Identifying downloadable content

A client application needs to be able to identify which content can be downloaded, so it can make the download functionality available for such content (for example, a download button on the media card for the content.

This page explains how to do that.

Request

When making a metadata or rails request, the client should check the value of the storageAllowed or AllowDownload2Go field for each content (including catch-up content) and enable or disable the download control for the content in its UI as appropriate.

These requests are documented in the following sections:

• For VOD content, see:

  • Retrieve content information

  • Media cards

  • Respond to metadata change notifications

• For catch-up content, see:

  • Retrieving catch-up content – predefined queries

• Rails – you can use the value of the storageAllowed field to do things like badge content items within a rail to indicate that they are downloadable or create a rail containing only recommended content that is downloadable. See:

  • Rails use cases

See also

• Metadata Server (MDS) API Documentation

• Content Discovery Facade API documentation

• Content Delivery API documentation