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eBay Video API

The Video API from eBay — 3 operation(s) for video.

eBay Video API is one of 64 APIs that eBay publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Video. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, release notes, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version v1.9.2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.ebay.com{basePath}.

3 operations 3 paths 6 schemas 1 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
v1.9.2
Base URL
https://api.ebay.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Contact
eBay Inc,
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

eBay Video API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (api_auth) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 2 scopes.

  • api_auth — The security definitions for this API. Please check individual operations for applicable scopes.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 1 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Video 3
POST
/video
This method creates a video. When using this method, specify the title , size , and classification of the video to be created. Description is an optional field for this method. Tip: See Adding a vide…
createVideo 1 param body → 201400403500
GET
/video/{video_id}
This method retrieves a video's metadata and content given a specified video ID . The method returns the title , size , classification , description , video ID , playList , status , status message (i…
getVideo 1 param → 200400403404500
POST
/video/{video_id}/upload
This method associates the specified file with the specified video ID and uploads the input file. After the file has been uploaded the processing of the file begins. Note: The size of the video to be…
uploadVideo 4 params body → 200400404409411416500

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Video (11 properties), CreateVideoRequest (4 properties), Play (2 properties), Moderation (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CreateVideoRequest
object
The request to create a video, which must contain the video's title , size , and classification . Description is an optional field when creating videos.
4 properties
InputStream
object
The streaming input of the video source. The input source must be an .mp4 file of the type MPEG-4 Part 10 or Advanced Video Coding (MPEG-4 AVC).
Image
object
The automatically generated thumbnail image of the video.
1 property
Play
object
The two streaming video URLs available for a successfully uploaded video with a status of LIVE . The supported streaming video protocols are DASH (Dynamic Adap…
2 properties
Video
object
A response field that retrieves all the metadata for the video, including its title , classification , size , description , status , status message (if any), a…
11 properties
Moderation
object
A container that provides video moderation information when calling the getVideo method. This container is returned if the specified video has been blocked by…
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ebay-video-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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