What's the deal with the v2 REST API?

I had a vague feeling I'd seen a different version of the Zidoo REST API than this one:

https://www.zidoo.tv/Support/developer/flag/video.html

...and I even found that I'd been using one of the calls (GET Poster/v2/getVideoInfo?id=xxx), but I was having a hard time tracking it down until I invoked just the right google-fu.

https://apidoc.zidoo.tv/s/98365225/Gmwqxawu/qYXwzF9t

This appears to be only in Chinese, but fortunately is pretty readable using Google translation.

Is this the API way of the future? I recently proposed some changes to the old API, but perhaps that should be considered frozen as-is, with any updates that may happen happening in the v2 API?

 

Definitely interested in this as well. I have now "reverse engineered" a lot of the calls the Android/iOS app makes and there is a lot more than what is in the apidoc.zidoo.tv document. I have an email with their support but they are now off for Chineese New Years so it will be after Feb that I can hear back on that.

 

Yeah, the v2 REST API seems to be the current direction Zidoo is moving toward. It looks more structured and includes endpoints that weren’t in the older docs. I’d agree that the old API is likely in maintenance mode now, especially since there hasn’t been any significant update in a while. Good call on using Google Translate — the Chinese docs are surprisingly comprehensive once translated. I’d start adapting to v2 if you’re planning any new integrations.

 

Unfortunately that page has been removed, so no documentation. Not even in Chinese. I think it may be time to publish the reverse engineered information.

 

Yeah - noticed that went missing a couple of days ago - I've asked if we can have it back!!

 

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Hello

This URL https://apidoc.zidoo.tv/s/98365225/Gmwqxawu/qYXwzF9t seems not to work anymore. Anywhere or way I can get the V2 API documentation?

Many thanks,
Houbi

 

Do you know where to get the documentation from?

 

I don't think @malik is a human.

 

I don't think either but maybe you are Do you have the V2 documentation?

 

No. I had a quick look at it when the link worked and thought it was interesting and I was going to come back to it when I had more time. That was a mistake. I should have mirrored the whole thing.
I hope it comes back in some form. It would be useful for patching up over the deficiencies in the web interface and in the Android app.