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channel.addchannel

This API creates a Playlist of live streams and/or VOD files to be played on a Channel at a scheduled time. The playlist can be configured to play through its list once, or to loop continuously.

DVR applications additionally can set the # of chunks to keep in their playlist and how long to keep the dvr session alive by providing a 'playlist_count' and 'playlist_timeout' or disable dvr using 'enable_dvr'. To edit the dvr settings see stream.dvrsettings api.

You can track viewer session data on your channel from Google Analytics (GA) by providing your GA key. When creating or updating a playlist, all playlists on the same channel will have their GA keys updated.

Example Code (PHP)

$request = array(
	'command' => 'channel.addchannel',
	'api_key' => 'APX4GKLM0RKQLSP2FBO1ROPKSSW47DZE',
	'timestamp' => time(),
	'cdn' => 158,
	'app' => 'jb-chorigin', 
	'name' => 'My first playlist',
	'stream' => 'my_channel_stream_name',
	'repeat' => 1,
	'active' => 0,
	'scheduled' => '2014-10-13 15:00:00',
	'videos' => array(                      // optional
		0 => array(
			'video' => 'sestore1/username/path/play_first.mp4',
			'start' => 0,
			'length' => -1,
			'sort_order' => 1
		),
		1 => array(
			'video' => 'sestore1/username/path/play_second.mp4',
			'start' => 0,
			'length' => -1,
			'sort_order' => 2
		),
		
	),
	// DVR settings
	'playlist_count' => 4, // optional
	'playlist_timeout' => 600, // optional
	'enable_dvr' => true, // optional
	
	//Google Analytics
	'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
name [REQUIRED] [string] - A descriptive name given to the playlist.
stream [REQUIRED] [string] - Name of the Channel on which the playlist will be shown.
repeat [REQUIRED] [int] - Configures how the playlist should be handled when it is finished.
0 - Channel will shutdown, until the next scheduled playlist.
1 - Playlist will loop continuously, until a new playlist is scheduled.
active [REQUIRED] [int] - Marks the playlist to be played when the scheduled time comes due, or at the next interval if no scheduled time is set.
1 - active
0 - inactive
scheduled [OPTIONAL] [string] - The date and time that the playlist should be shown on the Channel. If not provided and no other playlist has been scheduled, this playlist will play automatically.
app [OPTIONAL][string] - Application name, defaults to jb-chorigin
videos [OPTIONAL] [array] - Array of Videos to be added to the playlist
[array]
video [REQUIRED] [string] - The stream name or file path. VOD examples look like like: mp4:sestore3/username/path/filename.mp4, mp3:sestore3/username/audio/song.mp3,
start [REQUIRED] [int] - the time in seconds where the VOD file should begin. set to 0 to start at the beginning.
length [REQUIRED] [int] - the number of seconds to play of the stream or VOD file.
-1 to play to the end of a file
-2 to play to the end of a live stream
sort_order [REQUIRED] [int] - the order in which the video should appear in the playlist.
playlist_count [OPTIONAL] [int] - How many chunks to have on the manifest for each rendition. Number must be between 4 and [Default: 4]
playlist_timeout [OPTIONAL] [int] - How many seconds to keep the playlist after the stream disconnects. Value must be between 60 and 1200 [Default: 600]
enable_dvr [OPTIONAL] [boolean] - Enables dvr settings when true, disables dvr when false. Only valid for DVR enabled ScaleEngine Accounts. [default true]
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 "")
timestamp [REQUIRED] [int] - The unix timestamp of your request, used to prevent authenticated API requests from being replayed

Example Result (JSON)

{
	"message": "channel created",
	"status": "success",
	"id" : 1,
	"videos_not_added" : [{
		1 : "#1: sestore1/username/path/play_second.mp4 - video name invalid",
	}],
	"handle_time":"0.3795 seconds"
}
	

Result Fields

message [string] - Debugging message
status [string] - "success" or "failure"
id [int] - Unique ID of the Playlist
videos_not_added [array] - If a VOD file or stream name is invalid an array will be returned with the reasons they could not be added. The array key will be associated to the sort_order value that was set, and the value will be an error message.
handle_time [float] - The amount of time spent processing your request