# Creating SMIL files using REST API

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/creating-smil-files-using-rest-api/52600>\
**Category:** Wowza Developer Dojo\
**Created:** [January 4, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/creating-smil-files-using-rest-api/52600 "2019-01-04T16:29:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emily\_Cambridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Emily\_Cambridge](https://community.wowza.com/u/Emily_Cambridge)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/creating-smil-files-using-rest-api/52600/1 "2019-01-04T16:29:24Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to create a smil file using the Wowza REST API. I can successfully create it using the Wowza Streaming Engine REST API Documentation Server but not with Postman or PHP cURL requests.

I can create a stream file using both Postman and PHP without a problem, but when I try to create a smil file I get the error “The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request”.

![](https://www.wowza.com/community/storage/attachments/1534-postman.png)

Any ideas on how to solve this would be greatly appreciated.

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