aws mediaconvert get-job

Retrieve the JSON for a specific transcoding job. AWS CLI reference

1 example 1 option Its page in the AWS CLI reference

Examples

from aws-cli, each command read by CmdID

To get details for a particular job

The following get-job example requests the information for the job with ID 1234567890987-1ab2c3, which in this example ended in an error.

aws mediaconvert get-job --endpoint-url https://abcd1234.mediaconvert.region-name-1.amazonaws.com --id 1234567890987-1ab2c3

Identify

--endpoint-urlOverride command's default URL with the given URL.

--idthe job ID of the job.

To get your account-specific endpoint, use describe-endpoints, or send the command without the endpoint. The service returns an error and your endpoint.

If your request is successful, the service returns a JSON file with job information, including job settings, any returned errors, and other job data.

Its output, shortened

{
    "Job": {
        "Status": "ERROR",
        "Queue": "arn:aws:mediaconvert:region-name-1:123456789012:queues/Queue1",
        "Settings": {
            "Inputs": [
                {
                    "FileInput": "s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/file-name.mp4"
                }
            ],
            "OutputGroups": [
                {
                    "Name": "File Group",
                    "OutputGroupSettings": {
                        "Type": "FILE_GROUP_SETTINGS",
                        "FileGroupSettings": {
                            "Destination": "s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/output/"
                        }
                    },
                    "Outputs": [
                        {
                            "Extension": "mp4",
                            "NameModifier": "_720p",
                            "Preset": "System-Generic_Hd_Mp4_Avc_Aac_16x9_Sdr_1280x720p_30Hz_5Mbps_Qvbr_Vq9"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        "ErrorMessage": "Unable to open input file [s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/file-name.mp4]: [Failed probe/open: [Failed to read data: AssumeRole failed]]",
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For more information, see Working with jobs in the AWS Elemental MediaConvert User Guide.

Options

1 in the AWS CLI reference

--idthe job ID of the job.