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switchboard.update

To update a Switchboard provide the switchboard_id and a new priority stream list of streams to play when they are published.

Changes will be pushed to active switchboards, but will not take effect until the current stream is unpublished or a higher priority stream is published. To force an update set recheck_list to true.

Example Code (PHP)

	$request = array(
		'command' => 'switchboard.update',
		'api_key' => 'APX4GKLM0RKQLSP2FBO1ROPKSSW47DZE',
		'timestamp' => time(),
		'cdn' => 158,
		'switchboard_id' => 1,
		'stream_list' => array("stream1","stream2","stream3"),
		'recheck_list' => true, //optional
		
		'origin_url' => 'jb-chorigin.secdn.net', // optional
		
		'ga_key' => '', //optional
	);
	
	    //Create request signature
    $json_request = json_encode($request);
    $sig = base64_encode(hash_hmac('sha256', $json_request,
        '8fc8c48da81e6a2a06a9556379bf798af508dc0792497c678b4c3532ba8b637f', true));
    $request['signature'] = $sig;
    $json_request = json_encode($request);
    
    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api.scaleengine.net/stable/'); // Set the URL
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true); // Perform a POST
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); // If not set, curl prints output to the browser
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false); // If set, curl returns headers as part of the data stream
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, array('json' => $json_request)); //'Json' string or 'PHP' serialized return
    
    //If your PHP host does not have a proper SSL certificate bundle, you will need to turn off SSL Certificate Verification
    //This is dangerous, and should only be done temporarily until a proper certificate bundle can be installed
    //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false); // Turns off verification of the SSL certificate.
    //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false); // Turns off verification of the SSL certificate.
    
    $response = curl_exec($ch); //Execute the API Call
    if (!$response) {
        die('Failed to connect to ScaleEngine API');
    }
    
    //Decode the response as an associative array 
    $arrResponse = json_decode($response, true); 
    if ($arrResponse) {
        //Operation completed successfully
        //TODO Add work here
        print_r($arrResponse);
    } else {
        //Operation failed
        echo 'An error occured processing your request:';
        print_r($response);
    }
    	

Request Fields

command [REQUIRED] [string] - API command to execute
cdn [REQUIRED] [int] - The ScaleEngine CDN ID of your account
api_key [REQUIRED] [string] - The API key provided as part of your account
switchboard_id [REQUIRED] [int] - The ID of Switchboard
stream_list [REQUIRED] [array] - Array of Stream Names
timestamp [REQUIRED] [int] - The unix timestamp of your request, used to prevent authenticated API requests from being replayed
recheck_list [OPTIONAL] [boolean] - Servers are notified when a list is added, modified, or removed, but will not interrupt the current source unless set to true. Default false.
origin_url [REQUIRED] [string] - Defines the url address of an origin to be called. Defaults to jb-origin.secdn.net for origins and jb-chorigin.secdn.net for channels.
ga_key [OPTIONAL] [String] - The Google analytics (GA) key to be used when a stream or channel is viewed. This key is used to capture viewer data and send it to the associated GA account. GA Keys saved to a channel will be applied to all playlists on that channel, and if no key is provided the default GA key for the your ScaleEngine account will be used. (default "")

Example Result (JSON)

	{
	"message": "Switchboard updated",
	"status": "success",
	"handle_time":"0.3795 seconds"
	}
	

Result Fields

message [string] - Debugging message
status [string] - "success" or "failure"
switchboard_id [int] - ID of the Switchboard
handle_time [float] - The amount of time spent processing your request