Hello All
This is a kind of long winded ask but I am trying to understand the LBRY SDK
and the resources I have found have left me with many questions
I was hoping to provide my test API call to get and the results and my understanding
of said results and hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me can correct me
where I am wrong, confirm where I am correct and fill in the blanks where I am
clueless
Please and Thanks in advance
Request:
params_for_download = {
“uri”: “Test-Video#67”,
“download_directory”:f"{os.getcwd()}",
“save_file”:True
}
response2 = requests.post(“http://localhost:5279”, json={“method”: “get”, “params”: params_for_download}).json()
Results:
response2[‘result’][‘added_on’] is:
1642602879
I assume this is an epoch of when the vid was uploaded
response2[‘result’][‘blobs_completed’] is:
1
I assume videos are split up into chunks or blobs and this is how many are on the blockchain
response2[‘result’][‘blobs_in_stream’] is:
1
I assume this is how many chunks or blobs said video is made up of
response2[‘result’][‘blobs_remaining’] is:
0
I assume this is how many blobs or chunks of video still need to get to the blockchain does this mean that lets say you uploaded a big video via sdk would the video blobs get staged somewhere where they get finished uploading after the command completes? how does this work
response2[‘result’][‘channel_claim_id’] is:
8be45e4ba05bd6961619489f6408a0dc62f4e650
I assume this is the Unique ID of the channel the video is on for example the thing you would feed to a publish call to get the video to appear on a specific channel
response2[‘result’][‘channel_name’] is:
@Tiff_Tech_Test_Channel
I assume this is just the name of said channel in fact pretty sure thats right 
response2[‘result’][‘claim_id’] is:
67fc2a4ac6e4a55d240ab0e6c0447d0d15474755
I assumne this is the claim ID for the video on LBRY that was queryed
response2[‘result’][‘claim_name’] is:
Test-Video
This is the name of the video but is it the title that appears to the end user or some backend name for it I need to know how this is different from other name/title type results
response2[‘result’][‘completed’] is:
True
Im not sure what this indicates is completed. The download of the video I notice the get command seems to set up some sort of local stream of the video and I just want to download it without serving it up locally is this possible
response2[‘result’][‘confirmations’] is:
154219
What is this?
response2[‘result’][‘content_fee’] is:
None
I assume this means no payment of LBC is required for viewing this video
response2[‘result’][‘download_directory’] is:
C:\Users\tiff.LOCAL\eclipse-workspace\YouTube\src
This is the directory I told it to download to and it did
response2[‘result’][‘download_path’] is:
C:\Users\tiff.LOCAL\eclipse-workspace\YouTube\src\test_fixed.mp4
full path of the downloaded file I notice it remembered the full file name from original upload even though the lbry title is different
response2[‘result’][‘file_name’] is:
test_fixed.mp4
file name
response2[‘result’][‘height’] is:
943988
What is this since there is a differnt result later on involving height and width
response2[‘result’][‘is_fully_reflected’] is:
True
What is this
response2[‘result’][‘key’] is:
a2beddfcb609e8037a876880fa85ff2b
what is this?
response2[‘result’][‘mime_type’] is:
video/mp4
This is the mime type i dont know exactly what that means but I get the gist
response2[‘result’][‘nout’] is:
0
What is this? Blockchain stuff?
response2[‘result’][‘outpoint’] is:
873c48a0955829b4d42232dabbd2e4bb80b4ed70973424f78ab813905f44a47e:0
What is this? Blockchain stuff?
response2[‘result’][‘points_paid’] is:
0.0
What is this? Like how much has been paid for paid viewing if so does that include tips
response2[‘result’][‘protobuf’] is:
0150e6f462dca008649f48191696d65ba04b5ee48ba56125e70adbf7e53b82de499f4eccd898840e663da242ffdc4440680a8d3a63635862406057abdd1390dcfb12e118016a212a24eae08ca406a7f2ff6996ab4e0a90010a83010a30ef32737eb6d9c4a25a070b31cac0ae4681f5847ba75e27c1870d2e80156e6096d7a989c0580a6c1c8f4f0578111dcbfc120e746573745f66697865642e6d703418c9cf3c2209766964656f2f6d70343230d1012a624ed195698f1c49925169b50af50e39764a4e13dec6110f5a0e863c1a13101941924462cd7f865d55cca68e355a0808800a10d0051805420a5465737420566964656f4a215465737420566964656f2055706c6f616420746f204c425259207669612053444b
what is this?
