Creating an OTT Channel

Function

Creates an OTT channel.

URI

POST /v1/{project_id}/ott/channels

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	User token. This parameter is mandatory when token authentication is used. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API used to obtain a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.
Access-Control-Allow-Internal	No	String	Service authentication token. If authentication is enabled for a service, Access-Control-Allow-Internal must be carried to access the service.
Access-Control-Allow-External	No	String	Service authentication token. If authentication is enabled for a service, Access-Control-Allow-External must be carried to access the service.

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
domain	Yes	String	Ingest domain name of a channel.
app_name	Yes	String	Group name or application name.
id	Yes	String	(Mandatory) Unique ID of a channel.
name	No	String	Channel name. This parameter is optional.
state	Yes	String	Channel status. ON: After a channel is delivered, functions such as stream pull, transcoding, and recording are automatically enabled. OFF: Only the channel information is saved but the channel is not started.
input	Yes	InputStreamInfo object	Channel input stream information.
encoder_settings	No	Array of encoder_settings objects	Transcoding template configuration.
record_settings	Yes	record_settings object	Catch-up TV configuration.
endpoints	Yes	Array of EndpointItem objects	Channel output stream information.
encoder_settings_expand	No	EncoderSettingsExpand object	Audio output configuration

**Table 4** InputStreamInfo
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
input_protocol	Yes	String	Channel input protocol FLV_PULL RTMP_PUSH HLS_PULL SRT_PULL SRT_PUSH
sources	No	Array of SourcesInfo objects	Information about the primary source stream of a channel. This parameter is optional when the stream input protocol is RTMP_PUSH or SRT_PUSH. In other cases, this parameter is mandatory.
secondary_sources	No	Array of SecondarySourcesInfo objects	Standby input stream array. This parameter is optional. If there is a standby input stream, ensure that the number of channels, codec, and resolution of the primary and standby input streams are the same. If the stream input protocol is RTMP_PUSH, you do not need to specify this parameter.
failover_conditions	No	FailoverConditions object	(Optional) Configuration provided by the channel supplier to switch between the primary and standby media stream URLs.
max_bandwidth_limit	No	Integer	Maximum bandwidth required when the input protocol is HLS_PULL. A streaming URL provided by the user includes the parameter BANDWIDTH for audios/videos with different bitrates. If the maximum bandwidth is specified, Media Live will pull the media stream that has the highest bitrate and a bandwidth lower than the maximum bandwidth from the URL, and push the stream to the origin server. If the maximum bandwidth is not specified, Media Live will pull the media stream with the largest BANDWIDTH value from the URL, and push the stream to the origin server.
ip_port_mode	No	Boolean	When the stream push protocol is SRT_PUSH and streams are pushed to the origin server, the encoder does not support the input of streamid. In this case, set this parameter to true.
ip_whitelist	No	String	IP address whitelist of the customer for SRT_PUSH
scte35_source	No	String	SCTE-35 signal source of an advertisement. Only HLS_PULL channels support this configuration. Currently, this field can only be set to SEGMENTS.
ad_triggers	No	Array of strings	Configures an ad trigger. Options: Splice insert Provider advertisement Distributor advertisement Provider placement opportunity Distributor placement opportunity
audio_selectors	No	Array of InputAudioSelector objects	Configures an audio selector (a maximum of 8).

**Table 5** SourcesInfo
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
url	No	String	Channel source stream URL, which is used for external stream pull.
bitrate	No	Integer	Bitrate. This parameter is mandatory when live transcoding is not required. Unit: bit/s. Value range: (0, 104,857,600] (100 Mbit/s)
width	No	Integer	Width corresponding to the resolution. This parameter is optional. Value range: 0–4096 (4K)
height	No	Integer	Height corresponding to the resolution. This parameter is optional. Value range: 0–2160 (4K)
enable_snapshot	No	Boolean	Whether to use the stream for snapshot capturing.
bitrate_for3u8	No	Boolean	Whether to use bitrate to fix the bitrate. Default value: false
passphrase	No	String	Encryption information when the protocol is SRT_PUSH.
backup_urls	No	Array of strings	Standby streaming URL list
stream_id	No	String	Stream ID of the streaming URL in an SRT_PULL channel.
latency	No	Integer	Stream pull latency of an SRT_PULL channel.

