Brightcove BC Live channels API

The BC Live channels API from Brightcove — 1 operation(s) for bc live channels.

Operations 1

GET /accounts/{account_id}/bc_channels List All BC Live channels #

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OpenAPI Specification

brightcove-bc-live-channels-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Brightcove Cloud Playout Channel Manager API Reference BC…
  description: Reference for the Brightcove Cloud Playout Channel Manager API, used to access and manage your Cloud Playout channels.
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://cm.cloudplayout.brightcove.com
  description: Production server
- url: https://cm.cloudplayout.qa.brightcove.com
  description: QA server
tags:
- name: BC Live channels
paths:
  /accounts/{account_id}/bc_channels:
    x-bc-throttle-key: null
    get:
      tags:
      - BC Live channels
      summary: List All BC Live channels
      description: List all BC Live channels that a channel can use
      operationId: ListBCLiveChannels
      parameters:
      - name: account_id
        in: path
        description: Video Cloud account ID.
        required: true
        style: simple
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: SSAI true/false for filtering
        in: query
        required: true
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: Brightcove Live redundant groups true/false for filtering
        in: query
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        200:
          description: '200'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BcLiveChannelProperties'
        401:
          description: 'UNAUTHORIZED: Authentication failed; check to make sure your client credentials were correct for the access token'
          content: {}
        403:
          description: 'BAD_VALUE: Spelling error or other use of non-existent field '
          content: {}
        404:
          description: 'RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND: The api could not find the resource you requested'
          content: {}
      deprecated: false
      security:
      - BC_OAuth2:
        - video-cloud/cloud-playout/read
        - BC_CLOUD_PLAYOUT_READ
      x-bc-throttle-key: null
components:
  schemas:
    BcLiveChannelProperties:
      title: BcLiveChannelObjcet
      type: object
      properties:
        jobs:
          type: array
          description: List of bc live jobs for the account.
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
                description: Id of the bc live channel.
              videocloud:
                type: object
                properties:
                  live_to_vod:
                    type: boolean
                    description: defines if live to vod is enabled.
                  video:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      name:
                        type: string
                        description: name of the live event.
                      link:
                        type: object
                      schedule:
                        type: object
                      state:
                        type: string
                        description: State of the live event.
                      custom_fields:
                        type: object
                    description: live event properties.
                description: Video cloud properties.
              state:
                type: string
                description: State of the bc live channel.
              static:
                type: boolean
                description: Defines if the live event is SEP/non-SEP.
              ad_insertion:
                type: boolean
                description: Defines if the live event has ssai enabled/not.
              region:
                type: string
                description: Region of the bc live channel.
              reconnect_time:
                type: integer
                description: Reconnect time of the bc live channel.
                format: int32
              submitted_at:
                type: string
                description: Time when the bc live channel is submitted.
      example:
        jobs:
        - id: d901a1d5a00947c6804557e46ff37dh8
          videocloud:
            live_to_vod: true
            video:
              name: hfgh
              link: {}
              schedule: {}
              state: ACTIVE
              custom_fields: {}
          state: waiting
          static: false
          ad_insertion: false
          region: us-west-2
          reconnect_time: 600
          submitted_at: 2021-07-05 12:28:23.510000+00:00
  securitySchemes:
    BC_OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Brightcove OAuth API. See the [support documentation](https://support.brightcove.com/oauth-api) or [Getting Access Tokens](https://support.brightcove.com/oauth-api-sample-get-access-token) to learn more
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://oauth.qa.brightcove.com/v4/access_token
          scopes:
            video-cloud/cloud-playout/all: Able to manage cloud playout channels.
            video-cloud/cloud-playout/read: Able to read cloud playout channels.
            BC_CLOUD_PLAYOUT_READ: Permission-based access control
            BC_CLOUD_PLAYOUT_WRITE: Permission-based access control
x-bc-implicit-head: true
x-bc-implicit-options: true
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Brightcove
  source: https://cm.cloudplayout.brightcove.com/openapi.yaml
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)