API Reference

Media.getFileInfo

Returns a list with information about the specified file.

If the userid parameter is supplied the uservote item is also returned, which contains the vote/rating the user made on the file (if any).

If you are not authenticated using the API key, you will only be able to retrieve information on moderated media.

There is no requirement for any permission to be able to retrieve information about a private media item.

Syntax

mixed media.getFileInfo ( mixed id, mixed uid = NULL, mixed returnComments = false, array options = array(), array fields = array() )

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Default value
id	mixed	Required	none
uid	mixed	Optional	NULL
returnComments	mixed	Optional	false
options	array	Optional	array()
fields	array	Optional	array()

Sample Response

Sample REST Response
http://api.newspark.ca/services/rest/media/getFileInfo?id=[MEDIA_ID]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<result>
  <id>MEDIA_ID</id>
  <status>3</status>
  <contenttype>text/plain</contenttype>
  <filetype>4</filetype>
  <context>1</context>
  <filename/>
  <injector>MediaService1</injector>
  <hits>0</hits>
  <message/>
  <date>2012-01-26 11:29:26</date>
  <title>thisisatitle</title>
  <tags/>
  <extension/>
  <sender/>
  <author/>
  <metadata/>
    <KEY>VALUE</KEY>
  <uid>USER_ID</uid>
  <filesize>0</filesize>
  <ofilesize>0</ofilesize>
  <upload>2012-01-26 11:29:26</upload>
  <location>fmdevs3</location>
  <originallocation/>
  <privacy>0</privacy>
  <moderationstatus>0</moderationstatus>
  <width>0</width>
  <height>0</height>
  <length>0.00</length>
  <conversiontime>0</conversiontime>
  <converttime/>
  <lastupdatetime>2012-01-26 11:29:26</lastupdatetime>
  <offensive>0</offensive>
  <autoblog>0</autoblog>
  <rating>0</rating>
  <votecount>0</votecount>
  <externalid/>
  <parentid>0</parentid>
  <originalLocation/>
  <user_name>USER_NAME</user_name>
  <user_email>EMAIL_ADDRESS</user_email>
  <user_country/>
  <user_city/>
  <user_state/>
  <user_nickname/>
  <user_firstname>FIRSTNAME</user_firstname>
  <user_lastname>LASTNAME</user_lastname>
  <url/>
  <vhost>VHOST_ID</vhost>
  <rotation>0</rotation>
  <language/>
  <channel>0</channel>
  <channel_shortname/>
  <channel_name/>
  <channelleft>0</channelleft>
  <geo_latitude/>
  <geo_longitude/>
  <originalsaved>1</originalsaved>
  <hidden>SHOWN</hidden>
  <commentcount>0</commentcount>
  <approvedcomments>0</approvedcomments>
  <notdeniedcomments>0</notdeniedcomments>
  <publicUrl>http://fmdevs3.filemobile.com/storage/MEDIA_ID</publicUrl>
  <thumbUrl>http://fmdev.s3.amazonaws.com/storage/MEDIA_ID</thumbUrl>
  <moderationdeniedid>0</moderationdeniedid>
  <conversions/>
  <isLive>false</isLive>
</result>

