mediaserver-api-client 6.7

A python3 reference implementation of an UbiCast MediaServer (Nudgis) API client.

MediaServer API client

A python3 reference implementation of an UbiCast MediaServer API client.

DEPRECATION WARNING:

MediaServer has been renamed to Nudgis and a new repository has been created for the API client.

This version of the client not maintained since January 2026.

Requirements

• git
• python >= 3.11 (download the latest stable release from https://www.python.org/downloads/)

Optional:

• python3-venv

Note: If you are using Python3.9, use the branch of the same name.

Installation

Linux & OSX

For development, the package can be installed in editable mode to allow changes on it :

git clone https://github.com/UbiCastTeam/mediaserver-client.git
cd mediaserver-client/
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # remember to run this every time you enter the folder and need to restore the environment
python3 -m pip install --editable .

If you want to install it system-wide as dependency, the releases are available on pypi:

pip install mediaserver-api-client

Windows

• Open cmd.exe and check python is available with py --version which should display the Python version

>py --version
Python 3.11.1

• From this project root path, run:

> py -m venv .venv
> ".venv/Scripts/activate.bat"
> pip install .

• Check it works with:

>py -m examples.ping_server
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "C:\Users\User\src\mediaserver-client\examples\ping_server.py", line 17, in <module>
    print(msc.api('/'))
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\User\src\mediaserver-client\ms_client\client.py", line 221, in api
    result = self.request(*args, **kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\User\src\mediaserver-client\ms_client\client.py", line 98, in request
    self.check_conf()
  File "C:\Users\User\src\mediaserver-client\ms_client\client.py", line 71, in check_conf
    configuration_lib.check_conf(self.conf)
  File "C:\Users\User\src\mediaserver-client\ms_client\lib\configuration.py", line 87, in check_conf
    raise ConfigurationError('The value of "SERVER_URL" is not set. Please configure it.')
ms_client.lib.configuration.ConfigurationError: The value of "SERVER_URL" is not set. Please configure it.

Despite the error above, it shows that the installation is complete.

Configuration

Copy the provided config.json.example file into e.g. myconfig.json, edit it with a text editor and fill the URL and API KEY.

• Check it works with:

Linux:

$ python3 ./examples/ping.py myconfig.json
{'success': True, 'mediaserver': '13.1.1'}

Windows:

$ py ./examples/ping.py myconfig.json
{'success': True, 'mediaserver': '13.1.1'}

Client class instantiation

The client class (ms_client.client.MediaServerClient) takes two arguments:

• local_conf: This argument can be either a dict, a path (str object) or a unix user (unix:msuser for example) -- only aplicable from running scripts from within the server running mediaserver (Nudgis). The default value is None, which means no configuration.
• setup_logging: This argument must be a boolean. If set to True, the logging to console will be configured. The default value is True.

Configuration

You can see available parameters in the default configuration file : Default configuration

The local configuration must be a json file.

Examples

Start/Stop a live

from ms_client.client import MediaServerClient
msc = MediaServerClient(local_conf='your-conf.json')

response = msc.api('/lives/prepare', method='post')
if response['success']:
    oid = response['oid']
    rtmp_uri = response['publish_uri']

    print(oid, rtmp_uri)

    print(msc.api('/lives/start', method='post', data={'oid': oid}))

    print(msc.api('/lives/stop', method='post', data={'oid': oid}))

Remove all users function

from ms_client.client import MediaServerClient
msc = MediaServerClient(local_conf='your-conf.json')


def remove_all_users():
    print('Remove all users')
    users = msc.api('/users')['users']

    for user in users:
        msc.api('/users/delete', method='get', params={'id': user['id']})

Add media with a video, make it published at once

from ms_client.client import MediaServerClient
msc = MediaServerClient(local_conf='your-conf.json')

print(msc.add_media('Test multichunk upload mp4', file_path='test.mp4', validated='yes', speaker_email='[e-mail]'))

Create user personal channel and upload into it

from ms_client.client import MediaServerClient
msc = MediaServerClient(local_conf='your-conf.json')

personal_channel_oid = msc.api('/channels/personal/', method='get', params={'email': '[e-mail]'}).get('oid')

respone_like = {
    'slug': 'testtestcom_05881',
    'oid': 'c125855df7d36iudslp3',
    'dbid': 113,
    'title': '[e-mail]',
    'success': True
}
if personal_channel_oid:
    print('Uploading to personal channel %s' % personal_channel_oid)

    print(msc.add_media('Test multichunk upload mp4', file_path='test.mp4', validated='yes', speaker_email='[e-mail]', channel=personal_channel_oid))

Add media with a zip

from ms_client.client import MediaServerClient
msc = MediaServerClient(local_conf='your-conf.json')

print(msc.add_media('Test multichunk upload zip', file_path='/tmp/test.zip'))
print(msc.add_media(file_path='test.mp4'))

Add a user

from ms_client.client import MediaServerClient
msc = MediaServerClient(local_conf='your-conf.json')

print(msc.api('users/add/', method='post', data={'email': '[e-mail]'}))

Add users with csv file; example file (header should be included):

users.csv :

Firstname;Lastname;Email;Company
Albert;Einstein;[e-mail];Humanity

from ms_client.client import MediaServerClient
msc = MediaServerClient(local_conf='your-conf.json')

msc.import_users_csv('users.csv')

Add an annotation

from ms_client.client import MediaServerClient
msc = MediaServerClient(local_conf='your-conf.json')

print(msc.api('annotations/post', params={'oid': 'v125849d470d7v92kvtc', 'time': 1000}))

Get Chapters

from ms_client.client import MediaServerClient
msc = MediaServerClient(local_conf='your-conf.json')

print(msc.api('annotations/chapters/list', params={'oid': 'v125849d470d7v92kvtc'}))

Get annotations types list and print chapters id

from ms_client.client import MediaServerClient
msc = MediaServerClient(local_conf='your-conf.json')

response = msc.api('annotations/types/list', params={'oid': 'v125849d470d7v92kvtc'})
for a in response['types']:
    if a['slug'] == 'chapter':
        print(a['id'])