Services

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Services API

Get Kaltura config

ServicesApiController#show_kaltura_config

GET /api/v1/services/kaltura

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/services/kaltura

Return the config information for the Kaltura plugin in json format.

API response field:

• enabled

Enabled state of the Kaltura plugin

• domain

Main domain of the Kaltura instance (This is the URL where the Kaltura API resides)

• resources_domain

Kaltura URL for grabbing thumbnails and other resources

• rtmp_domain

Hostname to be used for RTMP recording

• partner_id

Partner ID used for communicating with the Kaltura instance

Example Response:

# For an enabled Kaltura plugin:
{
  'domain': 'kaltura.example.com',
  'enabled': true,
  'partner_id': '123456',
  'resource_domain': 'cdn.kaltura.example.com',
  'rtmp_domain': 'rtmp.example.com'
}

# For a disabled or unconfigured Kaltura plugin:
{
  'enabled': false
}

Start Kaltura session

ServicesApiController#start_kaltura_session

POST /api/v1/services/kaltura_session

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/services/kaltura_session

Start a new Kaltura session, so that new media can be recorded and uploaded to this Canvas instance’s Kaltura instance.

API response field:

• ks

The kaltura session id, for use in the kaltura v3 API. This can be used in the uploadtoken service, for instance, to upload a new media file into kaltura.

Example Response:

{
  'ks': '1e39ad505f30c4fa1af5752b51bd69fe'
}

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This documentation is generated directly from the Canvas LMS source code, available on Github.