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Method: projects.video.export
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Initiates a batch process that computes a video and writes the result to one of several destinations.
HTTP request
POST https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{project=projects/*}/video:export
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
Parameters |
project |
string
The project id or project number of the Google Cloud Platform project that should be treated as the service consumer for this request. Format is projects/{project-id} .
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource project :
earthengine.exports.create
|
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
JSON representation |
{
"expression": {
object (Expression )
},
"description": string,
"videoOptions": {
object (VideoOptions )
},
"fileExportOptions": {
object (VideoFileExportOptions )
},
"requestId": string,
"workloadTag": string,
"priority": integer
} |
Fields |
expression |
object (Expression )
An expression that evaluates to the video to compute and export, represented as an image collection.
|
description |
string
A human-readable name of the task.
|
videoOptions |
object (VideoOptions )
Basic options describing the video to generate.
|
fileExportOptions |
object (VideoFileExportOptions )
Options for where and in what form to export the video.
|
requestId |
string
A unique string used to detect duplicated requests. If more than one request is made by the same user with the same non-empty requestId , only one of those requests may successfully start a long-running operation. requestId may contain the characters a..z, A..Z, 0-9, or '-'. requestId may be at most 60 characters long.
|
workloadTag |
string
User supplied label to track this computation.
|
priority |
integer
Optional. The priority of the export task within the project. Higher priority tasks are scheduled sooner. Must be an integer between 0 and 9999. Defaults to 100 if not set.
|
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Operation
.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/earthengine
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.full_control
For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview.
VideoFileExportOptions
Options for exporting videos as files outside Earth Engine.
JSON representation |
{
"fileFormat": enum (VideoFileFormat ),
// Union field destination can be only one of the following:
"driveDestination": {
object (DriveDestination )
},
"cloudStorageDestination": {
object (CloudStorageDestination )
},
"gcsDestination": {
object (GcsDestination )
}
// End of list of possible types for union field destination .
} |
Fields |
fileFormat |
enum (VideoFileFormat )
The file format in which to export the video(s). Currently only MP4 is supported.
|
Union field destination . Where to write the results. destination can be only one of the following: |
driveDestination |
object (DriveDestination )
If specified, configures export to Google Drive.
|
cloudStorageDestination |
object (CloudStorageDestination )
If specified, configures export to Google Cloud Storage.
|
gcsDestination (deprecated) |
object (GcsDestination )
If specified, configures export to Google Cloud Storage.
|
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Last updated 2025-03-06 UTC.
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Format is `projects/{project-id}`. Authorization requires the following [IAM](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/) permission on the specified resource `project`: - `earthengine.exports.create` |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains data with the following structure:\n\n| JSON representation |\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"expression\": { object (/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/Expression) }, \"description\": string, \"videoOptions\": { object (/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/projects.locations.videoThumbnails#VideoThumbnail.VideoOptions) }, \"fileExportOptions\": { object (/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/projects.video/export#VideoFileExportOptions) }, \"requestId\": string, \"workloadTag\": string, \"priority\": integer } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `expression` | `object (`[Expression](/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/Expression)`)` An expression that evaluates to the video to compute and export, represented as an image collection. |\n| `description` | `string` A human-readable name of the task. |\n| `videoOptions` | `object (`[VideoOptions](/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/projects.locations.videoThumbnails#VideoThumbnail.VideoOptions)`)` Basic options describing the video to generate. |\n| `fileExportOptions` | `object (`[VideoFileExportOptions](/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/projects.video/export#VideoFileExportOptions)`)` Options for where and in what form to export the video. |\n| `requestId` | `string` A unique string used to detect duplicated requests. If more than one request is made by the same user with the same non-empty `requestId`, only one of those requests may successfully start a long-running operation. `requestId` may contain the characters a..z, A..Z, 0-9, or '-'. `requestId` may be at most 60 characters long. |\n| `workloadTag` | `string` User supplied label to track this computation. |\n| `priority` | `integer` Optional. The priority of the export task within the project. Higher priority tasks are scheduled sooner. Must be an integer between 0 and 9999. Defaults to 100 if not set. |\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [Operation](/earth-engine/reference/rest/Shared.Types/ListOperationsResponse#Operation).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/earthengine`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.full_control`\n\nFor more information, see the [OAuth 2.0 Overview](/identity/protocols/OAuth2).\n\nVideoFileExportOptions\n----------------------\n\nOptions for exporting videos as files outside Earth Engine.\n\n| JSON representation |\n|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"fileFormat\": enum (/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/projects.locations.videoThumbnails#VideoThumbnail.VideoFileFormat), // Union field `destination` can be only one of the following: \"driveDestination\": { object (/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/DriveDestination) }, \"cloudStorageDestination\": { object (/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/CloudStorageDestination) }, \"gcsDestination\": { object (/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/GcsDestination) } // End of list of possible types for union field `destination`. } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `fileFormat` | `enum (`[VideoFileFormat](/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/projects.locations.videoThumbnails#VideoThumbnail.VideoFileFormat)`)` The file format in which to export the video(s). Currently only MP4 is supported. |\n| Union field `destination`. Where to write the results. `destination` can be only one of the following: ||\n| `driveDestination` | `object (`[DriveDestination](/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/DriveDestination)`)` If specified, configures export to Google Drive. |\n| `cloudStorageDestination` | `object (`[CloudStorageDestination](/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/CloudStorageDestination)`)` If specified, configures export to Google Cloud Storage. |\n| `gcsDestination` **(deprecated)** | `object (`[GcsDestination](/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/GcsDestination)`)` | This item is deprecated! If specified, configures export to Google Cloud Storage. |"]]