Create signed URL tokens for videos

POST/accounts/{account_id}/stream/{identifier}/token

Creates a signed URL token for a video. If a body is not provided in the request, a token is created with default values.

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

The account identifier tag.

maxLength32

identifier: string

A Cloudflare-generated unique identifier for a media item.

maxLength32

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

id: optional string

The optional ID of a Stream signing key. If present, the pem field is also required.

accessRules: optional array of object { action, country, ip, type }

The optional list of access rule constraints on the token. Access can be blocked or allowed based on an IP, IP range, or by country. Access rules are evaluated from first to last. If a rule matches, the associated action is applied and no further rules are evaluated.

action: optional "allow" or "block"

The action to take when a request matches a rule. If the action is block, the signed token blocks views for viewers matching the rule.

One of the following:

"allow"

"block"

country: optional array of string

An array of 2-letter country codes in ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 format used to match requests.

ip: optional array of string

An array of IPv4 or IPV6 addresses or CIDRs used to match requests.

type: optional "any" or "ip.src" or "ip.geoip.country"

Lists available rule types to match for requests. An any type matches all requests and can be used as a wildcard to apply default actions after other rules.

One of the following:

"any"

"ip.src"

"ip.geoip.country"

downloadable: optional boolean

The optional boolean value that enables using signed tokens to access MP4 download links for a video.

exp: optional number

The optional unix epoch timestamp that specficies the time after a token is not accepted. The maximum time specification is 24 hours from issuing time. If this field is not set, the default is one hour after issuing.

nbf: optional number

The optional unix epoch timestamp that specifies the time before a the token is not accepted. If this field is not set, the default is one hour before issuing.

pem: optional string

The optional base64 encoded private key in PEM format associated with a Stream signing key. If present, the id field is also required.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

errors: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

result: optional object { token }

token: optional string

The signed token used with the signed URLs feature.

Create signed URL tokens for videos

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/stream/$IDENTIFIER/token \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "id": "ab0d4ef71g4425f8dcba9041231813000",
          "accessRules": [
            {
              "action": "block",
              "country": [
                "US",
                "MX"
              ],
              "type": "ip.geoip.country"
            },
            {
              "action": "allow",
              "ip": [
                "93.184.216.0/24",
                "2400:cb00::/32"
              ],
              "type": "ip.src"
            },
            {
              "action": "block",
              "type": "any"
            }
          ],
          "pem": "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"
        }'

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6ImU5ZGI5OTBhODI2NjZkZDU3MWM3N2Y5NDRhNWM1YzhkIn0.eyJzdWIiOiJlYTk1MTMyYzE1NzMyNDEyZDIyYzE0NzZmYTgzZjI3YSIsImtpZCI6ImU5ZGI5OTBhODI2NjZkZDU3MWM3N2Y5NDRhNWM1YzhkIiwiZXhwIjoiMTUzNzQ2MDM2NSIsIm5iZiI6IjE1Mzc0NTMxNjUifQ.OZhqOARADn1iubK6GKcn25hN3nU-hCFF5q9w2C4yup0C4diG7aMIowiRpP-eDod8dbAJubsiFuTKrqPcmyCKWYsiv0TQueukqbQlF7HCO1TV-oF6El5-7ldJ46eD-ZQ0XgcIYEKrQOYFF8iDQbqPm3REWd6BnjKZdeVrLzuRaiSnZ9qqFpGu5dfxIY9-nZKDubJHqCr3Imtb211VIG_b9MdtO92JjvkDS-rxT_pkEfTZSafl1OU-98A7KBGtPSJHz2dHORIrUiTA6on4eIXTj9aFhGiir4rSn-rn0OjPRTtJMWIDMoQyE_fwrSYzB7MPuzL2t82BWaEbHZTfixBm5A"
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6ImU5ZGI5OTBhODI2NjZkZDU3MWM3N2Y5NDRhNWM1YzhkIn0.eyJzdWIiOiJlYTk1MTMyYzE1NzMyNDEyZDIyYzE0NzZmYTgzZjI3YSIsImtpZCI6ImU5ZGI5OTBhODI2NjZkZDU3MWM3N2Y5NDRhNWM1YzhkIiwiZXhwIjoiMTUzNzQ2MDM2NSIsIm5iZiI6IjE1Mzc0NTMxNjUifQ.OZhqOARADn1iubK6GKcn25hN3nU-hCFF5q9w2C4yup0C4diG7aMIowiRpP-eDod8dbAJubsiFuTKrqPcmyCKWYsiv0TQueukqbQlF7HCO1TV-oF6El5-7ldJ46eD-ZQ0XgcIYEKrQOYFF8iDQbqPm3REWd6BnjKZdeVrLzuRaiSnZ9qqFpGu5dfxIY9-nZKDubJHqCr3Imtb211VIG_b9MdtO92JjvkDS-rxT_pkEfTZSafl1OU-98A7KBGtPSJHz2dHORIrUiTA6on4eIXTj9aFhGiir4rSn-rn0OjPRTtJMWIDMoQyE_fwrSYzB7MPuzL2t82BWaEbHZTfixBm5A"
  }
}