Request Syntax URI Request Parameters Request Body Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

GetChannel

Retrieves the specified channel that's configured in AWS Elemental MediaPackage, including the origin endpoints that are associated with it.

Request Syntax


GET /channelGroup/ChannelGroupName/channel/ChannelName/ HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

ChannelGroupName

The name that describes the channel group. The name is the primary identifier for the channel group, and must be unique for your account in the AWS Region.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9_-]+

Required: Yes

ChannelName

The name that describes the channel. The name is the primary identifier for the channel, and must be unique for your account in the AWS Region and channel group.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9_-]+

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "Arn": "string",
   "ChannelGroupName": "string",
   "ChannelName": "string",
   "CreatedAt": number,
   "Description": "string",
   "ETag": "string",
   "IngestEndpoints": [ 
      { 
         "Id": "string",
         "Url": "string"
      }
   ],
   "InputSwitchConfiguration": { 
      "MQCSInputSwitching": boolean
   },
   "InputType": "string",
   "ModifiedAt": number,
   "OutputHeaderConfiguration": { 
      "PublishMQCS": boolean
   },
   "Tags": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   }
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

Arn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) associated with the resource.

Type: String

ChannelGroupName

The name that describes the channel group. The name is the primary identifier for the channel group, and must be unique for your account in the AWS Region.

Type: String

ChannelName

The name that describes the channel. The name is the primary identifier for the channel, and must be unique for your account in the AWS Region and channel group.

Type: String

CreatedAt

The date and time the channel was created.

Type: Timestamp

Description

The description for your channel.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1024.

ETag

The current Entity Tag (ETag) associated with this resource. The entity tag can be used to safely make concurrent updates to the resource.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: [\S]+

IngestEndpoints

The list of ingest endpoints.

Type: Array of IngestEndpoint objects

InputSwitchConfiguration

The configuration for input switching based on the media quality confidence score (MQCS) as provided from AWS Elemental MediaLive. This setting is valid only when InputType is CMAF.

Type: InputSwitchConfiguration object

InputType

The input type will be an immutable field which will be used to define whether the channel will allow CMAF ingest or HLS ingest. If unprovided, it will default to HLS to preserve current behavior.

The allowed values are:

HLS - The HLS streaming specification (which defines M3U8 manifests and TS segments).
CMAF - The DASH-IF CMAF Ingest specification (which defines CMAF segments with optional DASH manifests).

Type: String

Valid Values: HLS | CMAF

ModifiedAt

The date and time the channel was modified.

Type: Timestamp

OutputHeaderConfiguration

The settings for what common media server data (CMSD) headers AWS Elemental MediaPackage includes in responses to the CDN. This setting is valid only when InputType is CMAF.

Type: OutputHeaderConfiguration object

Tags

The comma-separated list of tag key:value pairs assigned to the channel.

Type: String to string map

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

You don't have permissions to perform the requested operation. The user or role that is making the request must have at least one IAM permissions policy attached that grants the required permissions. For more information, see Access Management in the IAM User Guide.

HTTP Status Code: 403

InternalServerException

Indicates that an error from the service occurred while trying to process a request.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

The specified resource doesn't exist.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ThrottlingException

The request throughput limit was exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

The input failed to meet the constraints specified by the AWS service.

HTTP Status Code: 400