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# Add a secondary event in a sequence

POST https://device.example.com:443/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/{channelId}/sequence/{sequenceId}/primary/{primaryId}/secondary
Content-Type: application/json

Reference: https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/harmonic/api/vos/playout-backend/add-secondary-event-in-sequence

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `channelId` (string, required) — ID of the channel
- `sequenceId` (string, required) — ID of the sequence
- `primaryId` (string, required) — ID of the primary event

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a com.harmonicinc.vos.app.playoutcontrolbackend.rest.model.InsertSecondaryProperties.

- `asRunExtraStatus` (string, optional) — Additional As-Run status information for past events
- `asRunStatus` (enum, optional) — As-Run status for past events
  - Allowed values: `AIRED_OK`, `MISSING_MEDIA`, `TECHNICAL_DIFFICULTY_INVALID_ASSET`, `TECHNICAL_DIFFICULTY_UNEXPECTED_ERROR`, `TECHNICAL_DIFFICULTY_PLAY_RESTARTED`, `TECHNICAL_DIFFICULTY_SYNC_LOSS`, `TECHNICAL_DIFFICULTY_INPUT_SWITCH`, `DID_NOT_AIR_SERVICE_STOPPED`, `DID_NOT_AIR_UNEXPECTED`, `DID_NOT_AIR_EVENT_SKIPPED`, `DID_NOT_AIR_EVENT_DELETED_BY_OPERATOR`, `DID_NOT_AIR_CHANNEL_OVERRIDE`, `DID_NOT_AIR_TIMING_ERROR`, `DID_NOT_AIR_SOM_TC_NOT_IN_ASSET`, `DURATION_DISCREPANCY_ASSET_TOO_SHORT`, `PREEMPTED_BY_NEXT_EVENT`, `PREEMPTED_BY_CHANNEL_OVERRIDE`, `TECHNICAL_DIFFICULTY_LATE_START`, `JOINED_IN_PROGRESS_CHANNEL_OVERRIDE`, `CLEAN_LAYER`, `REDUNDANCY_SWITCH`
- `assetId` (string, optional) — File name for the graphic to be played, the filename extension is optional
- `assetTitle` (string, optional) — Text or additional information about the graphic, usually the material title
- `audioProfileName` (string, optional) — Name of the grooming profile to be used, allows the audio tracks of a .wav file to be selected. Grooming profiles are defined in the Asset Acquisition application
- `description` (string, optional) — Descriptive text that may contain additional information about the event
- `duration` (string, optional) — Length of the event (hh:mm:ss.sss), only used when the end mode is Duration
- `endMode` (enum, optional) — Determines how the end timing for the secondary event will be calculated. DURATION secondary event will end at the secondary start time + duration, OFFSETFROMEND secondary will end at an offset from the end time of the primary event, NOEND secondary will be terminated by a future secondary event on the same layer
  - Allowed values: `OFFSETFROMEND`, `DURATION`, `NOEND`
- `endOffset` (string, optional) — End offset, ([+-]hh:mm:ss.sss), only used when the end mode is OffsetFromEnd. Can be positive or negative, blank or empty is interpreted as zero offset
- `layer` (integer, optional) — Layer used for the logo/graphics, 1 to 8. If missing, the value 1 is used. When graphics overlap, the graphic on the higher layer has priority
- `startMode` (enum, optional) — Indicates how the start timing for the secondary event will be calculated, offset from the start or end of the primary event
  - Allowed values: `OFFSETFROMSTART`, `OFFSETFROMEND`
- `startOffset` (string, optional) — Start offset ([+-]hh:mm:ss.sss), only used when the start mode is OffsetFromStart. Can be positive or negative, blank or empty is interpreted as zero offset
- `stopAnimationLeadTime` (string, optional) — Duration of the graphic's outro sequence (hh:mm:ss.sss), applies to 3-point animation graphics. The outro will be started this time before the secondary event ends
- `tcDuration` (string, optional) — Equivalent to duration, but in timecode format (hh:mm:ss[:;]ff)
- `tcEndOffset` (string, optional) — Equivalent to endOffset, but in timecode format ([+-]hh:mm:ss[:;]ff)
- `tcStartOffset` (string, optional) — Equivalent to startOffset, but in timecode format ([+-]hh:mm:ss[:;]ff)
- `tcStopAnimationLeadTime` (string, optional) — Equivalent to stopAnimationLeadTime, but in timecode format (hh:mm:ss[:;]ff)
- `templateFields` (list of com.harmonicinc.vos.playout.zookeeper.event.TemplateField, optional) — Additional information that can be passed to HTML graphic templates

## Response

### 200

OK

### 201

Sequence secondary event created

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Invalid request

- `any`

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `any`

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `any`

### 404 Not Found Error

Channel or sequence or primary doesn't exist

- `any`

## Types

### com.harmonicinc.vos.playout.zookeeper.event.TemplateField

- `boxNumber` (integer, optional) — The number of the template box to be written
- `value` (string, optional) — The text to be written to the template box

## Examples

### Example 1

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

### Example 2

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://device.example.com/cluster1/vos-api/playoutcontrol/v1/events/channelId/sequence/sequenceId/primary/primaryId/secondary")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```