API Recording Details
This API provides details for a specified recording.
Contents
Resource URL
http://valt.example.com/api/v3/records/{recordingid}
Replace {recordingid} with the actual id number of the recording. Recordings are numbered sequentially when added to VALT.
Resource Information
| Method | GET |
| Response Type | JSON |
| Authentication Required | Yes (access token as a query parameter) |
Authentication is performed with an access token obtained from the API Authentication request.
Request Parameters
Query Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| access_token | string | Token used for authentication. Must be appended to the request URL. |
Response
HTTP Code
| Code | Reason |
|---|---|
| 200 | Request Successful |
| 401 | Unauthorized |
| 404 | Recording ID Not Found |
JSON Body
| data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| id | Recording ID Number | ||
| name | Recording Name | ||
| template | Array of additional information template fields. | ||
| created | Date/Time Recording Was Created (Epoch Time) | ||
| author | Creator or current owner of the video. | ||
| id | User ID for Author | ||
| name | Username for Author | ||
| type | should always be "record" | ||
| duration | Recording Duration | ||
| room | Room in which the video was recorded. | ||
| id | Room ID | ||
| name | Room Name | ||
| cameras | Cameras included in recording. | ||
| {cameraid} | Camera Name | ||
| Sharing | |||
| groups | Array of group IDs the video is shared with in addition to default video permissions. | ||
| users | Array of user IDs the video is shared with in addition to default video permissions. | ||
| retention | Video retention settings. | ||
| type | Retention Type (inherit,infinitely,until,for) | ||
| until | Date videos will be retained until. If another retention type is set, will not return. | ||
| days | Number of days a video will be retained for. If another retention type is set, will not return. | ||
| hours | Number of hours a video will be retained for. If another retention type is set, will not return. | ||
| minutes | Number of minutes a video will be retained for. If another retention type is set, will not return. | ||
| markers | Array of markers. (Will return an empty array if there are no markers in the video.) | ||
| id | Marker ID | ||
| event | Marker Name | ||
| time | Time index in seconds where the marker is located in the video. | ||
| color | Marker Color | ||
| hex color | Hex code for the specified color. | ||
| template | Array of additional marker template fields. | ||
| videos | Array of all videos included in the record (one video for each camera utilized). | ||
| url | URL to pull video stream from Wowza | ||
| id | Camera ID | ||
| name | Camera Name | ||
| data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | Recording ID | |||
| name | Recording Name | |||
| template | Array of additional information template fields. | |||
| created | Date/Time Recording Was Created (Epoch Time) | |||
| author | Creator or current owner of the video. | |||
| id | User ID for Author | |||
| name | Username for Author | |||
| type | Type of object (should always be "record") | |||
| duration | Recording Duration (in seconds) | |||
| room | Room in which the video was recorded | |||
| id | Room ID | |||
| name | Room Name | |||
| cameras | Cameras included in recording | |||
| {cameraid} | Camera Name | |||
| sharing | ||||
| users | Array of user IDs the recording is shared with in addition to default video permissions. | |||
| groups | Array of group IDs the recording is shared with in addition to default video permissions. | |||
| retention | Recording retention settings. | |||
| type | Retention type (inherit, infinitely, until, for) | |||
| until | Retention expiration date (if type is "until") | |||
| days | Retention duration in days (if type is "for") | |||
| hours | Retention duration in hours (if type is "for") | |||
| minutes | Retention duration in minutes (if type is "for") | |||
| comments | Array of user comments associated with the video | |||
| id | Comment ID | |||
| message | Comment message content | |||
| recordTime | Time (in seconds) comment is anchored to | |||
| color | Color associated with comment | |||
| createdAt | Timestamp when comment was created | |||
| updatedAt | Timestamp when comment was last updated | |||
| updatedBy | User ID of who performed last update to this comment | |||
| templateId | Template ID if comment is tied to one | |||
| author | ||||
| id | Author ID | |||
| username | Author's login name | |||
| displayName | Author's display name | |||
| group | Author's group ID and additional group-related data | |||
| videos | Array of camera video entries | |||
| id | Video ID | |||
| name | Camera name | |||
| type | Device Type (camera/stream) | |||
| status | ||||
| type | Video Status Type (ready/created) | |||
| duration | Duration of the video in seconds | |||
| rotation | Rotation setting for video | |||
| hasAudio | Boolean indicating if audio is present | |||
| ordinal | Order index of the camera feed | |||
| sources | Array of stream URLs | |||
Examples
Request
https://ivstest1.ad.ipivs.com/api/v3/records/616?access_token=e82632d19c523678fea3d1016c6df9e9
Successful VALT 5 Response
Sample response is shown with line breaks to make it more readable. Actual responses will not include line breaks.
