{"id":278,"date":"2012-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sproutvideo.wpengine.com\/?p=278"},"modified":"2022-01-27T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T19:05:00","slug":"sproutvideo-api","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sproutvideo.com\/blog\/sproutvideo-api.html","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the SproutVideo API"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Note: for a more recent update on the SproutVideo API, including additional calls that can be made, please <a href=\"https:\/\/sproutvideo.com\/blog\/new-analytics-api-calls-and-updated_docs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refer to this blog post<\/a>, or to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sproutvideo.com\/docs\/api.html\">current version of our API Documentation<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today we are launching our new <a href=\"https:\/\/sproutvideo.com\/docs\/api.html\">SproutVideo API<\/a> \u2013 one of our most highly requested features. 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The SproutVideo API is robust and powerful, and a great choice if you have a very specific use-case in mind, or an exceptionally large video library.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some things you can do with the new API:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sproutvideo.com\/help\/uploading\/how_to_upload_a_video_or_multiple_videos_at_a_time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Upload<\/a> videos to your account.<\/li>\n<li>Check on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sproutvideo.com\/help\/articles\/12-what_is_encoding_and_processing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">encoding<\/a> progress of a video.<\/li>\n<li>Receive notifications when videos are ready using <a href=\"https:\/\/sproutvideo.com\/help\/uploading\/webhooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">webhooks<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>List all of the videos in your account, or all the videos tagged with a specific tag.<\/li>\n<li>Get the metadata of a video, including it\u2019s embed code.<\/li>\n<li>Edit the <a href=\"https:\/\/sproutvideo.com\/blog\/what-is-video-metadata-and-how-do-i-use-it.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">metadata<\/a> of a video.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sproutvideo.com\/help\/articles\/19-how_to_use_tags\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tag<\/a> videos.<\/li>\n<li>Add, edit, and delete tags.<\/li>\n<li>Add, edit, and delete <a href=\"https:\/\/sproutvideo.com\/help\/playlists\/what_is_a_playlist_and_how_do_i_use_it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">playlists<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Add videos to playlists, and set the order of videos within a playlist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please note that this is just our first release and we will be adding more features to the API in the coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n<p>You can find the API documentation <a href=\"https:\/\/sproutvideo.com\/docs\/api.html\">here<\/a>. 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