New APIs and a New Home for Developers

Dec 13 2012

The Internet can be a big, scary, scattered place. It can bring us together, but it can also make us feel more alone. There's nothing worse than working on a problem in isolation, and there's nothing better than subsequently realizing that others are dealing with exactly what you're dealing with. That's why we've added a new home base for developers on the Wistia website.

We've always had powerful APIs, but we thought it was time to give them, and the people who work with them, a space of their own, neatly together in one place. Wistia is meant to be easy to use for everyone, but we're also developer-heavy, and we wanted to make sure that was evident to everyone.

Here's a list of the APIs that are available (* = new addition!):

  • Player API
  • Upload API*
  • Data API
  • Playlist API
  • Stats API*
  • Embed API

In the developer center, you can find documentation for the Wistia APIs as well as a Developer Forum where you can talk about and work on problems together. If you don't have a team of developers at your disposal, you probably can't use this right away, but we want to build a community of people who are building and sharing -- both ourselves and others in the community -- so that more and more awesome  ways to use Wistia are available to all.

Wondering how to pull off the good/great tricks in the video above? Look no further, we've got the code for you right here in the Demo Bin.

Try out the new APIs and other powerful Wistia tools.

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Alyce (123 Posts)

Content Strategist


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  • http://www.HireYourVirtualAssistant.com Owen McGab Enaohwo

    Here is a great idea. Yall create an integration with Office Autopilot so that I can send emails to them based on how they watch my videos.

  • http://twitter.com/briankuyath Brian Kuyath

    I <3 You. Uploader API FTW. Now give me dynamic playlists and I will learn how to do a black flip for you.

  • Ezra Fishman

    Love the CTA at the end of the video… nice work Alyce!

  • http://jeffvincent.posterous.com/ Jeff Vincent

    the Schnweep!

  • http://twitter.com/briankuyath Brian Kuyath

    Wait a lick… I believe your “Custom Pre Roll” demo is doing exactly what I mean by a dynamic playlist. Must dig deeper…

  • crlvideo

    It’s…beautiful!

  • http://twitter.com/MaxSchnur Max Schnur

    Schnur + (s)weeping

  • Alyce

    You guys are gonna make me cry!

  • Eric

    another well done video… but for all the cool stuff, the woman sitting at the computer truly amazed me. please congratulate her for not laughing uncontrollably like I was :)

  • http://brendanschwartz.com/ Brendan Schwartz

    Congratulations @notalyce:disqus! Yeah, that was incredibly impressive: http://instagram.com/p/S5z3G5RKh2/

  • http://brendanschwartz.com/ Brendan Schwartz

    OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG that CTA made my day!

  • mattq

    Good Idea, NO, A GREAT IDEA: Let us compress our own video locally and then upload into your sys…seems basic, but no…

  • http://twitter.com/ruedlinger Ben Ruedlinger

    Thanks for the thought…however it’s a bit more complicated than it sounds.

    In order to provide the smooth playback, seekability (is that actually a word?), and cross device compatibility, we often encode 5+ versions of your video in various formats, resolutions, and bitrates.

    That being said, we are happy to work with you to adjust the settings for your account for a custom encode. If you email us at support@wistia.com and let us know how you are optimizing your videos, we should be able to get something in place for you in terms of custom encode settings.

  • jack

    Office Auto Pilot is overpriced vaporware garbage.

  • Paul Buckingham

    I have a problem with Wistia :( My wife thinks I am working but I always laugh when I am watching the videos so I’m wondering if you could make them a bit boring so I’m not disturbed while watching them and working? – er learning; er being entertained…

  • http://www.HireYourVirtualAssistant.com Owen McGab Enaohwo

    Why do you say that? Have you used it in the past? What did you like or not like about it and what else do you recommend and why for marketing automation?

  • http://savagethoughts.com Chris Savage

    That is a serious problem. We’ll have try to make our next video super boring. :)

  • http://brendanschwartz.com/ Brendan Schwartz

    Haha, no promises!

  • Lala King

    good ~think you