Check player name

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Available in Classic and VPC

Check validity and duplication of a player name.

Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

Method URI
GET /api/v1/players/checkName

Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Video Player Enhancement APIs, see Video Player Enhancement request headers.

Request query parameters

You can use the following query parameters with your request:

Field Type Required Description
name String Required Player name
  • Enter 3 to 30 characters using a combination of English letters, numbers, and the special characters "_", "-", and "@".
  • The string must begin with an English letter.

Request example

The request example is as follows:

curl --location --request GET 'https://vpe.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/players/checkName?name=player001' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-ncp-region_code: KR'

Response

This section describes the response format.

Response body

The response body includes the following data:

Field Type Required Description
code String - Response code
message String - Name check result
  • If the name is available: ok
  • If the name is unavailable: Reason for unavailability

Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Video Player Enhancement APIs, see Common Video Player Enhancement response status codes.

Response example

The response example is as follows:

If check result is available name

The following is a sample response if the check results in an available name.

{
    "code": "200",
    "message": "ok"
}

If check result is unavailable name

The following is a sample response if the check results in an unavailable name.

{
    "error": {
        "errorCode": "4802",
        "message": "This player already exists."
    }
}