Api

If you are evaluating API, this guide covers what it is, how it works in production, and how to deliver it reliably as part of a modern streaming service.

API, explained

API lets engineering teams integrate streaming into their own products and workflows. In streaming terms, developer tooling sits at the center of how audiences discover, watch and pay for your content.

The business impact

• Token-based auth and staging environments
• Player SDKs for web, iOS, Android and TV with DRM hooks
• REST APIs for content, users, entitlements and reporting
• Webhooks for uploads, payments and lifecycle events

How it works

REST APIs manage content, users and entitlements; webhooks push events such as new uploads or payments to your systems; and player SDKs embed premium playback with DRM and analytics into web, mobile and TV apps.

How LinqTV helps

LinqTV transcodes your sources into adaptive H.264, HEVC and AV1 ladders and packages HLS and DASH automatically, with per-title encoding to control cost.

Running these capabilities on one platform lowers total cost of ownership and removes the integration debt of stitching separate vendors together.

Frequently asked questions

How do I keep my systems in sync?

Webhooks notify your backend of events such as new content or completed payments in real time, avoiding fragile polling.

Can we keep our existing tools?

APIs, webhooks and prebuilt connectors integrate with common CMS, CRM and payment systems, so you extend your stack instead of replacing it.

How quickly can we launch?

Most teams pilot in a matter of weeks by importing a representative content set, configuring a monetization model, and testing playback on their top devices, then expand from there.

Next steps

Ready to put developer tooling to work? Explore LinqTV One for an end-to-end streaming platform, or talk to our team for a tailored walkthrough of how API fits your roadmap. The links below are a good place to start.