create/publish a layout and schedule it to displays via the xibo cms api
domain: account.xibosignage.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Authenticate via OAuth2 (client_credentials or access_code) as above and obtain a bearer token
Create a layout via /api/layout (or copy/checkout an existing one), then add regions/widgets via /api/playlist and /api/library (media) endpoints, per the CMS's Xibo Layout Format (XLF)
Publish the layout (draft -> published) via the layout publish endpoint before it can be scheduled
Look up the target displayGroupId (not the raw displayId) for the display(s) via /api/displaygroup
POST to /api/schedule with layoutId, displayGroupId(s), and fromDt/toDt in 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss' format to create the scheduled event, using recurrence/priority fields as needed
Known gotchas
The schedule endpoint requires displayGroupId, not displayId — using a raw display ID is a documented common integration mistake
Layouts must be explicitly published, not left as draft, or scheduling/playback can silently fail
fromDt/toDt must be the literal 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss' string in the CMS server's timezone, not ISO 8601 with offset — mismatches produce silently wrong schedule windows
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