CLIENT_ERROR when uploading Video To LinkedIn API - node.js

Question

I followed the LinkedIn docs Here to upload a Video to their Vector Assets API
The video uploaded, but When I checked the status of the Video I keep getting CLIENT_ERROR under recipes.
This is the code I used:
let fileName = 'redacted.mp4'; //This sample file is about 24MB
let fileStream = fs.createReadStream(fileName);
let organisationId = 'redacted';
let isVideo = module.exports.isVideo(fileName);
let fileStats = fs.statSync(fileName);
let fileSizeBytes = fileStats.size;
let mediaUploadInitAction = `https://api.linkedin.com/v2/assets?action=registerUpload`;
let registerUploadRequest = {
"registerUploadRequest": {
"owner": `urn:li:organization:${organisationId}`,
"recipes": [
`urn:li:digitalmediaRecipe:feedshare-${isVideo ? 'video' : 'image'}`
],
"serviceRelationships": [
{
"identifier": "urn:li:userGeneratedContent",
"relationshipType": "OWNER"
}
]
}
};
if (!isVideo) {
registerUploadRequest['registerUploadRequest']["supportedUploadMechanism"] = [
"SYNCHRONOUS_UPLOAD"
]
} else {
if (fileSizeBytes > 52428800) { //I was told if the file length is more than 52428800, I should use multipart upload mechanism. My current file size is less than that though.
registerUploadRequest['registerUploadRequest']["supportedUploadMechanism"] = [
"MULTIPART_UPLOAD"
];
registerUploadRequest['registerUploadRequest']['fileSize'] = fileSizeBytes;
}
}
let { data: mediaUploadRegisterResponse } = await axios.post(mediaUploadInitAction, registerUploadRequest, { headers: headers });
let uploadRegisterData = mediaUploadRegisterResponse.value;
let uploadMechanism = uploadRegisterData['uploadMechanism'];
let singleUploadRequest = uploadMechanism['com.linkedin.digitalmedia.uploading.MediaUploadHttpRequest'];
let uploadUrl = singleUploadRequest ? singleUploadRequest['uploadUrl'] : '';
let uploadHeaders = singleUploadRequest ? singleUploadRequest['headers'] : '';
let multipartUpload = uploadMechanism['com.linkedin.digitalmedia.uploading.MultipartUpload'];
if (singleUploadRequest) { //This always work flawlessly for image uploads but not for video uploads
await axios.put(uploadUrl, fileStream, {
headers: {
'Accept': '*/*',
...uploadHeaders,
...headers,
'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream'
},
maxContentLength: Infinity,
maxBodyLength: Infinity,
});
fs.unlink(fileName, () => { });
}
The above code works flawlessly for Image Uploads. But for Video Uploads, I keep getting back CLIENT_ERROR.
This is the full status message I keep getting back:
{
"recipes": [
{
"recipe": "urn:li:digitalmediaRecipe:feedshare-video",
"status": "CLIENT_ERROR"
}
],
"serviceRelationships": [
{
"relationshipType": "OWNER",
"identifier": "urn:li:userGeneratedContent"
}
],
"mediaTypeFamily": "VIDEO",
"created": 1641646213127,
"id": "C4adhdhahahhdKJZw",
"lastModified": 1641646215307,
"status": "ALLOWED"
}
Please, what can I do to resolve this?
Thank you

Answer 1

For anyone who might experience similar issue in the future. After brute-forcing all possible options, here is what worked for me.
If the video file is less than 52MB don't use fs.createReadStream. Use the code below instead:
fs.readFile(fileName, async (err, data) => {
if (err) {
console.log(`Error Reading LinkedIn Video File ${fileName}`, err);
return;
}
await axios.put(uploadUrl, data, {
headers: singleFileUploadHeaders,
maxContentLength: Infinity,
maxBodyLength: Infinity,
});
});
And the video finally uploaded without any CLIENT_ERROR again!!!