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InPlayer equips you to run a detailed subscription business model, to build and grow your consumer base, and drive significant revenues. Our paywall supports recurring payments and billing cycles, consumer acquisition, subscriber lifecycle management, and provides you with consumer retention CRM tools.
Once you create an InPlayer Merchant Account, you are entitled to using our InPlayer dashboard for publishing, managing, and selling your premium content. Moreover, you can always integrate with our APIs for a full custom integration..
The InPlayer API follows the REST architectural style and uses standard HTTP response codes to indicate success requests (2xx) or API errors (4xx, 5xx). Each of the InPlayer Core Resources (Accounts & Authentication, Asset & Access, Payments & Subscriptions, Vouchers & Promotions, Branding, Restrictions & Rules, Reporting, Analytics, and Features) has their own URL and each of the operations involved (POST
, PUT
, PATCH
, GET
, and DELETE
) carries a specific meaning like creating, updating, fetching, deleting data, and much more.
All API requests should contain Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded header. The responses are always returned in JSON object(s), both for the successful requests and the failed attempts (errors).
The following section defines the domain language used across our platform. Proceed reading to introduce yourself to the terms employed for each of our Core Resources before you start working on your custom integration.
Accounts and Account Types
Term | Explanation |
---|---|
merchant | The Merchants are those who have ownership of the premium content. |
consumer | The Consumers are those who can view or buy the premium content. |
customer | The Customers are those who have made at least one purchase. |
uuid | Stands for the Unique Identifier of the Merchant. You can find it on the InPlayer's dashboard at the Account Details section as Account ID. |
Items/Assets and Item Types
Term | Explanation |
---|---|
items | The digital Assets that Merchants can protect and sell. Asset is an Item with applied pricing and access options. |
item_type | The type of the digital content that can be created in the InPlayer platform. According to the type of the premium content, we distinguish between a few item types. Currently, we support HTML/Text (where you can store HTML code or any IFRAME code), video, file, and RSS type of asset. |
content | The content of the Item is the premium content that you can store and protect. Once the Customer has access to the Item, they can view the content. |
metadata | An unlimited key-value store containing additional info of the Item concerned. |
Access Types
Term | Explanation |
---|---|
access_type | The supported types of granting access in the system (pay-per-view and subscription). |
period | The period of the access entitlement that consumers get after purchasing the asset. |
Access Fees
Term | Explanation |
---|---|
access_fee | The applied access_type and price to an Item. |
Items Packages
Term | Explanation |
---|---|
package | The Packages are a collection of multiple Items (a group of Items). You can set up a Package Access Fee as an additional pricing option for Items that are part of a given Package. Once the Customer buys the Package Access Fee, they will have access to every Item that belongs to that Package. |
To make the API as explorable as possible, we have two different environments for production related and testing purposes. There is no switch for changing between modes, so just refer to the URL you need.
InPlayer uses conventional HTTP response codes to indicate the success or failure of an API request. In general, codes in the 2xx range indicate success, codes in the 4xx range indicate an error that failed given the information provided (e.g. a required parameter was omitted, a charge failed, etc.), and codes in the 5xx range indicate an error with InPlayer's servers.
Not all errors map cleanly onto HTTP response codes, however. For instance, when a request is valid but does not complete successfully (e.g. if asset access is not found), we return a 402 error code.
List of status codes
Status code | Explanation |
---|---|
200 | OK Everything worked as expected. |
201 | Created The resource has been created. |
202 | Accepted The request has been accepted for processing but the processing has not been completed. |
204 | No Content The server has fulfilled the request but does not need to return an entity-body. |
400 | Bad Request The request was unacceptable often due to omission of a required parameter. |
401 | Unauthorized No valid access token provided. |
402 | Request Failed The parameters were valid but the request failed. |
404 | Not Found The requested resource does not exist. |
409 | Conflict The request conflicts with another request. |
