/playlist/listList of playlists available to your API account. Playlists are created within the DVIDS CMS.
Example request:
GET /playlist/list?max_results=2&api_key=key-XXXXXXXXXXXXX HTTP/1.1
Host: api.dvidshub.net
Accept-encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Zend_Http_Client
Accept: application/json, text/javascript
Referer: https://api.dvidshub.netExample response:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 2740
Connection: keep-alive
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:39:46 GMT
Content-encoding: gzip
Server: Apache
Access-control-allow-origin: *
Vary: Accept-Encoding
X-cache: Miss from cloudfront
Via: 1.1 0dc812a83c1e947b351f1eb1761c3c94.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
X-amz-cf-pop: IAD61-P12
Alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400
X-amz-cf-id: lRcWXZjSOn6HWTAeXrzEcnwLgz6rxmU5ZbOsjLa1YnjoDa7PHq8nGw==
{
"results":[
{
"hash":"97f747b9da700cb5d6758f5477b79abb",
"name":"Tasers!",
"description":"Giggity arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh",
"date_created":"2012-09-20T16:33:16-04:00",
"podcast_url":"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/rss\/podcast\/119"
},
{
"hash":"e6faef8769fa4e67797a7040a5e29bbb",
"name":"U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Centennial",
"description":"August 29th brings us to the centennial date of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Throughout a year-long commemoration of 1916 - 2016, events will be held throughout the nation. Marine Forces Reserve is (1) highlighting our extraordinary Marines and their contributions, (2) thanking our supporters, and (3) sharing our esprit de corps. We will give thanks to individuals and communities for supporting our Marines. As America\u2019s fighting force, a combined Active and Reserve Marine Corps, we are ready to support the next mission. Semper Fi, America!",
"date_created":"2017-03-02T08:38:36-05:00"
},
{
"hash":"7b21ad2c9211a073dec4618361f5e3c6",
"name":"SOUTHCOM Commander Newswire",
"description":"Supporting media for SOUTHCOM Leadership SASC and HASC hearings, press briefings, speaking engagements, interviews and other events involving the SOUTHCOM commander. Available media includes audio and video clips and products, photos, print stories with bites, and sizzle reels for social media.",
"date_created":"2017-04-20T11:23:00-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"fa945f32c1647b0540376e5a21689338",
"name":"2017 AFRICOM Medical Readiness Exercises",
"description":"AFRICOM's MEDRETE's hosted by United States Army-Africa, pair small teams of military medical professionals from the U.S. with participating African partner nations to train alongside and share best practices in trauma and surgical medicine. U.S. personnel; benefit by providing medical care in a forward and austere environment; African partners develop closer relations ships with medical personnel, and local populations receive additional medical care.",
"date_created":"2017-05-17T09:27:42-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"378f2beba13239b553dc83adec6fdc1b",
"name":"test",
"description":"test",
"date_created":"2017-06-05T11:10:01-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"3a6acdb0ee9c7002b31d5b454711d261",
"name":"Operation Sandy Camel",
"description":"Test",
"date_created":"2017-07-11T10:35:37-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"7cae043409cd37589d3b5e686bc7b5d7",
"name":"Test Operation 2017",
"description":"Test",
"date_created":"2017-07-22T13:48:32-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"f668fd6d2c1203abdf701be214ba3b8d",
"name":"Test Exercise",
"description":"test",
"date_created":"2017-08-11T11:27:54-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"880e34e9bb33fa89ca84eff72b7215f8",
"name":"testtt",
"description":"jfjeo",
"date_created":"2017-10-02T09:40:16-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"0b769052ada6df8c9db217ef1bbd9010",
"name":"Test Page",
"description":"Test Description.",
"date_created":"2017-10-02T10:08:16-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"b21645769096be753920bbda25fdba75",
"name":"Test Playlist",
"description":"",
"date_created":"2017-10-26T08:53:21-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"f8eb7670da2bc053474f9ebba4dabad2",
