You can 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.
- Reference documentation for the Wowza Streaming Engine REST API is available by using Swagger, which you can download and install locally. See How to access documentation for the Wowza Streaming Engine REST API.
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Get a list of SMIL files
Create a SMIL file
Remove a SMIL file
Get a list of SMIL files
View a list of all configured SMIL files associated with an application (live in this example):
curl -X GET --header 'Accept:application/json; charset=utf-8' --header 'Content-Type:application/json; charset=utf-8' http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/_defaultServer_/vhosts/_defaultVHost_/applications/live/smilfiles
Create a SMIL file
Create a SMIL file (mytestsmil in this example) for an application (live in this example):
curl -X POST --header 'Accept:application/json; charset=utf-8' --header 'Content-Type:application/json; charset=utf-8' http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/_defaultServer_/vhosts/_defaultVHost_/applications/live/smilfiles/mytestsmil -d'
{
"restURI": "http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/_defaultServer_/vhosts/_defaultVHost_/applications/live/smilfiles/mytestsmil",
"smilStreams": [{
"systemLanguage": "en",
"src": "myfile_750.mp4",
"systemBitrate": "50000",
"type": "video",
"audioBitrate": "44100",
"videoBitrate": "750000",
"restURI": "http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/_defaultServer_/vhosts/_defaultVHost_/applications/live/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/_defaultServer_/vhosts/_defaultVHost_/applications/live/smilfiles/mytestsmil",
"width": "640",
"height": "360"
}]
}
'
Remove a SMIL file
Delete a SMIL file (mysmilefile in this example):
curl -X DELETE --header 'Accept:application/json; charset=utf-8' --header 'Content-Type:application/json; charset=utf-8' http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/_defaultServer_/vhosts/_defaultVHost_/applications/live/smilfiles/mysmilfile
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