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Wowza categories API

Operations related to categorizing videos.

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

Tagged areas include categories. 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 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 9 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.

4 operations 2 paths 9 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH

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 categories 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 4

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

categories 4

Operations related to categorizing videos.

GET
/categories
Fetch all categories
listCategories 7 params → 200401
GET
/categories/{id}
Fetch a category
getCategory 1 param → 200401403404410
PATCH
/categories/{id}
Update a category
updateCategory 1 param body → 200401403404410422
DELETE
/categories/{id}
Delete a category
deleteCategory 1 param → 204401403404410422

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Pagination (7 properties), CategoryListModel (2 properties), Error403 (1 property), CategoryRequest (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error403
object
1 property 1 required
Error401
object
1 property 1 required
CategoryResponse
object
1 property
Error422
object
1 property 1 required
Error410
object
1 property 1 required
CategoryListModel
object
2 properties
CategoryRequest
object
1 property
Pagination
object
7 properties
Error404
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wowza-categories-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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