429 | Too Many Requests Too many requests have been sent to the API in a short amount of time. We recommend using exponential backoff for your requests. |
500, 502, 503, 504 | Server Errors Something went wrong on InPlayer's end. |
id required | integer Unique voucher ID |
code | string The voucher's content |
name | string The name of the voucher |
discount | integer <int64> Discount amount |
rebill_discount | integer <int64> Discount rebill amoun |
usage_limit | integer <int64> Usage limit |
discount_duration | integer <int64> Discount duration |
discount_period | string Enum: "once" "repeating" "forever" Discount period type |
start_date | string Voucher start date |
end_date | string Voucher end date |
curl -X PATCH https://services.inplayer.com/v2/vouchers/{id} \ -H "Authorization:Bearer <token>" \ -d name="Foo bar" \ -d discount=50
{- "id": 14,
- "name": "50% discount",
- "discount": 50,
- "rebill_discount": 50,
- "start_date": "2018-08-23T00:00:00.000Z",
- "end_date": "2018-09-30T00:00:00.000Z",
- "code": "F00B4R!@",
- "usage_limit": 10,
- "usage_counter": 10,
- "discount_period": "once",
- "discount_duration": 5
}
page | integer >= 1 Page number of the results |
size | integer >= 1 Number of results in a page |
curl https://services.inplayer.com/vouchers/gifts?page=1&limit=15 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
{- "total": 25,
- "page": 30,
- "size": 25,
- "collection": [
- {
- "gift_voucher": {
- "id": 14,
- "code": "F00B4R!@",
- "item_title": "The Gift Asset",
- "item_id": 21,
- "buyer_email": "buyer_email@inpalyer.com",
- "receiver_email": "receiver_email@inpalyer.com",
- "is_used": true,
- "access_fee_id": 17,
- "access_fee_description": "The description of the purchased access fee",
- "amount": 5,
- "currency": "USD"
}
}
]
}
id required | integer Unique gift voucher ID |
curl https://services.inplayer.com/v2/vouchers/gifts/{id} \ -H "Authorization:Bearer <token>"
{- "id": 14,
- "code": "F00B4R!@",
- "item_title": "The Gift Asset",
- "item_id": 21,
- "buyer_email": "buyer_email@inpalyer.com",
- "receiver_email": "receiver_email@inpalyer.com",
- "is_used": true,
- "access_fee_id": 17,
- "access_fee_description": "The description of the purchased access fee",
- "amount": 5,
- "currency": "USD"
}
name required | string Voucher name |
discount required | integer [ 1 .. 100 ] Discount amount in percentage |
start_date required | string <date-time> Voucher is valid from this date forward |
end_date | string <date-time> Voucher validation ends on this date |
code | string >= 5 Code provided by the merchant instead of generating it automatically |
length | integer >= 1 Code length |
prefix | string Code prefix |
suffix | string Code suffix |
usage_limit | integer Limit the number of times for voucher usage |
discount_period | string Enum: "once" "repeating" "forever" In case this voucher is used for a subscription, you can use a discount period for the recurrent payments |
discount_duration | integer In case the discount_period is |
Array of objects Rules collection |
curl -X POST https://services.inplayer.com/vouchers \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \ -d name='Voucher title' \ -d length=7 \ -d perfix=AB17 \ -d perfix=BA17 \ -d discount=30 \ -d start_date=2017-01-10 \ -d end_date=2017-03-12 \ -d usage_limit=50
{- "id": 14,
- "name": "50% discount",
- "discount": 50,
- "start_date": "2018-08-23T00:00:00.000Z",
- "end_date": "2018-09-30T00:00:00.000Z",
- "code": "F00B4R!@",
- "length": 10,
- "prefix": "foo-",
- "suffix": "-bar",
- "usage_limit": 10,
- "discount_period": "once",
- "discount_duration": 5,
- "rules": [
- {
- "access_fees": {
- "id": 44,
- "merchant_id": 21,
- "amount": 5,
- "currency": "USD",
- "description": "5.00$ for 1 hour access",
- "item_id": 44,
- "item_type": "brightcove_asset",
- "access_type": {
- "id": 44,
- "name": "ppv",
- "quantity": 2,
- "period": "hour"
}
}, - "assets": {
- "id": 33,
- "merchant_id": 21,
- "merchant_uuid": "e5ac2013-8d10-42ba-abb5-291c5201cea8",
- "is_active": true,
- "title": "Foo bar",
- "content": "content data",
- "template_id": 1,
- "item_type": {
- "id": 44,
- "name": "brightcove_asset",
- "content_type": "ovp",
- "host": "inplayer",
- "description": "OVP asset"
}, - "metadata": [
- {
- "id": 220211,
- "name": "paywall_cover_photo",
}
]
}
}
]
}
search | Array of strings Example: search=id:123&search=name:Foo Search parameters |
page | integer >= 1 Page |
curl https://services.inplayer.com/vouchers?page=1&limit=15 \ -H 'Authorization:Bearer <token>'
{- "collection": [
- {
- "id": 14,
- "name": "50% discount",
- "discount": 50,
- "start_date": "2018-08-23T00:00:00.000Z",
- "end_date": "2018-09-30T00:00:00.000Z",
- "code": "F00B4R!@",
- "length": 10,
- "prefix": "foo-",
- "suffix": "-bar",
- "usage_limit": 10,
- "discount_period": "once",
- "discount_duration": 5,
- "rules": [
- {
- "access_fees": {