"name":"test1",
"description":"",
"date_created":"2018-08-08T13:28:15-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"2e095941146f3bfd7d34950823cbf9d5",
"name":"test",
"description":"",
"date_created":"2018-08-10T11:04:51-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"ca1e6f905f329632a7c653f9dca156fa",
"name":"test3",
"description":"",
"date_created":"2018-08-10T11:18:59-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"a482f5f5e8426ba15abf6787bb74c4e90ea51961093d8291a760498e1a408d2e",
"name":"DVIDS Daily Feed",
"description":"",
"date_created":"2020-01-29T09:00:27-05:00"
},
{
"hash":"80155d52a652720fc7e7d4ba691125aa3cbdbf4ea0821f7134133ddae8a97906",
"name":"9 Symphony",
"description":"blah... \r\nIntroducing the 13-inch MacBook Pro. The state-of-the-art dual-core Intel i7 processor delivers up to 2x faster performance over the previous generation of MacBook Pro. New Thunderbolt technology lets you connect high-performance peripherals and high-resolution displays to a single port, and transfer files at lightning speeds. And with the built-in FaceTime HD camera, you can make astonishingly crisp HD video calls.",
"date_created":"2020-03-23T12:32:51-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"355d168f1abb3553121d1fcb4eccf9c76505bf7ef060ae7300c410f678fd860a",
"name":"White House Communication Agency",
"description":"The White House Communications Agency (WHCA) is a one-of-a-kind Department of Defense joint service organization dedicated to providing premier information services and communications support to the president.",
"date_created":"2020-03-28T11:49:18-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"033028205c126f5c73ba81cb2dc16b2123f5dcd4b9d857040f6e6450ce836822",
"name":"testYildiz",
"description":"This is a test",
"date_created":"2020-04-06T09:13:50-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"185792a21cf0333824f994cf2d93c2f8f4f7ba72144dc9053e613a0411dab5c1",
"name":"testYildiz",
"description":"This is a test",
"date_created":"2020-04-06T09:24:54-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"9fcb34140fa78a658817e07d667aadd258dbbf0e6ec134c265c74eee8ea37ba3",
"name":"NewsStream - Science & Technology",
"description":"Playlist used to store videos for NewsStream Science & Technology category",
"date_created":"2021-03-04T07:00:01-05:00"
},
{
"hash":"73979836fe7822cb8e806b4a2d4c2f21512eb2c288d9f2b3eb6e95dcf88c67b0",
"name":"NewsStream - Sports",
"description":"Playlist used to store videos for NewsStream Sports category",
"date_created":"2021-03-04T07:00:02-05:00"
},
{
"hash":"baccad103de6b83afe2eac771cfdda6681216da64edd645f50960d4ea29ac096",
"name":"NewsStream - Entertainment",
"description":"Playlist used to store videos for NewsStream Entertainment category",
"date_created":"2021-03-04T07:00:02-05:00"
},
{
"hash":"4a8e7f4986d03451002f845b0b0bb02edbf644e0e2bbec988bc71a80a1d7b451",
"name":"NewsStream - Health",
"description":"Playlist used to store videos for NewsStream Health category",
"date_created":"2021-03-04T07:00:02-05:00"
},
{
"hash":"681ffcce2aa2bf31328337cc1cd939a8b44076c4359e1ea6c2aac5b1e89c3169",
"name":"NewsStream - Family",
"description":"Playlist used to store videos for NewsStream Family category",
"date_created":"2021-03-04T07:00:02-05:00"
},
{
"hash":"70268ba2e69171d719cf412dd3744ef88e380afa884cbdc4b03d51fef67480e7",
"name":"NewsStream - Missions",
"description":"Playlist used to store videos for NewsStream Missions category",
"date_created":"2021-03-04T07:00:02-05:00"
},
{
"hash":"2778e5f0c97ea3314022cbeadcfc3c78b6b0038a3535b0ce9d0975a4e1b0c009",
"name":"Test 1",
"description":"Test 1",
"date_created":"2024-06-27T14:50:53-04:00"
},
{
"hash":"c4412a5449f53d6d853799786ceea3be26f1234ace95ffa6f211d190dc09ce78",
"name":"Marine Leaders of the Americas Conference",
"description":"",
"date_created":"2025-02-13T12:06:55-05:00"
}
]
}api_key: Public API access key issued by DVIDS (key-xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
fields: Comma separated list of which fields to return
prettyprint: [1] Spaces out JSON response in more readable format useful for debugging
sort: One of date_created, name
sortdir: One of asc, desc
/playlist/getLists assets belonging to the specified playlist in search api response format.
