Wowza

Wowza Players API

The player operations are deprecated in 2.0. Create and update player configurations in the user interface. Any values you send using the player operations will be ignored. Operations related to players, which are created through the ``/live_streams`` resource. Players created through Wowza Video live streams can be embedded into your own web page or played through a web page hosted by Wowza Video.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 10

GET /players Fetch all players #
GET /players/{id} Fetch a player #
PATCH /players/{id} Update a player #
POST /players/{id}/rebuild Rebuild player code #
GET /players/{id}/state Fetch the state of a player #
POST /players/{player_id}/urls Create a player URL #
GET /players/{player_id}/urls Fetch all player URLs #
GET /players/{player_id}/urls/{id} Fetch a player URL #
PATCH /players/{player_id}/urls/{id} Update a player URL #
DELETE /players/{player_id}/urls/{id} Delete a player URL #

Documentation

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APIReference
https://developer.wowza.com/docs/wowza-video/api/video/openapi
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Documentation
https://developer.wowza.com/docs/wowza-video/about-wowza-video/
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Documentation
https://developer.wowza.com/docs/wowza-video/api/video/current/overview/
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GettingStarted
https://www.wowza.com/docs/quick-start-for-an-rtmp-live-stream-in-wowza-video
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Documentation
https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-video-rest-api-lifecycle-management
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Documentation
https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-video-rest-api
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Documentation
https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-rest-api
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APIReference
https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-access-documentation-for-wowza-streaming-engine-rest-api
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Documentation
https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-access-wowza-streaming-engine-rest-api-reference-documentation-with-postman
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Documentation
https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-access-wowza-streaming-engine-swagger-documentation-with-swagger-codegen
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GettingStarted
https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-install-and-configure-wowza-streaming-engine

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wowza/refs/heads/main/openapi/wowza-players-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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ChangeLog
https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-video-release-notes
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SDKs
https://github.com/WowzaMediaSystems/wse-rest-library-php

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OpenAPI Specification

wowza-players-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: v2.0
  title: Wowza Video REST API Reference Documentation Players API
  license:
    name: Terms of Use
    url: https://www.wowza.com/legal/terms-of-use
  description: 'API lifecycle phase: Current


    Want to take the API for a test run?'
servers:
- url: https://api.video.wowza.com/api/v2.0
tags:


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