Sample JSON Response

{
    "status": true,
    "result": {
        "id": MEDIA_ID,
        "status": 3,
        "contenttype": "text/plain",
        "filetype": 4,
        "context": 1,
        "filename": "",
        "injector": "MediaService1",
        "hits": 0,
        "message": "",
        "date": "2012-01-26 11:29:26",
        "title": "thisisatitle",
        "tags": "",
        "extension": "",
        "sender": "",
        "author": "",
        "metadata": {
            "KEY": "VALUE"
        },
        "uid": USER_ID,
        "filesize": 0,
        "ofilesize": 0,
        "upload": "2012-01-26 11:29:26",
        "location": "fmdevs3",
        "originallocation": "",
        "privacy": 0,
        "moderationstatus": 0,
        "width": 0,
        "height": 0,
        "length": "0.00",
        "conversiontime": "0",
        "converttime": null,
        "lastupdatetime": "2012-01-26 11:29:26",
        "offensive": 0,
        "autoblog": "0",
        "rating": 0,
        "votecount": 0,
        "externalid": "",
        "parentid": 0,
        "originalLocation": "",
        "user_name": "USER_NAME",
        "user_email": "EMAIL_ADDRESS",
        "user_country": "",
        "user_city": "",
        "user_state": "",
        "user_nickname": "",
        "user_firstname": "FIRSTNAME",
        "user_lastname": "LASTNAME",
        "url": "",
        "vhost": VHOST_ID,
        "rotation": 0,
        "language": "",
        "channel": 0,
        "channel_shortname": null,
        "channel_name": null,
        "channelleft": 0,
        "geo_latitude": null,
        "geo_longitude": null,
        "originalsaved": 1,
        "hidden": "SHOWN",
        "commentcount": 0,
        "approvedcomments": 0,
        "notdeniedcomments": 0,
        "publicUrl": "http://fmdevs3.filemobile.com/storage/MEDIA_ID",
        "thumbUrl": "http://fmdev.s3.amazonaws.com/storage/MEDIA_ID",
        "moderationdeniedid": 0,
        "conversions": [],
        "isLive": "false"
    }
}

Code examples

PHP-RPC

$path = 'https://api.newspark.ca/services/php';

// Listing the arguments
$arguments = array(
  'APIKEY' => 'YOURAPIKEY',
  'method' => 'media.getFileInfo',
  'id' => $id,
  'uid' => $uid,
  'returnComments' => $returnComments,
  'options' => $options,
  'fields' => $fields
);

// http_build_query basically turns an array into a url-encoded list of variables
$url = $path .'?' . http_build_query($arguments,null,'&');

// get the contents from the specified url
$data = file_get_contents($url);

// transform it back into php data structures
$data = unserialize($data);

// the actual data is stored in $data['result']

print_r($data['result']);

PEAR XMLRPC client

// Include the client
require_once 'XML/RPC.php';

// Create the XMLRPC Client
$client = new XML_RPC_Client('/services/xmlrpc?APIKEY={YOURAPIKEY}', 'api.newspark.ca');

// PEAR's XML-RPC client requires all arguments to wrapped in a special value class
// XML_RPC_encode converts this automatically

$arguments = array(
  XML_RPC_encode($id),
  XML_RPC_encode($uid),
  XML_RPC_encode($returnComments),
  XML_RPC_encode($options),
  XML_RPC_encode($fields)
);

// Creating an XML-RPC message
$message = new XML_RPC_Message('media.getFileInfo',$arguments);

// Sending the message to the server
$response = $client->send($message);

// We also need to decode the response back to normal PHP types
$response = XML_RPC_decode($response);

print_r($response);

SabreTooth XMLRPC client

// Include the client
require_once 'Sabre/XMLRPC/Client.php';

// Create the XMLRPC Client
$xmlrpc = new Sabre_XMLRPC_Client('https://api.newspark.ca/services/xmlrpc?APIKEY={YOURAPIKEY}');

$arguments = array(
  $id,
  $uid,
  $returnComments,
  $options,
  $fields
);

$data = $xmlrpc->invoke('media.getFileInfo',$arguments);

print_r($data);

Zend XMLRPC client

// Include the client
require_once 'Zend/XmlRpc/Client.php';

// Create the XMLRPC Client
$client = new Zend_XmlRpc_Client('https://api.newspark.ca/services/xmlrpc?APIKEY={YOURAPIKEY}');

$arguments = array(
  $id,
  $uid,
  $returnComments,
  $options,
  $fields
);

$data = $client->call('media.getFileInfo',$arguments);

print_r($data);

Actionscript 2

    /*
     *     In ActionScript 2 remote service calls are done using the RemotingConnector Component.
     *     An instance of the component must exist on the stage and have an instance name.
     *
     *     Results and Faults are handled by addEventListener's and the call parameters are placed inside of an associative array
     *
     *     You must also specify the service class and method names under the appropriate property fields of the component
     */

    var gatewayURL:String = "/services/amf2";
    //Set up service call
    myRemConn_rc.gatewayUrl = gatewayURL;
    myRemConn_rc.serviceName = "media";
    myRemConn_rc.methodName = "getFileInfo";
    myRemConn_rc.params = {id:id, uid:uid, returnComments:returnComments, options:options, fields:fields};
    myRemConn_rc.addEventListener("result", widgetResult);
    myRemConn_rc.addEventListener("status", widgetFault);

