Manual Recording

[jcole998]

I am trying to schedule a V5 manual recording using the API with the following command:

http://localhost:8867/services/service?m...8ab77b7bce
&name=Alien Superstar with Henry Winkler - Lin Oliver&channel=914&time_t=1595800800&duration=3600&pre_padding=0&post_padding=0

No luck. The tail-end of the attached nrecord.log near 2020-07-25 14:49:47.043 shows:

<rsp stat="fail">
  <err code="11" msg="Object reference not set to an instance of an object." />
</rsp>

Is there a problem with this API call?

[mvallevand]

I don't understand why you continue to NOT use the developer forum plus I almost didn't reply because this is related to the YouTube extra.

This call is a probably confusing because the channel is the oid and not the channel number. You should be using 8303

Martin

[jcole998]

You're right. This should have been posted to the developer's forum. My apologies.

Thanks for the info.

Oh, and what does the YouTube extra have to do with my request?

[sub]

I suggest opening the web app in your browser viewing the Scheduler page, open the browser developer tools, then use the '+' button to schedule your recording. After this, look at the Network tab of your developer tools. You should see listed the method=recording.save call, along with the parameters it used.

[mvallevand]

Sub the API is just channel= and it is not clear if it is number or oid.

@jcole998 the example with with the YouTube extra, and you are probably trying to create a manual recording of a You Tube channel because there is no guide info. Anyway I was just trying to show how support doesn't often stop with one post.

Martin

[sub]

Sub the API is just channel= and it is not clear if it is number or oid.

For the most part, anything taking a channel parameter in the api is referring to the channel oid. The notable exception is the the http://192.168.1.25:8866/live?channel=123 url, because I wanted an easy way for users to be able to manually create a stream url, without having to know complicated stuff like database oids etc.

[sub]

I don't have the code in front of me, so can't check if it accepted a channel number.

[jcole998]

Thank you, sub. I rarely use F12 and I'm not familiar with its capabilities. I tried your suggestion and easily found the calls.

@Martin...In my attempt to break down my project in smaller bites, I was unaware of your support philosophy. Message received. Thanks for your help.