Zype

aid: zype
name: Zype
description: Zype is an API-first video content management and streaming platform used by enterprises and media companies
  to run OTT apps, FAST and linear channels, and global video distribution. The platform spans a video CMS and CRM, cloud
  encoding, multi-CDN delivery, AI-assisted metadata, transcription and translation, SSAI advertising and DRM, subscription
  and transactional monetization, consumer entitlements, TV Everywhere authentication, cloud playout scheduling with XMLTV
  and platform EPG export, and a no-code app builder for web, mobile and connected TV. Zype publishes fifteen OpenAPI 3.0.1
  definitions covering 317 operations, an RFC 8414 OAuth authorization server advertising 148 scopes, and a first-party MCP
  server. Zype is a Backlight business.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: sales
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: true
  label: Paid, sales-led
  confidence: high
  source:
  - https://www.zype.com/pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: searched
  note: Corrected from "freemium". Zype publishes seven named, priced plans on zype.com/pricing (from $500/mo on annual terms)
    and every one closes with Contact Sales. There is no free tier, no trial and no self-serve checkout. Documentation and
    the OpenAPI definitions are fully public; only the keys are gated.
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/zype.png
tags:
- Video
- Streaming
- OTT
- Video CMS
- FAST
- Linear TV
- Playout
- Monetization
- Live Streaming
- Analytics
- Media and Entertainment
- DRM
- Advertising
- Encoding
- EPG
tags_raw:
- Video
- Streaming
- OTT
- Video CMS
- FAST
- Linear TV
- Playout
- Monetization
- Live Streaming
- Analytics
- Media & Entertainment
- DRM
- Advertising
- Encoding
- EPG
created: '2025-02-12'
modified: '2026-08-28'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zype/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
parent:
  name: Backlight
  url: https://www.backlight.co
  note: Zype is a Backlight business — stated in the footer of www.zype.com. Backlight also owns iconik, Celtx, ftrack and
    Wildmoka. Zype keeps its own domain, docs, status page and API surface, which is why it is profiled here rather than under
    backlight.
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.zype.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.zype.com/developers
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/welcome-to-the-zype-api-documentation
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/welcome-to-the-zype-api-documentation
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.zype.com/developers/zype-api
- type: Support
  url: https://www.zype.com/resources/support
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://support.zype.com/hc/en-us
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.zype.com/blog
- type: BlogRSS
  url: https://www.zype.com/blog/rss.xml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/zype
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zype-inc
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.zype.com/pricing
- type: Plans
  url: plans/zype-plans-pricing.yml
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.zype.com/request-demo
- type: Login
  url: https://admin.zype.com/login
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.zype.com/availability-sla-and-support-terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.backlight.co/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.zype.com
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/zype-lifecycle.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.zype.com/security-compliance
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/zype-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.zype.com
- type: Compliance
  url: conformance/zype-conformance.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/zype-conformance.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/zype-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/zype-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/zype-scopes.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/zype-well-known.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/zype-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/zype-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/zype-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/zype-packages.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/zype-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/zype-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/zype-conventions.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/zype-data-model.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/zype-components.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/zype-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/zype-finops.yml
- type: PointerVerification
  url: well-known/zype-pointer-verification.yml
apis:
- aid: zype:platform
  name: Zype Platform API
  description: 'The core Zype content API: videos, playlists, categories, subtitles and subtitle playlists, transcriptions
    and translations, AI metadata suggestions, segments, program guides, video imports and sources, devices, GeoIP, admin
    users and legacy live encoders. 88 operations.'
  humanURL: https://docs.zype.com/reference/videos
  baseURL: https://api.zype.com/
  tags:
  - Video
  - Content Management
  - Metadata
  - Transcription
  - Playlists
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zype-platform.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/zype-platform-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/videos
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/videos
- aid: zype:playout-scheduler
  name: Zype Playout Scheduler API
  description: 'Cloud playout for FAST and linear channels: channels, HLS/UDP/RTMP delivery profiles, destinations and connectors,
    draft and published schedule versions, revertible timeline operations, assets (blocks, ads, bumpers, videos, playlists,
    graphics, live streams), ad timings, recurrence rules, and EPG export in XMLTV, JSON rundown and Vizio/TCL/Wurl/Roku formats.
