Roku Apps API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Roku External Control Protocol (ECP) Apps API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'The External Control Protocol (ECP) is an HTTP-based API exposed on port 8060 of every Roku

    streaming device on the local network. It enables third-party applications, mobile remote-control

    apps, automated testing systems, and home-automation hubs to discover Roku devices via SSDP,

    inject simulated remote-control key presses, launch installed apps with deep-link parameters,

    query device state, and retrieve diagnostic information.


    The protocol is plain HTTP/1.1 (no TLS) and is intended for trusted local-network use only.

    Most control operations require the user to enable "Control by mobile apps" on the device.

    Additional diagnostic endpoints (chanperf, sgnodes, registry, etc.) are gated behind Roku

    Developer Mode.

    '
  contact:
    name: Roku Developer Program
    url: https://developer.roku.com
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-source-url: https://developer.roku.com/docs/developer-program/dev-tools/external-control-api.md
servers:
- url: http://{rokuDeviceIp}:8060
  description: A Roku device on the local network
  variables:
    rokuDeviceIp:
      default: 192.168.1.100
      description: The IPv4 address of the Roku device, discovered via SSDP
tags:
- name: Apps
  description: Application listing, launching, and termination
paths:
  /query/apps:
    get:
      operationId: queryApps
      summary: Roku Query Installed Apps
      description: Returns the list of channels (apps) installed on the device with their app ID, name, version, and type.
      tags:
      - Apps
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Apps XML list
          content:
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AppList'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /query/active-app:
    get:
      operationId: queryActiveApp
      summary: Roku Query Active App
      description: Returns the currently running app (or Roku home if no channel is active).
      tags:
      - Apps
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Active app XML
          content:
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ActiveApp'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /query/icon/{appId}:
    get:
      operationId: queryAppIcon
      summary: Roku Query App Icon
      description: Returns the binary icon image for the given installed app.
      tags:
      - Apps
      parameters:
      - name: appId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The Roku channel/app identifier
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Icon image
          content:
            image/png:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
            image/jpeg:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /launch/{appId}:
    post:
      operationId: launchApp
      summary: Roku Launch App
      description: Launches the specified installed app. Optional `contentId` and `mediaType` query parameters provide deep-link parameters delivered to the app on launch.
      tags:
      - Apps
      parameters:
      - name: appId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The Roku channel/app identifier (or `dev` for the side-loaded developer channel)
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: contentId
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Deep-link content identifier passed to the app
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: mediaType
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Deep-link content type (movie, episode, season, series, shortFormVideo, tvEpisode, special, live)
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - movie
          - episode
          - season
          - series
          - shortFormVideo
          - tvEpisode
          - special
          - live
      responses:
        '200':
          description: App launched
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /install/{appId}:
    post:
      operationId: installApp
      summary: Roku Install App
      description: Opens the channel store details page for the specified app, prompting the user to install it.
      tags:
      - Apps
      parameters:
      - name: appId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The Roku channel/app identifier
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Channel store details opened
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /exit-app/{appId}:
    post:
      operationId: exitApp
      summary: Roku Exit App
      description: Suspends or terminates the specified running app. Requires Roku OS 14.1 or later and "Control by mobile apps" enabled.
      tags:
      - Apps
      parameters:
      - name: appId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The Roku channel/app identifier
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: App exit requested
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /search/browse:
    post:
      operationId: searchBrowse
      summary: Roku Search Browse
      description: Performs a Roku search across installed channels using query parameters such as keyword, title, season, type, provider-id, and launch.
      tags:
      - Apps
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search initiated
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    AppList:
      type: object
      description: Container for the list of installed channels.
      x-schema-source: documentation
      properties:
        apps:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/App'
    ActiveApp:
      type: object
      description: Currently active app or screensaver/home if none.
      x-schema-source: documentation
      properties:
        app:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/App'
        screensaver:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/App'
    App:
      type: object
      description: An installed Roku channel.
      x-schema-source: documentation
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The Roku channel/app identifier.
          example: '12'
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - appl
          - menu
          - tvin
          description: appl = installed channel, menu = system menu, tvin = TV input.
        version:
          type: string
        subtype:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable channel name.