How to put {{}} in MAKE without understunding as a variable

[Alejandro_Sanchez]

What are you trying to achieve?

I need to create a mp4 file video given an image or images and a mp3 audio file.
I’m using the API.RENDI API : Rendi - FFmpeg as a Service Dashboard

Steps taken so far

This is the POST call that is working FINE in POSTMAN:

POST /v1/run-ffmpeg-command?= HTTP/1.1
Host: api.rendi.dev
X-API-KEY: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/dNdcsrcQQA7yARfg==
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 543

{
“input_files”: {
“in_img_1”: “https://storage.rendi.dev/sample/bbb-splash.png”,
“in_img_2”: “https://storage.rendi.dev/sample/rodents.png”,
“in_audio_1”: “https://drive.google.com/uc?id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx1X3jrxxEgCxiUsNtsucfWhpbaVABsIYq3MP&export=download”
},
“output_files”: {
“out_1”: “output.mp4”
},
“ffmpeg_command”: “-loop 1 -t 5 -i {{in_img_1}} -loop 1 -t 5 -i {{in_img_2}} -i {{in_audio_1}} -filter_complex [0:v][1:v]concat=n=2:v=1:a=0,format=yuv420p[v] -map [v] -map 2:a -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -shortest {{out_1}}”
}

The problem in MAKE comes in the “ffmpeg_command”. In the {{in_img_1}} {{in_img_2}} {{in_audio_1} and {{out_1}}}… variables.
The API seems to need to get as a plain text but when I try to write in MAKE it replace them, like they were variables. So I tried all the solutions that ChatGPT gave me, but none works well. I tried to create a “setVariable” Module, escaping the ‘{’ symbol using }, also with double{{}} but nothing works…

I just need to send the request with the text like {{in_img1}}, without any replacement.

Do you know how can I change the default behavior of MAKE? or to scape somehow the text?

Thanks in advance,
Alejandro

[samliew]

Welcome to the Make community!

You can use the built-in function replace

e.g.:

Output:

Module Export - quick import into your scenario

You can copy and paste this module export into your scenario. This will import the modules (with fields/settings/filters) shown in my screenshots above.

1. Move your mouse over the line of code below. Copy the JSON by clicking the copy button on the right of the code, which looks like this:
   

2. Enter your scenario editor. Press ESC to close any dialogs. Press CTRLV (paste keyboard shortcut for Windows) to paste directly in the editor.

3. Click on each imported module and re-save it for validation. There may be some errors prompting you to remap some variables and connections.

JSON module export — paste this directly in your scenario

{"subflows":[{"flow":[{"id":1,"module":"util:SetVariable2","version":1,"parameters":{},"mapper":{"name":"ffmpeg_command","scope":"roundtrip","value":"{{replace(\"-loop 1 -t 5 -i #in_img_1# -loop 1 -t 5 -i #in_img_2# -i #in_audio_1# -filter_complex [0:v][1:v]concat=n=2:v=1:a=0,format=yuv420p[v] -map [v] -map 2:a -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -shortest #out_1#\"; \"/#([^#]+)#/g\"; \"{{$1}}\")}}"},"metadata":{"designer":{"x":1742,"y":23,"name":"Set ffmpeg_command"}}}]}],"metadata":{"version":1}}

Note: Did you know you can reduce the size of blueprints and module export code like the above, using the Make Blueprint Scrubber?

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.

[samliew]

This is the regular expression I used in the function above:

For more information, see regex101: build, test, and debug regex

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.

[Alejandro_Sanchez]

Thank you very much! Your solution works perfect! I notice that someone asked time ago something similar and you gave the solution as well with the replace command.

Thanks again Samliew!

[samliew]

No problem, glad I could help!

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