Platform API (2)

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Access Platform API for create, update, list and delete Videos, & Categories.

We have a newer API version available here and support Livestreaming and Live Sources as well.

Authentication

You'll need both API key and site/workspace id in most of the API call. You can find your API key and siteid (workspaceid) under workspace/settings.

Requesting the API

Base url for the API is:

  https://api.flowplayer.com/ovp/

Depending on what type of request you want to make you will have to add the API key differently. In get-endpoints the API key is added as an query-param named api-key and for post, put and delete it's added in the request body.

For example, a get video is requested as below:

  https://api.flowplayer.com/ovp/web/video/v2/{video_id}.json?api_key={your_api_key}

Content Type

The format, XML or Json, is determined by both Content-Type-header and the end of the request path. For Json-requests you'll need to end the request with .json and for XML with .xml.

Example of a Create video request with Json:

  --header: Content-Type: application/json

  https://api.flowplayer.com/ovp/web/video/v2/create.json

Example of a Create video request with XML:

  --header: Content-Type: application/xml

  https://api.flowplayer.com/ovp/web/video/v2/create.xml

Category

Get Category

This private request returns data for a single category.

path Parameters
id
required
string
Example: your_category_id

Id of the category

query Parameters
api_key
required
string
Example: api_key=your_api_key

API-key for the workspace which the category belongs to.

Responses

Response samples

Content type
{
  • "id": "category_id",
  • "name": "category name",
  • "description": "category description",
  • "hidden": false,
  • "parentid": "1743542c-2fa6-4de3-b902-2c67253a7be7",
  • "noads": true
}

Create Category

Creates a category and returns data for the created category.

Request Body schema: application/json
api_key
required
string

API-key for the site.

siteid
required
string

Site id for the site which the category should be added to.

name
required
string
description
string

The category description.

hidden
boolean

Deprecated. If the category should be publicly visible, for example in a portal. Possible values are true or false. Notice that videos in the category will still be available with the public API.

parentid
string

The id of the parent for this category. This field is optional, it can be left out if the category shouldn't have a