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Media Platform API Design

Media platform API design wo engineering discipline hai jo define karti hai ke media/streaming/OTT…

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Media Platform API Design — Quick Facts

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Field: Detail

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Term: Media Platform API Design

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Category: API Engineering / Platform…

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Domain: Media & Entertainment / Streaming…

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Infobox

🎨 | Field | Detail | |---|---| | Term | Media Platform API Design | | Category | API…

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Itihaas (History)

✏️ SOAP aur XML Era (2000s) Pehle media companies SOAP-based APIs use karti theen — verbose…

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Core API Categories

🖌️ | Category | Purpose | Example Endpoints | Response Time Target | |---|---|---|---| |…

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Content aur Catalog APIs

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Content Model — Har content item…

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Hierarchical Structure — Series →…

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Pagination — Large catalogs me…

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Filtering & Sorting — Genre, year,…

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Playback aur Streaming APIs

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Playback Start — Client content…

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Stream Manifest — Adaptive bitrate…

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DRM Token — Widevine, FairPlay,…

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CDN Selection — User ke location…

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User aur Authentication APIs

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Registration/Login — Email +…

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OAuth 2.0 Flow — Industry…

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Device Management — Users multiple…

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Profile Management — Multi-profile…

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API Architecture

🌈 `mermaid flowchart TD A[Client Apps<br>Mobile / Web / Smart TV /<br>Gaming Console] -->…

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API Design Patterns aur Best Practices

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Offset-based (?page=5&limit=20) —…

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Cursor-based…

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Keyset-based — Sort key ke basis…

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Security Considerations

🎨 1. OAuth 2.0 + PKCE — Har client type ke liye appropriate OAuth flow use karo. Mobile…

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Tools aur Technologies

✏️ | Category | Tools | Purpose | |---|---|---| | API Specification | OpenAPI/Swagger,…

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Versioning aur Backward Compatibility

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Smart TV apps update hone me…

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Old mobile app versions users ke…

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Third-party integrations (TV…

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URL Path Versioning — /v1/content,…

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Challenges aur Limitations

📐 1. Multi-Device Complexity — Har device (mobile, web, smart TV, console) ki capabilities…

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Benefits

🖼️ 1. Developer Velocity — Well-designed APIs se frontend teams independently aur fast kaam…

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Glossary

💡 | Term | Meaning | |---|---| | REST | Representational State Transfer — HTTP-based API…

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Disclaimer

🌈 Yeh article Aliens Wiki ke liye likha gaya hai, Hinglish (Roman) me. Yeh informational…

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