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External S3 Compositions


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Contents

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These are the URI schemes for the Composition Settings REST API and the supported methods:

  • /v1/CompositionSettings/Default
    • GET : Retrieves current Composition Settings.
    • POST : Updates the Composition Settings.

Composition Settings instance resource

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The Default CompositionSettings resource holds the default composition settings for the given Twilio account (or project). Its configuration will be applied to all Recording Compositions created in such account (or project).

Base URL

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The Compositions Settings default resource is located at the following Base URL:


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https://video.twilio.com/v1/CompositionSettings/Default

A CompositionSettings resource has the following properties:

Resource properties
account_sidtype: SID<AC>Not PII

The SID of the Account(link takes you to an external page) that created the CompositionSettings resource.


friendly_nametype: stringNot PII

The string that you assigned to describe the resource and that will be shown in the console


aws_credentials_sidtype: SID<CR>Not PII

The SID of the stored Credential resource.


aws_s3_urltype: string<URI>Not PII

The URL of the AWS S3 bucket where the compositions are stored. We only support DNS-compliant URLs like https://documentation-example-twilio-bucket/compositions, where compositions is the path in which you want the compositions to be stored. This URL accepts only URI-valid characters, as described in the RFC 3986(link takes you to an external page).


aws_storage_enabledtype: booleanNot PII

Whether all compositions are written to the aws_s3_url. When false, all compositions are stored in our cloud.


encryption_key_sidtype: SID<CR>Not PII

The SID of the Public Key resource used for encryption.


encryption_enabledtype: booleanNot PII

Whether all compositions are stored in an encrypted form. The default is false.


urltype: string<URI>Not PII

The absolute URL of the resource.


The Twilio Composition Settings REST API lets you configure Twilio to store your compositions in an external AWS S3 bucket. Composition Settings work per-account (i.e. project). If you activate external S3 storage, all Video Compositions in your account (or project) will be stored in the specified external bucket.

This document contains reference information about the Composition Settings REST API for external S3 storage. For a step-by-step guide you can also read the Storing into AWS S3 developer guide

In the table above, the following properties are reserved for the feature called Encrypted Compositions:

  • encryption_key_sid
  • encryption_enabled

If you have an interest in activating Encrypted Compositions in you account, please contact the Twilio Support Service.(link takes you to an external page)

HTTP GET: Get Settings

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Retrieves your account's default Composition Settings.

For example:

Fetch Composition Settings

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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
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const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
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client.video.v1.compositionSettings()
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.fetch()
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.then(composition_settings => console.log(composition_settings.friendlyName));

Output

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{
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"account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"friendly_name": "string",
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"aws_credentials_sid": "CRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"encryption_key_sid": "CRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"aws_s3_url": "https://my-super-duper-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/my/path/",
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"aws_storage_enabled": true,
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"encryption_enabled": true,
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"url": "https://video.twilio.com/v1/CompositionSettings/Default"
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}

HTTP POST: Set Settings

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Sets your account's default Composition Settings. POST requests support the following parameters:

Request body parameters
FriendlyNametype: stringNot PII
Required

A descriptive string that you create to describe the resource and show to the user in the console


AwsCredentialsSidtype: SID<CR>Not PII

The SID of the stored Credential resource.


EncryptionKeySidtype: SID<CR>Not PII

The SID of the Public Key resource to use for encryption.


AwsS3Urltype: string<URI>Not PII

The URL of the AWS S3 bucket where the compositions should be stored. We only support DNS-compliant URLs like https://documentation-example-twilio-bucket/compositions, where compositions is the path in which you want the compositions to be stored. This URL accepts only URI-valid characters, as described in the RFC 3986(link takes you to an external page).


AwsStorageEnabledtype: booleanNot PII

Whether all compositions should be written to the aws_s3_url. When false, all compositions are stored in our cloud.


EncryptionEnabledtype: booleanNot PII

Whether all compositions should be stored in an encrypted form. The default is false.

In the table above, the following parameters are reserved for the feature called Encrypted Compositions:

  • EncryptionKeySid
  • EncryptionEnabled

If you have an interest in activating Encrypted Compositions and enable the use of these parameters in your account, please contact the Twilio Support Service.(link takes you to an external page)

Enabling external S3 storage for Compositions

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The following code snippet illustrate how you can set your Compositions to be stored in an external S3 bucket:

Create or update the configuration to upload to an external S3 bucket

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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
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const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
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client.video.v1.compositionSettings()
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.create({
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awsS3Url: 'https://my-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/recordings',
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awsStorageEnabled: true,
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awsCredentialsSid: 'CRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',
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friendlyName: 'Upload to external bucket'
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})
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.then(composition_settings => console.log(composition_settings.friendlyName));

Output

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{
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"account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"friendly_name": "Upload to external bucket",
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"aws_credentials_sid": "CRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"encryption_key_sid": "CRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"aws_s3_url": "https://my-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/recordings",
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"aws_storage_enabled": true,
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"encryption_enabled": true,
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"url": "https://video.twilio.com/v1/CompositionSettings/Default"
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}

Disabling external S3 storage for Compositions

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To stop storing compositions in an AWS S3 Bucket by default, you can create a new default configuration with AWS storage disabled. If you disable external AWS S3 storage, compositions will be stored in the Twilio cloud.

Disable external S3 storage for Compositions

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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
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const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
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client.video.v1.compositionSettings()
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.create({
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awsStorageEnabled: ,
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friendlyName: 'Resetting default configuration'
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})
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.then(composition_settings => console.log(composition_settings.friendlyName));

Output

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{
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"account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"friendly_name": "Resetting default configuration",
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"aws_credentials_sid": "CRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"encryption_key_sid": "CRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"aws_s3_url": "https://my-super-duper-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/my/path/",
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"aws_storage_enabled": ,
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"encryption_enabled": true,
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"url": "https://video.twilio.com/v1/CompositionSettings/Default"
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}


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