Get Global Key - Discontinued

The Flash Media StreamingThis service was discontinued on 5/31/2017. The Flash Media Streaming platform streamed live and on-demand content via a Flash media player over a RTMP-based protocol., HLSAllows the creation of a customized report data., and HDS services were discontinued on May 31, 2017. The information in this article is solely provided as a reference for the migration of automation scripts to a different streaming technology (e.g., Dynamic Cloud Packaging).

Retrieves the global key that provides authorization for the following streaming services:

• HLS and HDS
• Flash Media Streaming

Request

A request to retrieve the global key is described below.

HTTP Method	Request URI
GET	https://api.edgecast.com/v2/mcc/customers/AccountNumber/fmsliveauth/globalkey

Define the following variable when submitting the above request.

VariableA variable represents a value that must be replaced. A variable consists of either a URL segment (e.g., "0001" in /0001/) or a query string value (e.g., "3" in mediaTypes=3).	Description
AccountNumber Required	Replace this variable with a customer account number. This account number may be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC.

Request Headers

This endpointIdentifies a request's connection point to our REST API service. only takes advantage of common request headers.

Request Body

Request body parameters are not required by this endpoint.

Response

The response to the above request includes an HTTP status code, response headers, and a response body.

Status Code

A status code indicates whether the request was successfully performed.

Response Headers

The response for this endpoint only includes standard HTTP response headers.

View common response headers.

Response Body

The response body for a successful request contains the following response parameter:

Name	Data Type	Description
Id	String	Reports the value assigned to the global live authentication key for the Flash Media Streaming platform.

Errors

The response body for an unsuccessful request may contain an error parameter that provides additional information.

View common error messages.

Sample Request and Response (JSON)

A sample JSON request is shown below.

A sample JSON response is shown below.

{
	"Id" : "123457890abcdefghi"
}

Sample Request and Response (XML)

A sample XML request is shown below.

A sample XML response is shown below.

<FMSIdResult xmlns="http://www.whitecdn.com/schemas/apiservices/" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
	<Id>1234567890abcdefghi</Id>
</FMSIdResult>