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Cisco Wide Area Application Services API Reference (Software Version 6.4.1)

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Cisco Wide Area Application Services API Reference (Software Version 6.4.1)

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Video Streaming Statistics Service

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Updated:
June 15, 2018

Chapter: Video Streaming Statistics Service

Video Streaming Statistics Service

This chapter describes the Video Streaming Statistics service, which returns video streaming statistics for individual WAEs, device groups, and for the WAAS network.

Note The video application accelerator is used only for WAAS Versions 5.5.1 and earlier.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Video Streaming Statistics Service Syntax

This section contains the following topics:

Video Streaming Statistics Informational URLs

This section provides informational URLs for the Video Streaming Statistics service.

  • Service URL—https:// <host/ip> :8443/ws/ VideoStats
  • WSDL URL—https:// <host/ip> :8443/ws/ VideoStats?wsdl
  • To obtain a description of all the operations and parameters for the VideoStats Web Service, submit a URL to the service with the suffix ?wsdl as follows:

https://<host/ip>:8443/ws/VideoStats?wsdl

  • To obtain management information using the Central Manager monitoring API, first call the service by using the service URL for this service as follows:

https://<host/ip>:8443/ws/VideoStats

Next, submit a SOAP request written in an XML format to retrieve the information.

Video Streaming Statistics Example Request

The following example shows an XML-formatted SOAP request to perform the retrieveHistoricalStats action. The request includes the input parameters for this particular action shown in bold. For more information, see retrieveHistoricalStats.

 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
- <soapenv:Header>
- <wsse:Security xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
- <wsse:UsernameToken>
<wsse:Username>admin</wsse:Username>
<wsse:Password Type="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#PasswordText">default</wsse:Password>
</wsse:UsernameToken>
</wsse:Security>
</soapenv:Header>
- <soapenv:Body>
- <ns1:retrieveHistoricalStats xmlns:ns1="http://service.stats.ws.waas.cisco.com">
<ns1:name>ce-119-40</ns1:name>
<ns1:objType>wae</ns1:objType>
- <ns1:timeframe>
<ns5:endTime xmlns:ns5="http://util.ws.waas.cisco.com/xsd">2008-01-25T08:00:00.000Z</ns5:endTime>
<ns5:frequency xmlns:ns5="http://util.ws.waas.cisco.com/xsd">lasthour</ns5:frequency>
<ns5:startTime xmlns:ns5="http://util.ws.waas.cisco.com/xsd">2008-01-24T08:00:00.000Z</ns5:startTime>
<ns5:timezone xmlns:ns5="http://util.ws.waas.cisco.com/xsd">UTC</ns5:timezone>
</ns1:timeframe>
</ns1:retrieveHistoricalStats>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
 

Video Streaming Statistics Example Response

The following example shows the XML response that contains the output values for the retrieveHistoricalStats action. For more information, see retrieveHistoricalStats.

 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
- <soapenv:Body>
- <ns:retrieveHistoricalStatsResponse xmlns:ns="http://service.stats.ws.waas.cisco.com" xmlns:ax212="http://rmi.java/xsd" xmlns:ax213="http://io.java/xsd" xmlns:ax215="http://stats.ws.waas.cisco.com/xsd" xmlns:ax214="http://util.ws.waas.cisco.com/xsd">
- <ns:return type="com.cisco.waas.ws.stats.VideoStats">
<ax215:acceleratedconnections>30</ax215:acceleratedconnections>
<ax215:errorconnections>19</ax215:errorconnections>
<ax215:frequency>min</ax215:frequency>
<ax215:incomingbytesttotal>44</ax215:incomingbytesttotal>
<ax215:outgoingbytestotal>29</ax215:outgoingbytestotal>
<ax215:receivedconnections>84</ax215:receivedconnections>
<ax215:savedpercent>51.0</ax215:savedpercent>
<ax215:timestamp>2008-04-16T21:15:35.284Z</ax215:timestamp>
<ax215:unacceleratedconnections>9</ax215:unacceleratedconnections>
</ns:return>
</ns:retrieveHistoricalStatsResponse>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

VIdeo Streaming Statistics Service Actions

The Video Streaming Statistics service (VideoStats Web Service) performs one or more of the following actions:

getAccelerationBypassReasons

Retrieves the overall acceleration bypass reason statistics.

