44A Python module for the[ Zencoder] ( http://zencoder.com ) API.
55
66##Installation
7- Install from PyPI using` easy_install ` or ` pip ` .
7+ Install from PyPI using` pip ` .
88
99pip install zencoder
1010
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1313
1414##Usage
1515
16+ ###Create an instance of` Zencoder `
17+
1618from zencoder import Zencoder
1719zen = Zencoder('abc123') # enter your api key
1820
21+ ###Submit a job
22+
1923# creates an encoding job with the defaults
2024job = zen.job.create('http://input-file/movie.avi')
2125print job.code
2226print job.body
2327print job.body['id']
2428
29+ ###Return output progress
30+
2531# get the transcode progress of the first output
2632progress = zen.output.progress(job.body['outputs'][0]['id'])
2733print progress.body
2834
35+ ###Create a new job with multiple outputs
2936
3037# configure your outputs with dictionaries
3138iphone = {
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3946 'url': 's3://output-bucket/output-file.vp8',
4047 'video_codec':, 'vp8'
4148 }
49+
4250# the outputs kwarg requires an iterable
4351outputs = (iphone, web)
4452another_job = zen.job.create(input_url, outputs=outputs)
4553
46- ** Note:** If you set the` ZENCODER_API_KEY ` environment variable to your api key, you don't have to provide it when initializing Zencoder.
54+ ###ZENCODER_API_KEY Environment Variable
55+
56+ ``` python
57+ import os
58+ os.environ[' ZENCODER_API_KEY' = ' abcd1234'
59+ zen= Zencoder()
60+ ```
61+
62+ If you set` ZENCODER_API_KEY ` to your API Key, you don't have to provide it when initializing Zencoder.
4763
4864##Specifying the API Version
4965Set the version of the Zencoder API you want to use as the` api_version ` keyword to the` Zencoder ` object (defaults to` v2 ` ):