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Resource Information


Method	POST
URL	https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/videos/$guid/tracks
Requires authentication?	No

Method Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$guid	(string)	The guid of the video

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
context	(string)	display: (default) Formats the output as HTML for display. Shortcodes are parsed, paragraph tags are added, etc.. edit: Formats the output for editing. Shortcodes are left unparsed, significant whitespace is kept, etc..
http_envelope	(bool)	false: (default) true: Some environments (like in-browser JavaScript or Flash) block or divert responses with a non-200 HTTP status code. Setting this parameter will force the HTTP status code to always be 200. The JSON response is wrapped in an "envelope" containing the "real" HTTP status code and headers.
pretty	(bool)	false: (default) true: Output pretty JSON
meta	(string)	Optional. Loads data from the endpoints found in the 'meta' part of the response. Comma-separated list. Example: meta=site,likes
fields	(string)	Optional. Returns specified fields only. Comma-separated list. Example: fields=ID,title
callback	(string)	An optional JSONP callback function.

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
kind	(string)	One of 'subtitles', 'captions', 'descriptions', 'chapters', or 'metadata'.
label	(string)	The track label.
srclang	(string)	The language of the track.
vtt	(media)	A .vtt track file to attach to the video.

Response Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
url	(string)	The url for the newly uploaded track

Resource Errors

These are the possible errors returned by this endpoint.

HTTP Code	Error Identifier	Error Message
400	incomplete_request	The vtt file is too large.
400	incomplete_request	Language code cannot be longer than 5 characters.
400	incomplete_request	vtt file is invalid format.
400	incomplete_request	label cannot be longer than 100 characters.
400	error_saving	The track file could not be saved.
404	unknown_media	The specified video was not found.
403	unauthorized	User cannot access this private blog.
403	unauthorized	User cannot access this restricted blog
403	unauthorized	User cannot upload media.

Example

curl 'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/videos/OO4thna8/tracks'

<?php
$options  = array (
  'http' => 
  array (
    'ignore_errors' => true,
    'method' => 'POST',
  ),
);

$context  = stream_context_create( $options );
$response = file_get_contents(
	'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/videos/OO4thna8/tracks',
	false,
	$context
);
$response = json_decode( $response );
?>