VdoCipher Upload API

Obtain upload credentials and check transcoding status.

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OpenAPI Specification

vdocipher-upload-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: VdoCipher Server Folders Upload API
  description: 'Server-side REST API for the VdoCipher secure video hosting platform. Covers video upload (credentials + status), media management (list, search, meta, files, delete), folders, tags, and OTP / playbackInfo generation for DRM-protected playback with optional dynamic watermarking. All requests are authenticated with an `Authorization: Apisecret <API_SECRET>` header. This is a faithful, representative specification authored by API Evangelist from the public VdoCipher documentation; consult the official Swagger reference for the authoritative contract.'
  termsOfService: https://www.vdocipher.com/terms/
  contact:
    name: VdoCipher Support
    url: https://www.vdocipher.com/
    email: support@vdocipher.com
  version: v3
servers:
- url: https://dev.vdocipher.com/api
  description: VdoCipher server API base URL
security:
- Apisecret: []
tags:
- name: Upload
  description: Obtain upload credentials and check transcoding status.
paths:
  /videos:
    put:
      operationId: obtainUploadCredentials
      tags:
      - Upload
      summary: Obtain upload credentials
      description: Reserves a new videoId and returns short-lived AWS S3 credentials (clientPayload) used to upload the source file directly to storage.
      parameters:
      - name: title
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Title for the new video.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: folderId
        in: query
        description: Folder to place the video in. Defaults to root.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: root
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Upload credentials and the reserved videoId.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UploadCredentials'
components:
  schemas:
    UploadCredentials:
      type: object
      properties:
        clientPayload:
          type: object
          properties:
            policy:
              type: string
            key:
              type: string
            x-amz-signature:
              type: string
            x-amz-algorithm:
              type: string
              example: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
            x-amz-date:
              type: string
            x-amz-credential:
              type: string
            uploadLink:
              type: string
              format: uri
              example: https://example-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com
        videoId:
          type: string
          example: '1234567890'
  securitySchemes:
    Apisecret:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'API secret from the VdoCipher dashboard (Config tab), sent as `Authorization: Apisecret <API_SECRET>`.'