Can we save MP4 file using file upload and use it in UI?

RE: Can we save MP4 file using file upload and use it in UI?

Yogi Patel — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 12:23:13 GMT

Try "url" propery of document. See sample below:

a!videoField(
  videos: a!webVideo(
	source: document(local!documentId, "url")
	)
)

RE: Can we save MP4 file using file upload and use it in UI?

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 12:32:52 GMT

David's proposed context, as seen above, works for me - "[environment]/suite/doc/[docId]". That's not what you have in your screenshot.

Edit: I like Yogi's suggestion below - I'd personally forgotten about the (newer, i think) "url" option for the "document()" function, but this is ideal because it constructs the URL for us automatically, and (for what it's worth) encrypts the Doc ID in the resulting URL.

RE: Can we save MP4 file using file upload and use it in UI?

tejaswinichalla — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 01:02:21 GMT

Thank you Dan Lluhi , will try this.

RE: Can we save MP4 file using file upload and use it in UI?

tejaswinichalla — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:56:55 GMT

Hi,
i tried by giving document source but the video just appeared black screen rather than playing

RE: Can we save MP4 file using file upload and use it in UI?

Dan Lluhi — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:08:08 GMT

I have not tried to be sure but the docs page for a!webVideo says "Appian documents cannot be used as the source video."

RE: Can we save MP4 file using file upload and use it in UI?

David Jimenez — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:01:09 GMT

If you need the url, you can experiment with "/suite/doc/<docId>", being the docId the video you have just stored in Appian

RE: Can we save MP4 file using file upload and use it in UI?

Dan Lluhi — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 19:36:42 GMT

I don't believe there is a way to directly play a video stored as an Appian Document (uploaded by the user). As you noted the a!videoField requires that the a!webVideo is hosted at some URL. If this is a requirement then you may need to find a way to programmatically take the user's uploaded video file, host it somewhere, and then use a!webVideo pointed to that URL.