Brightcove Videos API

Operations for managing videos, video metadata, audio tracks, and more.

Business capability
Media Asset Management BC-3710

Operations 24

GET /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos Get Videos #
POST /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos Create Video #
GET /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/counts/videos Get Video Count #
GET /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos{video_ids}} Get Videos by ID/Reference ID #
DELETE /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos{video_ids}} Delete Video #
PATCH /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}} Update Video #
GET /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/sources Get Video Sources #
GET /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/images Get Video Images #
DELETE /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/image_sources{label}} Delete video image #
GET /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/variants Get All Video Variants #
POST /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/variants Create a Video Variant #
GET /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/variants{language}} Get a Video Variant #
PATCH /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/variants{language}} Update a Video Variant #
DELETE /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/variants{language}} Delete a Video Variant #
GET /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/audio_tracks Get Video Audio Tracks #
GET /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/audio_tracks{audio_track_id}} Get Video Audio Track #
PATCH /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/audio_tracks{audio_track_id}} Update Video Audio Track #
DELETE /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/audio_tracks{audio_track_id}} Delete Video Audio Track #
GET /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/digital_master Get Digital Master Info #
DELETE /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/digital_master Delete Digital Master #
GET /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/references Get Playlists for Video #
DELETE /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/references Remove Video from all Playlists #
GET /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/ingest_jobs Get Status of Ingest Jobs #
GET /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/videos/{{video_id}}/ingest_jobs{job_id}} Get Status of Ingest Job #

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OpenAPI Specification

brightcove-videos-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Brightcove CMS API Reference Videos API
  description: 'Reference for the Brightcove CMS API, used to access and manage your media library. To test API requests, you can use our API Testing Tools. For permissions needed for OAuth credentials, see API Operations. For information on authenticating API requests, see the OAuth Overview.


    For additional in-depth guides to features of the API, see the **general documentation**.


    **Base URL**: https://cms.api.brightcove.com'
  version: 1.0.0
  x-bc-access: public
servers:
- url: https://cms.api.brightcove.com
  variables: {}
tags:


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