    82 operations. This is the only Zype API that authenticates with an X-API-Key header rather than a query parameter.'
  humanURL: https://docs.zype.com/reference/channels
  baseURL: https://api.zype.com/
  tags:
  - FAST
  - Linear TV
  - Playout
  - Scheduling
  - EPG
  - XMLTV
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zype-playout-scheduler.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/zype-playout-scheduler-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/channels
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/channels
- aid: zype:monetization
  name: Zype Monetization API
  description: Subscriptions with a reversible cancel/reactivate pair, plans and tiered plan-to-playlist binding, transactions
    carrying Stripe/Braintree/Recurly references, redemption codes with bulk minting and redemption, IAB VAST/VMAP ad tags,
    revenue models and video favorites. 36 operations.
  humanURL: https://docs.zype.com/reference/subscriptions
  baseURL: https://api.zype.com/
  tags:
  - Monetization
  - Subscription
  - Advertising
  - VAST
  - Payments
  tags_raw:
  - Monetization
  - Subscriptions
  - Advertising
  - VAST
  - Payments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zype-monetization.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/zype-monetization-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/subscriptions
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/subscriptions
- aid: zype:consumers
  name: Zype Consumers API
  description: 'The end-viewer surface: consumer records, password reset flows, parental access codes, device pin linking,
    and video, playlist and subscription entitlements. 24 operations.'
  humanURL: https://docs.zype.com/reference/consumers
  baseURL: https://api.zype.com/
  tags:
  - Consumers
  - Entitlements
  - Identity
  - Device Linking
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zype-consumers.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/zype-consumers-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/consumers
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/consumers
- aid: zype:live-3
  name: Zype Live API (V3)
  description: 'Live streaming V3: encoder lifecycle including start, stop and sync, and live events with start, stop and
    archive. 16 operations. Supersedes the legacy /live/encoders surface still carried in the Platform spec.'
  humanURL: https://docs.zype.com/reference/live-encoders
  baseURL: https://api.zype.com
  tags:
  - Live Streaming
  - Encoding
  - Broadcast
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zype-live-3.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/zype-live-3-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/live-encoders
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/live-encoders
- aid: zype:zobjects
  name: Zype Zobjects API
  description: 'Zype''s custom-metadata model: Zobject Types define a schema (actor, director, team, season) and Zobjects
    are instances, attachable to videos and playlists in both directions. 16 operations.'
  humanURL: https://docs.zype.com/reference/zobjects
  baseURL: https://api.zype.com/
  tags:
  - Metadata
  - Taxonomy
  - Content Management
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zype-zobjects.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/zype-zobjects-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/zobjects
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/zobjects
- aid: zype:analytics-v3
  name: Zype Analytics API (V3)
  description: 'Current analytics surface across three families: engagement (plays, viewers, hours watched, view time), revenue
    (new subscriptions, subscription events, subscription revenue, new transactions) and platform dynamics (consumers, metrics,
    player requests, stream hours, playout hours). 13 operations.'
  humanURL: https://docs.zype.com/reference/platform-dynamics
  baseURL: https://analytics.zype.com
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - Reporting
  - Engagement
  - Revenue
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zype-analytics-v3.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/zype-analytics-v3-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/platform-dynamics
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/platform-dynamics
- aid: zype:analytics
  name: Zype Analytics API (V2)
  description: Legacy V2 analytics surface — stream hours, player requests, engagement, site counts, consumers, subscriptions,
    subscription events, subscription revenue and transactions. 9 operations. Superseded by Analytics V3 with no published
    deprecation notice or sunset date. No dedicated reference category is published for V2 on docs.zype.com — the spec is
    still served from the ReadMe API registry but its docs pages have been removed, which is the clearest deprecation signal
    Zype gives.
