Is there a programmatic way to edit a Brightcove video's reference ID?

Question

The example on the Brightcove site provides the JSON needed to update tags for a particular video in my library:

{"method":"update_video","params":{"video":{"id":"123456",
  "shortDescription":"vidDesc","Name":"vidName","startDate":1392912992000,
  "endDate":null,"tags":["tag1","tag2","tag3"]},"token":"someToken.."}}

I've tried this, and it works.

But when I try to post something similar but with an updated reference ID, like this:

{"method":"update_video","params":{"video":{"id":"123456",
  "shortDescription":"vidDesc","Name":"vidName","startDate":1392912992000,
  "endDate":null,"referenceId":"newReferenceId","token":"someToken.."}}

I get this error back from the service:

{"error": {"name":"MissingJSONError","message":"Could not find JSON-RPC.",
  "code":211}, "result": null, "id": null}

I've tried passing it as ref as well - no dice. Does anyone know if it's possible to update this value via any means other than Brightcove's web portal?

Answer 1

Make sure you're sending the JSON as form data rather than in the post body.

e.g. with curl,

curl -F 'json={"method":"update_video","params":{"video":{"id":"123456789","referenceId":"newrefid"},"token":"myToken"}}' https://api.brightcove.com/services/post