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# Create a video entity

## /v1/video-entities

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://api.uiza.io/api-vod/owner/v1/video-entities`

#### Request Body

| Name                                   | Type   | Description                                                                                                                   |
| -------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| name<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | string | The entity's name.                                                                                                            |
| description                            | string | An arbitrary string attached to the object. Often useful for displaying to users.                                             |
| encoding\_template                     | string | Indicates whether encoding mode is enabled for the live\_entity. Set as `sd, hd` or `fhd` to enable and as `none` to disable. |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200 " %}

```
{
  "data": {
    "id": "2b970a39-874a-4d2a-be8a-fd445646d74c",
    "name": "My video 1",
    "description": "Oops",
    "input_url": "http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4",
    "encoding_template": "hd",
    "content_policy": "public",
    "status": "processing",
    "playback": null,
    "created_at": "2020-03-23T07:22:34Z",
    "updated_at": "2020-03-23T07:22:34Z"
  }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400 " %}
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Missing name" %}

```
{
  "message": "Your request is missing name parameter. Please, verify and resubmit.",
  "error_type": "invalid_request_error"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="401 " %}

```
{
  "message": "You are unauthorized to access the requested resource. Please verify and resubmit.",
  "error_type": "invalid_request_error"
}5
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="500 " %}

```
{
  "message": "An unexpected error occurred on Uiza's end.",
  "error_type": "api_error"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% code title="Sample Request" %}

```
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.uiza.io/api-vod/owner/v1/video-entities' \
--header 'Authorization: <token>' \
--header 'uiza-app-id: <your_app_id>' \
--data-raw '{
    "name": "My video 1",
    "input_url": "http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4",
    "encoding_template": "hd"
}'
```

{% endcode %}


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