Welcome to JW Player!

Our developer documentation is here to help you create and deliver beautiful video experiences with the most powerful video APIs on the web.

First, you need a JW Player user account. The table below explains how to get a user account if you are a developer working for a JW Player customer or if you are an independent developer.

Company with a JW Player license	Independent Developer
1. Request an account from your company admin. 2. Follow the instructions in the welcome email.	1. Go to our Developer sign-up page. 2. Enter your email address at the top of the page. 3. Click Start for free. 4. Follow the instructions in the welcome email.

The following sections briefly describe JW Player's product offerings. Content management and player products can be used together or independently. To use the analytics offering, you must either implement our content management or player product.

Content management

Integrate high-speed encoding and video management directly into your CMS or workflow.
Manage all video related assets including metadata, thumbnails, source files, and caption tracks.

Players

With JW Player, you can have a video player for every device.
Whether HTML5, Android or iOS, you can use native code to build immersive video experiences.

          

Analytics

curl -X POST https://api.jwplayer.com/v2/sites/1A23bCD4/analytics/queries/ \
 -H 'Authorization: 123Four56==7123Four56==7' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -d '{"start_date":"2019-02-15","end_date":"2019-05-15","dimensions":["page_domain","media_id"],"metrics":[{"operation":"sum","field":"play_rate"},{"operation":"sum","field":"plays"},{"operation":"sum","field":"complete_rate"}],"filter":[{"field":"country_code","operator":"=","value":["CA"]},{"field":"media_id","operator":"LIKE","value":["Cat"]},{"field":"country_code","operator":"=","value":["IE"]},{"field":"country_code","operator":"=","value":["GB"]}],"include_metadata":1,"page":0,"page_length":10}'

Get access to unique insights coming from your players from around the world.
Use this data as an export to import directly into your data platform or query for engagement on a single media item.