Sanitycheck Panda config on load and clean up the example config file

* Clearer example config file with more documentation
* Made defaults more sensible.
* Checks that all required config options have been set
* Warns if no encoding profiles exist.

app/models/profile.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 class Profile < SimpleDB::Base
   set_domain Panda::Config[:sdb_profiles_domain]
   properties :title, :player, :container, :width, :height, :video_codec, :video_bitrate, :fps, :audio_codec, :audio_bitrate, :audio_sample_rate, :position, :updated_at, :created_at
+  
+  def self.warn_if_no_encodings
+    if Profile.query.empty?
+      Merb.logger.info "PANDA CONFIG ERROR: There are no encoding profiles. You probably forgot to define them. Please see the getting started guide."
+    end
+  end
 end

config/init.rb

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ dependencies 'local_store'
 require 'aws/s3'
 require 'inline'
 
+Panda::Config.check
+
 Merb::BootLoader.after_app_loads do
   # Panda specific
 
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ Merb::BootLoader.after_app_loads do
   end
   
   LocalStore.ensure_directories_exist
+  Profile.warn_if_no_encodings
 end
 
 EMAIL_SENDER = "Panda <info@pandastream.com>"

config/panda_init.rb.example

@@ -1,18 +1,26 @@
- require 'panda'
+require 'panda'
 
 Panda::Config.use do |p|
-  p[:account_name]           = "New Bamboo"
-  p[:api_key]                = "f9e3425-16fd-012b-731d-001ec2b5c0e1"
-  p[:upload_redirect_url]    = "http://localhost:4000/videos/$id/done"
-  p[:state_update_url]       = "http://localhost:4000/videos/$id/status_update"
+  # p[:account_name]          = "OPTIONAL_STRING_TO_IDENTIFY_PANDA_INSTANCE"
   
-  # =====================================================
-  # Local storage. Public is accessible from the internet
-  # =====================================================
+  # ================================================
+  # API integration options
+  # ================================================
+  # The api_key allows your application to authenticate with Panda.
+  # When a video has been uploaded panda will redirect to upload_redirect_url 
+  # which should exist on your application.
+  
+  p[:api_key]               = "SECRET_KEY_FOR_PANDA_API"
+  p[:upload_redirect_url]   = "http://localhost:4000/videos/$id/done"
+  
+  # ============================================================
+  # Local storage. Public should be accessible from the internet
+  # ============================================================
   
   p[:private_tmp_path]      = "/var/tmp/videos"
-  p[:public_tmp_path]       = # '/var/www/images'
-  p[:public_tmp_url]        = # 'http://images.app.com'
+  # Defaults to tmp within the Panda public directory. Optionally configurable
+  # p[:public_tmp_path]       = "/var/www/images"
+  # p[:public_tmp_url]        = "http://images.app.com"
   
   # ================================================
   # Storage location for uploaded and encoded videos
@@ -20,28 +28,53 @@ Panda::Config.use do |p|
   
   # For S3 storage:
   p[:videos_store]          = :s3
-  # For example "s3.amazonaws.com/myvideosbucket" or a FQDN if configured
-  p[:videos_domain]         = ""
+  p[:videos_domain]         = "s3.amazonaws.com/S3_BUCKET"
+  p[:s3_videos_bucket]      = "S3_BUCKET"
   
   # For local filesystem storage:
   # p[:videos_store]          = :filesystem
   # p[:videos_domain]         = "localhost:4000/store"
   # p[:public_videos_dir]     = Merb.root / "public" / "store"
   
-  p[:access_key_id]          = "" # Your AWS Access Key
-  p[:secret_access_key]      = "" # Your AWS Secret Access Key
-  p[:s3_videos_bucket]       = "" # eg: "myvideosbucket",  or fqdn like "videos.pandastream.com" if you've setup the CNAE record.
-  p[:sdb_videos_domain]      = "panda_videos"
-  p[:sdb_users_domain]       = "panda_users"
-  p[:sdb_profiles_domain]    = "panda_profiles"
+  # ================================================
+  # AWS Details
+  # ================================================
   
-  p[:thumbnail_height_constrain] = 125
-  # Number of thumbnails you can choose from after uploading video.
-  # If you do not set this value, thumbnail selection will be ignored. 
-  # p[:choose_thumbnail]       = 6 
+  # For S3 and SimpleDB:
+  p[:access_key_id]         = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
+  p[:secret_access_key]     = "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
   
