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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 3.0.3, at version 2.0.0.

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

4 operations 3 paths 8 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET

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 recordings 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 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

recordings 4

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…

GET
/recordings
Fetch all recordings
listRecordings 3 params → 200401
GET
/recordings/{id}
Fetch a recording
showRecording 1 param → 200401403404410
DELETE
/recordings/{id}
Delete a recording
deleteRecording 1 param → 204401403404410422
GET
/recordings/{id}/state
Fetch the state of a recording
showRecordingState 1 param → 200401403404410

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), Error410 (1 property), Error422 (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
index_recordings
object
9 properties
Error422
object
1 property 1 required
Error410
object
1 property 1 required
recordings
object
1 property 1 required
Error404
object
1 property 1 required
recording
object
15 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wowza-recordings-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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