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IRIS.TV supports a wide range of feed formats and data types. Below are lists of accepted importing methods and metadata requirements for adding contextual segments to your video content.

Accepted Methods for Import

IRIS.TV supports the following feed formats for video data importing:

  • MRSS

  • RSS

  • XML

  • JSON

  • API

Once you have sent details on how to access your contentthe publisher has sent IRIS.TV a content feed or API to access their video data, IRIS.TV will evaluate and follow-up with questions and a timeline for the initial import. Most initial imports take under ingest data into a secure account for the publisher. Content feed integrations typically take less than one week.

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Feed Pagination

If you are the publisher is providing a content feed for import(rather than an API) for content ingestion, IRIS.TV recommends using pagination so that your full library can be imported for contextual segmentation. IRIS.TV supports the following pagination methods

  • Offset parameter: Feed parameters that allow for calling a specific number of assets and an offset for how far to go into the feed.

  • Next Link pagination: a link for the next page is included in the current page.

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Asset Ordering

IRIS.TV recommends that feeds are ordered by a "updated_at" field on the assets. That ensures that all asset updates are imported into the system.

Metadata Requirements

IRIS.TV has ranked metadata requirements in three sections:

  • Required – these are necessary to create contextual segments on your content.

  • Preferred – this data will improve the contextual segments on your content.

  • Optional – this data will help IRIS.TV parse your the publishers feed and understand the state of your their content.

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Required Meta Data

  • "id/GUID": (unique numeric identifier of asset)

  • "title/name": Video asset title

  • "sourceURL": Media content source URL

Preferred Meta Data

  • "description": Video asset description

  • "categories": Taxonomical structure 

  • "keywords/tags": Keywords or tags associated with the video asset

  • "transcript": Either the transcript text or link to a transcript file for the video

Optional Meta Data

  • "startDate": The Availability start date. If null/omitted then the publishedDate will be used.

  • "endDate": The Availability end date. If omitted, then recency business rules will be used for content expiration.

  • "publishedDate": The date/time when the video record was first published on your web site.

  • "creationDate": The date/time when the video record was published. 

  • "lastModifiedDate": The date/time when the video record was last modified

  • "thumbnailURL": URL to a thumbnail or image that you want to represent your video. For best results, image should be at least 300 pixels (width) with a 16:9 ratio.

  • "length": The duration of the video in milliseconds

  • "itemState": ACTIVE - asset is available for recommendation with IRIS.TV // INACTIVE - asset is not available for recommendation with IRIS.TV

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