**Table 6** SecondarySourcesInfo
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
url	No	String	Channel source stream URL, which is used for external stream pull.
bitrate	No	Integer	Bitrate. This parameter is mandatory when live transcoding is not required. Unit: bit/s. Value range: (0, 104,857,600] (100 Mbit/s)
width	No	Integer	Width corresponding to the resolution. This parameter is optional. Value range: 0–4096 (4K)
height	No	Integer	Height corresponding to the resolution. This parameter is optional. Value range: 0–2160 (4K)
bitrate_for3u8	No	Boolean	Whether to use bitrate to fix the bitrate. Default value: false
passphrase	No	String	Encryption information when the protocol is SRT_PUSH
backup_urls	No	Array of strings	Standby streaming URL list
stream_id	No	String	Stream ID of the streaming URL in an SRT_PULL channel.
latency	No	Integer	Stream pull latency of an SRT_PULL channel.

**Table 7** FailoverConditions
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
input_loss_threshold_msec	No	Integer	Duration threshold for stopping input streams. When the threshold is reached, the primary/standby switchover is automatically triggered. Unit: millisecond. Value range: 0–3,600,000 (Optional) The default value is 2,000 ms.
input_preference	No	String	Whether the primary ingest URL has the highest priority (PRIMARY) or the primary and standby URLs are switched equally (EQUAL). In the equal switchover mode, the standby URL is used and will not be automatically switched to the primary URL. (Optional) The default value is EQUAL.

**Table 8** InputAudioSelector
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	Yes	String	Name of an audio selector. Enter only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_). The name of each selector must be unique within the same channel.
selector_settings	No	AudioSelectorSettings object	Configures an audio selector.

**Table 9** AudioSelectorSettings
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
audio_language_selection	No	AudioSelectorLangSelection object	Configures a language selector.
audio_pid_selection	No	AudioSelectorPidSelection object	Configures a PID selector.
audio_hls_selection	No	AudioSelectorHlsSelection object	Configures an HLS selector.

**Table 10** AudioSelectorLangSelection
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
language_code	Yes	String	Enter a language code of 2 or 3 lowercase letters.
language_selection_policy	No	String	Language output policy. Options: LOOSE: loose match. For example, if the language code eng is selected, an audio stream in English will be preferentially selected. If there is no audio stream in English, the audio stream with the lowest PID will be selected. STRICT: strict match. For example, if the language code eng is selected, only an audio stream in English will be selected. If there is no audio stream in English, a muted segment will be automatically added. When this audio selector is used to play the video, the video is muted.

**Table 11** AudioSelectorPidSelection
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
pid	Yes	Integer	Sets the PID value.

**Table 12** AudioSelectorHlsSelection
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	Yes	String	HLS audio selector name
group_id	Yes	String	HLS audio selector GID

**Table 13** encoder_settings
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
template_id	No	String	Transcoding template ID.

**Table 14** record_settings
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
rollingbuffer_duration	Yes	Integer	Maximum replay recording duration. The recording is continuous in this period. This parameter is mandatory. Unit: second. The value 0 indicates that recording is not supported. The maximum recording duration is 14 days.

**Table 15** EndpointItem
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
hls_package	No	Array of HlsPackageItem objects	HLS packaging information.
dash_package	No	Array of DashPackageItem objects	DASH packaging information.
mss_package	No	Array of MssPackageItem objects	MSS packaging information.

**Table 16** HlsPackageItem
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
url	Yes	String	A customized streaming URL, including the method, domain name, and path.
stream_selection	No	Array of StreamSelectionItem objects	Filters out a stream whose bitrate is in the range of [min, max] from all streams. If bitrate filtering is not required, you do not need to specify this parameter.
hls_version	No	String	HLS version number.
segment_duration_seconds	Yes	Integer	Output segment duration of a channel. This parameter is mandatory. Unit: second. Value range: 1 to 10 NOTE: Changing the segment duration will affect time-shifted viewing and catch-up TV of the recorded content. Exercise caution when performing this operation.
playlist_window_seconds	No	Integer	Total output segment duration of a channel. The value is the output segment duration multiplied by the number of segments. There are at least three returned segments. Unit: second. Value range: 0–86,400 (value of converting 24 hours to seconds)
encryption	No	Encryption object	Encryption information.
ads	No	Object	Advertising configuration
ext_args	No	Object	Other additional parameters
request_args	No	PackageRequestArgs object	Playback configuration
ad_marker	No	Array of strings	Advertisement ID. For HLS, the value is ["ENHANCED_SCTE35"].