- "id": 44,
- "merchant_id": 21,
- "amount": 5,
- "currency": "USD",
- "description": "5.00$ for 1 hour access",
- "item_id": 44,
- "item_type": "brightcove_asset",
- "access_type": {
- "id": 44,
- "name": "ppv",
- "quantity": 2,
- "period": "hour"
}
}, - "assets": {
- "id": 33,
- "merchant_id": 21,
- "merchant_uuid": "e5ac2013-8d10-42ba-abb5-291c5201cea8",
- "is_active": true,
- "title": "Foo bar",
- "content": "content data",
- "template_id": 1,
- "item_type": {
- "id": 44,
- "name": "brightcove_asset",
- "content_type": "ovp",
- "host": "inplayer",
- "description": "OVP asset"
}, - "metadata": [
- {
- "id": 220211,
- "name": "paywall_cover_photo",
}
]
}
}
]
}
], - "total": 100,
- "page": 2,
- "offset": 15,
- "limit": 15
}
curl https://services.inplayer.com/vouchers/{id} \ -H 'Authorization:Bearer <token>'
{- "id": 14,
- "name": "50% discount",
- "discount": 50,
- "start_date": "2018-08-23T00:00:00.000Z",
- "end_date": "2018-09-30T00:00:00.000Z",
- "code": "F00B4R!@",
- "length": 10,
- "prefix": "foo-",
- "suffix": "-bar",
- "usage_limit": 10,
- "discount_period": "once",
- "discount_duration": 5,
- "rules": [
- {
- "access_fees": {
- "id": 44,
- "merchant_id": 21,
- "amount": 5,
- "currency": "USD",
- "description": "5.00$ for 1 hour access",
- "item_id": 44,
- "item_type": "brightcove_asset",
- "access_type": {
- "id": 44,
- "name": "ppv",
- "quantity": 2,
- "period": "hour"
}
}, - "assets": {
- "id": 33,
- "merchant_id": 21,
- "merchant_uuid": "e5ac2013-8d10-42ba-abb5-291c5201cea8",
- "is_active": true,
- "title": "Foo bar",
- "content": "content data",
- "template_id": 1,
- "item_type": {
- "id": 44,
- "name": "brightcove_asset",
- "content_type": "ovp",
- "host": "inplayer",
- "description": "OVP asset"
}, - "metadata": [
- {
- "id": 220211,
- "name": "paywall_cover_photo",
}
]
}
}
]
}
id required | integer Voucher id |
name required | string Voucher name |
discount required | integer [ 1 .. 100 ] Discount amount in percentage |
start_date required | string <date-time> Voucher is valid from this date forward |
end_date | string <date-time> Voucher validation ends on this date |
code | string >= 5 Code provided by the merchant instead of generating it automatically |
length | integer >= 1 Code length |
prefix | string Code prefix |
suffix | string Code suffix |
usage_limit | integer Limit the number of times for voucher usage |
discount_period | string Enum: "once" "repeating" "forever" In case this voucher is used for a subscription, you can use a discount period for the recurrent payments |
discount_duration | integer In case the discount_period is |
Array of objects Rules collection |
curl -X PUT https://services.inplayer.com/vouchers/{id} \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \ -d name='Voucher title' \ -d discount=50 \ -d start_date=2017-01-10 \ -d end_date=2017-05-10 \ -d usage_limit=100
{- "id": 14,
- "name": "50% discount",
- "discount": 50,
- "start_date": "2018-08-23T00:00:00.000Z",
- "end_date": "2018-09-30T00:00:00.000Z",
- "code": "F00B4R!@",
- "length": 10,
- "prefix": "foo-",
- "suffix": "-bar",
- "usage_limit": 10,
- "discount_period": "once",
- "discount_duration": 5,
- "rules": [
- {
- "access_fees": {
- "id": 44,
- "merchant_id": 21,
- "amount": 5,
- "currency": "USD",
- "description": "5.00$ for 1 hour access",
- "item_id": 44,
- "item_type": "brightcove_asset",
- "access_type": {
- "id": 44,
- "name": "ppv",
- "quantity": 2,
- "period": "hour"
}
}, - "assets": {
- "id": 33,
- "merchant_id": 21,
- "merchant_uuid": "e5ac2013-8d10-42ba-abb5-291c5201cea8",
- "is_active": true,
- "title": "Foo bar",
- "content": "content data",
- "template_id": 1,
- "item_type": {
- "id": 44,
- "name": "brightcove_asset",
- "content_type": "ovp",
- "host": "inplayer",
- "description": "OVP asset"
}, - "metadata": [
- {
- "id": 220211,
- "name": "paywall_cover_photo",
}
]
}
}
]
}
curl -X DELETE https://services.inplayer.com/vouchers/{id} \ -H 'Authorization:Bearer <token>'
{- "code": 401,
- "message": "Invalid auth token"
}
Creates a new voucher with the corresponding rule type
id required | integer Voucher id |
rule_type required | string Enum: "assets" "packages" "emails" Voucher's rule type can be one of the provided examples |
value required | integer Value of usable vouchers |
curl -X POST https://services.inplayer.com/vouchers/{id}/{rule_type} \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \ -H 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \ -d value=160
{- "id": 123,
- "message": "Voucher rule was successfully added.",
- "code": 200
}
voucher_code required | string Voucher code |
access_fee_id | integer Access fee id |
item_id | integer Item id |
curl -X POST https://services.inplayer.com/vouchers/discount \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer Access-Token' \ -d voucher_code=FOOrGmv60pT \ -d access_fee_id=134 \ -d item_id=1
{- "amount": 20
}