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Intelligent Media Services:CreateUploadStream

Last Updated:Mar 30, 2026

Obtains the upload URL and credential of a media stream.

Operation description

  • Upload only a local media stream. After the media stream is uploaded, it is associated with the specified media asset ID.

  • Upload media streams only to ApsaraVideo VOD, but not to your own Object Storage Service (OSS) buckets. To upload a media stream to your own OSS bucket, you can upload the file to your OSS bucket by using OSS SDK, and then call the RegisterMediaStream operation to associate the media stream with the specified media asset ID.

  • This operation is available only in the China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), and China (Shenzhen) regions.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

ice:CreateUploadStream

create

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

MediaId

string

No

The ID of the media asset.

****20b48fb04483915d4f2cd8ac****

Definition

string

No

The quality of the media stream. Valid values:

  • FD: low definition.

  • LD: standard definition.

  • SD: high definition.

  • HD: ultra-high definition.

  • OD: original quality.

  • 2K: 2K resolution.

  • 4K: 4K resolution.

  • SQ: standard sound quality.

  • HQ: high sound quality.

HD

FileExtension

string

No

The file name extension of the media stream.

MP4

HDRType

string

No

The high dynamic range (HDR) format of the transcoded stream. Valid values:

  • HDR

  • HDR10

  • HLG

  • DolbyVision

  • HDRVivid

  • SDR+

Note
  • The value is not case-sensitive,

  • You can leave this parameter empty for non-HDR streams.

HDR10

UserData

string

No

The user data.

{"MessageCallback":{"CallbackURL":"http://aliyundoc.com"}, "Extend":{"localId":"xxx","test":"www"}}

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response parameters.

RequestId

string

The request ID.

******11-DB8D-4A9A-875B-275798******

MediaId

string

The ID of the media asset.

****c469e944b5a856828dc2****

FileURL

string

The Object Storage Service (OSS) URL of the file. The URL does not contain the information used for authentication.

http://outin-***.oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com/stream/48555e8b-181dd5a8c07/48555e8b-181dd5a8c07.mp4

UploadAddress

string

The upload URL.

Note

The returned upload URL is a Base64-encoded URL. You must decode the Base64-encoded upload URL before you use an SDK or call an API operation to upload media files. You need to parse UploadAddress only if you use OSS SDK or call an OSS API operation to upload media files.

eyJTZWN1cml0a2VuIjoiQ0FJU3p3TjF****

UploadAuth

string

The upload credential.

Note

The returned upload credential is a Base64-encoded value. You must decode the Base64-encoded upload URL before you use an SDK or call an API operation to upload media files. You need to parse UploadAuth only if you use OSS SDK or call an OSS API operation to upload media files.

eyJFbmRwb2ludCI6Imm****

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "******11-DB8D-4A9A-875B-275798******",
  "MediaId": "****c469e944b5a856828dc2****",
  "FileURL": "http://outin-***.oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com/stream/48555e8b-181dd5a8c07/48555e8b-181dd5a8c07.mp4",
  "UploadAddress": "eyJTZWN1cml0a2VuIjoiQ0FJU3p3TjF****",
  "UploadAuth": "eyJFbmRwb2ludCI6Imm****"
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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