Dacast

Dacast is a unified live streaming and video hosting (OTT) platform that lets businesses broadcast live channels, host and monetize video on demand (VOD), organize content into playlists, and embed a white-label HTML5 player. Dacast exposes a RESTful JSON API (base https://developer.dacast.com/v2) for programmatically creating live channels, uploading and managing VOD, building playlists, and reading viewer analytics. API requests authenticate with an X-Api-Key header. API access is gated to Scale and Custom plans (trial accounts can request temporary access from sales), so the endpoints below are grounded in Dacast's public developer docs but several exact paths beyond the confirmed /v2/channel, /v2/vod, and /v2/playlist are honestly modeled.

Dacast publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Analytics API, Live Channels API, Playlists API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Live Streaming, Video, VOD, OTT, and Video Hosting.

Dacast’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 7 more developer resources.

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38.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-03 · rubric v0.9

AccessPaidSelf serve

4 APIs

Live StreamingVideoVODOTTVideo HostingMediaAnalytics

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scored 2026-08-03 · rubric v0.9

Composite quality — 38.5/100 · thin

Contract Quality 15.1 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Dacast Analytics API

Viewer analytics and reporting.

Dacast Live Channels API

Live streaming channels and simulcast.

Dacast Playlists API

Ordered collections of VOD and live content.

Dacast VOD API

Video on demand upload and management.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Dacast Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Dacast Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Dacast Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Dacast Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Dacast Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Dacast Agentic Access

19 operations · 11 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: dacast
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dacast/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Dacast
kind: company
description: Dacast is a unified live streaming and video hosting (OTT) platform that lets businesses broadcast live channels,
  host and monetize video on demand (VOD), organize content into playlists, and embed a white-label HTML5 player. Dacast exposes
  a RESTful JSON API (base https://developer.dacast.com/v2) for programmatically creating live channels, uploading and managing
  VOD, building playlists, and reading viewer analytics. API requests authenticate with an X-Api-Key header. API access is
  gated to Scale and Custom plans (trial accounts can request temporary access from sales), so the endpoints below are grounded
  in Dacast's public developer docs but several exact paths beyond the confirmed /v2/channel, /v2/vod, and /v2/playlist are
  honestly modeled.
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/dacast.png
tags:
- Live Streaming
- Video
- VOD
- OTT
- Video Hosting
- Media
- Analytics
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: dacast:dacast-analytics-api
  name: Dacast Analytics API
  description: Viewer analytics and reporting.
  humanURL: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/vod-upload
  baseURL: https://developer.dacast.com/v2
  tags:
  - Analytics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dacast-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/make-your-first-api-call
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/vod-upload
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/create-live-streams-channels
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/playlists
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dacast.com/support/knowledgebase/new-analytics-dashboard/
- aid: dacast:dacast-live-channels-api
  name: Dacast Live Channels API
  description: Live streaming channels and simulcast.
  humanURL: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/vod-upload
  baseURL: https://developer.dacast.com/v2
  tags:
  - Live Channels
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dacast-live-channels-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/make-your-first-api-call
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/vod-upload
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/create-live-streams-channels
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/playlists
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dacast.com/support/knowledgebase/new-analytics-dashboard/
- aid: dacast:dacast-playlists-api
  name: Dacast Playlists API
  description: Ordered collections of VOD and live content.
  humanURL: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/vod-upload
  baseURL: https://developer.dacast.com/v2
  tags:
  - Playlists
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dacast-playlists-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/make-your-first-api-call
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/vod-upload
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/create-live-streams-channels
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/playlists
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dacast.com/support/knowledgebase/new-analytics-dashboard/
- aid: dacast:dacast-vod-api
  name: Dacast VOD API
  description: Video on demand upload and management.
  humanURL: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/vod-upload
  baseURL: https://developer.dacast.com/v2
  tags:
  - VOD
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dacast-vod-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/make-your-first-api-call
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/vod-upload
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/create-live-streams-channels
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.dacast.com/docs/playlists
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dacast.com/support/knowledgebase/new-analytics-dashboard/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/dacast-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dacast-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/dacast-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dacast
- type: Website
  url: https://www.dacast.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.dacast.com
- type: Plans
  url: plans/dacast-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/dacast-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/dacast-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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