api.video Android API client

api.video is the video infrastructure for product builders. Lightning fast video APIs for integrating, scaling, and managing on-demand & low latency live streaming features in your app.

Table of contents

• Project description
• Getting started
  • Requirements
  • Installation
    • Maven users
    • Gradle users
    • Others
  • Code sample
  • Upload options
  • Permissions
• Documentation
  • API Endpoints
    • AnalyticsApi
    • CaptionsApi
    • ChaptersApi
    • LiveStreamsApi
    • PlayerThemesApi
    • UploadTokensApi
    • VideosApi
    • WatermarksApi
    • WebhooksApi
  • Models
  • Authorization
    • API key
    • Public endpoints
  • Recommendation
• Have you gotten use from this API client?
• Contribution

Project description

api.video's Android API client streamlines the coding process. Chunking files is handled for you, as is pagination and refreshing your tokens.

Getting started

Requirements

Building the API client library requires:

1. Java 1.8+
2. Maven/Gradle

Installation

Maven users

Add this dependency to your project's POM:

<dependency>
  <groupId>video.api</groupId>
  <artifactId>android-api-client</artifactId>
  <version>1.5.7</version>
  <scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>

Gradle users

Add this dependency to your project's build file:

implementation "video.api:android-api-client:1.5.7"

Others

At first generate the JAR by executing:

mvn clean package

Then manually install the following JARs:

• target/android-api-client-1.5.7.jar
• target/lib/*.jar

Code sample

Please follow the installation instruction and execute the following Kotlin code:

// If you want to upload a video with an upload token (uploadWithUploadToken):
VideosApiStore.initialize()
// if you rather like to use the sandbox environment:
// VideosApiStore.initialize(environment = Environment.SANDBOX)

val myVideoFile = File("my-video.mp4")

val workManager = WorkManager.getInstance(context) // WorkManager comes from package "androidx.work:work-runtime"
workManager.uploadWithUploadToken("MY_UPLOAD_TOKEN", myVideoFile) // Dispatch the upload with the WorkManager

Example

Examples that demonstrate how to use the API is provided in folder examples/.

Upload methods

To upload a video, you have 3 differents methods:

• WorkManager: preferred method: Upload with Android WorkManager API. It supports progress notifications, upload in background, queue, reupload after lost connections. Directly use, WorkManager extensions. See example for more details.
• UploadService: Upload with an Android Service. It supports progress notifications, upload in background, queue. You have to extend the UploadService and register it in your AndroidManifest.xml. See example for more details.
• Direct call with ApiClient: Do not call API from the main thread, otherwise you will get an android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException. Dispatch API calls with Thread, Executors or Kotlin coroutine to avoid this.

Permissions

You have to add the following permissions in your AndroidManifest.xml:

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

    <!-- The application requires READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE or READ_MEDIA_VIDEO to access video to upload them` -->
    <uses-permission
        android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
        android:maxSdkVersion="32" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO" />

Your application also has to dynamically request the android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission to upload videos.

WorkManager

To upload with the WorkManager, you also have to add the following lines in your AndroidManifest.xml:

    <!-- The application requires POST_NOTIFICATIONS to display the upload notification -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS" />

    <!-- The application requires FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC for API >= 34 -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC" />

    <application>
      ...
        <!-- The application requires to declare a service type for API >= 34 -->
        <service
            android:name="androidx.work.impl.foreground.SystemForegroundService"
            android:foregroundServiceType="dataSync"
            tools:node="merge" />
    </application>

UploadService

To upload with the UploadService, you also have to add the following lines in your AndroidManifest.xml:

    <!-- The application requires POST_NOTIFICATIONS to display the upload notification -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />

    <application>
        <!--
          The application requires to declare your service, replace `YourUploaderService` by the package
          of your service or by the package of `UploadService` if you directly use `UploadService`.
        -->
        <service android:name=".YourUploaderService" />
    </application>

Documentation

API Endpoints

All URIs are relative to https://ws.api.video

AnalyticsApi

Retrieve an instance of AnalyticsApi:

val client = ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY")
val analytics = client.analytics()

