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Wowza assets API

The assets operations are deprecated in 2.0. Use the /videos endpoints instead.Operations related to assets, which are created through the ``/assets`` resources. The Wowza Video service can store and transcode mp4 files that you can tag, manage, and restream.

Wowza assets API is one of 48 APIs that Wowza publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include assets. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, an API reference, API documentation, a getting-started guide, and a changelog.

This API exposes 9 operations across 6 paths, and defines 20 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, http://localhost:8087.

9 operations 6 paths 20 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET3 PATCH2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://api.video.wowza.com/api/v2.0
Authentication
HTTP Basic, HTTP Digest
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Wowza assets API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). It uses HTTP digest authentication (digestAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic Authentication using Wowza Streaming Engine admin credentials
  • digestAuth — HTTP Digest Authentication

Paths & Operations 9

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 3 PATCH, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

assets 9

The assets operations are deprecated in 2.0. Use the /videos endpoints instead. Operations related to assets, which are created through the /assets resources. The Wowza Video serv…

POST
/assets
Create an asset
createAsset body → 201401422
GET
/assets
Fetch all assets
listAssets 4 params → 200401
GET
/assets/{id}
Fetch an asset
showAsset 1 param → 200401403404410
PATCH
/assets/{id}
Update an asset
updateAsset 1 param body → 200401403404410422
DELETE
/assets/{id}
Delete an asset
deleteAsset 1 param → 204401403404410422
POST
/assets/{id}/live_streams
Restream an asset
restreamAsset 1 param → 200401422
GET
/asset_tags
Fetch all asset tags
asset_tags 2 params → 200401
PATCH
/assets/{id}/upload_completed
Report asset as uploaded
reportUploadedAsset 1 param body → 200401403404410422
PATCH
/assets/{id}/upload_failed
Report asset upload as failed
reportUploadFailedAsset 1 param body → 200401403404410422

Schemas 20

The contract defines 20 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are asset (26 properties), asset_update_output (24 properties), asset_report_uploaded_output (14 properties), index_asset (13 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

asset_report_upload_failed_output
object
10 properties
asset_restream
object
2 properties
index_asset
object
13 properties
asset_tags
object
1 property
asset_report_upload_failed_input
object
1 property 1 required
asset_create_output
object
4 properties
asset_report_uploaded_input
object
1 property 1 required
renditions
object
3 properties
Error401
object
1 property 1 required
assets
object
1 property 1 required
asset_update_input
object
1 property 1 required
Error422_asset_not_available
object
1 property 1 required
asset_update_output
object
24 properties
Error403
object
1 property 1 required
asset_report_uploaded_output
object
14 properties
asset
object
26 properties
Error422
object
1 property 1 required
Error410
object
1 property 1 required
asset_create_input
object
1 property
Error404
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wowza-assets-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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