-  p[:notification_retries] = 6 # How many times should a failed notification be retried?
-  p[:notification_frequency] = 2 # How many
-  p[:notification_email]     = "" # Where notifications get sent to. eg: me@mydomain.com
-  p[:noreply_from]     = "" # Where notifications come from. eg: no-reply@pandastream.com
-end
+  # SimpleDB domains:
+  p[:sdb_videos_domain]     = "PANDA_VIDEOS"
+  p[:sdb_users_domain]      = "PANDA_USERS"
+  p[:sdb_profiles_domain]   = "PANDA_PROFILES"
+  
+  # ================================================
+  # Thumbnail
+  # ================================================
+  # If you set this option you will be able to change the thumbnail for a 
+  # video after a video has been encoded. This many thumbnail options will 
+  # automatically be generated. The positions of these clipping will be 
+  # equally distributed throughoutt the video.
+  
+  # p[:choose_thumbnail]      = 6 
+  
+  # ================================================
+  # Application notification
+  # ================================================
+  # Panda will send your application a notfication when a video has finished
+  # encoding. If it fails it will rety notification_retries times. These 
+  # values are the defaults and should work for most applications.
+  
+  # p[:notification_retries]  = 6
+  # p[:notification_frequency]= 10
+  p[:state_update_url]      = "http://YOUR_APP/videos/$id/status_update"
+  
+  # ================================================
+  # Get emailed error messages
+  # ================================================
+  # If you want errors emailed to you, when an encoding fails or panda fails 
+  # to post a notification to your application, fill in both values:
+  # p[:notification_email]    = "me@mydomain.com"
+  # p[:noreply_from]          = "panda@mydomain.com"
+end

lib/file_store.rb

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ class FileStore < AbstractStore
   include FileUtils
   
   def initialize
+    raise Panda::ConfigError, "You must specify public_videos_dir and videos_domain to use filesystem storage" unless Panda::Config[:public_videos_dir] && Panda::Config[:videos_domain]
+    
     @dir = Panda::Config[:public_videos_dir]
     mkdir_p(@dir)
   end

lib/panda.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 module Panda
+  class ConfigError < RuntimeError; end
   
   class Setup
     class << self
@@ -17,21 +18,16 @@ module Panda
       def defaults
         @defaults ||= {
           :account_name           => "My Panda Account",
-          :api_key                => nil,
-          :notification_email     => nil,
-          :upload_redirect_url    => "http://127.0.0.1:3000/videos/$1/done",
-          :state_update_url       => "http://127.0.0.1:3000/videos/$1/status",
           
-          :private_tmp_path       => "videos",
+          :private_tmp_path       => Merb.root / "videos",
           :public_tmp_path        => Merb.root / "public" / "tmp",
           :public_tmp_url         => "/tmp",
           
-          :videos_domain          => nil,
-          :storage                => :filesystem, # or :s3 TODO: implement
-          :thumbnail_height_constrain => 126,
+          :thumbnail_height_constrain => 125,
           :choose_thumbnail       => false,
-          :notification_frequency => 3,
-          :notification_retries => 6
+          
+          :notification_retries => 6,
+          :notification_frequency => 10
         }
       end
       
@@ -47,6 +43,24 @@ module Panda
       def []=(key,val)
         @configuration[key] = val
       end
+      
+      def check
+        check_present(:api_key, "Please specify a secret api_key")
+        check_present(:upload_redirect_url)
+        check_present(:state_update_url)
+        
+        %w{sdb_videos_domain sdb_users_domain sdb_profiles_domain}.each do |d|
+          check_present(d.to_sym)
+        end
+      end
+      
+      def check_present(option, message = nil)
+        unless Panda::Config[option]
+          m = "Missing required configuration option: #{option.to_s}"
+          m += " [#{message}]" if message
+          raise Panda::ConfigError, m
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end

lib/s3_store.rb

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 class S3VideoObject < AWS::S3::S3Object
   set_current_bucket_to Panda::Config[:s3_videos_bucket]
 end
- 
+
 class S3Store < AbstractStore
   def initialize
+    raise Panda::ConfigError, "You must specify videos_domain and s3_videos_bucket to use s3 storage" unless Panda::Config[:videos_domain] && Panda::Config[:s3_videos_bucket]
+    
     AWS::S3::Base.establish_connection!(
       :access_key_id     => Panda::Config[:access_key_id],
       :secret_access_key => Panda::Config[:secret_access_key],

spec/models/video_spec.rb

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe Video do
       p[:state_update_url] = "http://localhost:4000/videos/$id/status"
       p[:upload_redirect_url] = "http://localhost:4000/videos/$id/done"
       p[:videos_domain] = "videos.pandastream.com"
-      p[:thumbnail_height_constrain] = 126
+      p[:thumbnail_height_constrain] = 125
     end
     
     Store.stub!(:set).and_return(true)