Rivendell Web Interface API
Fred
Gleason
fredg@paravelsystems.com
Data Types
Data Types
TYPE
DESCRIPTION
DateTime
xs:dateTime format string:
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ|+HH:MM|-HH:MM
If no timezone information is specified, all values will be
assumed to be in the local timezone of the processing system.
Date
xs:date format string:
YYYY-MM-DDZ|+HH:MM|-HH:MM
If no timezone information is specified, all values will be
assumed to be in the local timezone of the processing system.
Time
xs:time format string:
HH:MM:SSZ|+HH:MM|-HH:MM
If no timezone information is specified, all values will be
assumed to be in the local timezone of the processing system.
String
Text data, encoded
Result Reporting
Commands that return an error or do not return specialized data types
(e.g. audio data for the Export command) will return an XML document
describing the result of the command, in the following format:
<RDWebResult>
<ResponseCode>resp_code</ResponseCode>
<ErrorString>resp_string</ErrorString>
<AudioConvertError>conv_error_code</AudioConvertError>
</RDWebResult>
resp_code
The HTTP result code, as defined in RFC2616
resp_string
A text string describing the result, suitable for displaying in a UI
conv_error_code
An extended error code from the audio converter routines. These values
are defined in the RDAudioConvert::ErrorCode
enumeration
in lib/rdaudioconvert.h
. This parameter is optional.
AddCart
Add a new cart
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_ADDCART
Required User Permissions: Create Carts
A 403 error will be returned if the requested cart number is
not within the configured range for the specified group and
'Enforce Cart Range' is set in RDAdmin->ManageGroups.
AddCart Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
12
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
GROUP_NAME
Name of Group
Mandatory
TYPE
Cart type
Valid values are "audio" or "macro"
CART_NUMBER
Number of Cart
Optional, default is to use next available cart number for
specified group
AddCut
Add a new cut to an existing cart
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_ADDCUT
Required User Permissions: Edit Audio
A 404 error will be returned if the
requested cart number is not authorized for the specified Rivendell user in
RDAdmin->ManageUsers->AssignGroupPerms.
AddCut Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
10
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of Cart
Mandatory
AssignSchedCode
Assign a scheduler code to an existing cart
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_ASSIGNSCHEDCODE
Required User Permissions: Modify Carts
A 404 error will be returned if the
specified cart number is not authorized for the specified Rivendell user in
RDAdmin->ManageUsers->AssignGroupPerms.
AssignSchedCode Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
25
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of Cart
Mandatory
CODE
Scheduler Code to assign
Mandatory
AudioInfo
Get information about an entry in the audio store
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_AUDIOINFO
Required User Permissions: none
AudioInfo Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
19
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of Cart
Mandatory
CUT_NUMBER
Number of Cut
Mandatory
AudioStore
Get information about the audio store
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_AUDIOSTORE
Required User Permissions: none
AudioStore Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
23
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
DeleteAudio
Delete PCM/MPEG data from the audio store
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_DELETEAUDIO
Required User Permissions: Delete Carts
DeleteAudio Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
3
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of Cart
Mandatory
CUT_NUMBER
Number of Cut
Mandatory
EditCart
Write metadata changes for an existing cart into the
database
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_EDITCART
Required User Permissions: Modify Carts
A 404 error will be returned if the
requested cart belongs to a group that is not authorized for the
specified Rivendell user in RDAdmin->ManageUsers->AssignGroupPerms, or
if it is attempted to assign the cart to such a group.
A 409 error will be returned if the
requested cart's number falls outside the valid range for the requested
GROUP_NAME.
If the tags for an 'optional' field are omitted, then the respective
parameter on the target cart will be left unchanged.
EditCart Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
14
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of Cart
Mandatory
INCLUDE_CUTS
Include cut data in return, 0 = no, 1 = yes
Optional, default is 0
GROUP_NAME
Set Rivendell group
Optional
TITLE
Set Title
Optional
ARTIST
Set Artist
Optional
ALBUM
Set Album
Optional
YEAR
Set Year
Optional
LABEL
Set Record Label
Optional
CLIENT
Set Client
Optional
AGENCY
Set Agency
Optional
PUBLISHER
Set Publisher
Optional
COMPOSER
Set Composer
Optional
USER_DEFINED
Set User Defined
Optional
USER_CODE
Set User Code
Optional
ENFORCE_LENGTH
Set Enforce Length State
Optional, Numeric, 0 = No, 1 = Yes
FORCED_LENGTH
Set Forced Length
Optional, in milliseconds
ASYNCHRONOUS
Set Asynchronous
Optional, Numeric, 0 = No, 1 = Yes
OWNER
Set Owner
Optional
NOTES
Set Notes Text
Optional
EditCut
Write metadata changes for an existing cut into the database
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_EDITCUT
Required User Permissions: Edit Audio
A 404 error will be returned if the
requested cart belongs to a group that is not authorized for the
specified Rivendell user in RDAdmin->ManageUsers->AssignGroupPerms.
