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> The Assets API is used to create, retrieve, update, delete assets object from pipeline.

# Overview

### Asset object

<ResponseField name="id" type="string">
  This is a unique identifier for the asset.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="type" type="string">
  Type of the asset. This can be either 'video' or 'audio'.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="playbackId" type="string">
  Used to form playback URL and storage folder.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="staticMp4" type="boolean" writeOnly="true">
  Whether to generate MP4s for the asset.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="c2pa" type="boolean">
  Attach Livepeer Studio C2PA Attestation in the output mp4 video.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="playbackUrl" type="string">
  URL for HLS playback.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="downloadUrl" type="string">
  URL to manually download the asset if desired.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="playbackPolicy" type="object">
  Reference to the playback-policy schema.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="source" type="object">
  Source of the asset, which can be URL, recording, directUpload, or clip.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="creatorId" type="string">
  Reference to the creator-id schema.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="storage" type="object">
  Information about the storage of the asset, particularly on IPFS.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="status" type="object">
  Status of the asset, including its phase, update time, and any error message.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="name" type="string">
  Name of the asset. This is not necessarily the filename, can be a custom name
  or title.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="createdAt" type="number">
  Timestamp (in milliseconds) at which asset was created.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="size" type="number">
  Size of the asset in bytes.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="hash" type="array">
  Hash of the asset.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="videoSpec" type="object">
  Video metadata including format, duration, bitrate, and tracks information.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"dark-plus"}}
  {
    "id": "09F8B46C-61A0-4254-9875-F71F4C605BC7",
    "type": "video",
    "playbackId": "eaw4nk06ts2d0mzb",
    "staticMp4": "boolean",
    "c2pa": "boolean",
    "playbackUrl": "https://livepeercdn.com/asset/ea03f37e-f861-4cdd-b495-0e60b6d753ad/index.m3u8",
    "downloadUrl": "https://livepeercdn.com/asset/eaw4nk06ts2d0mzb/video",
    "playbackPolicy": {
      "type": "public",
      "webhookId": "3e02c844-d364-4d48-b401-24b2773b5d6c",
      "webhookContext": {
        "foo": "bar"
      }
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://example.com/video.mp4",
      "gatewayUrl": "https://example.com/video.mp4"
    },
    "creatorId": "object",
    "storage": {
      "ipfs": {
        "spec": {
          "nftMetadataTemplate": "file",
          "nftMetadata": {
            "name": "My NFT",
            "description": "My NFT description"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "status": {
      "phase": "ready",
      "updatedAt": 1587667174725,
      "progress": 100
    },
    "name": "filename.mp4",
    "createdAt": 1587667174725,
    "size": 84934509,
    "hash": [
      {
        "hash": "9b560b28b85378a5004117539196ab24e21bbd75b0e9eb1a8bc7c5fd80dc5b57",
        "algorithm": "sha256"
      }
    ],
    "videoSpec": {
      "format": "mp4",
      "duration": 23.8328,
      "bitrate": 1000000,
      "tracks": [
        {
          "type": "video",
          "codec": "h264",
          "startTime": 0,
          "duration": 23.8328,
          "bitrate": 1000000,
          "width": 1920,
          "height": 1080,
          "pixelFormat": "yuv420p",
          "fps": 30
        },
        {
          "type": "audio",
          "codec": "aac",
          "startTime": 0,
          "duration": 23.8328,
          "bitrate": 1000000,
          "channels": 2,
          "sampleRate": 44100,
          "bitDepth": 16
        }
      ]
    }
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>