How to get the viewing URL of an uploaded session

Sam Ess · January 2025

Hello, I'm working on an integration that can upload videos into our on-prem Panopto instance. I can't find a way to get a viewing URL from the upload information here:

FolderId*	string($guid)
The ID of the folder containing the session. Required when creating a new session upload
SessionId	string($guid)
The ID of the session created for this upload. This will be empty or null until the session has been created
UploadTarget	string
Location where the session files should be uploaded

Adis Hrnjica · January 2025

Hi Sam,

We cannot convert unfortunately. In your case you might be better of with another endpoint which also returns viewer url.

https://demo.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/api/docs/index.html#/Sessions/Sessions_SearchForSessions

This is session search endpoint and you can query using session id that you get from the upload api.
The result should contain your session, and it should have viewer url as well.

I hope this helps.

Thanks,

Adis

Adis Hrnjica · January 2025

Hi Sam,

After you complete the upload, you can call session API to get full information about the session including ViewerURL

https://demo.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/api/docs/index.html#/Sessions/Sessions_GetSessionById

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks,

Adis

Sam Ess · January 2025

Is the sessionID/sessionUploadID from here the same as the id here?

Adis Hrnjica · January 2025

Hi Sam,

They are different.

ID that you use when you want to get session information is actually Delivery ID, and not a Session ID.
ID that you get from session upload is Session ID.

In the Panopto web app, if you go to the settings for a video, and click on Manage you can see those IDs.

I hope this helps.

Adis