Endpoints

Method	HTTP request	Description
getLiveStreamsPlays	GET /analytics/live-streams/plays	Get play events for live stream
getVideosPlays	GET /analytics/videos/plays	Get play events for video

CaptionsApi

Retrieve an instance of CaptionsApi:

val client = ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY")
val captions = client.captions()

Endpoints

Method	HTTP request	Description
upload	POST /videos/{videoId}/captions/{language}	Upload a caption
get	GET /videos/{videoId}/captions/{language}	Retrieve a caption
update	PATCH /videos/{videoId}/captions/{language}	Update a caption
delete	DELETE /videos/{videoId}/captions/{language}	Delete a caption
list	GET /videos/{videoId}/captions	List video captions

ChaptersApi

Retrieve an instance of ChaptersApi:

val client = ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY")
val chapters = client.chapters()

Endpoints

Method	HTTP request	Description
upload	POST /videos/{videoId}/chapters/{language}	Upload a chapter
get	GET /videos/{videoId}/chapters/{language}	Retrieve a chapter
delete	DELETE /videos/{videoId}/chapters/{language}	Delete a chapter
list	GET /videos/{videoId}/chapters	List video chapters

LiveStreamsApi

Retrieve an instance of LiveStreamsApi:

val client = ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY")
val liveStreams = client.liveStreams()

Endpoints

Method	HTTP request	Description
create	POST /live-streams	Create live stream
get	GET /live-streams/{liveStreamId}	Retrieve live stream
update	PATCH /live-streams/{liveStreamId}	Update a live stream
delete	DELETE /live-streams/{liveStreamId}	Delete a live stream
list	GET /live-streams	List all live streams
uploadThumbnail	POST /live-streams/{liveStreamId}/thumbnail	Upload a thumbnail
deleteThumbnail	DELETE /live-streams/{liveStreamId}/thumbnail	Delete a thumbnail

PlayerThemesApi

Retrieve an instance of PlayerThemesApi:

val client = ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY")
val playerThemes = client.playerThemes()

Endpoints

Method	HTTP request	Description
create	POST /players	Create a player
get	GET /players/{playerId}	Retrieve a player
update	PATCH /players/{playerId}	Update a player
delete	DELETE /players/{playerId}	Delete a player
list	GET /players	List all player themes
uploadLogo	POST /players/{playerId}/logo	Upload a logo
deleteLogo	DELETE /players/{playerId}/logo	Delete logo

UploadTokensApi

Retrieve an instance of UploadTokensApi:

val client = ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY")
val uploadTokens = client.uploadTokens()

Endpoints

Method	HTTP request	Description
createToken	POST /upload-tokens	Generate an upload token
getToken	GET /upload-tokens/{uploadToken}	Retrieve upload token
deleteToken	DELETE /upload-tokens/{uploadToken}	Delete an upload token
list	GET /upload-tokens	List all active upload tokens

VideosApi

Retrieve an instance of VideosApi:

val client = ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY")
val videos = client.videos()

Endpoints

Method	HTTP request	Description
create	POST /videos	Create a video object
upload	POST /videos/{videoId}/source	Upload a video
uploadWithUploadToken	POST /upload	Upload with an delegated upload token
get	GET /videos/{videoId}	Retrieve a video object
update	PATCH /videos/{videoId}	Update a video object
delete	DELETE /videos/{videoId}	Delete a video object
list	GET /videos	List all video objects
uploadThumbnail	POST /videos/{videoId}/thumbnail	Upload a thumbnail
pickThumbnail	PATCH /videos/{videoId}/thumbnail	Set a thumbnail
getStatus	GET /videos/{videoId}/status	Retrieve video status and details

WatermarksApi

Retrieve an instance of WatermarksApi:

val client = ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY")
val watermarks = client.watermarks()

Endpoints

Method	HTTP request	Description
upload	POST /watermarks	Upload a watermark
delete	DELETE /watermarks/{watermarkId}	Delete a watermark
list	GET /watermarks	List all watermarks

WebhooksApi

Retrieve an instance of WebhooksApi:

val client = ApiVideoClient("YOUR_API_KEY")
val webhooks = client.webhooks()

