Use the Wowza Streaming Engine™ media server software REST API to view, create, and remove Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) file configurations in a Wowza Streaming Engine instance.
Notes:
- Wowza Streaming Engine 4.3.0 or later is required.
- PHP examples for the tasks in this article are available in the tests folder of the PHP REST Library for Wowza Streaming Engine on GitHub.
View a list of all configured SMIL files associated with an application:
Example request
curl -X GET \
-H 'Accept:application/json; charset=utf-8' \
-H 'Content-Type:application/json; charset=utf-8' \
http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/{serverName}/vhosts/{vhostName}/applications/{appName}/smilfilesView a list of all configured SMIL files associated with an application named testlive:
Note: All examples on this page use the application name testlive. You will replace this with the name of your application.
Example request
curl -X GET \
-H 'Accept:application/json; charset=utf-8' \
-H 'Content-Type:application/json; charset=utf-8' \
http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/{serverName}/vhosts/{vhostName}/applications/testlive/smilfilesCreate a SMIL file named mytestsmil:
Example request
curl -X POST \
-H 'Accept:application/json; charset=utf-8' \
-H 'Content-Type:application/json; charset=utf-8' \
http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/{serverName}/vhosts/{vhostName}/applications/testlive/smilfiles/mytestsmil \
-d '{
"restURI": "http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/{serverName}/vhosts/{vhostName}/applications/testlive/smilfiles/mytestsmil",
"smilStreams": [{
"systemLanguage": "en",
"src": "myfile_750.mp4",
"systemBitrate": "50000",
"type": "video",
"audioBitrate": "44100",
"videoBitrate": "750000",
"restURI": "http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/{serverName}/vhosts/{vhostName}/applications/testlive/smilfiles/mytestsmil",
"width": "640",
"height": "360"
}, {
"systemLanguage": "en",
"src": "myfile_1100.mp4",
"systemBitrate": "50000",
"type": "video",
"audioBitrate": "44100",
"videoBitrate": "1100000",
"restURI": "http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/{serverName}/vhosts/{vhostName}/applications/testlive/smilfiles/mytestsmil",
"width": "640",
"height": "360"
}]
}'Delete a SMIL file named mysmilfile:
Example request
curl -X DELETE \
-H 'Accept:application/json; charset=utf-8' \
-H 'Content-Type:application/json; charset=utf-8' \
http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/{serverName}/vhosts/{vhostName}/applications/testlive/smilfiles/mysmilfile