Overview

QuickLinks allow you to share your assets with others. QuickLinks are links to groups of your assets that can be viewed in the cloud through MediaSilo.

QuickLinks support authorization to keep your assets secure. Each QuickLink can be public, protected with a password, or it can be limited to only specific recipients who are MediaSilo users on your team.

QuickLinks are collaborative. Your team can make comments on your assets and you'll be notified when they do. Comments on time-based media are also time-stamped so your reviewers can leave comments at a specific moment in your video or audio assets.

Configuration

QuickLinks are configurable. Each QuickLink has an embedded object in it that defines its configuration. The following configurations can be made to each QuickLink:

Setting	Possible Values
audience - Defines who has access to the QuickLink	private: only the audience of the QuickLink can view the QuickLink. The audience is anyone who the QuickLink was shared with via the share API. password: Anyone with the password can access the QuickLink. The password for the QuickLink is set through the password configuration. public: Anyone with the link can view the QuickLink.
allow_download - Defines if the assets source file can be downloaded through the QuickLink.	true/false
allow_feedback - Turns commenting on the QuickLink on and off.	true/false
show_metadata - Turns the display of the assets meta data on and off	true/false
include_directlink - Turns the ability to deep link to the assets within MediaSilo on and off	true/false
password - For password protected QuickLinks, sets the password for users to access the QuickLink	Your password
expiration_unit - Sets the time period unit used in conjunction with expiration_value to expire a QuickLink	days/weeks
expiration_value - Used in conjuntion with expiration_unit to expire a QuickLink	Integer

Sharing

Each QuickLink can be shared via email. By using QuickLink sharing we can track who is sharing assets, who has access to the QuickLink, as well as who is viewing the QuickLink. Each share has an audience, as well as a subject and message that will be delivered to each person in the audience. See the share endpoint for more details.

Data

JSON

{
    "id": "54XX0448X4X0X05XX72X7009",
    "title": "hot_air_baloon.jpg",
    "description": "Baloon Festival",
    "assetIds": [
        "6X6X3X61-51XX-4X2X-XXXX-03X358X74971"
    ],
    "configuration": {
        "id": "6X6X3X61-51XX-4X2X-XXXX-03X358X74972",
        "settings": [
            {
                "key": "notify_email",
                "value": "true"
            },
            {
                "key": "allow_download",
                "value": "true"
            },
            {
                "key": "show_metadata",
                "value": "false"
            },
            {
                "key": "audience",
                "value": "public"
            },
            {
                "key": "playback",
                "value": "progressive"
            },
            {
                "key": "password",
                "value": ""
            },
            {
                "key": "allow_feedback",
                "value": "true"
            },
            {
                "key": "include_directlink",
                "value": "false"
            }
        ]
    },
    "shares":[
        {
            "id": "54ad5dd4e4b08fc2e3e63ab4",
            "targetObjectId": "54ac0448e4b0b05ce72f7009",
            "emailShare": {
                "audience": [
                    {
                        "firstName": "Mike",
                        "lastName": "McGum",
                        "email": "[email protected]",
                        "userId": "5991XX46-9XXX-4XXX-9XXX-6181014866XX"
                    }
                ],
                "subject": "Check out the baloon festival!",
                "message": ""
            },
            "created": 1420647892779,
            "sharedBy": "6EF6C1E9-E130-2427-8641E1A2E3DA4C8D",
            "sharedByFirstName": "Simon",
            "sharedByLastName": "Smith",
            "sharedByEmail": "[email protected]"
        }
    ],
    "ownerId": "X94X820X-094X-4304-9XXX-1X141XXX5X6",
    "accountId": "1234567XXXXXXX",
    "created": 1420559432202,
    "modified": 1420559432202,
    "expires": 1428335432214,
    "url": "https://qlnk.io/ql/54XX0448X4X0X05XX72X7009",
    "private": false
}