{
"data":{
"id": 616,
"name": "Test",
"created": 1586358993,
"author":{
"id": 1,
"name": "admin"
},
"type": "record",
"duration": 399,
"room":{
"id": 59,
"name": "Jared Test"
},
"cameras":{
"89": "Jared Test"
},
"sharing":{
"groups":[],
"users":[]
},
"retention":{
"type": "inherit"
},
"markers":[
{
"id": 33,
"event": "API Marker",
"time": -3,
"color": "red",
"hex_color": "#ff0000",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 32,
"event": "API Marker",
"time": 0,
"color": "red",
"hex_color": "#ff0000",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 21,
"event": "Test",
"time": 24,
"color": "red",
"hex_color": "#ff0000",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 35,
"event": "API Marker",
"time": 30,
"color": "red",
"hex_color": "#ff0000",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 36,
"event": "API Marker",
"time": 30,
"color": "red",
"hex_color": "#ff0000",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 37,
"event": "API Marker",
"time": 30,
"color": "red",
"hex_color": "#ff0000",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 38,
"event": "API Marker 1",
"time": 30,
"color": "red",
"hex_color": "#ff0000",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 39,
"event": "API Marker 1",
"time": 30,
"color": "red",
"hex_color": "#ff0000",
"template":[{"Marker Name": "12345678" }]
},
{
"id": 40,
"event": "API Marker 2",
"time": 30,
"color": "red",
"hex_color": "#ff0000",
"template":[{"Marker Name": "12345678" }]
},
{
"id": 22,
"event": "Test 2",
"time": 98,
"color": "white",
"hex_color": "#ffffff",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 31,
"event": "API Marker",
"time": 120,
"color": "red",
"hex_color": "#ff0000",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 23,
"event": "Test 3",
"time": 157,
"color": "grey",
"hex_color": "#bcbcbc",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 24,
"event": "Test 4",
"time": 240,
"color": "yellow",
"hex_color": "#ebeb00",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 25,
"event": "Test 5",
"time": 249,
"color": "pink",
"hex_color": "#ff78f4",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 26,
"event": "Test 6",
"time": 271,
"color": "turquoise",
"hex_color": "#00f2ff",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 27,
"event": "Test 7",
"time": 271,
"color": "neon",
"hex_color": "#3c8aff",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 28,
"event": "Test 8",
"time": 280,
"color": "green",
"hex_color": "#00c400",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 29,
"event": "Test 9",
"time": 280,
"color": "orange",
"hex_color": "#ff9428",
"template":[]
},
{
"id": 30,
"event": "Test",
"time": 301,
"color": "red",
"hex_color": "#ff0000",
"template":[{"Marker Name": "Test" }, {"Notes": "Test" }]
},
{
"id": 34,
"event": "API Marker",
"time": 123123124,
"color": "red",
"hex_color": "#ff0000",
"template":[]
}
],
"videos":[
{
"url": "https://ivstest1.ad.ipivs.com:444/vod/_definst_/mp4:valt_recordings/video/616/1_616_89.mp4/playlist.m3u8",
"id": 89,
"name": "Jared Test"
}
]
}
}
Successful VALT 6 Response
{
"data": {
"id": "effebbc1-9b6c-4f15-a758-5de0da0c9c7f",
"name": "test",
"type": "record",
"created": 1747336910,
"author": {
"id": 1,
"name": "admin"
},
"sharing": {
"users": [
],
"groups": [
]
},
"template": [
],
"duration": 2,
"room": {
"id": 3,
"name": "Talkback Room 1"
},
"cameras": {
"4": "Talkback Camera 1",
"6": "TW3364.ad.ipivs.com",
"8": "TW5526.ad.ipivs.com",
"9": "Q9307"
},
"retention": {
"type": "inherit"
},
"comments": [
{
"taggedUserGroups": [
],
"taggedUsers": [
],
"commentFile": null,
"audio": null,
"parentId": null,
"children": null,
"id": 12,
"message": "asdsa",
"name": null,
"author": {
"group": {
"id": 1,
"name": "Administrators",
"rooms": [
{
"id": 1,
"name": "ivssvdev1 Room",
