Media API method calls are made by HTTP requests, similar to web services calls.
Media API method calls are made by HTTP requests, similar to web services calls.
To get started with the Media API, you need the API tokens that authenticate your requests. If your Brightcove account was created after the Brightcove 3.3.2 release (August 27, 2009), a read token and a read token with URL access were automatically generated for you when your account was created. If your account was created before that, or if you need a write token or other additional tokens issued to you, contact Brightcove customer support.
Media sharing is a feature available only to Brightcove Enterprise publishers. Media sharing enables you to take videos in your Brightcove Media Library and add them to the Brightcove Media Library of your affiliates. You can use media sharing either with the share_video method in the Media API or with the batch provisioning feature.
The Media API methods can deliver their output in JSON or Yahoo's Media RSS (MRSS) format.
Because Media API method calls are made in the form of HTTP requests, you can use the Media API with any language, client-side or server-side, that supports making HTTP requests. And what language doesn't? This release provides examples of how to use the Media API with Java, JavaScript, ActionScript, and PHP. Brightcove-savvy developers have created SDKs for Java, PHP, and .NET, which will make the Media API even easier to use. Search the Forum for more information.
The Media API is a REST-based set of functionality for interacting with your Brightcove Media Library. It provides read methods that let you access the metadata of your videos and playlists, and write methods that let you create, modify, or delete videos or playlists.