Video

Request video token

POST

https://peertube2.cpy.re/api/v1/videos/{id}/token

Request special tokens that expire quickly to use them in some context (like accessing private static files)

Request video token

curl -X POST 'https://peertube2.cpy.re/api/v1/videos/42/token' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN'

const response = await fetch('https://peertube2.cpy.re/api/v1/videos/42/token', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_TOKEN',
  },
});

const data = await response.text();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://peertube2.cpy.re/api/v1/videos/42/token',
    headers={
        'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_TOKEN',
    },
)
print(response.text)

200

{
  "files": {
    "token": "string",
    "expires": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z"
  }
}

Parameters

idid | UUIDv4 | shortUUIDrequiredpath

The object id, uuid or short uuid

x-peertube-video-passwordstringheader

Required on password protected video

Response

200OKVideoTokenResponse

successful operation

Response fields application/json

filesobject

Show child attributes

tokenstring

expiresstring<date-time>

400Bad Request

incorrect parameters

404Not Found

video not found

Authorization

OAuth2oauth2

Authenticating via OAuth requires the following steps:

Have an activated account
Generate an access token for that account at /api/v1/users/token.
Make requests with the Authorization: Bearer <token> header
Profit, depending on the role assigned to the account

Note that the access token is valid for 1 day and is given along with a refresh token valid for 2 weeks.

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