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pythumbio
Streaming webm transcoder plus previews, metadata, and jpg thumbnails in a convenient micro-service.
Quick Start
Running:
docker run --rm -it -p 8000:8000 ubergarm/pythumbio
Testing:
# apt-get install -y httpie || brew install httpie
http -v http://localhost:8000/meta?url=http://myvideo.com/name.mp4
Development:
docker run --rm -it -v `pwd`:/app --workdir=/app -p 8000:8000 --entrypoint=/bin/sh ubergarm/pythumbio
python3 server.py
Building:
docker build -t ubergarm/pythumbio .
Runtime Configuration
| Environment Variable | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
PYTHUMBIO_PORT | TCP/IP port number on which to listen | 8000 |
PYTHUMBIO_WORKERS | How many sanic worker threads | 2 |
PYTHUMBIO_CONCURRENCY_PER_WORKER | How many concurrent requests handled per sanic worker threads | 4 |
PYTHUMBIO_CHUNKSIZE | Streaming HTTP Chunked Transfer Encoding size in bytes | 32 KiB |
API
Endpoint: /version
Returns application/json output from ffmpeg -version
| Argument | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
- | n/a | n/a |
Endpoint: /thumb
Returns image/jpeg thumbnail from a beginning of video
| Argument | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
url | source video url | n/a |
Endpoint: /webm
Returns video/webm stream
| Argument | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
url | source video url | n/a |
Endpoint: /preview
Returns video/webm stream animated gif style preview
| Argument | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
url | source video url | n/a |
Endpoint: /meta
Returns application/json stream of ffprobe metadata
| Argument | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
url | source video url | n/a |
Style Guide
Run
flake8 --max-line-length=120 server.py
TODO
- Proper error handling
- Parameterize endpoints
- Watermark thumbnails
- Proper logger
- Authorization
- DRY Refactor
Bugs
ffmpegtranscoding can continue despite losing client connection