Get direct Vimeo video url Android

Question

I need to play Vimeo viodes in my app having only video id. For example 83342420. How can I get vimeo video url? Or is there any other way to play video in android?

I tried WebView solution but it doesn't suit. I also tried the urls like http://vimeo.com/moogaloop/play/clip:7926539/5cd4f7989ee0cb5018c131260aa1fc8c/1309860388/ but I'm getting 404 Not found. Maybe I need some kind of api key or token?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Ok. For getting direct url for Vimeo video just need to send GET Request to url:

old url - http://player.vimeo.com/v2/video/<video_id>/config
**UPD**: new url - http://player.vimeo.com/video/<video_id>/config

In result you will get such response:

{
  "cdn_url": "http://f.vimeocdn.com",
  "view": 1,
  "request": {
    "files": {
      "h264": {
        "mobile": {
          "profile": 116,
          "origin": "ns3.pdl",
          "url": "http://pdl.vimeocdn.com/84730/904/216566897.mp4?token2=1397407519_8b323701fa08b3531612d6160be9cc5e&aksessionid=01788ff54890a9b2",
          "height": 270,
          "width": 480,
          "id": 216566897,
          "bitrate": 547,
          "availability": 60
        },
        "hd": {
          "profile": 113,
          "origin": "ns3.pdl",
          "url": "http://pdl.vimeocdn.com/87179/143/216566895.mp4?token2=1397407519_1d0ef28841fb628c423f9dbeb93168d4&aksessionid=2a0b480300c82ef7",
          "height": 720,
          "width": 1280,
          "id": 216566895,
          "bitrate": 3142,
          "availability": 60
        },
        "sd": {
          "profile": 112,
          "origin": "ns3.pdl",
          "url": "http://pdl.vimeocdn.com/57248/568/216566886.mp4?token2=1397407519_395f6cf4e80b98826424e21c8de508d1&aksessionid=598e59776ed0979a",
          "height": 360,
          "width": 640,
          "id": 216566886,
          "bitrate": 1198,
          "availability": 60
        }
      },
      "hls": {
        "all": "http://av20.hls.vimeocdn.com/i/,57248/568/216566886,87179/143/216566895,84730/904/216566897,.mp4.csmil/master.m3u8?primaryToken=1397407519_93cf5d54b3482e3a1e716cf28b9550a7",
        "hd": "http://av20.hls.vimeocdn.com/i/,87179/143/216566895,.mp4.csmil/master.m3u8?primaryToken=1397407519_a84194ace821175f0ee0ff9ab8d9241f"
      },
      "codecs": [
        "h264"
      ]
    },
    "ga_account": "UA-76641-35",
    "timestamp": 1397406594,
    "expires": 925,
    "prefix": "/v2",
    "session": "d85291b3aa5b3e5fbf3ea82d81d7d5e849aa50e5",
    "cookie": {
      "scaling": 1,
      "volume": 1.0,
      "hd": null,
      "captions": null
    },
    "cookie_domain": ".vimeo.com",
    "referrer": null,
    "conviva_account": "c3.Vimeo",
    "flags": {
      "login": 1,
      "preload_video": 1,
      "plays": 1,
      "partials": 1,
      "conviva": 1
    },
    "build": {
      "player": "a30ff35f",
      "js": "2.4.7"
    },
    "urls": {
      "zeroclip_swf": "http://f.vimeocdn.com/p/external/zeroclipboard/ZeroClipboard.swf",
      "js": "http://f.vimeocdn.com/p/2.4.7/js/player.js",
      "proxy": "https://f.vimeocdn.com/p/2.4.7/proxy.html",
      "conviva": "http://livepassdl.conviva.com/ver/2.72.0.13589/LivePass.js",
      "flideo": "http://f.vimeocdn.com/p/flash/flideo/1.0.3b10/flideo.swf",
      "canvas_js": "http://f.vimeocdn.com/p/2.4.7/js/player.canvas.js",
      "moog": "http://f.vimeocdn.com/p/flash/moogaloop/6.0.9/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=83342420",
      "conviva_service": "http://livepass.conviva.com",
      "moog_js": "http://f.vimeocdn.com/p/2.4.7/js/moogaloop.js",
      "zeroclip_js": "http://f.vimeocdn.com/p/external/zeroclipboard/ZeroClipboard-patch.js",
      "css": "http://f.vimeocdn.com/p/2.4.7/css/player.css"
    },
    "signature": "09c6bc41e6a7d343748ed3e00420a108"
  },
  "player_url": "player.vimeo.com",
  "video": {
    "allow_hd": 1,
    "height": 720,
    "owner": {
      "account_type": "pro",
      "name": "Sabian",
      "img": "http://i.vimeocdn.com/portrait/2511583_75x75.jpg",
      "url": "http://vimeo.com/sabian",
      "img_2x": "http://i.vimeocdn.com/portrait/2511583_150x150.jpg",
      "id": 8487062
    },
    "thumbs": {
      "1280": "http://i.vimeocdn.com/video/459788805_1280.jpg",
      "960": "http://i.vimeocdn.com/video/459788805_960.jpg",
      "640": "http://i.vimeocdn.com/video/459788805_640.jpg"
    },
    "duration": 25,
    "id": 83342420,
    "hd": 1,
    "embed_code": "<iframe src=\"//player.vimeo.com/video/83342420\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>",
    "default_to_hd": 0,
    "title": "Mike Portnoy",
    "url": "https://vimeo.com/83342420",
    "privacy": "anybody",
    "share_url": "http://vimeo.com/83342420",
    "width": 1280,
    "embed_permission": "public",
    "fps": 24.0
  },
  "build": {
    "player": "a30ff35f",
    "rpc": "dev"
  },
  "embed": {
    "player_id": null,
    "outro": "videos",
    "api": 2,
    "context": "embed.main",
    "time": 0,
    "color": "00adef",
    "settings": {
      "fullscreen": 1,
      "byline_badge": {
        "url": "http://vimeo.com/sabian",
        "type": "pro"
      },
      "byline": 1,
      "like": 1,
      "playbar": 1,
      "title": 1,
      "color": 0,
      "branding": 1,
      "share": 1,
      "scaling": 1,
      "logo": 1,
      "info_on_pause": 0,
      "watch_later": 1,
      "portrait": 1,
      "embed": 1,
      "badge": 0,
      "volume": 1
    },
    "on_site": 0,
    "loop": 0,
    "autoplay": 0
  },
  "vimeo_url": "vimeo.com",
  "user": {
    "liked": 0,
    "account_type": "basic",
    "logged_in": 1,
    "owner": 0,
    "watch_later": 0,
    "id": 26896968,
    "mod": false
  }
}

Answer 2

Vimeo does not offer support for any videos play urls. Vimeo only offers 2 methods for playing videos on mobile.

1. Embeddable videos work in many Android web views.
2. PRO members have access to direct video file links (including HLS) and can use these in their own mobile apps.