "attributes": {
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      "url_or_upload_request_id": "/7/1455102967-image.png",
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      "type": "subtitles",
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      "language_code": "it-IT"
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    }
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  }
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}

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curl -g 'https://site-api.datocms.com/uploads/:upload_id/tracks' \
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  -X POST \
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  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN" \
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  -H "Accept: application/json" \
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  -H "X-Api-Version: 3" \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \
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  --data-binary '{"data":{"type":"upload_track","attributes":{"url_or_upload_request_id":"/7/1455102967-image.png","type":"subtitles","language_code":"it-IT"}}}'

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await fetch("https://site-api.datocms.com/uploads/:upload_id/tracks", {
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  method: "POST",
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  headers: {
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    Authorization: "Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN",
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    Accept: "application/json",
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    "X-Api-Version": "3",
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    "Content-Type": "application/vnd.api+json",
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  },
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  body: JSON.stringify({
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    data: {
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      type: "upload_track",
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      attributes: {
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        url_or_upload_request_id: "/7/1455102967-image.png",
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        type: "subtitles",
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        language_code: "it-IT",
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      },
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    },
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  }),
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});

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HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
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Content-Type: application/json
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Cache-Control: cache-control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate
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X-RateLimit-Limit: 30
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X-RateLimit-Remaining: 28
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{
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  "data": {
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    "type": "job",
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    "id": "4235"
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  }
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}

To get the asynchronous job result, poll the job result endpoint. While the task is in progress, the endpoint returns a 404 status code. When the job completes, the status changes to 200 OK:

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GET https://site-api.datocms.com/job-results/:job_result_id HTTP/1.1
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Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN
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Accept: application/json
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X-Api-Version: 3

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curl -g 'https://site-api.datocms.com/job-results/:job_result_id' \
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   \
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  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN" \
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  -H "Accept: application/json" \
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  -H "X-Api-Version: 3"

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await fetch("https://site-api.datocms.com/job-results/:job_result_id", {
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  headers: {
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    Authorization: "Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN",
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    Accept: "application/json",
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    "X-Api-Version": "3",
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  },
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});

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
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Content-Type: application/json
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Cache-Control: cache-control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate
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X-RateLimit-Limit: 30
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X-RateLimit-Remaining: 28
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{
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  "data": {
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    "type": "job_result",
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    "id": "34",
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    "attributes": {
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      "status": 200,
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      "payload": {
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        "data": {
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          "type": "upload_track",
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          "id": "xBe7u01029ipxBLQhYzZCJ1cke01zCkuUsgnYtH0017nNzbpv2YcsoMDmw",
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          "attributes": {
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            "type": "subtitles",
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            "name": "Italiano",
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            "language_code": "it-IT",
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            "closed_captions": false,
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            "status": "ready",
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            "error": null
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          },
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          "relationships": {
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            "upload": {
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              "data": {
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                "type": "upload",
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                "id": "q0VNpiNQSkG6z0lif_O1zg"
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              }
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            }
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          }
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        }
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      }
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    }
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  }
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}

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