Upload Video to Vimeo in Objective C on iPhone - objective-c

Question

I am developing an app from which I want to upload Videos to Vimeo, Facebook and Youtube. Facebook and Youtube have pretty straightforward apis, Vimeo has a good developer documentation, but no Objective C framework. I have seen a couple of Apps which use Vimeo, so I was wondering if there is some kind of Framework out there I'm not aware of.

Answer 1

OK everybody. If you're still interested in how to upload a video to vimeo, here's the code. First you need to register an App with vimeo and obtain your secret and consumer key. Then you need to get the GTMOAuth framework from Google and possibly the SBJson framework. At the moment I unfortunately don't have the time to clean up the below code, but I thought this may be better than nothing for those, who need some help with vimeo. Essentially you authenticate with vimeo, get an upload ticket, upload the video with this ticket and then ad a title and some text.
The code below won't work out of the box, because there are a couple of view elements connected, but it should give you an understanding of what is happening.
#define VIMEO_SECRET #"1234567890"
#define VIMEO_CONSUMER_KEY #"1234567890"
#define VIMEO_BASE_URL #"http://vimeo.com/services/auth/"
#define VIMEO_REQUEST_TOKEN_URL #"http://vimeo.com/oauth/request_token"
#define VIMEO_AUTHORIZATION_URL #"http://vimeo.com/oauth/authorize?permission=write"
#define VIMEO_ACCESS_TOKEN_URL #"http://vimeo.com/oauth/access_token"
#import "MMVimeoUploaderVC.h"
#import "GTMOAuthAuthentication.h"
#import "GTMOAuthSignIn.h"
#import "GTMOAuthViewControllerTouch.h"
#import "JSON.h"
#interface MMVimeoUploaderVC ()
#property (retain) GTMOAuthAuthentication *signedAuth;
#property (retain) NSString *currentTicketID;
#property (retain) NSString *currentVideoID;
#property (assign) BOOL isUploading;
#property (retain) GTMHTTPFetcher *currentFetcher;
#end
#implementation MMVimeoUploaderVC
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
// Custom initialization
first = YES;
[GTMOAuthViewControllerTouch removeParamsFromKeychainForName:#"Vimeo"];
}
return self;
}
- (void)stopUpload {
if ( self.isUploading || self.currentFetcher ) {
[self.currentFetcher stopFetching];
}
}
- (void) setProgress:(float) progress {
// Connect to your views here
}
#pragma mark - handle error
- (void) handleErrorWithText:(NSString *) text {
//notify your views here
self.currentFetcher = nil;
self.isUploading = NO;
self.progressBar.alpha = 0;
self.uploadButton.alpha = 1;
}
#pragma mark - interface callbacks
//step one, authorize
- (void)startUpload {
if ( self.signedAuth ) {
//authentication present, start upload
} else {
//get vimeo authentication
NSURL *requestURL = [NSURL URLWithString:VIMEO_REQUEST_TOKEN_URL];
NSURL *accessURL = [NSURL URLWithString:VIMEO_ACCESS_TOKEN_URL];
NSURL *authorizeURL = [NSURL URLWithString:VIMEO_AUTHORIZATION_URL];
NSString *scope = #"";
GTMOAuthAuthentication *auth = [self vimeoAuth];
// set the callback URL to which the site should redirect, and for which
// the OAuth controller should look to determine when sign-in has
// finished or been canceled
//
// This URL does not need to be for an actual web page
[auth setCallback:#"http://www.....com/OAuthCallback"];
// Display the autentication view
GTMOAuthViewControllerTouch *viewController;
viewController = [[[GTMOAuthViewControllerTouch alloc] initWithScope:scope
language:nil
requestTokenURL:requestURL
authorizeTokenURL:authorizeURL
accessTokenURL:accessURL
authentication:auth
appServiceName:#"Vimeo"
delegate:self
finishedSelector:#selector(viewController:finishedWithAuth:error:)] autorelease];
[[self navigationController] pushViewController:viewController
animated:YES];
}
}
//step two get upload ticket
- (void)viewController:(GTMOAuthViewControllerTouch *)viewController
finishedWithAuth:(GTMOAuthAuthentication *)auth
error:(NSError *)error {
