/getMedia
http://kinesisvideo.{region}.amazonaws.com/getMedia<p> Use this API to retrieve media content from a Kinesis video stream. In the request, you identify the stream name or stream Amazon Resource Name (ARN), and the starting chunk. Kinesis Video Streams then returns a stream of chunks in order by fragment number.</p> <note> <p>You must first call the <code>GetDataEndpoint</code> API to get an endpoint. Then send the <code>GetMedia</code> requests to this endpoint using the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/">--endpoint-url parameter</a>. </p> </note> <p>When you put media data (fragments) on a stream, Kinesis Video Streams stores each incoming fragment and related metadata in what is called a "chunk." For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/API_dataplane_PutMedia.html">PutMedia</a>. The <code>GetMedia</code> API returns a stream of these chunks starting from the chunk that you specify in the request. </p> <p>The following limits apply when using the <code>GetMedia</code> API:</p> <ul> <li> <p>A client can call <code>GetMedia</code> up to five times per second per stream. </p> </li> <li> <p>Kinesis Video Streams sends media data at a rate of up to 25 megabytes per second (or 200 megabits per second) during a <code>GetMedia</code> session. </p> </li> </ul> <note> <p>If an error is thrown after invoking a Kinesis Video Streams media API, in addition to the HTTP status code and the response body, it includes the following pieces of information: </p> <ul> <li> <p> <code>x-amz-ErrorType</code> HTTP header – contains a more specific error type in addition to what the HTTP status code provides. </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>x-amz-RequestId</code> HTTP header – if you want to report an issue to AWS, the support team can better diagnose the problem if given the Request Id.</p> </li> </ul> <p>Both the HTTP status code and the ErrorType header can be utilized to make programmatic decisions about whether errors are retry-able and under what conditions, as well as provide information on what actions the client programmer might need to take in order to successfully try again.</p> <p>For more information, see the <b>Errors</b> section at the bottom of this topic, as well as <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/CommonErrors.html">Common Errors</a>. </p> </note>
Body Params
The ARN of the stream from where you want to get the media content. If you don't specify the <code>streamARN</code>, you must specify the <code>streamName</code>.
The Kinesis video stream name from where you want to get the media content. If you don't specify the <code>streamName</code>, you must specify the <code>streamARN</code>.
<p>Identifies the chunk on the Kinesis video stream where you want the <code>GetMedia</code> API to start returning media data. You have the following options to identify the starting chunk: </p> <ul> <li> <p>Choose the latest (or oldest) chunk.</p> </li> <li> <p>Identify a specific chunk. You can identify a specific chunk either by providing a fragment number or timestamp (server or producer). </p> </li> <li> <p>Each chunk's metadata includes a continuation token as a Matroska (MKV) tag (<code>AWS_KINESISVIDEO_CONTINUATION_TOKEN</code>). If your previous <code>GetMedia</code> request terminated, you can use this tag value in your next <code>GetMedia</code> request. The API then starts returning chunks starting where the last API ended.</p> </li> </ul>
Responses
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}1curl --request POST \2 --url 'http://kinesisvideo.{region}.amazonaws.com/getMedia' \3 --header 'accept: application/json' \4 --header 'content-type: application/json'1{2 "success": true,3 "data": {4 "id": "abc123",5 "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"6 }7}