Brightcove video management portlet

The Brightcove video management portlet renders the selection user interface for selecting a video. It uses the public Brightcove REST API to connect to Brightcove and retrieve the data. It connects with the Outbound and Ajax proxy.

Portlet configuration settings

To access the Brightcove video management portlet, click...

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Setting	Default	Description
BC_BASE_LIBRARY_URL	http://api.brightcove.com/services/library	Brightcove URL used for the REST read calls.
BC_BASE_URL	https://videocloud.brightcove.com/	URL started for the Launch Video Manager button.
BC_DEFAULT_SORT_TYPE		Publish Date. Sort criteria for the videos list. Valid values: Publish date, Creation date, Last modified date, Total plays, Plays this week.
BC_META_DATA	id, name, shortDescription, linkURL, linkText, tags, thumbnailURL, referenceId, FLVURL, economics, renditions, startDate, endDate, geoRestricted, geoFilteredCountries, geoFilterExclude, lastModifiedDate.	Retrieved from Brightcove from the REST call. Clip spaces after commas.
BC_READ_TOKEN	none	Read REST token. Specific to the Brightcove account, see Update tokens section.
BC_UPLOAD_TOKEN	Brightcove Write REST token	specific to the Brightcove account,
BC_UPLOAD_URL	http://api.brightcove.com/services/post	Brightcove URL for uploading videos.
BC_USE_AJAX_PROXY		Enable or disables the Ajax proxy. If we disable the Ajax proxy, upload no longer works because of browser security restrictions.

Configure the Outbound/AJAX proxy

The default configuration is stored in the proxy-config.xml of the Brightcove WAR file. See Set up Ajax proxy.

Parent Integrate with Brightcove

Related tasks:
Set up Ajax proxy
Update the Brightcove read or upload tokens