if (error != nil) {
[self handleErrorWithText:nil];
} else {
self.signedAuth = auth;
[self startUpload];
}
}
- (void) startUpload {
self.isUploading = YES;
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://vimeo.com/api/rest/v2?format=json&method=vimeo.videos.upload.getQuota"];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[self.signedAuth authorizeRequest:request];
GTMHTTPFetcher* myFetcher = [GTMHTTPFetcher fetcherWithRequest:request];
[myFetcher beginFetchWithDelegate:self
didFinishSelector:#selector(myFetcher:finishedWithData:error:)];
self.currentFetcher = myFetcher;
}
- (void) myFetcher:(GTMHTTPFetcher *)fetcher finishedWithData:(NSData *)data error:(NSError *) error {
if (error != nil) {
[self handleErrorWithText:nil];
NSLog(#"error %#", error);
} else {
NSString *info = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSDictionary *result = [info JSONValue];
//quota
int quota = [[result valueForKeyPath:#"user.upload_space.max"] intValue];
//get video file size
NSString *path;
path = #"local video path";
NSFileManager *manager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSDictionary *attrs = [manager attributesOfItemAtPath:path error: NULL];
UInt32 size = [attrs fileSize];
if ( size > quota ) {
[self handleErrorWithText:#"Your Vimeo account quota is exceeded."];
return;
}
//lets assume we have enough quota
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://vimeo.com/api/rest/v2?format=json&method=vimeo.videos.upload.getTicket&upload_method=streaming"];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[self.signedAuth authorizeRequest:request];
GTMHTTPFetcher* myFetcher = [GTMHTTPFetcher fetcherWithRequest:request];
[myFetcher beginFetchWithDelegate:self
didFinishSelector:#selector(myFetcher2:finishedWithData:error:)];
self.currentFetcher = myFetcher;
}
}
- (void) myFetcher2:(GTMHTTPFetcher *)fetcher finishedWithData:(NSData *)data error:(NSError *) error {
if (error != nil) {
[self handleErrorWithText:nil];
NSLog(#"error %#", error);
} else {
NSString *info = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSDictionary *result = [info JSONValue];
//fail here if neccessary TODO
NSString *urlString = [result valueForKeyPath:#"ticket.endpoint"];
self.currentTicketID = [result valueForKeyPath:#"ticket.id"];
if ( [self.currentTicketID length] == 0 || [urlString length] == 0) {
[self handleErrorWithText:nil];
return;
}
//get video file
// load the file data
NSString *path;
path = [MMMovieRenderer sharedRenderer].localVideoURL;
//get video file size
NSFileManager *manager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSDictionary *attrs = [manager attributesOfItemAtPath:path error: NULL];
UInt32 size = [attrs fileSize];
//insert endpoint here
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"PUT"];
[request setValue:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%i", size] forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Length"];
[request setValue:#"video/mp4" forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Type"];
[request setHTTPBody:[NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:path]];
[self.signedAuth authorizeRequest:request];
GTMHTTPFetcher* myFetcher = [GTMHTTPFetcher fetcherWithRequest:request];
myFetcher.sentDataSelector = #selector(myFetcher:didSendBytes:totalBytesSent:totalBytesExpectedToSend:);
[myFetcher beginFetchWithDelegate:self
didFinishSelector:#selector(myFetcher3:finishedWithData:error:)];
self.currentFetcher = myFetcher;
}
}
- (void)myFetcher:(GTMHTTPFetcher *)fetcher
didSendBytes:(NSInteger)bytesSent
totalBytesSent:(NSInteger)totalBytesSent
totalBytesExpectedToSend:(NSInteger)totalBytesExpectedToSend {
NSLog(#"%i / %i", totalBytesSent, totalBytesExpectedToSend);
[self setProgress:(float)totalBytesSent / (float) totalBytesExpectedToSend];
self.uploadLabel.text = #"Uploading to Vimeo...";
}
- (void) myFetcher3:(GTMHTTPFetcher *)fetcher finishedWithData:(NSData *)data error:(NSError *) error {