  humanURL: https://docs.zype.com/reference/welcome-to-the-zype-api-documentation
  baseURL: https://analytics.zype.com
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - Reporting
  - Legacy
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zype-analytics.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/zype-analytics-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/welcome-to-the-zype-api-documentation
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/welcome-to-the-zype-api-documentation
- aid: zype:content-regions
  name: Zype Custom Regions API
  description: Site-scoped custom regions and global content regions, the geographic building blocks used by content rules.
    7 operations.
  humanURL: https://docs.zype.com/reference/welcome-to-the-zype-api-documentation
  baseURL: https://api.zype.com/
  tags:
  - Geo
  - Content Rules
  - Rights Management
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zype-content-regions.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/zype-content-regions-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/welcome-to-the-zype-api-documentation
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/welcome-to-the-zype-api-documentation
- aid: zype:content-rule-groups
  name: Zype Content Rule Groups API
  description: Site-scoped and global content rule groups — reusable bundles of rules applied to content availability. 7 operations.
  humanURL: https://docs.zype.com/reference/content-rule-groups
  baseURL: https://api.zype.com/
  tags:
  - Content Rules
  - Rights Management
  - Geo
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zype-content-rule-groups.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/zype-content-rule-groups-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/content-rule-groups
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/content-rule-groups
- aid: zype:content-rules
  name: Zype Content Rule Profiles API
  description: Content rule profiles plus the country/state/city lookups they are built from — geo-blocking and availability
    windows. 7 operations.
  humanURL: https://docs.zype.com/reference/content-rule-profiles
  baseURL: https://api.zype.com/
  tags:
  - Content Rules
  - Geo
  - Rights Management
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zype-content-rules.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/zype-content-rules-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/content-rule-profiles
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/content-rule-profiles
- aid: zype:tve
  name: Zype TVE API
  description: 'TV Everywhere / MVPD authentication implemented against the Adobe Primetime device-session flow: register
    a device session, create a Zype consumer, validate a session token, retrieve preauthorized resources, obtain a short media
    token and destroy the session. 6 operations.'
  humanURL: https://docs.zype.com/reference/adobe
  baseURL: https://tve.zype.com/
  tags:
  - TV Everywhere
  - MVPD
  - Authentication
  - Adobe Primetime
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zype-tve.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/zype-tve-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/adobe
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/adobe
- aid: zype:login
  name: Zype Consumer Authentication API
  description: 'Consumer-facing OAuth 2.0: retrieve an access token, read token status and revoke a token. 3 operations. login.zype.com
    serves its own RFC 8414 authorization server metadata document alongside the one on api.zype.com.'
  humanURL: https://docs.zype.com/reference/oauth
  baseURL: https://login.zype.com
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - Identity
  tags_raw:
  - OAuth
  - Authentication
  - Identity
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zype-login.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/zype-login-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/oauth
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/oauth
- aid: zype:player
  name: Zype Player API
  description: Retrieves the embeddable player for a video in html, js or json form — the json form returns metadata plus
    the Widevine, FairPlay and PlayReady DRM objects and m3u8 references — and the playlist carousel embed. 2 operations.
  humanURL: https://docs.zype.com/reference/players
  baseURL: https://player.zype.com
  tags:
  - Player
  - Embed
  - DRM
  - HLS
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zype-player.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/zype-player-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/players
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/players
- aid: zype:uploads
  name: Zype Uploads API
  description: Creates an upload for direct ingest of a source file into the Zype library. 1 operation.
  humanURL: https://docs.zype.com/reference/uploads
  baseURL: https://uploads.zype.com/
  tags:
  - Uploads
  - Ingest
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zype-uploads.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/zype-uploads-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/uploads
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.zype.com/reference/uploads
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-28'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 54
  pass: local-v1