"isOnline": true,
"recording": null,
"hasRecording": false,
"type": "room",
"preparedRecord": null,
"deviceIds": [
1,
6
],
"motionDetection": null,
"isLocked": false,
"hasPreparedRecord": false,
"hasPausedRecording": false,
"priority": 2
},
{
"id": 3,
"name": "Talkback Room 1",
"isOnline": true,
"recording": null,
"hasRecording": false,
"type": "room",
"preparedRecord": null,
"deviceIds": [
4,
6,
8,
9
],
"motionDetection": null,
"isLocked": false,
"hasPreparedRecord": false,
"hasPausedRecording": false,
"priority": 1
},
{
"id": 4,
"name": "Just a room",
"isOnline": false,
"recording": null,
"hasRecording": false,
"type": "room",
"preparedRecord": null,
"deviceIds": [
1
],
"motionDetection": {
"enabled": false
},
"isLocked": false,
"hasPreparedRecord": false,
"hasPausedRecording": false,
"priority": 4
}
],
"evaluationTemplates": [
],
"informationTemplates": [
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Default information template",
"commentColor": "grey",
"fields": [
],
"type": "info",
"isHidden": false,
"duration": null,
"isUsed": true
},
{
"id": 2,
"name": "SV's Info Template",
"commentColor": "orange",
"fields": [
{
"id": 1,
"type": "note",
"title": "Note Field",
"required": false,
"defaultValue": "",
"maxLength": 1024
}
],
"type": "info",
"isHidden": false,
"duration": null,
"isUsed": true
}
],
"isDeleted": false,
"container": {
"id": 1,
"name": "Global",
"children": [
{
"id": 2,
"name": "Subcontainer 1",
"children": [
]
}
]
}
},
"showingName": "admin",
"groupIds": [
1
],
"isDeleted": false,
"id": 1,
"username": "admin",
"displayName": null,
"avatarFilename": null
},
"updatedBy": null,
"createdAt": "2025-05-15T14:21:58-05:00",
"updatedAt": "2025-05-15T14:21:58-05:00",
"recordTime": 1,
"recordId": "effebbc1-9b6c-4f15-a758-5de0da0c9c7f",
"templateId": null,
"color": "orange",
"templateData": null,
"templatePreview": null,
"type": "comment"
}
],
"videos": [
{
"id": "addb9ad4-0db9-4d09-a969-7e6bc0f610e5",
"name": "Talkback Camera 1",
"type": "camera",
"status": {
"type": "ready"
},
"duration": 2,
"rotation": 0,
"hasAudio": true,
"ordinal": 0,
"sources": [
"https://ivssvdev1.ad.ipivs.com:444/vod/_definst_/mp4:records/video/effebbc1-9b6c-4f15-a758-5de0da0c9c7f/1_effebbc1-9b6c-4f15-a758-5de0da0c9c7f_4.mp4/playlist.m3u8?oYlDJcJYqUlgyn3JcjQDvlxwnRNlJB8m2pcrT6uRhash=IqR2tEQCcBdL5KhxJFuG1jyOctJpw6ilW77LY73N4JY="
]
},
{
"id": "b70fb3cd-6a6d-4400-a1c3-4ccd828024b9",
"name": "TW3364.ad.ipivs.com",
"type": "camera",
"status": {
"type": "ready"
},
"duration": 2,
"rotation": 0,
"hasAudio": true,
"ordinal": 1,
"sources": [
"https://ivssvdev1.ad.ipivs.com:444/vod/_definst_/mp4:records/video/effebbc1-9b6c-4f15-a758-5de0da0c9c7f/2_effebbc1-9b6c-4f15-a758-5de0da0c9c7f_6.mp4/playlist.m3u8?oYlDJcJYqUlgyn3JcjQDvlxwnRNlJB8m2pcrT6uRhash=wQYpUXwgI9hniSMOHGY157b0Buy9c4iZP3loeXQcVqs="
]
},
{
"id": "fef001cd-be5f-472b-bbf9-70815fd49685",
"name": "TW5526.ad.ipivs.com",
"type": "camera",
"status": {
"type": "ready"
},
"duration": 2,
"rotation": 0,
"hasAudio": true,
"ordinal": 2,
"sources": [
"https://ivssvdev1.ad.ipivs.com:444/vod/_definst_/mp4:records/video/effebbc1-9b6c-4f15-a758-5de0da0c9c7f/3_effebbc1-9b6c-4f15-a758-5de0da0c9c7f_8.mp4/playlist.m3u8?oYlDJcJYqUlgyn3JcjQDvlxwnRNlJB8m2pcrT6uRhash=UNU5lvEiXCPF2rHltS_9MKyGyeo9p0Bghy1v50lDi-o="
]
},
{
"id": "cc9204e7-de2e-4a27-95dd-6cb0d57f5110",
"name": "Q9307",
"type": "camera",
"status": {
"type": "ready"
},
"duration": 2,
"rotation": 0,
"hasAudio": true,
"ordinal": 3,
"sources": [
"https://ivssvdev1.ad.ipivs.com:444/vod/_definst_/mp4:records/video/effebbc1-9b6c-4f15-a758-5de0da0c9c7f/4_effebbc1-9b6c-4f15-a758-5de0da0c9c7f_9.mp4/playlist.m3u8?oYlDJcJYqUlgyn3JcjQDvlxwnRNlJB8m2pcrT6uRhash=JqVVmRpXeZY-UYBQGxT8XBRII13RP26lX_Y-EjV_86M="
]
}
]
}
}
Failure Response
{"error":{"code":401,"message":"No API key provided"}}