Live API

GET /live/list

List of live events

Example request:

GET /live/list?max_results=2&api_key=key-XXXXXXXXXXXXX HTTP/1.1
Host: api.dvidshub.net
Accept-encoding: gzip, deflate
Accept: application/json, text/javascript
Referer: https://api.dvidshub.net

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Server: Apache
Access-control-allow-origin: *
Content-encoding: gzip
Content-length: 527
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2023 19:15:37 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
Vary: Accept-Encoding

{
    "results":[
        {
            "type":"live_webcasts",
            "id":"31080",
            "title":"Brigadier General Mastalir Press Conference",
            "description":"Brigadier General Mastalir Press Conference.",
            "hashtag":"",
            "begin":"2023-02-06T23:45:00+00:00",
            "end":"2023-02-07T00:55:00+00:00",
            "thumbnail":{
                "url":"https:\/\/cdn.dvidshub.net\/media\/thumbs\/webcast\/images\/dod_default\/122x92_q95.jpg",
                "width":122,
                "height":92
            },
            "url":"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/webcast\/31080",
            "hls_url":"https:\/\/d1b55jk78a7el0.cloudfront.net\/out\/v1\/1d4a1a50b52b4333894d00ce0c4c7ca5\/index.m3u8",
            "unit_id":"774"
        },
        {
            "type":"live_webcasts",
            "id":"31025",
            "title":"Top Recruiter Recognition Ceremony",
            "description":"Hosted by HON Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the U.S. Army",
            "hashtag":"",
            "begin":"2023-02-09T15:50:00+00:00",
            "end":"2023-02-09T17:00:00+00:00",
            "thumbnail":{
                "url":"https:\/\/cdn.dvidshub.net\/media\/thumbs\/webcast\/images\/dod_default\/122x92_q95.jpg",
                "width":122,
                "height":92
            },
            "url":"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/webcast\/31025",
            "hls_url":"https:\/\/d7e306zdqcax0.cloudfront.net\/out\/v1\/f1fbcdcc778649108826fff48382c641\/index.m3u8",
            "unit_id":"1614"
        }
    ],
    "current_time":"2023-02-04T19:15:37+00:00"
}

Query Parameters:

• api_key: Public API access key issued by DVIDS (key-xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
• from_date: Specify a date/time in ISO8601 format to return events newer than from_date
• has_video_id: [1] If set only return events that have a video_id associated with it
• hashtag: If set only return events with that hashtag specified
• max_results: [1-50] Maximum number of results to return per page. Default and maximum value are both 50.
• prettyprint: [1] Spaces out JSON response in more readable format useful for debugging
• sort: One of begin, end
• sortdir: One of asc, desc
• thumb_width: [1-2000] Width of thumbnail in pixels. If thumb_height is provided, this defaults to the aspect ratio native width of the asset relative to the height requested. Otherwise the resolution is 122x92. Max of 2000.
• thumb_height: [1-2000] Height of thumbnail in pixels. If thumb_width is provided, this defaults to the aspect ratio native height of the asset relative to the width requested. Otherwise the resolution is 122x92. Max of 2000.
• thumb_quality: [1-100] Quality of generated thumbnail. Default is 95
• to_date: Specify a date/time in ISO8601 format to return events older than to_date
• include_snippets: [0,1] default 0, include external live event HTML snippets such as embed codes

Status Codes:

• 200: no error
• 400: invalid parameter(s) specified. See errors element in response for details.
• 403: api_key not provided, invalid, or accessed from origin (protocol+domain) other than the one associated with the key provided.

Response Fields:

• id: Id of the live event
• type: Type of live event (live_webcast, snippets)
• begin: Date/time event starts in ISO8601 format
• current_time: Current server date/time in ISO8601 format. Useful for calculating time offset between server and client to provide time sync
• description: Event description
• end: Date/time event ends in ISO8601 format
• thumbnail: [array] Resized image of event poster as specified by thumb_XXX params
• url: Url to asset on dvidshub.net
• video_id: Returned if the live event has been linked to a video asset

GET /live/get

Get additional details about live event including links to feed(s)

Example request:

GET /live/get?id=3852&api_key=key-XXXXXXXXXXXXX HTTP/1.1
Host: api.dvidshub.net
Accept-encoding: gzip, deflate
Accept: application/json, text/javascript
Referer: https://api.dvidshub.net

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Server: Apache
Access-control-allow-origin: *
Content-encoding: gzip
Content-length: 443
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2023 19:15:38 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
Vary: Accept-Encoding

{
    "current_time":"2023-02-04T19:15:38+00:00",
    "results":{
        "id":"3852",
        "title":"US Department of State Press Briefing",
        "description":"Marie Harf, US Department of State Deputy Spokesperson, will deliver the daily press briefing. Feed begins at 1:30 PM EDT.  *** Time subject to change.",
        "begin":"2014-04-03T17:25:00+00:00",
        "end":"2014-04-03T19:48:00+00:00",
        "hls_url":"https:\/\/api.dvidshub.net\/hls\/live\/3852.m3u8?api_key=key-XXXXXXXXXXXXX&dvrTime=1396545900",
        "thumbnail":{
            "url":"https:\/\/cdn.dvidshub.net\/media\/thumbs\/frames\/video\/1404\/326950\/122x92_q95.jpg",
            "width":122,
            "height":92
        },
        "url":"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/webcast\/3852",
        "video_id":"326950",
        "unit_id":"127"
    }
}

Query Parameters:

• api_key: Public API access key issued by DVIDS (key-xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
• fields: Comma separated list of which fields to return
• id: [int] Id of of the live event
• prettyprint: [1] Spaces out JSON response in more readable format useful for debugging
• thumb_width: [1-2000] Width of thumbnail in pixels. If thumb_height is provided, this defaults to the aspect ratio native width of the asset relative to the height requested. Otherwise the resolution is 122x92. Max of 2000.
• thumb_height: [1-2000] Height of thumbnail in pixels. If thumb_width is provided, this defaults to the aspect ratio native height of the asset relative to the width requested. Otherwise the resolution is 122x92. Max of 2000.
• thumb_quality: [1-100] Quality of generated thumbnail. Default is 95
• video_id: Returned if the current event has been linked to a video asset

Status Codes:

• 200: no error
• 400: invalid parameter(s) specified. See errors element in response for details.
• 403: api_key not provided, invalid, or accessed from origin (protocol+domain) other than the one associated with the key provided.

Response Fields:

• id: Id of the live event
• begin: Date/time event starts in ISO8601 format
• current_time: Current server date/time in ISO8601 format. Useful for calculating time offset between server and client to provide time sync
• description: Event description
• end: Date/time event ends in ISO8601 format
• hls_url: Url to master m3u8 playlist for event
• thumbnail: [array] Resized image of event poster as specified by thumb_XXX params
• url: Url to asset on dvidshub.net
• video_id: Returned if the live event has been linked to a video asset