If the tags for an 'optional' field are omitted, then the respective
parameter on the target cart will be left unchanged.
EditCut Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
15
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of Cart
Mandatory
CUT_NUMBER
Number of Cut
Mandatory
EVERGREEN
Set the Evergreen Falg, valid values are 0 = no, 1 = yes
Optional
DESCRIPTION
Set Description
Optional
OUTCUE
Set Outcue
Optional
ISRC
Set International Standard Recording Code
Optional
ISCI
Set Internatinal Standardized Commercial Identifier
Optional
START_DATETIME
Set Start Date/Time
Optional, RFC-822 format
END_DATETIME
Set End Date/Time
Optional, RFC-822 format
MON
Set Monday daypart flag
Optional, 0 = no, 1 = yes
TUE
Set Tuesday daypart flag
Optional, 0 = no, 1 = yes
WED
Set Wedensday daypart flag
Optional, 0 = no, 1 = yes
THU
Set Thursday daypart flag
Optional, 0 = no, 1 = yes
FRI
Set Friday daypart flag
Optional, 0 = no, 1 = yes
SAT
Set Saturday daypart flag
Optional, 0 = no, 1 = yes
SUN
Set Sunday daypart flag
Optional, 0 = no, 1 = yes
START_DAYPART
Set Start daypart time
Optional, RFC-822 format
END_DAYPART
Set End daypart time
Optional, RFC-822 format
WEIGHT
Set rotation weight
Optional, numeric
START_POINT
Set Start Marker position
Optional, mS from absolute start of audio data
END_POINT
Set End Marker position
Optional, mS from absolute start of audio data
FADEUP_POINT
Set Fadeup Marker position
Optional, mS from absolute start of audio data
FADEDOWN_POINT
Set Fadedown Marker position
Optional, mS from absolute start of audio data
SEGUE_START_POINT
Set Segue Start Marker position
Optional, mS from absolute start of audio data
SEGUE_END_POINT
Set Segue End Marker position
Optional, mS from absolute start of audio data
HOOK_START_POINT
Set Hook Start Marker position
Optional, mS from absolute start of audio data
HOOK_END_POINT
Set Hook End Marker position
Optional, mS from absolute start of audio data
TALK_START_POINT
Set Talk Start Marker position
Optional, mS from absolute start of audio data
TALK_END_POINT
Set Talk End Marker position
Optional, mS from absolute start of audio data
Export
Export audio data from the audio store
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_EXPORT
Required User Permissions: none
Export Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
1
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of Cart
Mandatory
CUT_NUMBER
Number of Cut
Mandatory
FORMAT
Encoding format of exported data
Mandatory, 0 = PCM16 WAV, 2 = MPEG L2 native, 3 = MPEG L3 native,
4 = FLAC, 5 = OggVorbis, 6 = MPEG L2 WAV, 7 = PCM24 WAV
CHANNELS
Number of audio channels
Mandatory
SAMPLE_RATE
Sample rate
Mandatory, in samples/sec
BIT_RATE
Bit rate
Mandatory, set to '0' for PCM or VBR
QUALITY
Quality Level
Mandatory, used only by OggVorbis, set to '0' for others
START_POINT
Start point of audio export
Mandatory, mS from absolute start of stored audio
END_POINT
End point of audio export
Mandatory, mS from absolute start of stored audio
NORMALIZATION_LEVEL
Normalization leve, in dBFS
Mandatory, 0 = No normalization
ENABLE_METADATA
Include metadata in export
Mandatory, 0 = no, 1 = yes
ExportPeaks
Export audio peak data from the audio store
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_EXPORT
Required User Permissions: none
A 404 error will be returned if the
requested cart is not authorized for the specified Rivendell user in
RDAdmin->ManageUsers->AssignGroupPerms.
ExportPeaks Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
16
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of Cart
Mandatory
CUT_NUMBER
Number of Cut
Mandatory
Import
Import audio data into the audio store
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_IMPORT
Required User Permissions: Edit Audio
A 404 error will be returned if the
requested cart is not authorized for the specified Rivendell user in
RDAdmin->ManageUsers->AssignGroupPerms.
NOTE: The method must be called with 'multipart/form-data' encoding.
Import Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
2
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of Cart
Mandatory
CUT_NUMBER
Number of Cut
Mandatory
CHANNELS
Number of audio channels
Mandatory
NORMALIZATION_LEVEL
Normalization level, in dBFS
Mandatory, 0 = no normalization
AUTOTRIM_LEVEL
Autotrim level, in dBFS
Mandatory, 0 = no autotrim
USE_METADATA
Apply source metadata to cart
Mandatory, 0 = No, 1 = Yes
FILENAME
Binary file data
Mandatory
ListCart
Return information about a specified cart
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_LISTCART
Required User Permissions: none
A 404 error will be returned if the
requested cart belongs to a group that is not authorized for the
specified Rivendell user in RDAdmin->ManageUsers->AssignGroupPerms.
