MediaConvert- No way to retrieve job output group output location

[MkJha]

MediaConvert- No way to retrieve job output group output location

[tim-finnigan]

Thanks all for your patience here. We just heard back from the MediaConvert team who noted that they don't have any plans to change the GetJob API, because the information can be retrieved via a CloudWatch Event which is the preferred method for receiving progress data.

[MkJha]

As someone looking from outside, I find it quite strange that , get job resource API has information about job status and output video details but not the output location. In our use case, we are creating job and polling the job with get call until we get success or failure. This is something should have been part of job response itself. Maybe you can throw some light on intent behind this.

Also, i would like to know if cloud watch is free if i just want to fetch the jobResult having the output location details ? If it is not free, can i construct the output location given my destination url is static and known in the client side.

Even in AWS console , the output location are not interpreted correctly when the destination location is dynamic (using some variables like $dt$ in output group destination), however this is not my concern, but i feel since its not made available as part of job response, hence in console as well this becomes problematic.

[debora-ito]

Hi @MkJha, according to the docs, the output path and filename are included in the CloudWatch events job COMPLETE notification - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediaconvert/latest/ug/output-file-names-and-paths.html

Let us know if this is what you're looking for.

[debora-ito]

Your request makes sense. We don't have the details on why the MediaConvert job processing was designed this way. I will forward your feature request to the MediaConvert service team, and suggest you do the same by reaching out via AWS Developer Forums or AWS Customer Support.

Also, i would like to know if cloud watch is free if i just want to fetch the jobResult having the output location details ? If it is not free, can i construct the output location given my destination url is static and known in the client side.

This is a good question, since the job output can only be retrieved through CloudWatch events. CloudWatch has a free tier, and it says that all events except custom events are included in it. For more detailed info please check: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/

[debora-ito]

For visibility to other SDKs, I'm moving this to the aws-sdk repository.

[debora-ito]

V109397033.

[lmanerich]

+1 needing this functionality

Any progress?

[ramkeshsehara]

@debora-ito
+1 we also need this functionality
Any progress?

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[lmanerich]

Thanks all for your patience here. We just heard back from the MediaConvert team who noted that they don't have any plans to change the GetJob API, because the information can be retrieved via a CloudWatch Event which is the preferred method for receiving progress data.

I don't think that receiving the final file path is a "progress data".
I really think this should be planned and implemented as is just an attribute in the already existing output group array.