response2[‘result’][‘purchase_receipt’] is:
None
What is this?
response2[‘result’][‘reflector_progress’] is:
0
What is this?
response2[‘result’][‘sd_hash’] is:
d1012a624ed195698f1c49925169b50af50e39764a4e13dec6110f5a0e863c1a13101941924462cd7f865d55cca68e35
What is this?
response2[‘result’][‘status’] is:
running
What is this? Does it mean the local stream this seems to set up is running? or something else and can i prevent the whole local streaming thing I just want to download and or get the info about the video
response2[‘result’][‘stopped’] is:
False
What is this? Local stream related? Something else?
response2[‘result’][‘stream_hash’] is:
d1491721db837d854fc71a18d9c83dcb3ef260a8dd7342ba2145ff9709949ada5dd64c7996fb775b13ef6e5fc680de77
What is this?
response2[‘result’][‘stream_name’] is:
test_fixed.mp4
What is this and why is it differnt from the claim name?
response2[‘result’][‘streaming_url’] is:
http://localhost:5280/stream/d1012a624ed195698f1c49925169b50af50e39764a4e13dec6110f5a0e863c1a13101941924462cd7f865d55cca68e35
This is the local streaming url like i can go here and watch the video but I do not want this can this be skipped or stopped and cleaned up somehow directly after download or lookup is complete?
response2[‘result’][‘suggested_file_name’] is:
test_fixed.mp4
I assume this is the filename it will give the file if none is provided
response2[‘result’][‘timestamp’] is:
1618181187
What is this a timestamp for?
response2[‘result’][‘total_bytes’] is:
993232
I assume this is the size of the video but is it the size on the blockchain or on the local machine or something else?
response2[‘result’][‘total_bytes_lower_bound’] is:
993216
What is this?
response2[‘result’][‘txid’] is:
873c48a0955829b4d42232dabbd2e4bb80b4ed70973424f78ab813905f44a47e
What is this?
response2[‘result’][‘uploading_to_reflector’] is:
False
What is this?
response2[‘result’][‘written_bytes’] is:
993225
What is this?
response2[‘result’][‘metadata’][‘description’] is:
Test Video Upload to LBRY via SDK
This is the description that appears to end users on LBRY
response2[‘result’][‘metadata’][‘stream_type’] is:
video
This is the type of content yes?
response2[‘result’][‘metadata’][‘title’] is:
Test Video
So is this value the title people see on the platform how is it different from the other two things that have popped up? do certain ones of these have to be the same?
response2[‘result’][‘metadata’][‘source’][‘hash’] is:
ef32737eb6d9c4a25a070b31cac0ae4681f5847ba75e27c1870d2e80156e6096d7a989c0580a6c1c8f4f0578111dcbfc
What is this?
response2[‘result’][‘metadata’][‘source’][‘media_type’] is:
video/mp4
How is this different form the mime type result providede before would they ever not match?
response2[‘result’][‘metadata’][‘source’][‘name’] is:
test_fixed.mp4
This is the original filename that was uploaded I suppose the filename is preserved when uploading
response2[‘result’][‘metadata’][‘source’][‘sd_hash’] is:
d1012a624ed195698f1c49925169b50af50e39764a4e13dec6110f5a0e863c1a13101941924462cd7f865d55cca68e35
What is this?
response2[‘result’][‘metadata’][‘source’][‘size’] is:
993225
This is the size i assume original size of the file that was uploaded or actual size on the local machine hard to tell
response2[‘result’][‘metadata’][‘video’][‘duration’] is:
5
Duration of video in seconds I assume
response2[‘result’][‘metadata’][‘video’][‘height’] is:
720
Height of video in pixels
response2[‘result’][‘metadata’][‘video’][‘width’] is:
1280
Width of the video in pixels