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updating video_banner via api #354

Open paul-lrr opened 9 years ago

paul-lrr commented 9 years ago

Currently PUT request to the /channels/:channel end point can only modify the status, game and delay, but it would be very useful to be able to programatically change the video_banner image (that is displayed when the stream is offline) via the API. The way it is now, offline images have to be just a generic splash page as they are time consuming to change manually. Allowing video_banner updates via the api would allow the stream offline image to be used to count down to the next stream, promote upcoming streams, show a dynamic schedule, advertise other non-stream-related content and generally be a useful promotion tool instead of just branding.

Alternatively, a similar goal could be accomplished by allowing an option for external images to be used for the video_banner, thereby opening the possibility of using a server generated image to deliver periodically changing content to the offline stream player.