How can I use this method ?
If you are not comfortable with APIs and XML, we can set up an Excel integration for you. To use this method, you'll have to perform a few actions on your side:
- Create an excel file listing all your videos and their metadata
- Make sure your content can be ingested and is properly hosted on your properties.
Create your Excel file
The first step is to create a correct Excel file to let it synchronize properly with our integration tool. We have created 2 templates (Basic or Advanced) to fit your needs (attached at the bottom of the page).
Here are more details regarding the expected values and information for each template:
Basic Excel template
| Properties | Details |
|---|---|
| Video title |
Title of your video in Dailymotion |
| Video description |
Video description that will be displayed in the watching page |
| video category |
Video category |
| guid |
Unique and persistent key set by you on each file |
| Video URL |
URL where the video can be pulled by Dailymotion |
| Language |
Video language |
Advanced Excel template
| Properties | Details |
|---|---|
| Video title |
Title of your video in Dailymotion |
| Video description |
Video description that will be displayed in the watching page |
| Video category |
Video category |
| guid |
Unique and persistent key set by you on each file |
| Video URL |
URL where the video can be pulled by Dailymotion |
| Language |
Video language |
| Thumbnail URL |
URL where the thumbnail can be pulled by Dailymotion |
| Video tags |
Tags of your video Also, please make sure that there's no comma after the last tag |
| Private |
Defines your video privacy. Learn more |
| Geo-restriction | Add a column named geoblock_type with values allow or deny Add a column named geoblock_country with value of countries, for example:FR;DE;USNote: The separator can be overridden by adding another column named geoblock_country_delimiter with the following values: , or ; |
Access to the assets
Video URL / Thumbnail URL are the links for each video. The URLs on the Excel file must correspond with the URLs on the server.
For instance, if the file is on a FTP with a login and password, the URL must contain this information. There must be no spaces in the URL.
Final Steps
Once your Excel file is ready, you can submit the file along with any additional details to your Content Manager to begin the migration process.