SMIL FILE GENERATE WITH REST API

Wowza Developer Dojo
1

I am trying to create a smil file with REST API.
this is my CURL request:

curl -X POST -H ‘Accept:application/json; charset=utf-8’ -H ‘Content-Type:application/json; charset=utf-8’ --digest --user ‘:’ http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/defaultServer/vhosts/defaultVHost/applications/live/instances/smilfiles/mytestsmil -d

{
“restURI”: “http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/defaultServer/vhosts/defaultVHost/applications/live/smilfiles/mytestsmil”,
“title” => “apiTest”,
“smilStreams”: [
{
“systemLanguage”: “en”,
“src”: “myStream_160.mp4”,
“systemBitrate”: “50000”,
“type”: “video”,
“audioBitrate”: “44100”,
“videoBitrate”: “64000”,
“restURI”: “http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/defaultServer/vhosts/defaultVHost/applications/live/smilfiles/mytestsmil”,
“width”: “640”,
“height”: “480”
},{
“systemLanguage”: “en”,
“src”: “myStream_360.mp4”,
“systemBitrate”: “50000”,
“type”: “video”,
“audioBitrate”: “44100”,
“videoBitrate”: “850000”,
“restURI”: “http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/defaultServer/vhosts/defaultVHost/applications/live/smilfiles/mytestsmil”,
“width”: “640”,
“height”: “360”
}, {
“systemLanguage”: “en”,
“src”: “myStream_160.mp4”,
“systemBitrate”: “50000”,
“type”: “video”,
“audioBitrate”: “44100”,
“videoBitrate”: “200000”,
“restURI”: “http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/defaultServer/vhosts/defaultVHost/applications/live/smilfiles/mytestsmil”,
“width”: “284”,
“height”: “160”
}]
}’

RESPONSE:

{“success”:false,“wowzaServer”:“4.7.8”,“message”:“The server has not found anything matching the request URI”,“code”:“404”}

let me know for any clue,

Thanks

2

If you are creating the smilfile, the URI should not include the name. Supply the smilfile name in the body as part of the SMILFileAppConfig.

/v2/servers/{serverName}/vhosts/{vhostName}/applications/{appName}/smilfiles
3

Thanks Amara,

I was following this tutorial to create smil file "

https://www.wowza.com/docs/smil-files-query-examples" may be its outdated.

Can you share with me detailed request data example to generate smil file ? As i am unable to locate.

4

My mistake. I was looking at the wrong call in the API reference. Your URI appears to be correct. I’ll have to take a closer look at this.

Here are steps to get the API reference running - https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-access-documentation-for-wowza-streaming-engine-rest-api

5

Quick update here. I was able to run the request from the API reference and I was also able to run the example from the link you referenced in a simple bash script, both successfully. When I run your code, I do see the same error. Going to dig in and see what is different with your code.

6

Your URI is incorrect,

http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/_defaultServer_/vhosts/_defaultVHost_/applications/live/instances/smilfiles/mytestsmil

should be (remove instances)

http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/_defaultServer_/vhosts/_defaultVHost_/applications/live/smilfiles/mytestsmil

Remove this line, = is unexpected in JSON

"title" => "apiTest",