    //Make the call
    myRemConn_rc.trigger();

    /*
    *  Handles service result.
    */
    function widgetResult(ev:Object){
        //Do stuff
        //Data is returned inside of ev.target.results
        //(i.e. ev.traget.results.description or ev.traget.results.settings.color)
    }

    /*
    *  Handles service fault.
    */
    function widgetFault(ev:Object){
        //Display Error
        trace("Categories Error - " + ev.code + " -  " + ev.data.faultstring);
    }

Actionscript 3

    /*
     *  In ActionScript 3 remote service calls are done using the NetConnection Object.
     *  A Responder Object controls what functions handle successful or failed calls
     *  and any parameters for the call are placed in an array and passed as a parameter
     *  in the NetConnection.call() method.
     */

    var gatewayURL:String = "/services/amf2";
    var parameters:Array = new Array(id, uid, returnComments, options, fields);

    var connection:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
    connection.connect(gatewayURL);
    connection.call("media.getFileInfo", new Responder(widgetResult, widgetFault), parameters);


    /*
     *   Handles service result.
     */
    function widgetResult(ev:Object):void{
        //Do stuff
        //Data is returned inside of ev
        //(i.e. ev.description or ev.settings.color)
    }


    /*
    *  Handles service fault.
    */
    function widgetFault(ev:Object):void{
        //Display Error
        error.showError(parentClip, ev.code + " -  " + ev.description, "Please refresh your browser to try again.");
        error.x = (parentClip.width - error.width) / 2;
        error.y = (parentClip.height - error.height) / 2;
    }

REST service example

<%@ Page Language="vb" %>
<%


' REST gateway
dim gateway as string = "http://api.newspark.ca/services/rest/"

' Service + method we're calling.
dim method as string = "media/getFileInfo"

dim apiKey as string = "YOURAPIKEY"

dim url as string = gateway & method & "?APIKEY=" & apiKey &  "&id=" & id

' HTTP Client
dim wcHTTPScrape as new System.net.WebClient()

' Opening a stream
dim objInput as System.IO.Stream = wcHTTPScrape.OpenRead(url)

dim objReader as new System.IO.StreamReader ( objInput )

' Reading the entire HTTP response and output it
Response.Write ( objReader.ReadToEnd () )


objReader.Close ()
objInput.Close ()

%>

jQuery JSON

/*
* jQuery post example
*/

function getFileInfo ( id, uid, returnComments, options, fields ) {

var params = {
    "method" :      'media.getFileInfo',
    "id" :          id,
    "uid" :         uid,
    "returnComments" : returnComments,
    "options" :     options,
    "fields" :      fields}

$.post('/services/json',params
,function(response){
    console.log(response);
});

Local API

// Get the Service Mapper

$mapper = Sabre_ServiceMap_Mapper::getMapper();

// Calling the method
$data = $mapper->media->getFileInfo( $id, $uid, $returnComments, $options, $fields );

print_r($data);

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Developer Documentation Portal

API Reference

Media.getFileInfo

Syntax

Arguments

Sample Response

Sample REST Response
http://api.newspark.ca/services/rest/media/getFileInfo?id=[MEDIA_ID]

Sample JSON Response

Code examples

PHP-RPC

PEAR XMLRPC client

SabreTooth XMLRPC client

Zend XMLRPC client

Actionscript 2

Actionscript 3

REST service example

jQuery JSON

Local API

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Developer Documentation Portal

API Reference

Media.getFileInfo

Syntax

Arguments

Sample Response

Sample REST Responsehttp://api.newspark.ca/services/rest/media/getFileInfo?id=[MEDIA_ID]

Sample JSON Response

Code examples

PHP-RPC

PEAR XMLRPC client

SabreTooth XMLRPC client

Zend XMLRPC client

Actionscript 2

Actionscript 3

REST service example

jQuery JSON

Local API

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Sample REST Response
http://api.newspark.ca/services/rest/media/getFileInfo?id=[MEDIA_ID]