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Brightcove Clear-Sources API

Clear_sources endpoints expose unencrypted sources to the preview players in the studio for customers who are using [Playback Rights](/playback-restrictions/references/index.html) to protect DRM and HLSe video content. This endpoint is also useful for customers who want to make their protected source files available to 3rd parties or internal users who have access to their API credentials. **Important Notes:** 1. Once the unprotected URL is made available, Brightcove and the client have no control over who has access to the content or how it is used. 2. There will be egress bandwidth charges made to your account when the sources are accessed.

Brightcove Clear-Sources API is one of 53 APIs that Brightcove publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Clear-Sources. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://cms.api.brightcove.com.

2 operations 2 paths 17 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://cms.api.brightcove.com/v1
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Brightcove Clear-Sources API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (BC_OAuth2) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 18 scopes.

  • BC_OAuth2 — Brightcove OAuth API. See the [support documentation](/oauth/index.html) or [Getting Access Tokens](/oauth/code-samples/oauth-api-sample-get-access-token.html)…

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Clear-Sources 2

Clearsources endpoints expose unencrypted sources to the preview players in the studio for customers who are using [Playback Rights](/playback-restrictions/references/index.html)…

GET
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/clear_videos/{{video_id}}
Get Video with Clear Sources
GetClearVideo 4 params → 200401403404405429500
GET
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/clear_sources
Get Video Clear Sources
GetClearVideoSources 4 params → 200401403404405429500

Schemas 17

The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Video (39 properties), VideoSources (14 properties), TextTrack (8 properties), Transcript (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

VideoVariants
array
Array of video variants
VideoImages
object
map of image maps - the map name is in the form label.language where the label is one of poster, thumbnail, portrait, square, wide or ultra-wide, and the langu…
VideoVariant2
object
Object containing language-specific metadata for a video
5 properties
Link
object
map of related link properties - can only be added on update, not creation
2 properties
CuePoint
object
5 properties 2 required
Geo
object
map of geo-filtering properties
3 properties 3 required
VideoSources
object
14 properties
Schedule
object
map of scheduling properties
2 properties
VideoPreviewSource
object
HLS manifest entry for animated preview
3 properties
Transcript
object
8 properties 2 required
Video
object
Object containing metadata for a video
39 properties
VideoVariant3
object
Object containing language-specific metadata for a video
5 properties
VideoVariant
object
Object containing language-specific metadata for a video
5 properties
User
object
information about who created or modified a video, if available
3 properties
Sharing
object
map of the sharing properties for the video
5 properties
TextTrack
object
8 properties
VideoPreview
object
Animated thumbnail preview metadata for the video
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

brightcove-clear-sources-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Brightcove publishes across the network.

Brightcove Dynamic Ingest API
Brightcove Analytics API
Brightcove Playback API
Brightcove Player Management API
Brightcove Live API
Brightcove OAuth API
Brightcove SSAI API
Brightcove Ingest Profiles API
Brightcove Delivery Rules API
Brightcove Cloud Playout APIs
Brightcove Audience API
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