Get a job

Get the details for a specific transcoding job.

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Code sample

C#

Before trying this sample, follow the C# setup instructions in the Transcoder API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Transcoder API C# API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Transcoder API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.


using Google.Cloud.Video.Transcoder.V1;

public class GetJobSample
{
    public Job GetJob(string projectId, string location, string jobId)
    {
        // Create the client.
        TranscoderServiceClient client = TranscoderServiceClient.Create();

        // Build the job name.
        JobName jobName = JobName.FromProjectLocationJob(projectId, location, jobId);

        // Call the API.
        Job job = client.GetJob(jobName);

        // Return the result.
        return job;
    }
}

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the Transcoder API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Transcoder API Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Transcoder API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	transcoder "cloud.google.com/go/video/transcoder/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/video/transcoder/apiv1/transcoderpb"
)

// getJob gets a previously-created job. See https://cloud.google.com/transcoder/docs/how-to/jobs#check_job_status
// for more information.
func getJob(w io.Writer, projectID string, location string, jobID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// location := "us-central1"
	// jobID := "my-job-id"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := transcoder.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	req := &transcoderpb.GetJobRequest{
		Name: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/jobs/%s", projectID, location, jobID),
	}

	response, err := client.GetJob(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("GetJob: %w", err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Job: %v", response)
	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Transcoder API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Transcoder API Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Transcoder API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.


import com.google.cloud.video.transcoder.v1.GetJobRequest;
import com.google.cloud.video.transcoder.v1.Job;
import com.google.cloud.video.transcoder.v1.JobName;
import com.google.cloud.video.transcoder.v1.TranscoderServiceClient;
import java.io.IOException;

public class GetJob {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "my-project-id";
    String location = "us-central1";
    String jobId = "my-job-id";

    getJob(projectId, location, jobId);
  }

  // Gets a job.
  public static void getJob(String projectId, String location, String jobId) throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
    try (TranscoderServiceClient transcoderServiceClient = TranscoderServiceClient.create()) {
      JobName jobName =
          JobName.newBuilder().setProject(projectId).setLocation(location).setJob(jobId).build();
      GetJobRequest getJobRequest = GetJobRequest.newBuilder().setName(jobName.toString()).build();

      // Send the get job request and process the response.
      Job job = transcoderServiceClient.getJob(getJobRequest);
      System.out.println("Job: " + job.getName());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the Transcoder API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Transcoder API Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Transcoder API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// projectId = 'my-project-id';
// location = 'us-central1';
// jobId = 'my-job-id';

// Imports the Transcoder library
const {TranscoderServiceClient} =
  require('@google-cloud/video-transcoder').v1;

// Instantiates a client
const transcoderServiceClient = new TranscoderServiceClient();

async function getJob() {
  // Construct request
  const request = {
    name: transcoderServiceClient.jobPath(projectId, location, jobId),
  };
  const [response] = await transcoderServiceClient.getJob(request);
  console.log(`Job: ${response.name}`);
}

getJob();

PHP

Before trying this sample, follow the PHP setup instructions in the Transcoder API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Transcoder API PHP API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Transcoder API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Video\Transcoder\V1\Client\TranscoderServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Video\Transcoder\V1\GetJobRequest;

/**
 * Gets a Transcoder job.
 *
 * @param string $projectId The ID of your Google Cloud Platform project.
 * @param string $location The location of the job.
 * @param string $jobId The job ID.
 */
function get_job($projectId, $location, $jobId)
{
    // Instantiate a client.
    $transcoderServiceClient = new TranscoderServiceClient();

    $formattedName = $transcoderServiceClient->jobName($projectId, $location, $jobId);
    $request = (new GetJobRequest())
        ->setName($formattedName);
    $job = $transcoderServiceClient->getJob($request);

    // Print job name.
    printf('Job: %s' . PHP_EOL, $job->getName());
}

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Transcoder API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Transcoder API Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Transcoder API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.


import argparse

from google.cloud.video import transcoder_v1
from google.cloud.video.transcoder_v1.services.transcoder_service import (
    TranscoderServiceClient,
)


def get_job(
    project_id: str,
    location: str,
    job_id: str,
) -> transcoder_v1.types.resources.Job:
    """Gets a job.

    Args:
        project_id: The GCP project ID.
        location: The location this job is in.
        job_id: The job ID.

    Returns:
        The job resource.
    """

    client = TranscoderServiceClient()

    name = f"projects/{project_id}/locations/{location}/jobs/{job_id}"
    response = client.get_job(name=name)
    print(f"Job: {response.name}")
    return response

Ruby

Before trying this sample, follow the Ruby setup instructions in the Transcoder API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Transcoder API Ruby API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Transcoder API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

# project_id = "YOUR-GOOGLE-CLOUD-PROJECT"  # (e.g. "my-project")
# location   = "YOUR-JOB-LOCATION"  # (e.g. "us-central1")
# job_id     = "YOUR-JOB-ID"  # (e.g. "c82c295b-3f5a-47df-8562-938a89d40fd0")

# Require the Transcoder client library.
require "google/cloud/video/transcoder"

# Create a Transcoder client.
client = Google::Cloud::Video::Transcoder.transcoder_service

# Build the resource name of the job.
name = client.job_path project: project_id, location: location, job: job_id

# Get the job.
job = client.get_job name: name

# Print the job name.
puts "Job: #{job.name}"

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