Example request:
GET /playlist/get?hash=97f747b9da700cb5d6758f5477b79abb&max_results=1&api_key=key-XXXXXXXXXXXXX HTTP/1.1
Host: api.dvidshub.net
Accept-encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Zend_Http_Client
Accept: application/json, text/javascript
Referer: https://api.dvidshub.netExample response:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 662
Connection: keep-alive
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:39:46 GMT
Content-encoding: gzip
Server: Apache
Access-control-allow-origin: *
Vary: Accept-Encoding
X-cache: Miss from cloudfront
Via: 1.1 cded7f6feab5e981a7d2ac5d0ce86a38.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
X-amz-cf-pop: IAD61-P12
Alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400
X-amz-cf-id: cu-ZTGa23i0dkTw7XTP7GdObwwp2NbNhuUyZnMc5Fk2S2nC_ocfDmA==
{
"results":[
{
"id":"video:128144",
"type":"video",
"title":"Wisconsin Military Police Get A Lift News Package",
"aspect_ratio":"16:9",
"short_description":"Package of soldiers of the 32nd Military Police Company,...",
"duration":66,
"hls_url":"https:\/\/api.dvidshub.net\/hls\/video\/128144.m3u8?api_key=key-XXXXXXXXXXXXX",
"date_published":"2011-10-20T11:13:17-04:00",
"date":"2011-10-10T00:00:00-04:00",
"keywords":"non-lethal weapons training, MUTC, Wisc., Wisconsin Rapids, Nathan Rivard, 32nd MP Company, Branden Mews, High Definition, Black Hawk, Kosovo, military police, MP, Muscatatuck Urban Training Center",
"country":"US",
"state":"IN",
"credit":"CPT Nathan Rivard",
"unit_id":"1426",
"unit_name":"172nd Public Affairs Detachment",
"branch":"Army",
"timestamp":"2021-09-04T13:29:16-04:00",
"thumbnail":"https:\/\/d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/frames\/video\/1110\/128144\/122x92_q95.jpg",
"thumb_width":122,
"thumb_height":92,
"url":"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/video\/128144\/wisconsin-military-police-get-lift-news-package",
"rating":3
}
],
"page_info":{
"total_results":1,
"results_per_page":1
}
}api_key: Public API access key issued by DVIDS (key-xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
fields: Comma separated list of which fields to return
hash: 32 character hash identifying playlist to retrieve
max_results: max_results number. default and maximum value are both 50
page: what page to load. defaults to 1.
prettyprint: [1] Spaces out JSON response in more readable format useful for debugging
short_description_length: Specify length of short_description up to 300 characters. Defaults to 60.
aspect_ratio: type=video|image: Aspect ratio of the asset
branch: Name of branch that produced this asset
credit: Who created the asset
category: Category of the asset
city: City where the asset was created
country: Country where the asset was created
duration: [int] type=video|audio: Length of asset in seconds
keywords: Comma separated list of keywords
date: Date in ISO8601 format of when the asset was created
date_published: Date in ISO8601 format of when the asset was published at DVIDS
height: [int] type=image: Height of original image
id: Asset id
rating: [float] Rating of the asset. Will not be returned if the asset has not been rated.
short_description: Shortened version of asset's description. Adjusted via short_description_length param.
thumb_height: [int] Height of thumbnail
thumb_width: [int] Width of thumbnail
thumbnail: Url to resized image of asset as specified by thumb_XXX params
timestamp: Date in ISO8601 format of when the asset was last updated
title: Title of asset
type: Asset type
unit_name: Full name of unit credited with media asset.
url: Url to asset on dvidshub.net
width: [int] type=image: Width of original image
/playlist/searchLists assets belonging to the specified playlist and matching search term in search api response format.
Example request:
GET /playlist/search?q=police&hash=97f747b9da700cb5d6758f5477b79abb&max_results=1&api_key=key-XXXXXXXXXXXXX HTTP/1.1
Host: api.dvidshub.net
Accept-encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Zend_Http_Client
Accept: application/json, text/javascript
Referer: https://api.dvidshub.netExample response:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 761
Connection: keep-alive
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:39:46 GMT
Content-encoding: gzip
Server: Apache
Access-control-allow-origin: *
Vary: Accept-Encoding
X-cache: Miss from cloudfront
Via: 1.1 a75ccb8873128c2704216101e8d9a636.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
X-amz-cf-pop: IAD61-P12
Alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400
X-amz-cf-id: _8DvnBK-1d3Smq5CGHhep1T47tK2rlN7vKMh9l6-EbvLqyZWG7hMYg==
{
"results":[
{
"publishdate":"2011-10-20T15:13:17Z",
"date":"2011-10-10T04:00:00Z",
"category":"Package",
"aspect_ratio":"16:9",
"duration":66,
"title":"Wisconsin Military Police Get A Lift News Package",
"id":"video:128144",
"type":"video",
"keywords":"Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Black Hawk, MP, Non-Lethal Weapons Training, MUTC, Kosovo, High Definition, Military Police, Wisc., Wisconsin Rapids, Nathan Rivard, 32nd MP Company, Branden Mews",
"credit":"1LT Nathan Rivard",
"rating":3,
"country":"United States",
"state":"Indiana",
"unit_name":"172nd Public Affairs Detachment",
"branch":"Army",
"timestamp":"2024-01-12T19:35:39.827Z",
"keywords_highlight":"Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Black Hawk, MP, Non-Lethal Weapons Training, MUTC, Kosovo, High Definition, Military <em>Police<\/em>, Wisc., Wisconsin Rapids, Nathan Rivard, 32nd MP Company, Branden Mews",
"description_highlight":"Package of soldiers of the 32nd Military <em>Police<\/em> Company, Wisconsin Army National Guard, getting a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter ride from Camp Atterbury, Ind. to Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC",
"title_highlight":"Wisconsin Military <em>Police<\/em> Get A Lift News Package",
"short_description":"Package of soldiers of the 32nd Military Police Company,...",
"thumbnail":"https:\/\/d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/frames\/video\/1110\/128144\/122x92_q95.jpg",
"thumb_width":122,
"thumb_height":92,
"url":"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/video\/128144\/wisconsin-military-police-get-lift-news-package",
"date_published":"2011-10-20T15:13:17Z"
}
],
"page_info":{
"total_results":1,
"results_per_page":1
}
}api_key: Public API access key issued by DVIDS (key-xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
aspect_ratio: One of 4:3, 16:9, landscape, portrait, square
branch: One of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Joint, Civilian, Space Force
category: One of Combat Operations, Miscellaneous, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Horn of Africa, Iraq, Kuwait, US, Press Release for news. one of B-Roll, Briefings, Commercials, Greetings, In The Fight, Interviews, Newscasts, Package, PSA, Series for video. one of B-Roll, Briefings, Greetings, Interviews, Newscasts for audio.