**Table 17** DashPackageItem
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
url	Yes	String	A customized streaming URL, including the method, domain name, and path.
stream_selection	No	Array of StreamSelectionItem objects	Filters out a stream whose bitrate is in the range of [min, max] from all streams. If bitrate filtering is not required, you do not need to specify this parameter.
segment_duration_seconds	Yes	Integer	Output segment duration of a channel. This parameter is mandatory. Unit: second. Value range: 1 to 10 NOTE: Changing the segment duration will affect time-shifted viewing and catch-up TV of the recorded content. Exercise caution when performing this operation.
playlist_window_seconds	No	Integer	Total output segment duration of a channel. The value is the output segment duration multiplied by the number of segments. There are at least three returned segments. Unit: second. Value range: 0–86,400 (value of converting 24 hours to seconds)
encryption	No	Encryption object	Encryption information.
ads	No	Object	Advertising configuration
ext_args	No	Object	Other additional parameters
request_args	No	PackageRequestArgs object	Playback configuration
ad_marker	No	String	Advertisement ID. For DASH, the value is xml+bin.
suggested_presentation_delay	No	Integer	Recommended stream delay Unit: second. Value range: 1 to 120
minimum_update_period	No	Integer	Shortest index update period Unit: second. Value range: 1 to 120
min_buffer_time	No	Integer	Minimum buffer time Unit: second. Value range: 1 to 120

**Table 18** MssPackageItem
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
url	Yes	String	A customized streaming URL, including the method, domain name, and path.
stream_selection	No	Array of StreamSelectionItem objects	Filters out a stream whose bitrate is in the range of [min, max] from all streams. If bitrate filtering is not required, you do not need to specify this parameter.
segment_duration_seconds	Yes	Integer	Output segment duration of a channel. This parameter is mandatory. Unit: second. Value range: 1 to 10 NOTE: Changing the segment duration will affect time-shifted viewing and catch-up TV of the recorded content. Exercise caution when performing this operation.
playlist_window_seconds	No	Integer	Total output segment duration of a channel. The value is the output segment duration multiplied by the number of segments. There are at least three returned segments. Unit: second. Value range: 0–86,400 (value of converting 24 hours to seconds)
encryption	No	Encryption object	Encryption information.
ext_args	No	Object	Other additional parameters
delay_segment	No	Integer	Playback delay, in seconds.
request_args	No	PackageRequestArgs object	Playback configuration

**Table 19** StreamSelectionItem
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
key	No	String	Parameter used for bitrate filtering in a streaming URL.
max_bandwidth	No	Integer	Maximum bitrate, in bit/s. Value range: 0-104,857,600 (100 Mbit/s)
min_bandwidth	No	Integer	Minimum bitrate, in bit/s. Value range: 0-104,857,600 (100 Mbit/s)

**Table 20** Encryption
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
key_rotation_interval_seconds	No	Integer	Key cache time. If the key remains unchanged, the data is cached for seven days by default. This field is reserved and cannot be configured.
encryption_method	No	String	Encryption mode. This field is reserved and cannot be configured.
level	No	String	The options are as follows: content: One channel corresponds to one key. profile: One bitrate corresponds to one key. Default value: content
resource_id	Yes	String	DRM content ID generated by the customer
system_ids	Yes	Array of strings	Enumerated value of system_id. Options: HLS: FairPlay DASH: Widevine, PlayReady MSS: PlayReady
url	Yes	String	DRM address for obtaining a key
speke_version	Yes	String	DRM SPEKE version. Currently, only version 1.0 is supported.
request_mode	Yes	String	Request mode. Options: direct_http: accessing the DRM using HTTP(S) functiongraph_proxy: accessing the DRM using a FunctionGraph proxy
http_headers	No	Array of HttpHeader objects	Authentication information to be added to the DRM request header. A maximum of five items can be added. Only the direct_http request mode allows configuring http_headers.
urn	No	String	The functiongraph_proxy request mode requires the URN of FunctionGraph.

**Table 21** HttpHeader
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
key	Yes	String	key field name in the request header
value	Yes	String	value corresponding to the key in the request header

**Table 22** PackageRequestArgs
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
record	No	Array of RecordRequestArgs objects	Recording configuration
timeshift	No	Array of TimeshiftRequestArgs objects	Time shifting configuration
live	No	Array of LiveRequestArgs objects	Livestreaming configuration

**Table 23** RecordRequestArgs
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
start_time	No	String	Start time
end_time	No	String	End time
format	No	String	Format
unit	No	String	Unit

**Table 24** TimeshiftRequestArgs
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
back_time	No	String	Time shifting duration field name
unit	No	String	Unit

**Table 25** LiveRequestArgs
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
delay	No	String	Delay field
unit	No	String	Unit

