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Update Kaltura Media entry plays

I'm trying to update field "plays" of a media Entry but while the code runs without any problems/exceptions the value of the entry stays the same.

The code i'm using is below :

try {
    String ks = client.getSessionService().start(ADMIN_SECRET, "admin",
            KalturaSessionType.ADMIN, PARTNER_ID, 86400, "disableentitlement");
    client.setKs(ks);
    client.setSessionId(ks);

    // Get Media Entry
    KalturaMediaEntry getMediaEntry = client.getMediaService().get(entry_id);
    // Get plays of Media Entry
    int plays = getMediaEntry.plays;

    int updatedPlays = plays + 1;

    // Create updated Media Entry with plays+1
    KalturaMediaEntry updatedMediaEntry = new KalturaMediaEntry();
    updatedMediaEntry.plays = updatedPlays;

    // Update
    client.getMediaService().update(entry_id, updatedMediaEntry);

 } catch (KalturaApiException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    Log.i(TAG, "Update Num of plays error: " + e.getMessage() );
}

Anyone can help me with this? Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • KalturaMediaEntry.plays is not updatable using the API, this is a read-only field. See https://github.com/kaltura/server/blob/Kajam-11.18.0/api_v3/lib/types/entry/KalturaPlayableEntry.php#L12

    The API should actually be throwing an error when trying to update this field.

    I assume that you are using a self hosted version of Kaltura, in that case it is possible to update plays using a direct DB script.

    You can use https://github.com/kaltura/server/blob/Kajam-11.18.0/alpha/scripts/utils/updateEntryInSphinx.php as an example. Located at /opt/kaltura/app/alpha/scripts/utils/updateEntryInSphinx.php

    Before $sphinx->saveToSphinx($entry, false, true); add

    $entry->setPlays($entry->getPlays() + 1);
$entry->save();

    Execute with php /opt/kaltura/app/alpha/scripts/utils/updateEntryInSphinx.php ENTRY_ID execute