if (error != nil) {
[self handleErrorWithText:nil];
} else {
NSString *info = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
//finalize upload
NSString *requestString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"http://vimeo.com/api/rest/v2?format=json&method=vimeo.videos.upload.complete&ticket_id=%#&filename=%#", self.currentTicketID, #"movie.mov"];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:requestString];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[self.signedAuth authorizeRequest:request];
GTMHTTPFetcher* myFetcher = [GTMHTTPFetcher fetcherWithRequest:request];
[myFetcher beginFetchWithDelegate:self
didFinishSelector:#selector(myFetcher4:finishedWithData:error:)];
self.currentFetcher = myFetcher;
}
}
- (void) myFetcher4:(GTMHTTPFetcher *)fetcher finishedWithData:(NSData *)data error:(NSError *) error {
if (error != nil) {
[self handleErrorWithText:nil];
} else {
//finish upload
NSString *info = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSDictionary *result = [info JSONValue];
self.currentVideoID = [result valueForKeyPath:#"ticket.video_id"];
if ( [self.currentVideoID length] == 0 ) {
[self handleErrorWithText:nil];
return;
}
//set title
NSString *title = [MMMovieSettingsManager sharedManager].movieTitle;
title = [title stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSString *requestString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"http://vimeo.com/api/rest/v2?format=json&method=vimeo.videos.setTitle&video_id=%#&title=%#", self.currentVideoID, title];
NSLog(#"%#", requestString);
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:requestString];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[self.signedAuth authorizeRequest:request];
GTMHTTPFetcher* myFetcher = [GTMHTTPFetcher fetcherWithRequest:request];
[myFetcher beginFetchWithDelegate:self
didFinishSelector:#selector(myFetcher5:finishedWithData:error:)];
}
}
- (void) myFetcher5:(GTMHTTPFetcher *)fetcher finishedWithData:(NSData *)data error:(NSError *) error {
if (error != nil) {
[self handleErrorWithText:nil];
NSLog(#"error %#", error);
} else {
//set description
NSString *desc = #"Video created with ... iPhone App.";
desc = [desc stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSString *requestString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"http://vimeo.com/api/rest/v2?format=json&method=vimeo.videos.setDescription&video_id=%#&description=%#", self.currentVideoID, desc];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:requestString];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[self.signedAuth authorizeRequest:request];
GTMHTTPFetcher* myFetcher = [GTMHTTPFetcher fetcherWithRequest:request];
[myFetcher beginFetchWithDelegate:self
didFinishSelector:#selector(myFetcher6:finishedWithData:error:)];
}
}
- (void) myFetcher6:(GTMHTTPFetcher *)fetcher finishedWithData:(NSData *)data error:(NSError *) error {
if (error != nil) {
[self handleErrorWithText:nil];
NSLog(#"error %#", error);
} else {
//done
//alert your views that the upload has been completed
}
}
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.
[self setProgress:0];
}
- (void) viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewDidDisappear:animated];
[GTMOAuthViewControllerTouch removeParamsFromKeychainForName:#"Vimeo"];
}
#pragma mark - oauth stuff
- (GTMOAuthAuthentication *)vimeoAuth {
NSString *myConsumerKey = VIMEO_CONSUMER_KEY; // pre-registered with service
NSString *myConsumerSecret = VIMEO_SECRET; // pre-assigned by service
GTMOAuthAuthentication *auth;
auth = [[[GTMOAuthAuthentication alloc] initWithSignatureMethod:kGTMOAuthSignatureMethodHMAC_SHA1
consumerKey:myConsumerKey
privateKey:myConsumerSecret] autorelease];
// setting the service name lets us inspect the auth object later to know
// what service it is for
auth.serviceProvider = #"Vimeo";
return auth;
}
#end

