Livepush Developers

Videos

Get a signed thumbnail URL

GET https://octopus.livepush.io/streams/{stream_id}/videos/{video_id}/thumb_url/signed

Base URL https://octopus.livepush.io — Core Streams & Media APIs

Returns a time-limited URL for the video thumbnail. Responds 404 when the video has no snapshot yet.

Not called by the dashboard.

Requires a token with the streams.videos.read scope.

Authorization

Send a valid access token in the Authorization header.

  • bearerAuth — Bearer token (JWT)
headers.txt 
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN

Try it

GET https://octopus.livepush.io/streams/{stream_id}/videos/{video_id}/thumb_url/signed — This call only reads data.

Parameters

Path parameters

  • stream_id string required
    Unique identifier of the stream.
    example: st_xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • video_id string required
    Unique identifier of the video.
    example: vd_xxxxxxxxxxxx

Code samples

request.sh 
curl -X GET 'https://octopus.livepush.io/streams/st_xxxxxxxxxxxxx/videos/vd_xxxxxxxxxxxx/thumb_url/signed' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'
const response = await fetch('https://octopus.livepush.io/streams/st_xxxxxxxxxxxxx/videos/vd_xxxxxxxxxxxx/thumb_url/signed', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN',
  },
});

if (!response.ok) {
  throw new Error(`Livepush API error ${response.status}`);
}

const data = await response.json();
import requests

headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN',
}

response = requests.get('https://octopus.livepush.io/streams/st_xxxxxxxxxxxxx/videos/vd_xxxxxxxxxxxx/thumb_url/signed', headers=headers, timeout=30)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()

Responses

Get a signed thumbnail URL.

application/json

  • id string
  • Key string
    Object key the URL points at.
  • signedUrl string
    The time-limited URL.
  • snapshot string
    Only present on the thumbnail response — the stored snapshot path the signed URL was derived from.
Example 200 response response.json 
{
  "id": "vd_xxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "Key": "string",
  "signedUrl": "string",
  "snapshot": "string"
}

No response body.

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