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MediaMTX Authentication

MediaMTX Authentication

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POST
/v3/authorization/auth/mediamtx
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.hopper.west.prod.govcloud.legion.picogrid.com/v3/authorization/auth/mediamtx \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "action": "publish", "id": "test-id", "ip": "192.168.1.100", "password": "", "path": "orgId/entityId/streamName", "protocol": "rtsp", "query": "?token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...", "token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...", "user": "testuser" }'

Authenticates MediaMTX streaming requests using JWT tokens

Request Bodyrequired

Section titled “Request Bodyrequired”
Media typeapplication/json
object
action
string
id
string
ip
string
password
string
path
string
protocol
string
query
string
token
string
user
string
Example
{
  "action": "publish",
  "id": "test-id",
  "ip": "192.168.1.100",
  "password": "",
  "path": "orgId/entityId/streamName",
  "protocol": "rtsp",
  "query": "?token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...",
  "token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...",
  "user": "testuser"
}

Responses

Section titled “Responses”

200

Section titled “200”

Successful response

400

Section titled “400”

Bad Request

Media typeapplication/json
object
category
required
string
code
required
number
details
Array<object>
object
field
required
string
issue
required
string
message
required
string
status
required
string
timestamp
required
string
trace_id
required
string
Example
{
  "code": 400,
  "details": [
    {
      "Field": "organization_id",
      "Issue": "must be a valid UUID format"
    }
  ],
  "message": "Request cannot be processed due to invalid input",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2026-01-15T14:32:45Z",
  "trace_id": "req_2J9K8L7M6N5P4Q3R"
}

401

Section titled “401”

Unauthorized

Media typeapplication/json
object
category
required
string
code
required
number
details
Array<object>
object
field
required
string
issue
required
string
message
required
string
status
required
string
timestamp
required
string
trace_id
required
string
Example
{
  "code": 401,
  "details": [
    {
      "Field": "authorization_header",
      "Issue": "Bearer token is expired or malformed"
    }
  ],
  "message": "Authentication credentials are missing or invalid",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2026-01-15T14:32:45Z",
  "trace_id": "req_2J9K8L7M6N5P4Q3R"
}

403

Section titled “403”

Forbidden

Media typeapplication/json
object
category
required
string
code
required
number
details
Array<object>
object
field
required
string
issue
required
string
message
required
string
status
required
string
timestamp
required
string
trace_id
required
string
Example
{
  "code": 403,
  "details": [
    {
      "Field": "required_scope",
      "Issue": "requires 'orion:settings:write' scope, but token only has 'orion:settings:read'"
    }
  ],
  "message": "Access denied: insufficient permissions for this resource",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2026-01-15T14:32:45Z",
  "trace_id": "req_2J9K8L7M6N5P4Q3R"
}

404

Section titled “404”

Not Found

Media typeapplication/json
object
category
required
string
code
required
number
details
Array<object>
object
field
required
string
issue
required
string
message
required
string
status
required
string
timestamp
required
string
trace_id
required
string
Example
{
  "code": 404,
  "details": [
    {
      "Field": "organization_id",
      "Issue": "organization with ID 'a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890' not found"
    }
  ],
  "message": "The requested resource could not be found",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2026-01-15T14:32:45Z",
  "trace_id": "req_2J9K8L7M6N5P4Q3R"
}

500

Section titled “500”

Internal Server Error

Media typeapplication/json
object
category
required

The category of the error

string
code
required

The HTTP status code

number
details

Additional details about the error

Array<object>
object
field

The field that caused the error

string
issue

The specific issue with the field

string
message
required

A human-readable error message

string
status
required

The status of the response, always ‘error’ for error responses

string
timestamp
required

The timestamp when the error occurred

string format: date-time
trace_id
required

A unique identifier for tracing the error

string format: uuid
Example
{
  "category": "server_error",
  "code": 500,
  "details": [
    {
      "field": "field_name",
      "issue": "Field validation issue"
    }
  ],
  "message": "Internal Server Error",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2024-03-15T10:30:00Z",
  "trace_id": "b7c5e4d3-a2b1-4f0e-8d9c-1a2b3c4d5e6f"
}

Version 3.14.0 · commit 0771262