Answer 2

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#protocol vimeodelagate;
#interface Vimeo_uploader : NSObject<NSURLSessionDelegate, NSURLSessionTaskDelegate>
#property(weak) id<vimeodelagate> delegate;
+(id)SharedManger;
-(void)pass_data_header:(NSData *)videoData;
- (void)Give_title_to_video:(NSString *)VIdeo_id With_name:(NSString *)name ;
#end
#protocol vimeodelagate <NSObject>
-(void)vimeouploader_succes:(NSString *)link methodName:(NSString *)methodName;
-(void)vimeouploader_progress:(int64_t)totalBytesSent totalBytesExpectedToSend:(int64_t)totalByte;
-(void)vimeouploader_error:(NSError *)error methodName:(NSString *)methodName;
#end
#define Aurtorizartion #"bearer 123456789" // replace 123456789 with your token, bearer text will be there
#define accept #"application/vnd.vimeo.*+json; version=3.2"
#import "Vimeo_uploader.h"
#implementation Vimeo_uploader
+(id)SharedManger{
static Vimeo_uploader *Vimeouploader = nil;
#synchronized (self) {
static dispatch_once_t oncetoken;
dispatch_once(&oncetoken, ^{
Vimeouploader = [[self alloc] init];
});
}
return Vimeouploader;
}
-(id)init{
if (self = [super init]) {
}
return self;
}
- (void)pass_data_header:(NSData *)videoData{
NSString *tmpUrl=[[NSString alloc]initWithFormat:#"https://api.vimeo.com/me/videos?type=streaming&redirect_url=&upgrade_to_1080=false"];
NSMutableURLRequest *request=[NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:tmpUrl] cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringCacheData timeoutInterval:0];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"POST"];
[request setValue:Aurtorizartion forHTTPHeaderField:#"Authorization"];
[request setValue:accept forHTTPHeaderField:#"Accept"];//change this according to your need.
NSError *error;
NSData *returnData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest: request returningResponse: nil error: &error];
NSDictionary * json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:returnData options:kNilOptions error:&error];
if (!error) {
[self call_for_ticket:[json valueForKey:#"upload_link_secure"] complet_url:[json valueForKey:#"complete_uri"] videoData:videoData];
}else{
NSLog(#"RESPONSE--->%#",json);
}
}
- (void)call_for_ticket:(NSString *)upload_url complet_url:(NSString *)complet_uri videoData:(NSData *)videoData{
NSURLSessionConfiguration *configuration;
//configuration.timeoutIntervalForRequest = 5;
//configuration.timeoutIntervalForResource = 5;
configuration.HTTPMaximumConnectionsPerHost = 1;
configuration.allowsCellularAccess = YES;
// configuration.networkServiceType = NSURLNetworkServiceTypeBackground;
configuration.discretionary = NO;
NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sessionWithConfiguration:configuration
delegate:self
delegateQueue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue]];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:upload_url];
NSMutableURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[urlRequest setHTTPMethod:#"PUT"];
[urlRequest setTimeoutInterval:0];
[urlRequest setValue:Aurtorizartion forHTTPHeaderField:#"Authorization"];
[urlRequest setValue:accept forHTTPHeaderField:#"Accept"];
NSError *error;
NSString *str_lenth = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%lu",(unsigned long)videoData.length];
NSDictionary *dict = #{#"str_lenth":str_lenth,
#"Content-Type":#"video/mp4"};
NSData *postData12 = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:dict options:0 error:&error];
[urlRequest setHTTPBody:postData12];
// [urlRequest setHTTPBody:videoData];
// You could try use uploadTaskWithRequest fromData
NSURLSessionUploadTask *taskUpload = [session uploadTaskWithRequest:urlRequest fromData:videoData completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResp = (NSHTTPURLResponse*) response;
if (!error && httpResp.statusCode == 200) {
[self call_complete_uri:complet_uri];
} else {
if([self.delegate respondsToSelector:#selector(vimeouploader_error:methodName:)]){
[self.delegate vimeouploader_error:error methodName:#"vimeo"];}
NSLog(#"ERROR: %# AND HTTPREST ERROR : %ld", error, (long)httpResp.statusCode);
}
}];
[taskUpload resume];
}
-(void)call_complete_uri:(NSString *)complettion_url{
NSString *str_url =[NSString stringWithFormat:#"https://api.vimeo.com%#",complettion_url];
