This guide will walk you through the steps to start a BlendVision One streaming playback using the web player SDK.
Before We Start
Before proceeding, ensure that you have prepared your BlendVision One streaming content. You can prepare your content in two ways:
- Using BlendVision One Console
- Using BlendVision One API
Step 1: Obtain a Playback Token
- Obtain a valid API token by following the authentication steps
- Retrieve the resource_id and resource_type of the streaming content you would like to playback. There are two ways to obtain this information:
- Retrieve using the API
- VOD: /bv/cms/v1/vods
- Livestream: /bv/cms/v1/lives
- Copy from your BlendVision One console
- Retrieve using the API
- Obtain the resource token using the API: /bv/cms/v1/resources/tokens, with the resource_id and resource_type as body parameters.
- You can also include customer_id in the body parameters if you want to track user playback with your own defined user ID
- Obtain the playback token using the API: /bv/playback/v1/tokens, with the resource token as a body parameter.
const resourceId = ''
const resourceType = ''
// response {token: '...'}
const {token: resourceToken} = await fetch(
`https://api.one.blendvision.com/bv/cms/v1/resources/tokens`,
{
method: 'POST',
body: JSON.stringify({
resource_id: resourceId,
resource_type: resourceType,
}),
headers: {
Authorization: 'Bearer ${CMS token}' // TODO API key or generate special tokens?
}
}
).then(res => res.json())
const {token: playbackToken} = await fetch(
`https://api.one.blendvision.com/bv/playback/v1/tokens`,
{
method: 'POST',
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${resourceToken}`,
},
}
).then(res => res.json())
Step 2: Start a Playback Session
- Start a playback session by making a POST request to bv/playback/v1/sessions/<device-id>:start
- Return: drm_server_endpoint
- Obtain stream information from bv/playback/v1/sessions/<device-id>
- Return: protocol, manifest url, resolutions, thumbnail_seeking_url
const headers = {
Authorization: playbackToken,
}
const deviceId = uuidv4();
const sessionInfo = await fetch(
`https://api.one.blendvision.com/bv/playback/v1/sessions/${deviceId}:start`,
{method: 'POST', headers}
).then(res => res.json())
const streamInfo = await fetch(
`https://api.one.blendvision.com/bv/playback/v1/sessions/${deviceId}`,
{headers}
).then(res => res.json())
Step 3: Initialize the Player
- Obtain a valid player license key from your BlendVision One console
- To play the streaming content, create a player instance with the license key and stream information in the initialization configuration:
import {createPlayer} from '@blendvision/player'
const protocols = {
PROTOCOL_DASH: 'application/dash+xml',
PROTOCOL_HLS: 'application/x-mpegurl',
}
const player = createPlayer('playerId', {
license, // license is not required when testing in local development environment
source: streamInfo.sources[0].manifests.map(manifest => ({
type: protocols[manifest.protocol],
src: manifest.url,
})),
})
Step 4: Manage the Lifecycle of a Playback Session
- To keep the playback session alive, periodically invoke the heartbeat API every 10 seconds
- When the user leaves the player, release the session using the end playback session API
setInterval(async () => {
const heartbeatResult = await fetch(
`https://api.one.blendvision.com/bv/playback/v1/sessions/${deviceId}:heartbeat`,
{headers}
)
if (!heartbeatResult.ok) {
player.release()
}
}, 10000)
const endPlayback = () =>
fetch(
`https://api.one.blendvision.com/bv/playback/v1/sessions/${deviceId}:end`,
{headers}
)
What's More
- To control the playback, refer to the API Reference documentation.
- To track the playback, refer to the Playback Event documentation.
- To ensure a smooth playback experience, check the compatible operating systems and browsers.