Endpoints

Method	HTTP request	Description
create	POST /webhooks	Create Webhook
get	GET /webhooks/{webhookId}	Retrieve Webhook details
delete	DELETE /webhooks/{webhookId}	Delete a Webhook
list	GET /webhooks	List all webhooks

Documentation for Models

• AccessToken
• AdditionalBadRequestErrors
• AnalyticsData
• AnalyticsPlays400Error
• AnalyticsPlaysResponse
• AuthenticatePayload
• BadRequest
• BytesRange
• Caption
• CaptionsListResponse
• CaptionsUpdatePayload
• Chapter
• ChaptersListResponse
• Link
• LiveStream
• LiveStreamAssets
• LiveStreamCreationPayload
• LiveStreamListResponse
• LiveStreamSession
• LiveStreamSessionClient
• LiveStreamSessionDevice
• LiveStreamSessionLocation
• LiveStreamSessionReferrer
• LiveStreamSessionSession
• LiveStreamUpdatePayload
• Metadata
• Model403ErrorSchema
• NotFound
• Pagination
• PaginationLink
• PlayerSessionEvent
• PlayerTheme
• PlayerThemeAssets
• PlayerThemeCreationPayload
• PlayerThemeUpdatePayload
• PlayerThemesListResponse
• Quality
• RefreshTokenPayload
• RestreamsRequestObject
• RestreamsResponseObject
• TokenCreationPayload
• TokenListResponse
• TooManyRequests
• UploadToken
• Video
• VideoAssets
• VideoClip
• VideoCreationPayload
• VideoSession
• VideoSessionClient
• VideoSessionDevice
• VideoSessionLocation
• VideoSessionOs
• VideoSessionReferrer
• VideoSessionSession
• VideoSource
• VideoSourceLiveStream
• VideoSourceLiveStreamLink
• VideoStatus
• VideoStatusEncoding
• VideoStatusEncodingMetadata
• VideoStatusIngest
• VideoStatusIngestReceivedParts
• VideoThumbnailPickPayload
• VideoUpdatePayload
• VideoWatermark
• VideosListResponse
• Watermark
• WatermarksListResponse
• Webhook
• WebhooksCreationPayload
• WebhooksListResponse

Rate Limiting

api.video implements rate limiting to ensure fair usage and stability of the service. The API provides the rate limit values in the response headers for any API requests you make. The /auth endpoint is the only route without rate limitation.

In this client, you can access these headers by using the *WithHttpInfo() or *Async versions of the methods. These methods return the ApiResponse that contains the response body and the headers, allowing you to check the X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, and X-RateLimit-Retry-After headers to understand your current rate limit status. Read more about these response headers in the API reference.

Here is an example of how to use these methods:

When listening to the WorkInfo with the WorkManager, you can access the headers in the OutputData of the WorkInfo:

val headers = workInfo.outputData.toHeaders()
Log.i(TAG, "X-RateLimit-Limit: ${headers["x-ratelimit-limit"]!![0]}")
Log.i(TAG, "X-RateLimit-Remaining: ${headers["x-ratelimit-remaining"]!![0]}")
Log.i(TAG, "X-RateLimit-Retry-After: ${headers["x-ratelimit-retry-after"]!![0]}")

Authorization

API key

Most endpoints required to be authenticated using the API key mechanism described in our documentation.

On Android, you must NOT store your API key in your application code to prevent your API key from being exposed in your source code. Only the Public endpoints can be called without authentication. In the case, you want to call an endpoint that requires authentication, you will have to use a backend server. See Security best practices for more details.

Public endpoints

Some endpoints don't require authentication. These one can be called with a client instantiated without API key:

val client = ApiVideoClient()

Recommendation

It's recommended to create an instance of ApiClient per thread in a multithreaded environment to avoid any potential issues. For direct call with ApiClient: Do not call API from the main thread, otherwise you will get a android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException. Dispatch API calls with Thread, Executors or Kotlin coroutine to avoid this. Alternatively, APIs come with an asynchronous counterpart (createAsync for create) except for the upload endpoint.

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Contribution

Since this API client is generated from an OpenAPI description, we cannot accept pull requests made directly to the repository. If you want to contribute, you can open a pull request on the repository of our client generator. Otherwise, you can also simply open an issue detailing your need on this repository.