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Mux View and Viewer Counts API

API for retrieving the real-time count of views and viewers based on ID as collected by Mux Data.

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GET /counts Retrieve the View and Viewer Counts #

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OpenAPI Specification

mux-com-view-and-viewer-counts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Mux View and Viewer Counts API
  description: Mux is how developers build online video. This API encompasses both Mux Video and Mux Data functionality to help you build your video-related projects better and faster than ever before.
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: Mux DevEx
    url: https://docs.mux.com
    email: devex@mux.com
servers:
- url: https://api.mux.com
  description: Mux Production API
- url: https://image.mux.com
- url: https://stream.mux.com
- url: https://stats.mux.com
tags:
- name: View and Viewer Counts
  description: API for retrieving the real-time count of views and viewers based on ID as collected by Mux Data.
  x-displayName: View and Viewer Counts
paths:
  /counts:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve the View and Viewer Counts
      description: '[Fetch the real-time view and viewer counts for a video](https://docs.mux.com/guides/see-how-many-people-are-watching).'
      operationId: get-engagement-counts
      servers:
      - url: https://stats.mux.com
      tags:
      - View and Viewer Counts
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/token'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Counts retrieved successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatsCountsResponse'
        '403':
          description: Bad request due to missing or invalid JWT token.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatsCountsErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Server timeout or unknown error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatsCountsErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    StatsCountsError:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          schema:
            type: string
        messages:
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
    StatsCountsErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - error
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatsCountsError'
    StatsCounts:
      type: object
      properties:
        views:
          schema:
            type: integer
            format: int32
        viewers:
          schema:
            type: integer
            format: int32
        updated_at:
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date
    StatsCountsResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatsCounts'
  parameters:
    token:
      name: TOKEN
      in: query
      description: Signed token (JWT) for [secure video playback](https://docs.mux.com/guides/secure-video-playback).
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    accessToken:
      description: 'The Mux Video API uses an Access Token and Secret Key for authentication. If you haven''t already, [generate a new Access Token](https://dashboard.mux.com/settings/access-tokens) in the Access Token settings of your Mux account dashboard.


        Once you have an Access Token ID and Secret, you can then simply include those as the username (id) and password (secret) in the same way you use traditional basic auth.

        '
      scheme: basic
      type: http
    authorizationToken:
      description: 'OAuth authorization token, used as a Bearer Auth header

        '
      scheme: bearer
      type: http
x-tagGroups:
- name: Video
  tags:
  - Assets
  - Live Streams
  - Playback ID
  - URL Signing Keys
  - Direct Uploads
  - Delivery Usage
  - Playback Restrictions
  - DRM Configurations
  - Transcription Vocabularies
- name: Data
  tags:
  - Video Views
  - Errors
  - Filters
  - Exports
  - Metrics
  - Monitoring
  - Real-Time
  - Dimensions
  - Incidents
  - Annotations
  - View and Viewer Counts
- name: System
  tags:
  - Signing Keys
  - Utilities
- name: Robots
  tags:
  - Jobs
  - Ask Questions
  - Edit Captions
  - Find Key Moments
  - Generate Chapters
  - Moderate
  - Summarize
  - Translate Captions
- name: Playback
  tags:
  - Thumbnails
  - Animated Images
  - Storyboards
  - Streaming
  - Captions and Transcripts