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STeN
STeN

Reputation: 6268

YouTube/Vimeo API - MP4 files

I think YouTube or Vimeo does not have (even paid) any longer API, that will allow me streaming with use of the progressive download the video files (MP4, MPEG-TS or even FLV) I have uploaded there, right?

Is there possibly other platform have such API?

Petr

Upvotes: 2

Views: 18542

Answers (3)

Dev
Dev

Reputation: 857

In ASP or c# you can use below code, this will return you json string 

        string url = "https://api.vimeo.com/me/videos/" + videoId;


        HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);

        request.Method = "GET";
        request.Accept = "application/vnd.vimeo.*+json;version=3.0";


        request.Headers.Add(HttpRequestHeader.Authorization, "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN");
        HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

        Stream resStream = response.GetResponseStream();

        var reader = new StreamReader(resStream);

        string jsonResponse = reader.ReadToEnd();

Upvotes: 3

marcdown
marcdown

Reputation: 194

First of all, according to API 3 Link to video not showing Vimeo is now handling API support here with additional support via Email.

For a PRO account, here are the steps to accessing MP4 files for your videos on Vimeo using the new V3 API:

  1. Create a new Vimeo app here: https://developer.vimeo.com/apps/new
  2. Once created, click on the oAuth2 button at the top and copy your access token.
  3. Make a GET request to https://api.vimeo.com/videos/VIDEO_ID and add the Header "Authorization : Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN" where VIDEO_ID is the ID in the standard Vimeo URL and ACCESS_TOKEN is the token from #2.

This will return a "files" key that includes multiple video sizes.

If you're not a PRO user or are attempting to access files uploaded by other users, this link seems to do the trick: http://player.vimeo.com/v2/video/VIDEO_ID/config. This only works if the video is downloadable.

Upvotes: 12

Dashron
Dashron

Reputation: 3998

On Vimeo, PRO users have direct access to all of their video file links through the New API.

This includes any formats they generate (hd, sd, etc) and an hls stream.

Upvotes: 2

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