JW Player Integration

Learn how to integrate JW Player with your Skylark account. If your team is using Skylark as a CMS this integration will allow them to upload videos to JW Player and have them automatically appear as SkylarkAsset objects in your Skylark Content Library.

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The JW Player integration also automatically creates and populates your Skylark account with a standard Thumbnail SkylarkImageand a Video Thumbnail SkylarkAsset

Create an API Key in JW Player

• Click Admin > API Credentials
• Under v2 API Credentials, click Add
• Add an appropriate Name for your key and select Admin for the User Role.
• Click Save.
• From the table, click Show Secret to copy the API key.

Create a Webhook Listening URL in Skylark

• In Postman, or your IDE of choice, POST the following query:

POST: https://hook.skylarkplatform.com/setup/webhooks

Query:

{
    "skylark_api_url": "https\://<name>.api.skylarkplatform.com/graphql",
    "skylark_api_key": "<Your Skylark API key>",
    "provider_name": "jwplayer",
    "type": "video",
    "jwplayer_v2_api_key": "<Your JW Player API Key>"
}

Example Result:

{
    "webhook_url": "https://hook.skylarkplatform.com/video/jwplayer/e872e55c-2bdc-44ca-be0d-712b7913269f"
}

• Copy the URL to clipboard.

Add Webhook URL to JW Player

• Log in to your JW Player account and navigate to Admin > Webhooks in the top right hand menu.
• Click on + Create
• Fill out the form as below:

• URL: The Webhook you created earlier
• Click Create.

You can now upload videos to JW Player and have them appear in Skylark as SkylarkAsset objects. As a bonus, the JW Player integration automatically creates and populates your account with a standard Thumbnail SkylarkImageand a Video Thumbnail SkylarkAsset.