# \#api

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## [How to determine thumbnail url](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/how-to-determine-thumbnail-url/2455)

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**Author:** [@geirbo](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/geirbo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/how-to-determine-thumbnail-url/2455 "2023-11-21T22:04:00Z")

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After successfully adding a thumbnail using the “Try it!” function in the API Reference I can also do a List Thumbnail successfully. However, the response does not contain a the url of the thumbnail. I therefore assume t…

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## [New Bitmovin developer docs!](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/new-bitmovin-developer-docs/1886)

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**Author:** [@Igor](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/Igor)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/new-bitmovin-developer-docs/1886 "2023-03-31T15:50:15Z")

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Bitmovin has a shiny, new docs site. :tada: Check it out at https://developer.bitmovin.com/. Migration, including redirects, is still in progress but most have moved already. Happy reading.

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## [Seek API method is not accurate with DRM content](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/seek-api-method-is-not-accurate-with-drm-content/1820)

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**Author:** [@anatolii.ibrahimov](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/anatolii.ibrahimov)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2023, 9:35am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/seek-api-method-is-not-accurate-with-drm-content/1820 "2023-03-24T09:35:37Z")

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Seek is not accurate with DRM content. I seek to the specific SMPTE 00:01:35:15 timecode (95.742 in seconds). After the Bitmovin player Seeked event getCurrentTime returns this time 95.957333 instead of 95.742. But seek…

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## [Picture-in-Picture support in Bitmovin iOS player SDK](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/picture-in-picture-support-in-bitmovin-ios-player-sdk/1650)

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**Author:** [@lucky.goyal](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/lucky.goyal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/picture-in-picture-support-in-bitmovin-ios-player-sdk/1650 "2023-01-23T13:02:26Z")

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Hello Community, Picture-in-Picture or PiP is a popular feature for video applications. This feature can be used in multiple use cases and scenarios. It allows the video playback continue in a smaller screen while allow…

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## [Error Code 5003 When Accessing Analytics Queries API](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/error-code-5003-when-accessing-analytics-queries-api/1140)

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**Author:** [@phill](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/phill)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/error-code-5003-when-accessing-analytics-queries-api/1140 "2022-10-24T07:10:59Z")

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Hi, I was trying to do a POST request using this endpoint via Postman: https://api.bitmovin.com/v1/analytics/queries/count Here is the request body: { "start": "2022-07-18T17:00:00Z", "end": "2022-08-23T17:00…

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## [What does the state "end\_play\_seeking" indicate?](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/what-does-the-state-end-play-seeking-indicate/1203)

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**Author:** [@billpay](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/billpay)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/what-does-the-state-end-play-seeking-indicate/1203 "2022-09-16T05:56:47Z")

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Below is an example json object for an impression\_id “xyz123” {“impression\_id”: “xyz123”, … … “videotime\_end”: 16000, “videotime\_start”: 15129, “state”: “end\_play\_seeking”, “played”:0, “startuptime”: 0, … … } …

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## [Which Analytics Endpoint to Use to Recreate The Concurrent Viewers Metric?](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/which-analytics-endpoint-to-use-to-recreate-the-concurrent-viewers-metric/1153)

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**Author:** [@phill](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/phill)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/which-analytics-endpoint-to-use-to-recreate-the-concurrent-viewers-metric/1153 "2022-08-29T03:20:32Z")

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Hi, I’ve been trying to recreate dashboard queries via API request. This documentation (Bitmovin Docs - Analytics Tutorials | How to recreate dashboard queries via the API) is being helpful. The difference is, I am doin…

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## [How long does Bitmovin Analytics retain data queryable via API?](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/how-long-does-bitmovin-analytics-retain-data-queryable-via-api/697)

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**Author:** [@fabianp](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/fabianp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/how-long-does-bitmovin-analytics-retain-data-queryable-via-api/697 "2022-05-06T13:10:13Z")

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Hi team. Im using the following endpoint PostAnalyticsQueriesSum to query the Played time. But I see that the values of January now don’t show. What is the retention of these endpoints?

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## [Are there rate limits on the Encoding API?](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/are-there-rate-limits-on-the-encoding-api/171)

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**Author:** [@callum.amor](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/callum.amor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 8:34am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/are-there-rate-limits-on-the-encoding-api/171 "2022-02-24T08:34:50Z")

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We want to call the job status in our production, staging or even development environment. We cannot use the callback since the service is not callable from the public network. If we check on our metrics, those total req…
