Connect Mux with Bold Data Hub

The Bold Data Hub Mux connector loads data from your Mux account into Bold Reports. Mux is a video technology platform that provides infrastructure and tools to build and stream video content.

How do I get Mux API credentials?

You generate the Mux API access token and secret key for Bold Data Hub in your Mux account settings.

Sign in to mux.com.
Click Settings at the bottom left, then select Access Token.
Select Generate new token.
Assign read permissions for Mux videos and data, and give the token a name.
Click Generate token.
Copy the API access token and secret key for later configuration.

Connection Properties

The Mux connector in Bold Data Hub reads the following properties from the config section of a YAML file:

connector_name: Mux
Mux_api_access_token: Access token
mux_api_secret_key: API secret key

Example Configuration

The following Bold Data Hub YAML template shows a complete Mux extractor configuration:

version: 1.0.1
encrypt_credentials: false
plugins:
  extractors:
    - name: mux_data
      connectorname: Mux
      config:
        mux_api_access_token: <API TOKEN>
        mux_api_secret_key: <SECRET KEY>
      select:
       -views/assets

How do I connect Mux in Bold Data Hub?

You connect Mux by creating a project in Bold Data Hub and adding the Mux template to it.

Click the Bold Data Hub icon on the Navigation Pane.
Click Add Project and enter a name for the new project.
Select the newly created project and add the Mux template.
Update the Mux API access token and key in the template, and update the resources in the select property.
Click Save and choose the destination to save the pipeline.

Creating a pipeline in Bold Data Hub automatically creates a data source in Bold Reports^®. The Bold Reports^® data source is a live data source to the destination database used in Bold Data Hub.

Which Mux resources are supported?

The Bold Data Hub Mux connector supports the following resources:

The available resources are supported in Mux
- asset
- video
- view

Warning:

1. The `Encrypt_Credentials` property should be set to false when updating the new access token on the template. If you have modified other properties, such as 'select' or 'account id', the `Encrypt_Credentials` property must be set to true.  
2. The default lifetime of the access token is 1 hour. Therefore, you need to convert it to a long-lived access token to use the same token for 60 days. Existing tables should be maintained even if the token has expired or is being used as an invalid token.

How do I schedule the Mux pipeline?

You schedule the Mux pipeline in Bold Data Hub from the schedules tab, or you run it on demand.

To configure interval-based scheduling, click the schedules tab, select the created pipeline, click the schedule icon, and configure the schedule.
For an on-demand refresh, click the Run Now button.
Check the schedule history with the history option and the logs.
Click Logs to see whether the run is completed and the data source is created in Bold Reports^®.
Click the Edit DataSource option to view the created tables.