categories_exclude: Exclude resources with categories specified. You can specify multiple categories with &categories_exclude[]=cat1&categories_exclude[]=cat2
city: City where media was captured
cocom: One of USAFRICOM, USCENTCOM, USEUCOM, USPACOM, USNORTHCOM, USSOUTHCOM, USSPACECOM, USCYBERCOM, USSOCOM, USSTRATCOM, USTRANSCOM
country: Country where media was captured
credit: Full name including rank of personnel credited with the media asset.
date: Date in ISO8601 format. Example: 2011-02-13T16:18:00Z. Date media was acquired by shooter/producer.
duration: [int] Length in seconds of media asset. Only applies to video, audio, and greetings.
fields: Comma separated list of which fields to return
format: Format of response. one of cjson [default], rss. (note: rss response structure/fields diff from json)
from_date: Date in ISO8601 format.
from_duration: [int] Begin value for duration range query.
from_publishdate: Date in ISO8601 format.
from_rating: [0-5] Begin value for rating range query.
has_image: [0,1] If set to 0, only return media NOT associated with an image. If set to 1, only return media associated with a valid image.
has_captions: [1] Limit to videos containing subtitles
hash: 32 character hash identifying playlist to retrieve
hd: [0,1] If set to 0, only return video media that is NOT considered "HD" (at least 1280x720, 6000kbps or higher). If set to 1, only return video media that meets "HD" criteria.
highlight_fields: [0,1] Default is 0. Wraps found instances of q parameter with HTML tags for highlighting
id: string. Specific document id to retrieve for search. Example: “image:123456”
keywords: string. Multiple keywords can be passed in using the syntax &keywords[]=keyword1&keywords[]=keyword2. Will return result if either keyword is found
max_results: [1-50] Maximum number of results to return per page. default and maximum value are both 50. If page * max_results > 1000 then the last valid page will be returned given the current max_results
page: [int] What page to load. Defaults to 1.
prettyprint: [1] Spaces out JSON response in more readable format useful for debugging
publishdate: Date in ISO8601 format. Date/time item was published at DVIDS.
q: Full text search against title, description, keywords
rating: [int] Only return media with the specific rating number specified. Note that the majority of media does not have a rating.
sort: One of date, publishdate, timestamp, score, rating, title
sortdir: One of asc, desc
spellcheck: One of 0, 1. default is 0. Returns a messages element with spelling correction suggestions
short_description_length: [1-300] Specify length of short_description up to 300 characters. Defaults to 60.
state: State where media was captured.
tags: Whitespace collapsed version of keywords. Example: army-color-guard. Multiple tags can be passed in using the syntax &tags[]=tag1&tags[]=tag2. Will return result if either tag is found
tags_exclude: Exclude resources with tags specified. You can specify multiple tags with &tags_exclude[]=cat1&tags_exclude[]=cat2
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
timestamp: Date in ISO8601 format. Date/time of last update to asset.
title: Match value against the title field of media.
to_date: Date in ISO8601 format.
to_duration: [int] End value of duration range query.
to_publishdate: Date in ISO8601 format.
to_rating: [int] End value of rating range query.
type: One of news, video, image, audio, publication_issue, webcast.
unit_name: Full name of unit credited with media asset.
unit: DVIDS abbreviation of unit credited with media asset.
publishdate: Date in ISO8601 format of when the asset was published at DVIDS. This field is deprecated and will be removed in a later version of the api. Use date_published instead
