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ApsaraVideo Media Processing:ActivateMediaWorkflow

Last Updated:Aug 28, 2026

Activates a media workflow.

Operation description

Activates a media workflow that has been deactivated. After activation, you cannot modify the workflow information, such as the name, topology, or trigger mode. A media workflow is in the Active state by default after it is created.

QPS limit

You can call this operation up to 100 times per second per account. Requests that exceed this limit are dropped and you may experience service interruptions. For more information, see QPS limit.

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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

mts:ActivateMediaWorkflow

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

MediaWorkflowId

string

Yes

The ID of the media workflow. You can obtain the ID from the response of the AddMediaWorkflow operation.

93ab850b4f6f44eab54b6e9181d4****

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response parameters.

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

A1326BD4-30B1-4CB6-Q123-3330B877B0D4

MediaWorkflow

object

The details of the media workflow.

CreationTime

string

The time when the media workflow was created.

2016-04-01T05:29:37Z

MediaWorkflowId

string

The ID of the media workflow.

93ab850b4f6f44eab54b6e9181d4****

State

string

The status of the media workflow. The value is Active.

Active

Name

string

The name of the media workflow.

mediaworkflow-example

Topology

string

The topology of the media workflow.

{\"Activities\":{\"Act-Start\":{\"Parameters\":{\"PipelineId\":\"130266f58161436a80bf07cb12c8****\",\"InputFile\":\"{\\\"Bucket\\\": \\\"example\\\",\\\"Location\\\": \\\"oss-cn-hangzhou\\\"}\"},\"Type\":\"Start\"},\"Act-Report\":{\"Parameters\":{},\"Type\":\"Report\"},\"Act-Transcode-M3U8\":{\"Parameters\":{\"Outputs\":\"[{\\\"OutputObject\\\":\\\"transcode%2F%7BObjectPrefix%7D%7BFileName%7D\\\",\\\"TemplateId\\\": \\\"957d1719ee85ed6527b90cf62726****\\\"}]\",\"OutputBucket\":\"panda-vod-hls\",\"OutputLocation\":\"oss-cn-hangzhou\"},\"Type\":\"Transcode\"}},\"Dependencies\":{\"Act-Start\":[\"Act-Transcode-M3U8\"],\"Act-Report\":[],\"Act-Transcode-M3U8\":[\"Act-Report\"]}}

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "A1326BD4-30B1-4CB6-Q123-3330B877B0D4",
  "MediaWorkflow": {
    "CreationTime": "2016-04-01T05:29:37Z",
    "MediaWorkflowId": "93ab850b4f6f44eab54b6e9181d4****",
    "State": "Active",
    "Name": "mediaworkflow-example",
    "Topology": "{\\\"Activities\\\":{\\\"Act-Start\\\":{\\\"Parameters\\\":{\\\"PipelineId\\\":\\\"130266f58161436a80bf07cb12c8****\\\",\\\"InputFile\\\":\\\"{\\\\\\\"Bucket\\\\\\\": \\\\\\\"example\\\\\\\",\\\\\\\"Location\\\\\\\": \\\\\\\"oss-cn-hangzhou\\\\\\\"}\\\"},\\\"Type\\\":\\\"Start\\\"},\\\"Act-Report\\\":{\\\"Parameters\\\":{},\\\"Type\\\":\\\"Report\\\"},\\\"Act-Transcode-M3U8\\\":{\\\"Parameters\\\":{\\\"Outputs\\\":\\\"[{\\\\\\\"OutputObject\\\\\\\":\\\\\\\"transcode%2F%7BObjectPrefix%7D%7BFileName%7D\\\\\\\",\\\\\\\"TemplateId\\\\\\\": \\\\\\\"957d1719ee85ed6527b90cf62726****\\\\\\\"}]\\\",\\\"OutputBucket\\\":\\\"panda-vod-hls\\\",\\\"OutputLocation\\\":\\\"oss-cn-hangzhou\\\"},\\\"Type\\\":\\\"Transcode\\\"}},\\\"Dependencies\\\":{\\\"Act-Start\\\":[\\\"Act-Transcode-M3U8\\\"],\\\"Act-Report\\\":[],\\\"Act-Transcode-M3U8\\\":[\\\"Act-Report\\\"]}}"
  }
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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