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MCP

Give your agent JW Player tools

Every JW Player action is exposed as an MCP tool on Pipedream's remote server. Point a client at it with your end user's ID and Connect resolves that user's JW Player account for each tool call — you store no tokens.

Pipedream Connect

// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "jw_player",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// e.g. run Create Media:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "jw_player-create-media",
  arguments: {
    siteId: "Site ID",
    methodType: "Upload Method",
  },
})

# access_token: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}",
    "x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
    "x-pd-environment": "production",
    "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}",  # any stable ID for this user in your system
    "x-pd-app-slug": "jw_player",
}

async with streamablehttp_client("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3", headers=headers) as (read, write, _):
    async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
        await session.initialize()
        tools = await session.list_tools()

        # e.g. run Create Media:
        result = await session.call_tool("jw_player-create-media", {
            "siteId": "Site ID",
            "methodType": "Upload Method",
        })

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API PROXY

Call the JW Player API directly

For an endpoint with no pre-built tool, the Connect proxy forwards your request to the JW Player API with the connected user's credentials attached. You store no tokens and write no refresh logic.

Pipedream Connect

const resp = await pd.proxy.get({
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  accountId: "apn_xxxxxxx",
  url: "https://api.jwplayer.com/v2/webhooks/",
})

// Any allowed JW Player endpoint works here. Pipedream attaches the
// connected account's credentials to the outgoing request.

# The path segment is the target URL, URL-safe base64 encoded:
# https://api.jwplayer.com/v2/webhooks/

curl "https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/proxy/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuandwbGF5ZXIuY29tL3YyL3dlYmhvb2tzLw?external_user_id={external_user_id}&account_id=apn_xxxxxxx" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "x-pd-environment: production"

API proxy guide →

SDK

Run JW Player actions from your backend

Connect a user's JW Player account once, then run Create Media on their behalf from your own code — TypeScript, Python, or plain HTTP.

Pipedream Connect

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "jw_player-create-media",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    jw_player: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    siteId: "Site ID",
    methodType: "Upload Method",
  },
})

from pipedream import Pipedream

pd = Pipedream(
    client_id="{oauth_client_id}",
    client_secret="{oauth_client_secret}",
    project_id="{project_id}",
    project_environment="production",
)

result = pd.actions.run(
    id="jw_player-create-media",
    external_user_id="{external_user_id}",  # any stable ID for this user in your system
    configured_props={
        "jw_player": {"authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx"},
        "siteId": "Site ID",
        "methodType": "Upload Method",
    },
)

curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "jw_player-create-media",
    "configured_props": {
      "jw_player": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "siteId": "Site ID",
      "methodType": "Upload Method"
    }
  }'