NSMutableURLRequest *request=[NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:str_url] cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringCacheData timeoutInterval:0];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"DELETE"];
[request setValue:Aurtorizartion forHTTPHeaderField:#"Authorization"];
[request setValue:accept forHTTPHeaderField:#"Accept"];
//change this according to your need.
[NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest:request queue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue] completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse *response, NSData *data, NSError *error) {
NSHTTPURLResponse* httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse*)response;
if ([httpResponse statusCode] == 201) {
NSDictionary *dict = [[NSDictionary alloc]initWithDictionary:[httpResponse allHeaderFields]];
if (dict) {
if([self.delegate respondsToSelector:#selector(vimeouploader_succes:methodName:)]){
// [self.delegate vimeouploader_succes:[dict valueForKey:#"Location"] methodName:#"vimeo"];
NSLog(#"sucesses");
NSString *str = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"title"];
[self Give_title_to_video:[dict valueForKey:#"Location"] With_name:str];
}else{
if([self.delegate respondsToSelector:#selector(vimeouploader_error:methodName:)]){
[self.delegate vimeouploader_error:error methodName:#"vimeo"];}
}
}
}else{
//9
if([self.delegate respondsToSelector:#selector(vimeouploader_error:methodName:)]){
[self.delegate vimeouploader_error:error methodName:#"vimeo"];}
NSLog(#"%#",error.localizedDescription);
}
}];
}
- (void)Give_title_to_video:(NSString *)VIdeo_id With_name:(NSString *)name {
NSString *tmpUrl=[[NSString alloc]initWithFormat:#"https://api.vimeo.com%#",VIdeo_id];
NSMutableURLRequest *request=[NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:tmpUrl] cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringCacheData timeoutInterval:0];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"PATCH"];
[request setValue:Aurtorizartion forHTTPHeaderField:#"Authorization"];
[request setValue:accept forHTTPHeaderField:#"Accept"];//change this according to your need.
NSError *error;
NSData *returnData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest: request returningResponse: nil error: &error];
NSDictionary * json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:returnData options:kNilOptions error:&error];
NSString *str_description = #"description";
NSDictionary *dict = #{#"name":name,
#"description":str_description,
#"review_link":#"false"
};
NSData *postData12 = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:dict options:0 error:&error];
[request setHTTPBody:postData12];
if (!error) {
NSLog(#"RESPONSE--->%#",json);
[self.delegate vimeouploader_succes:[json valueForKey:#"link"] methodName:#"vimeo"];
}else{
if([self.delegate respondsToSelector:#selector(vimeouploader_error:methodName:)]){
[self.delegate vimeouploader_error:error methodName:#"vimeo"];}
//NSLog(#"%#",error.localizedDescription);
NSLog(#"Give_title_to_video_error--->%#",error);
}
}
- (void)URLSession:(NSURLSession *)session task:(NSURLSessionTask *)task didSendBodyData:(int64_t)bytesSent totalBytesSent:(int64_t)totalBytesSent totalBytesExpectedToSend:(int64_t)totalBytesExpectedToSend {
NSLog(#"didSendBodyData: %lld, totalBytesSent: %lld, totalBytesExpectedToSend: %lld", bytesSent, totalBytesSent, totalBytesExpectedToSend);
if([self.delegate respondsToSelector:#selector(vimeouploader_progress:totalBytesExpectedToSend:)]){
[self.delegate vimeouploader_progress:totalBytesSent totalBytesExpectedToSend:totalBytesExpectedToSend];}
}
- (void)URLSession:(NSURLSession *)session task:(NSURLSessionTask *)task didCompleteWithError:(NSError *)error {
if (error == nil) {
NSLog(#"Task: %# upload complete", task);
} else {
NSLog(#"Task: %# upload with error: %#", task, [error localizedDescription]);
}
}
#end

Answer 3

The vimeo-Api is enough. Take a closer look to the vimeo-upload-api
The interface can be used in any language which is able to send network-data. You have to create some NSURLConnections and you have to set the HTTP-Body like in their examples.

Answer 4

I wrote AFNetworking Client for Vimeo API - https://github.com/m1entus/RWMViemoClient