Call the same endpoint from popular backend languages
In every example, authenticate the viewer and check entitlement before this call. Configure credentials on the server, follow the matching platform guide, and never log request headers or successful playback response bodies.
PHP 8.2+
$drmx = [
'platformApi' => 'https://api6.drm-x.com',
'siteId' => 'your-development-environment-uuid',
'siteKey' => 'drmx_your_environment_scoped_client_id',
'accessKey' => 'paste-your-one-time-access-key',
];
$payload = [
'contentId' => $trustedContentId,
'contentType' => 'vod',
'drmSystem' => $drmSystem,
'subject' => $authenticatedUserId,
'playbackMode' => 'streaming',
'licensePolicyTemplate' => 'multi-tier-standard',
'useEnvironmentDefaults' => true,
'maximumQualityTier' => 'auto',
];
$curl = curl_init($drmx['platformApi'] . '/api/v1/playback/environments/' .
rawurlencode($drmx['siteId']) . '/sessions');
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_POST => true,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode($payload, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR),
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 12,
CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS => CURLPROTO_HTTPS,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
'Accept: application/json',
'Content-Type: application/json',
'X-DRMX-Client-Id: ' . $drmx['siteKey'],
'X-DRMX-Client-Secret: ' . $drmx['accessKey'],
],
]);
$body = curl_exec($curl);Start from the complete executable sample; it includes login, entitlement, direct-token mode, token-proxy mode, bounded diagnostics, and release handling.
Node.js / TypeScript
const response = await fetch(
`${process.env.DRMX_PLATFORM_API}/api/v1/playback/environments/${
encodeURIComponent(process.env.DRMX_PLAYBACK_SITE_ID!)
}/sessions`,
{
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Accept": "application/json",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"X-DRMX-Client-Id": process.env.DRMX_PLAYBACK_SITE_KEY!,
"X-DRMX-Client-Secret": process.env.DRMX_PLAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY!,
},
body: JSON.stringify({
contentId: trustedContentId,
contentType: "vod",
drmSystem,
subject: authenticatedUser.id,
playbackMode: "streaming",
licensePolicyTemplate: "multi-tier-standard",
useEnvironmentDefaults: true,
maximumQualityTier: "auto",
}),
signal: AbortSignal.timeout(12_000),
},
);
const playback = await response.json();Python 3.11+
import json, os, urllib.request
payload = json.dumps({
"contentId": trusted_content_id,
"contentType": "vod",
"drmSystem": drm_system,
"subject": authenticated_user_id,
"playbackMode": "streaming",
"licensePolicyTemplate": "multi-tier-standard",
"useEnvironmentDefaults": True,
"maximumQualityTier": "auto",
}).encode("utf-8")
url = (
os.environ["DRMX_PLATFORM_API"] +
"/api/v1/playback/environments/" +
os.environ["DRMX_PLAYBACK_SITE_ID"] + "/sessions"
)
request = urllib.request.Request(url, data=payload, method="POST", headers={
"Accept": "application/json",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"X-DRMX-Client-Id": os.environ["DRMX_PLAYBACK_SITE_KEY"],
"X-DRMX-Client-Secret": os.environ["DRMX_PLAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY"],
})
with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=12) as response:
playback = json.load(response)ASP.NET Core / C#
builder.Services.AddDrmXPlayback(options =>
{
options.PlatformApi = "https://api6.drm-x.com";
options.SiteId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DRMX_PLAYBACK_SITE_ID") ?? "";
options.SiteKey = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DRMX_PLAYBACK_SITE_KEY") ?? "";
options.AccessKey = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DRMX_PLAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY") ?? "";
options.ApplicationId = "customer-aspnet-website";
options.LicensePolicyTemplate = "multi-tier-standard";
});
var payload = new {
contentId = trustedContentId,
contentType = "vod",
drmSystem,
subject = authenticatedUserId,
playbackMode = "streaming",
licensePolicyTemplate = "multi-tier-standard",
useEnvironmentDefaults = true,
maximumQualityTier = "auto"
};
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post,
$"{platformApi}/api/v1/playback/environments/{Uri.EscapeDataString(siteId)}/sessions") {
Content = JsonContent.Create(payload)
};
request.Headers.Add("X-DRMX-Client-Id", siteKey);
request.Headers.Add("X-DRMX-Client-Secret", accessKey);
using var response = await httpClient.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);Java 21 / Spring services
String payload = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(Map.of(
"contentId", trustedContentId,
"contentType", "vod",
"drmSystem", drmSystem,
"subject", authenticatedUserId,
"playbackMode", "streaming",
"licensePolicyTemplate", "multi-tier-standard",
"useEnvironmentDefaults", true,
"maximumQualityTier", "auto"
));
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create(platformApi + "/api/v1/playback/environments/" +
URLEncoder.encode(siteId, StandardCharsets.UTF_8) + "/sessions"))
.timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(12))
.header("Accept", "application/json")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.header("X-DRMX-Client-Id", siteKey)
.header("X-DRMX-Client-Secret", accessKey)
.POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(payload))
.build();
HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request,
HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());Go 1.23+
payload, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{
"contentId": trustedContentID,
"contentType": "vod",
"drmSystem": drmSystem,
"subject": authenticatedUserID,
"playbackMode": "streaming",
"licensePolicyTemplate": "multi-tier-standard",
"useEnvironmentDefaults": true,
"maximumQualityTier": "auto",
})
url := platformAPI + "/api/v1/playback/environments/" +
url.PathEscape(siteID) + "/sessions"
req, _ := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, url, bytes.NewReader(payload))
req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.Header.Set("X-DRMX-Client-Id", siteKey)
req.Header.Set("X-DRMX-Client-Secret", accessKey)
response, err := httpClient.Do(req)Ruby 3.3+
uri = URI("#{ENV.fetch('DRMX_PLATFORM_API')}/api/v1/playback/environments/" \
"#{ERB::Util.url_encode(ENV.fetch('DRMX_PLAYBACK_SITE_ID'))}/sessions")
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request['Accept'] = 'application/json'
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['X-DRMX-Client-Id'] = ENV.fetch('DRMX_PLAYBACK_SITE_KEY')
request['X-DRMX-Client-Secret'] = ENV.fetch('DRMX_PLAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY')
request.body = JSON.generate(
contentId: trusted_content_id,
contentType: 'vod',
drmSystem: drm_system,
subject: authenticated_user_id,
playbackMode: 'streaming',
licensePolicyTemplate: 'multi-tier-standard',
useEnvironmentDefaults: true,
maximumQualityTier: 'auto'
)
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(request) }