Input Parameters

 

Parameter
Description

name

A string that describes the name of the WAE, WAE group, or system.

objType

A string that describes the object type. Valid values include the following:

  • wae
  • waegroup
  • system

timeframe

A TimeFrameFilter value that includes the time interval, time zone, and frequency.

Return

The output parameter VideoAccelBypassReasons[] returns a VideoAccelBypassReasons value that provides a list of video statistics.

Exceptions

 

Type
String
Description

RemoteException

VideoStatsService.getAccelerationBypassReasons: ERROR:Invalid name=

Unknown exception. See the logs to view the error.

getActiveConnCount

Retrieves the overall video active connection statistics collected.

Input Parameters

 

Parameter
Description

name

A string that describes the name of the WAE, WAE group, or system.

objType

A string that describes the object type. Valid values include the following:

  • wae
  • waegroup
  • system

timeframe

A TimeFrameFilter value that includes the time interval, time zone, and frequency.

Return

The output parameter VideoActiveConnCount[] returns a VideoActiveConnCount value that provides a list of video active connection statistics.

Exceptions

 

Type
String
Description

RemoteException

VideoStatsService.getActiveConnCount: ERROR:Invalid name=

Unknown exception. See the logs to view the error.

retrieveCurrentStats

Retrieves the current video statistics collected for a stream which is specified by the URL on a WAE.

Input Parameters

 

Parameter
Description

name

A string that describes the name of the WAE.

objType

A string that describes the object type. Valid values include the following:

  • wae

url

A string that contains the URL of the stream for which statistics are requested. Wild cards are applicable.

Return

The output parameter videostreamstats[] returns a VideoStreamStats value that provides a list of URL stream statistics.

Exceptions

 

Type
String
Description

RemoteException

VideoStatsService.retrieveCurrentStats: ERROR:Invalid name=

The device name is invalid.

RemoteException

VideoStatsService.retrieveCurrentStats: ERROR:Invalid objType=

The object type name is invalid.

RemoteException

VideoStatsService.retrieveCurrentStats: ERROR:Invalid URL

The URL is invalid.

AxisFault

VideoStats:The Method Name is not supported. MethodName=

The method name is not supported for a given service.

AxisFault

VideoStats:The SOAP Envelope Body is Null

The SOAP envelope is missing for a given service.

AxisFault

VideoStats:The Requested WebService is not available

The service requested is not supported.

AxisFault

retrieveCurrentStats:The SOAP Body doesn’t have all the required elements

The SOAP body does not have all the required elements.

RemoteException

VideoStatsService.retrieveCurrentStats: ERROR:Invalid url=

The UFL is blank or not specified in the filter.

retrieveHistoricalStats

Retrieves the overall video statistics collected on either a WAE device, WAEs within a device group, or all WAEs system wide.

Input Parameters

 

Parameter
Description

name

A string that describes the name of the WAE, WAE group, or system.

objType

A string that describes the object type. Valid values include the following:

  • wae
  • waegroup
  • system

timeframe

A TimeFrameFilter value that includes the time interval, time zone, and frequency.

Return

The output parameter videostats[] returns a VideoStats value that provides a list of video statistics.

Exceptions

 

Type
String
Description

RemoteException

VideoStatsService.retrieveHistorical
Stats: ERROR:Invalid name=

The device name is invalid.

RemoteException

VideoStatsService.retrieveHistorical
Stats: ERROR:Invalid objType=

The object type name is invalid.

RemoteException

VideoStatsService.retrieveHistorical
Stats: ERROR:Invalid TimeFrame

The timeframe is invalid.

RemoteException

VideoStatsService.retrieveHistorical
Stats: ERROR:Invalid frequency=

The frequency is invalid.

RemoteException

VideoStatsService.retrieveHistorical
Stats: ERROR:Invalid startTime=

The start time is invalid.

RemoteException

VideoStatsService.retrieveHistoricalStats: ERROR:Invalid endTime=

The end time is invalid.

RemoteException

VideoStatsService.retrieveHistorical
Stats: ERROR:startTime should be less than endTime startTime=

The start time is less than the end time.

AxisFault

VideoStats:The Method Name is not supported. MethodName=

The method name is not supported for a given service.

AxisFault

VideoStats:The SOAP Envelope Body is Null

The SOAP envelope is missing for a given service.

AxisFault

VideoStats:The Requested WebService is not available

The service requested is not supported.

AxisFault

retrieveHistoricalStats:The SOAP Body doesn’t have all the required elements

The SOAP body does not have all the required elements.

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