Update video metadata using the Brightcove CMS API
domain: apis.support.brightcove.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Obtain an OAuth access token from Brightcove's OAuth endpoint using a registered client ID/secret with CMS write permissions.
Send a PATCH request to https://cms.api.brightcove.com/v1/accounts/{account_id}/videos/{video_id} with a JSON body containing only the fields to change.
Include only fields you want to modify, since CMS API PATCH updates are partial rather than full replacements.
Check the response status and body to confirm the updated video resource.
Allow time for changes to propagate to Video Cloud's delivery/CDN cache before verifying on playback.
Known gotchas
The access token must be requested from the separate OAuth endpoint before calling the CMS API; CMS calls without a valid bearer token fail auth.
Updating an array field like tags replaces the whole array unless you first fetch and merge with the existing values.
Video Cloud caches metadata at the delivery layer, so updates may not be immediately visible in players even after a successful API response.
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