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Read a video source

GET
/api/v1/video/{item_id}/source
curl --request GET \
  --url https://example.com/api/v1/video/example/source \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

Return the original video bytes for an item the caller can read. The response supports byte-range requests for playback. Route: /api/v1/video/{item_id}/source. Inputs: item_id, Range, If-Range, If-None-Match. Safe reads can use bounded retries.

Authorizations

Section titled “Authorizations”

Parameters

Section titled “Parameters”

Path Parameters

Section titled “Path Parameters”
item_id
required
string

Header Parameters

Section titled “Header Parameters”
Range
string | null

One byte range

If-Range
string | null

Apply Range only when this validator matches

If-None-Match
string | null

Return 304 when this validator matches

Responses

Section titled “Responses”

200

Section titled “200”

Video source bytes

Media typevideo/mp4

206

Section titled “206”

A byte range from the source

304

Section titled “304”

403

Section titled “403”
Media typeapplication/json

The standard API error response: { "error": { ... } }.

object
error
required

Error details.

object
code
required

Stable machine-readable code.

string
Allowed values: bad_request unauthorized forbidden not_found conflict name_conflict_case name_too_long push_endpoint_rejected too_many_requests internal service_unavailable
details
One of:

Optional field or operation details.

object
key
additional properties
string
message
required

Safe text for logs or a user-facing error message.

string
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "bad_request"
  }
}

404

Section titled “404”
Media typeapplication/json

The standard API error response: { "error": { ... } }.

object
error
required

Error details.

object
code
required

Stable machine-readable code.

string
Allowed values: bad_request unauthorized forbidden not_found conflict name_conflict_case name_too_long push_endpoint_rejected too_many_requests internal service_unavailable
details
One of:

Optional field or operation details.

object
key
additional properties
string
message
required

Safe text for logs or a user-facing error message.

string
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "bad_request"
  }
}

416

Section titled “416”