Socket API

The CloudConvert Socket API offers real time task updates. We use the Socket.io protocol. Socket.io clients are available in JavaScript and other languages. The official Node SDK has a built in handling for the Websocket API. The Socket.io base host is https://socketio.cloudconvert.com. When joining channels you need to authorize using the Authorization: Bearer API_KEY header (see example on the right).

Channels and Events

Channel Description Available Events
private-job.{jobId} Events for a specific job. job.created
job.updated
job.finished
job.failed
private-task.{taskId} Events for a specific task. task.created
task.updated
task.finished
task.failed
private-job.{jobId}.tasks All task events for a specific job. task.created
task.updated
task.finished
task.failed
private-user.{userId}.tasks All task events for your user. You can find out your user id using the users/me endpoint. task.created
task.updated
task.finished
task.failed
private-user.{userId}.jobs All job events for your user. You can find out your user id using the users/me endpoint. job.created
job.updated
job.finished
job.failed

Example

const socket = io.connect('https://socketio.cloudconvert.com');

socket.emit('subscribe', {
    channel: 'private-jobs.6559c281-ed85-4728-80db-414561c631e9.tasks',
    auth: {
        headers: {
            Authorization: 'Bearer API_KEY'
        }
    },
});

socket.on('task.created', function (channel, data) {
    console.log(data.task);
});

socket.on('task.finished', function (channel, data) {
    console.log(data.task);
});