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GET/videos/$guid/playlist/$format

Get the poster for a specified VideoPress video.

Resource Information

   
Method GET
URL https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/videos/$guid/playlist/$format
Requires authentication? No

Method Parameters

Parameter Type Description
$guid (string) The guid of the video
$format (string) The playlist format?

Query Parameters

Parameter Type Description
context (string)
display:
(default) Formats the output as HTML for display. Shortcodes are parsed, paragraph tags are added, etc..
edit:
Formats the output for editing. Shortcodes are left unparsed, significant whitespace is kept, etc..
http_envelope (bool)
false:
(default)
true:
Some environments (like in-browser JavaScript or Flash) block or divert responses with a non-200 HTTP status code. Setting this parameter will force the HTTP status code to always be 200. The JSON response is wrapped in an "envelope" containing the "real" HTTP status code and headers.
pretty (bool)
false:
(default)
true:
Output pretty JSON
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.
metadata_token (string) Optional. Auth token

Response Parameters

Parameter Type Description
poster (string) The m4u playlist for streaming the given videopress video

Resource Errors

This endpoint does not return any errors.

Example

curl 'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/videos/OO4thna8/playlist/adaptive'
<?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/playlist/adaptive',
	false,
	$context
);
$response = json_decode( $response );
?>