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Brightcove Videos API

Operations for managing videos, video metadata, audio tracks, and more.

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

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

This API exposes 24 operations across 15 paths, and defines 24 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.

24 operations 15 paths 24 schemas 6 DELETE13 GET3 PATCH2 POST

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 Videos 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 24

Across 15 paths, the API surfaces 24 operations — 6 DELETE, 13 GET, 3 PATCH, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Videos 24

Operations for managing videos, video metadata, audio tracks, and more.

GET
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos
Get Videos
GetVideos 8 params → 200400401403404429500
POST
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos
Create Video
CreateVideo 3 params body → 201401403404405409422429
GET
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/counts/videos
Get Video Count
GetVideoCount 4 params → 200400401403404405429500
GET
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos{video_ids}}
Get Videos by ID/Reference ID
GetVideoByIdOrReferenceId 6 params → 200401404405429
DELETE
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos{video_ids}}
Delete Video
DeleteVideo 4 params → 204401409412429500
PATCH
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}
Update Video
UpdateVideo 4 params body → 200202400401403404405409
GET
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/sources
Get Video Sources
GetVideoSources 4 params → 200401404405429
GET
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/images
Get Video Images
GetVideoImages 4 params → 200401404405429
DELETE
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/image_sources{label}}
Delete video image
DeleteVideoImage 5 params → 204400401404405429500503
GET
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/variants
Get All Video Variants
GetVideoVariants 4 params → 200401404405429
POST
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/variants
Create a Video Variant
createVideoVariant 4 params body → 201401404405429
GET
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/variants{language}}
Get a Video Variant
GetVideoVariant 5 params → 200401404405429
PATCH
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/variants{language}}
Update a Video Variant
updateVideoVariant 5 params body → 200401404405429
DELETE
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/variants{language}}
Delete a Video Variant
deleteVideoVariant 5 params → 204401404405429
GET
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/audio_tracks
Get Video Audio Tracks
GetVideoAudioTracks 4 params → 200401404405429
GET
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/audio_tracks{audio_track_id}}
Get Video Audio Track
GetVideoAudioTrack 5 params → 200401404405429
PATCH
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/audio_tracks{audio_track_id}}
Update Video Audio Track
UpdateVideoAudioTrack 5 params body → 200401404405429
DELETE
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/audio_tracks{audio_track_id}}
Delete Video Audio Track
DeleteVideoAudioTrack 5 params → 204401404405429
GET
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/digital_master
Get Digital Master Info
GetDigitalMasterInfo 4 params → 200204401404405429
DELETE
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/digital_master
Delete Digital Master
DeleteDigitalMaster 4 params → 204401403404405429500
GET
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/references
Get Playlists for Video
GetPlaylistsForVideo 4 params → 200401404405429
DELETE
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/references
Remove Video from all Playlists
RemoveVideoFromAllPlaylists 4 params → 204401404405429
GET
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/ingest_jobs
Get Status of Ingest Jobs
GetStatusOfIngestJobs 4 params → 200401429500
GET
/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/ingest_jobs{job_id}}
Get Status of Ingest Job
GetStatusOfIngestJob 5 params → 200401429500

Schemas 24

The contract defines 24 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Video (39 properties), VideoSources (14 properties), CreateVideoRequestBodyFields (13 properties), IngestJobStatus (10 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
AudioTrack
object
6 properties
CreateVideoRequestBodyFields
object
Only certain video metadata fields can be set when you initially create the video, and are listed here. Other fields must be set through an update (PATCH) requ…
13 properties 1 required
Geo
object
map of geo-filtering properties
3 properties 3 required
PlaylistReferences
object
1 property
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
VideoCount
object
1 property
VideoVariant
object
Object containing language-specific metadata for a video
5 properties
AudioTracks
array
Audio tracks for the video
DigitalMaster
object
8 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
VideoPreview
object
Animated thumbnail preview metadata for the video
2 properties
TextTrack
object
8 properties
IngestJobStatus
object
10 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

brightcove-videos-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
Brightcove Social API
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