Resource Information
| Method | GET |
|---|---|
| URL | https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/videos/$guid |
| Requires authentication? | No |
Method Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| $guid | (string) | The guid of the video |
Query Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| context | (string) |
|
| http_envelope | (bool) |
|
| pretty | (bool) |
|
| meta | (string) | Optional. Loads data from the endpoints found in the 'meta' part of the response. Comma-separated list. Example: meta=site,likes |
| fields | (string) | Optional. Returns specified fields only. Comma-separated list. Example: fields=ID,title |
| callback | (string) | An optional JSONP callback function. |
| birth_month | (int) | The month the visitor was born |
| birth_day | (int) | The day of the month the visitor was born |
| birth_year | (int) | The year the visitor was born |
| metadata_token | (string) | Optional. Permissions token |
Response Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| title | (string) | Title of the video |
| description | (string) | Description of the video |
| width | (int) | Width of the video |
| height | (int) | Height of the video |
| duration | (int) | The length of the video, in milliseconds |
| display_embed | (bool) | Should the embed menu be shown? |
| allow_download | (bool) | Whether to display and allow video downloads |
| rating | (string) | The rating of the video |
| privacy_setting | (int) | The privacy level for the video |
| poster | (string) | The URL of the video image |
| original | (string) | The URL of the original video |
| watermark | (string) | URL of a watermark logo |
| bg_color | (string) | Custom background color |
| files | (array) | List of video formats and the associated filenames |
| file_url_base | (array) | List of protocols and the base needed for creating file URLs |
| blog_id | (int) | Blog ID of the site where the video was uploaded |
| post_id | (int) | Post ID of the video attachment post |
| upload_date | (string) | Date the video was uploaded in ISO 8601 format |
| finished | (bool) | Is video transcoding finished? |
| files_status | (array) | Transcoding status for each video file format |
| subtitles | (array) | Available subtitle formats with information for each language that is available |
Resource Errors
These are the possible errors returned by this endpoint.
| HTTP Code | Error Identifier | Error Message |
|---|---|---|
| 404 | unknown_media | The specified video was not found. |
| 400 | invalid_input | Please supply the birthdate parameters. |
Example
curl 'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/videos/OO4thna8?birth_month=1&birth_day=1&birth_year=2000'
<?php
$options = array (
'http' =>
array (
'ignore_errors' => true,
),
);
$context = stream_context_create( $options );
$response = file_get_contents(
'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/videos/OO4thna8?birth_month=1&birth_day=1&birth_year=2000',
false,
$context
);
$response = json_decode( $response );
?>
Response
{
"guid": "OO4thna8",
"title": "VideoPress demo",
"description": "",
"width": 1280,
"height": 720,
"duration": 143700,
"display_embed": true,
"allow_download": false,
"rating": "G",
"poster": "https:\/\/videos.files.wordpress.com\/OO4thna8\/videopress2-web2_hd.original.jpg",
"original": "https:\/\/videos.files.wordpress.com\/OO4thna8\/videopress2-web2.mov",
"watermark": "https:\/\/wptv.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/07\/wptv.png",
"bg_color": "",
"files": {
"std": {
"mp4": "videopress2-web2.mp4",
"original_img": "videopress2-web2.original.jpg",
"thumbnail_img": "videopress2-web2.thumbnail.jpg"
},
"dvd": {
"mp4": "videopress2-web2_dvd.mp4",
"original_img": "videopress2-web2_dvd.original.jpg",
"thumbnail_img": "videopress2-web2_dvd.thumbnail.jpg"
},
"hd": {
"mp4": "videopress2-web2_hd.mp4",
"original_img": "videopress2-web2_hd.original.jpg",
"thumbnail_img": "videopress2-web2_hd.thumbnail.jpg"
}
},
"file_url_base": {
"http": "http:\/\/videos.videopress.com\/OO4thna8\/",
"https": "https:\/\/videos.files.wordpress.com\/OO4thna8\/"
},
"blog_id": 5089392,
"post_id": 1913,
"is_private": false,
"privacy_setting": 2,
"private_enabled_for_site": false,
"upload_date": "2009-05-18T17:25:49+0000",
"finished": true,
"files_status": {
"std": {
"mp4": "DONE",
"ogg": "DONE"
},
"avc_240p": null,
"dvd": {
"mp4": "DONE"
},
"hd": {
"mp4": "DONE"
},
"hd_1080p": null,
"hd_1080p_compat": null,
"hevc_1440p": null,
"vp9_1440p": null,
"hevc_2160p": null,
"vp9_2160p": null
},
"subtitles": [],
"tracks": [],
"adaptive_streaming": null,
"adaptive_streaming_r": null,
"format_meta": {
"std": {
"codec": "avc",
"label": "224p",
"vertical_lines": 224
},
"avc_240p": {
"codec": "avc",
"label": "240p",
"vertical_lines": 240
},
"dvd": {
"codec": "avc",
"label": "480p",
"vertical_lines": 480
},
"hd": {
"codec": "avc",
"label": "720p",
"vertical_lines": 720
},
"hd_1080p": {
"codec": "avc",
"label": "1080p",
"vertical_lines": 1080
},
"hevc_1440p": {
"codec": "hevc",
"label": "1440p",
"vertical_lines": 1440
},
"vp9_1440p": {
"codec": "vp9",
"label": "1440p",
"vertical_lines": 1440
},
"hevc_2160p": {
"codec": "hevc",
"label": "4K",
"vertical_lines": 2160
},
"vp9_2160p": {
"codec": "vp9",
"label": "4K",
"vertical_lines": 2160
}
},
"thumbnails_grid": {
"grid_interval": 1000,
"grid_width": 10,
"grid_height": 10,
"thumbs_height": 288,
"files": [
{
"file": "videopress2-web2_mov.thumbgrid_0.jpg",
"start_time_ms": 0,
"end_time_ms": 100000,
"thumbs_count": 100
},
{
"file": "videopress2-web2_mov.thumbgrid_1.jpg",
"start_time_ms": 100000,
"end_time_ms": 144000,
"thumbs_count": 44
}
]
},
"thumbnail_generating": false
}
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