paratii.js is a Javascript library and a toolbox to build decentralized video-powered web applications. At it core, you can use to put a video stream and get a playable url for it. It will get ingested, stored, transcoded and distributed behind the scenes. The goal (although we are not there yet) is to do this all through non-centralised means. It has early functionalities for handling tokens too, meaning one can use it as a starting point to set monetisation models for videos, collect earnings, participate in curation, and else. The library also has an interface for interacting with Token Curated Registries for curating list of videos.

paratii.js is the engine behind the Lab - a repository for high-quality crypto content that doesn’t spy on you and relies on IPFS.

Documentation on paratii.js can be found here.

More information about the Paratii Project can be found on paratii.video, or in our blueprint. Join the discussion on gitter.

Installation

You can install paratii-js from npmjs.org using:

npm install paratii-js

How to use it

Here is a code snippet which will upload a video to Paratii and transcode it:

    // import the Paratii object
    const Paratii  = require('paratii-js')
    // create a new instance of Paratii with default values
    const paratii = new Paratii()

    // where is your video?
    const YOURVID = '/path/to/video.mp4'

    // go and add the video
    paratii.vids.uploadAndTranscode({
      file: YOURVID,
      title: 'Paratii for fun and profit'
      })

Where to find more documentation

There is extensive documentation on https://docs.paratii.video

Contributing to paratii.js

Contributions are most welcome! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md