Wowza recordings API
The recordings operations are deprecated in 2.0. Use the /videos endpoints instead. Operations related to recordings, which are created through the ``/live_streams`` or ``/transcoders`` resources. The Wowza Video service can create MP4 recordings of your live streams and transcoded output. Recordings can be downloaded and saved locally. They're based on the highest-bitrate output rendition that Wowza Video generates from your video source. See [About recordings](https://www.wowza.com/docs/record-live-streams-and-transcoders#aboutREC) to learn more.
Wowza recordings API is one of 48 APIs that Wowza publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Recordings. 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 3 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v2.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.video.wowza.com/api/v2.0.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Wowza recordings API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (WV_JWT).
WV_JWT— Your Wowza-generated access token, also called a JSON web token (JWT). Send it as a bearer token in the Authentication header of your requests. See [Authentica…
Paths & Operations 4
Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The recordings operations are deprecated in 2.0. Use the /videos endpoints instead. Operations related to recordings, which are created through the /livestreams or /transcoders re…
Schemas 8
The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are recording (15 properties), index_recordings (9 properties), recordings (1 property), Error422 (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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