**Table 26** EncoderSettingsExpand
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
audio_descriptions	No	Array of audio_descriptions objects	Description of an audio output setting

**Table 27** audio_descriptions
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	Yes	String	Name of an audio output setting. Enter only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_). Names of audio output settings in the same channel must be different.
audio_selector_name	Yes	String	Audio selector name
language_code_control	No	String	Language code control. The setting will change only the audio's language displayed externally, not its actual language. Options: FOLLOW_INPUT: If the output audio of the selected audio selector has a language, this language will be used. Otherwise, the language code and stream name specified here will be used. The default value is recommended. USE_CONFIGURED: The language and stream name of the output audio can be customized.
language_code	No	String	Language code, which consists of 2 or 3 lowercase letters.
stream_name	No	String	Stream name

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

**Table 28** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
result_code	String	Error code.
result_msg	String	Error description.
domain	String	Ingest domain name.
app_name	String	Group name or application name. This parameter is mandatory.
id	String	Unique ID of a channel. This parameter is mandatory.
sources	Array of SourceRsp objects	Ingest URL list. During channel creation, the ingest URL list is returned only when the input stream protocol is RTMP_PUSH.

**Table 29** SourceRsp
Parameter	Type	Description
url	String	RTMP ingest URL.
bitrate	Integer	Bitrate. Unit: bit/s. Value range: (0, 104,857,600] (100 Mbit/s)
width	Integer	Width corresponding to the resolution. Value range: 0–4096 (4K)
height	Integer	Height corresponding to the resolution. Value range: 0–2160 (4K)
enable_snapshot	Boolean	Whether to use the stream for snapshot capturing.

Status code: 400

**Table 30** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
result_code	String	Error code.
result_msg	String	Error description.
domain	String	Ingest domain name.
app_name	String	Group name or application name. This parameter is mandatory.
id	String	Unique ID of a channel. This parameter is mandatory.

Example Requests

POST https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/ott/channels

{
  "domain" : "push.testott.hls.com",
  "app_name" : "ott",
  "id" : "test",
  "name" : "testname",
  "input" : {
    "input_protocol" : "FLV_PULL",
    "sources" : [ {
      "url" : "http://192.168.0.1/ott/test.flv?vhost=pull.testott.hls.com",
      "bitrate" : 1024,
      "width" : 100,
      "height" : 100
    } ],
    "failover_conditions" : {
      "input_loss_threshold_msec" : 100,
      "input_preference" : "EQUAL"
    }
  },
  "record_settings" : {
    "rollingbuffer_duration" : 86400
  },
  "endpoints" : [ {
    "hls_package" : [ {
      "url" : "pull.testott.hls.com/ott/test/index.m3u8",
      "stream_selection" : [ {
        "key" : "sss",
        "max_bandwidth" : 100,
        "min_bandwidth" : 100
      } ],
      "hls_version" : "1",
      "segment_duration_seconds" : 4,
      "playlist_window_seconds" : 3600
    } ],
    "dash_package" : [ {
      "url" : "pull.testott.hls.com/ott/test/index.mpd",
      "stream_selection" : [ {
        "key" : "bitrate=900000-1800000",
        "max_bandwidth" : 1800000,
        "min_bandwidth" : 900000
      } ],
      "segment_duration_seconds" : 4,
      "playlist_window_seconds" : 3600
    } ],
    "mss_package" : [ {
      "url" : "pull.testott.hls.com/ott/channel/manifest",
      "stream_selection" : [ {
        "key" : "bitrate=900000-1800000",
        "max_bandwidth" : 1800000,
        "min_bandwidth" : 900000
      } ],
      "segment_duration_seconds" : 4,
      "playlist_window_seconds" : 3600
    } ]
  } ],
  "state" : "OFF"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 201

Demo Information

{
  "result_code" : "LIVE.100000000",
  "result_msg" : "SUCCESS",
  "domain" : "push.testott.hls.com",
  "app_name" : "ott",
  "id" : "test",
  "sources" : [ {
    "url" : "rtmp://push.testott.hls.com/ott/test_1024?request_source=ott&channel_id=test",
    "bitrate" : 1024,
    "width" : 100,
    "height" : 100
  } ]
}

Status code: 400

Error response

{
  "result_code" : "LIVE.100011001",
  "result_msg" : "output url pull.testott.hls.com/ott/test/index.m3u8 is exist",
  "domain" : "push.testott.hls.com",
  "app_name" : "ott",
  "id" : "test"
}