ListCart Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
7
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of Cart
Mandatory
INCLUDE_CUTS
Include cut information in return
Optional, 0 = no, 1 = yes, default is 1
ListCarts
Return information about a set of carts
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_LISTCARTS
Required User Permissions: none
Only those carts that belong to groups authorized for the specified
Rivendell user in RDAdmin->ManageUsers->AssignGroupPerms will be returned.
ListCarts Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
6
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
GROUP_NAME
Limit returns to members of specified group
Optional, default is to search all available carts
INCLUDE_CUTS
Include cut information in return
Optional, 0 = no, 1 = yes, default is 1
FILTER
Limit returns to carts containing specified space-separated
keyword(s)
Optional, default is to apply no filtering
TYPE
Limit returns to carts of the specified type
Optional, valid values are 'audio' or 'macro'
ListCartSchedCodes
Return information about all scheduler codes assigned to a cart
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_LISTCARTSCHEDCODES
Required User Permissions: none
A 404 error will be returned if the
requested cart belongs to a group that is not authorized for the
specified Rivendell user in RDAdmin->ManageUsers->AssignGroupPerms.
ListCartSchedCodes Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
27
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of Cart
Mandatory
ListCut
Return information about a specified cut
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_LISTCUT
Required User Permissions: none
A 404 error will be returned if the
requested cart belongs to a group that is not authorized for the
specified Rivendell user in RDAdmin->ManageUsers->AssignGroupPerms.
ListCut Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
8
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of Cart
Mandatory
CUT_NUMBER
Number of Cut
Mandatory
ListCuts
Return information about all cuts belonging to a cart
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_LISTCUTS
Required User Permissions: none
A 404 error will be returned if the
requested cart belongs to a group that is not authorized for the
specified Rivendell user in RDAdmin->ManageUsers->AssignGroupPerms.
ListCuts Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
9
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of Cart
Mandatory
ListGroup
Return information about a specified group
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_LISTGROUP
Required User Permissions: none
A 404 error will be returned if the
requested group is not authorized for the specified Rivendell user in
RDAdmin->ManageUsers->AssignGroupPerms.
ListGroup Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
5
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
GROUP_NAME
Name of group
Mandatory
ListGroups
Return information about all available groups
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_LISTGROUPS
Required User Permissions: none
The set of returned groups will be tailored according to what the
specified Rivendell user is authorized to see in
RDAdmin->ManageUsers->AssignGroupPerms.
ListGroups Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
4
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
ListLog
Return a listing of the specified log
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_LISTLOG
Required User Permissions: none
ListLog Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
22
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
NAME
The name of the log
Mandatory
ListLogs
Return information about all available logs
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_LISTLOGS
Required User Permissions: none
ListLogs Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
20
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
SERVICE_NAME
Limits returns to logs that are owned by specified service
Optional. Default is to return all logs.
TRACKABLE
Limits returns to logs that contain one or more voicetrack slots
Optional, valid values 0=no, 1=yes. Default is to return all logs
ListSchedulerCodes
Return information about all available scheduler codes
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_LISTSCHEDCODES
Required User Permissions: none
ListSchedCodes Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
24
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
ListServices
Return information about all available services
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_LISTSERVICES
Required User Permissions: none
ListServices Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
21
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
TRACKABLE
Limits returns to services that have a valid voicetracking
configuration
Optional, valid values 0=no, 1=yes. Default is to return all
services
RemoveCart
Remove a cart from the Library
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_REMOVECART
Required User Permissions: Delete Cart
RemoveCart Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
13
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of cart
Mandatory
RemoveCut
Remove an existing cut from a cart
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_REMOVECUT
Required User Permissions: Edit Audio
RemoveCut Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
11
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of cart
Mandatory
CUT_NUMBER
Number of cut
Mandatory
TrimAudio
Return a time pointer to the first or last instance of a particular
level in a cut.
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_TRIMAUDIO
Required User Permissions: Edit Audio
A 404 error will be returned if the
requested cart is not authorized for the specified Rivendell user in
RDAdmin->ManageUsers->AssignGroupPerms.
TrimAudio Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
17
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of cart
Mandatory
CUT_NUMBER
Number of cut
Mandatory
TRIM_LEVEL
Level in 1/100 dB, relative to Rivendell reference level (-16 dBFS)
Mandatory
UnassignSchedCode
Unassign a scheduler code from an existing cart
Command Code: RDXPORT_COMMAND_UNASSIGNSCHEDCODE
Required User Permissions: Modify Carts
A 404 error will be returned if the
specified cart number is not authorized for the specified Rivendell user in
RDAdmin->ManageUsers->AssignGroupPerms.
UnassignSchedCode Call Fields
FIELD NAME
MEANING
REMARKS
COMMAND
26
Mandatory
LOGIN_NAME
Rivendell User Name
Mandatory
PASSWORD
Login Password
Mandatory
CART_NUMBER
Number of Cart
Mandatory
CODE
Scheduler Code to assign
Mandatory