All API calls made for metadata require an access token which is acquired during authentication process.
Editorial and technical metadata
Endpoints serving metadata
Textual
OTT metadata
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btv/programmes (includes editorial and technical)
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btv/services
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btv/series
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btv/products
On demand metadata
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vod/editorials
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vod/nodes
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vod/series
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vod/products
Images
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IHS - ihs/v1
Security
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MDS - Access token provided with REST API
Compression
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Content-Encoding: gzip
Version management
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All apps check the version at boot up to pull metadata from MDS.
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HTTP cache headers in response set to 10 mins by default, trigger the native cache mechanisms.
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Ingest and Opcon metadata updates reflect after cache time in respective apps or immediately in desktop (not assumed to be data charges sensitive)
