Create a remote asset

remote_asset.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
import datetime
import json
import urllib
import httplib
import hashlib
import base64

args = sys.argv
argc = len(args)

if (argc != 4):
    print 'Usage: # 3 params required - 1) asset_name 2) flash_url 3) iphone_url'
    quit()

asset_name = args[1]
flash_url = args[2]
iphone_url = args[3]

api_key = 'Your API Key'
secret = 'Your Secret Key'
method = 'POST'
host = 'api.ooyala.com'
path = '/v2/assets'
expires = (datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(days=1)).strftime('%s')
params = {
  'api_key': api_key,
  'expires': expires
}

data = {
  'name': asset_name,
  'asset_type': 'remote_asset',
  'is_live_stream': 'true',
  'stream_urls': {
    'flash': flash_url,
    'iphone': iphone_url
  }
}

class ooyala_api(object):
  def generate_signature(self, secret_key, http_method, request_path, query_params, request_body=''):
    signature = secret_key + http_method.upper() + request_path
    for key, value in query_params.iteritems():
      signature += key + '=' + value
    signature += request_body
    signature = base64.b64encode(hashlib.sha256(signature).digest())[0:43]
    signature = urllib.quote_plus(signature)
    return signature

api = ooyala_api()
data_string = json.dumps(data)
signature = api.generate_signature(secret, method, path, params, data_string)
query_string = urllib.urlencode(params) + '&signature=' + signature

headers = {'Content-type': 'application/json', 'Accept': 'text/plain'}
conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(host)
conn.request('POST', path + '?' + query_string, data_string, headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.status, response.reason)
data = response.read()
print(data)
conn.close()