FTP/SFTP Storage

An FTP or SFTP directory can be defined as an input and/or output location for your videos using either the LightFlow portal or API.

Using the LightFlow Portal

Click the FTP/SFTP icon on the I/O Storage page:

On the HTTP/HTTPS Storage Creation page that appears, enter the following information:

Name: Name of the FTP/SFTP location as it will be displayed in LightFlow
FTP server hostname: The FTP/SFTP server hostname
FTP server port: The FTP/SFTP server port
FTP username: The user name for the FTP/SFTP server
FTP password: The password for the FTP/SFTP user
SFTP server: Check if the server supports Secure FTP
Type of storage: Select Input, Output or Input & Output (the same directory can be selected for input and also as a repository for the output files)

Using the LightFlow API

To create an FTP/SFTP endpoint with the API, send a POST instruction to api.lightflow.media/inputs-outputs

The response will include the unique identifier of the input/output storage location, which can be later selected as input (InputId) and/or output (OutputId) when publishing a video asset.

BASH

curl 'https://api.lightflow.media/inputs-outputs'
-H 'authorization: Bearer
-H 'content-type: application/json'
--data-binary '{
    "storageId":"ftp",
    "storageType":"input-output",
    "name":"My own FTP storage"
    "args":[{
        "id":"host",
        "value":"ftp.lightflow.com"
    },{
        "id":"port",
        "value":21"
    },{
        "id":"username",
        "value"user"
    },{
        "id":"password",
        "value"pwd"
    },{
        "id":"secure",
        "value"false"

    }]
  }'

The response will include the unique identifier of the input/output storage location, which can be later selected as input InputId and/or output OutputId when publishing a video asset.