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Version 5.4 | Published July 22, 2024 ©

Mosart Remote Control REST API

The Mosart Remote Control Service (RCS) provides a REST API for controlling Viz Mosart rundowns using REST. This interface in effect duplicates some GPI/O calls (0-4) for rundown operations.

Working with the REST API

Prerequisites/Conditions

  • The descriptions below of the command assume that RCS and the user work on the same machine and its name is localhost.

  • The API hosted by RCS and configured to run on port 55167. This port can not be configured.

  • Employs API key-based authentication where the key needs to be passed in a HTTP header called "X-API-key". See Authentication below.

  • All routes under "/api/v1/command" are protected.

  • All commands of this API are accessible only when RCS is running.

Swagger Documentation

Command Descriptions

Reload rundown

The reload endpoint allows you to reload the current rundown. It will trigger a rundown reload event. I.e. the timeline will be stopped and the current rundown will be reloaded from the NRCS cache. No additional parameters.

GET api/v1/command/reload

Start/Continue Rundown

Start or continue the rundown. You can use some optional parameters - see the swagger documentation.

GET api/v1/command/start-continue

Start Rundown from Top

Restart the rundown from the first story. No additional parameters.

GET api/v1/command/start-from-top

Enable/disable Rehearsal Mode

Enable/disable/toggle rehearsal mode:

GET api/v1/command/rehearsal-mode?state=true
 GET api/v1/command/rehearsal-mode?state=false
 GET api/v1/command/rehearsal-mode

Take a Template

Takes the template by its type and variant (name).

GET api/v1/command/template?type={template-type}&variant={variant}

For example,
GET api/v1/command/template?type=Camera&variant=CAM1

Here Camera and CAM1 are the actual type and name of the desired template.

Trigger a DirectTake Template

Triger a given DirectTake template. You must provide the number of desired template.

GET api/v1/command/directtake?number={number} 

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Authentication

All commands require the special API key as a sign that the action has been authorized. This key should be passed in HTTP header called X-API-key.

RCS configuration file

The RCS configuration file contains a new setting RestApi. It's value can be randomly generated to be robust and sustainable against brute-force attack. Each REST call will compare the passed in header key X-API-key with the value from the RestApi setting first.

%ProgramData%\Mosart Medialab\ConfigurationFiles\RemoteDispatcherServiceConfig.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<RemoteServiceConfig>
<Properties>
...
<item name="RestApiKey" value="test-api-key" />
curl -X GET "http://localhost:55167/api/v1/command/reload" -H "accept: */*" -H "X-API-Key: test-api-key"

Info: All the above commands will impact the live show on your Mosart Server.