YOUWATCH cloud video sharing API reference

General Information

Base-URL for our API is http://youwatch.org/api

All requests to the API shall be HTTP/1.1 GET

Please make sure to use the API with https only.

Most requests require a API Login & API Key, you can find both in the User Panel at the "User Settings" Tab.

Response is json, structure is as follows:

{
    "status": <status-code>,
    "msg": "<informational message. might vary, use the status code in your code!>",
    "result": <result of the request. varies depending on the request>
}

status

200: Everything is OK. Request succeeded

400: Bad request (e.g. wrong parameters)

403: Permission denied (wrong api login/key, action on a file which does not belong to you, ...)

404: File not found

451: Unavailable For Legal Reasons

509: Bandwidth usage exceeded. Please try again later or use Browser Download. (you might see this during peak hours)

50x: Server errors. You should not see this, but be prepared.

msg

This message gives more detailed information in case there is an error.

You can use this for displaying it to the user, but please don't use it for checking if the request succeeded. That's what the status code is for.

result

holds the response of the request if succeeded. Might hold an array of data or just a boolean true/false, depending on the request

Account info

account related (username, money)

Request

http://youwatch.org/api?key=APIKEY&op=account_info

Parameters

Name	Description	Example	Required
login	API-Login	5147a8f8e924bc82	yes

Response

200
Content-Type: application/json

{
    login: 'smith',
    money: '4050.00'
}

Add URL upload

Get an Upload URL

Request

http://youwatch.org/api?key=APIKEY&op=upload_url&url=http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4&folder=name_folder

Parameters

Name	Description	Example	Required
key	API-Key	Fa89_X13	yes
url	url-file to upload to	http://clips.vorwae...bunny.mp4/	yes
folder	save file in folder, if folder not exist will be created	name_folder	no

Response

200
Content-Type: application/json

{
    queue_id: '121212'
}

Check URL upload

Get status Upload URL

Request

http://youwatch.org/api?key=APIKEY&op=check_upload_url&id=queue_id

Parameters

Name	Description	Example	Required
key	API-Key	Fa89_X13	yes
id	ID Queue URL Upload	queue_id	yes

Response

200
Content-Type: application/json

{
    status: 'status_of_upload',
    url: 'your_url'
}

OR

{
    file_code: '1c1c1c1c1c1c'
}

Upload server request

Get an Upload Server

http://youwatch.org/api?key=APIKEY&op=get_upload_server

Check files

http://youwatch.org/api?op=check_files&key=APIKEY&list=fd1autuiifhc,fd1autuiifh1,fd1autuiifh2

(output is file codes of not found files)

Renew file code

http://youwatch.org/api?key=APIKEY&op=file_renew&file_code=3WGI2ZA99MG2

Clone file code

http://youwatch.org/api?key=APIKEY&op=file_clone&file_code=fd1autuiifhc&new_title=111.avi&folder=name_folder

(new_title and folder parameters is optional)

Check Files DMCA

Get All Files Deleted per DMCA

Request

http://youwatch.org/api?key=APIKEY&op=files_dmca&date=YYYY-MM-DD&order=up

Parameters

Name	Description	Example	Required
key	API-Key	Fa89_X13	yes
date	Set date you prefer	YYYY-MM-DD	no
order	Set order to return, default is down	up or down	no

Response

200
Content-Type: application/json

[
    {
        file_code: '1a1a1a1a1a1a',
        dmca_created: 'YYYY-MM-DD',
        dmca_expire: 'YYYY-MM-DD'
    },
    {
        file_code: '1b1b1b1b1b1b',
        dmca_created: 'YYYY-MM-DD',
        dmca_expire: 'YYYY-MM-DD'
    }
]