Wistia

Video hosting, management, and analytics platform built for marketers with detailed engagement tracking.

Capabilities

Authentication

• Type: Bearer Token
• Header: Authorization: Bearer {api_token}
• Get key: Account Settings > API tab at https://account.wistia.com/account/api
• Note: Only Account Owners can create/manage tokens. Tokens can only be copied when first created.

Common Agent Operations

List all projects

GET https://api.wistia.com/v1/projects.json?page=1&per_page=25

Create a project

POST https://api.wistia.com/v1/projects.json

{
  "name": "Marketing Videos Q1"
}

List all media

GET https://api.wistia.com/v1/medias.json?page=1&per_page=25

Get media details

GET https://api.wistia.com/v1/medias/{media_hashed_id}.json

Get media stats

GET https://api.wistia.com/v1/medias/{media_hashed_id}/stats.json

Get account-wide stats

GET https://api.wistia.com/v1/stats/account.json

Get media engagement data (heatmap)

GET https://api.wistia.com/v1/stats/medias/{media_id}/engagement.json

Get media stats by date

GET https://api.wistia.com/v1/stats/medias/{media_id}/by_date.json?start_date=2026-01-01&end_date=2026-01-31

List visitors

GET https://api.wistia.com/v1/stats/visitors.json?page=1&per_page=25

List viewing events

GET https://api.wistia.com/v1/stats/events.json?media_id={media_id}

Update media metadata

PUT https://api.wistia.com/v1/medias/{media_hashed_id}.json

{
  "name": "Updated Video Title",
  "description": "New description"
}

List captions for a video

GET https://api.wistia.com/v1/medias/{media_hashed_id}/captions.json

API Versions

Wistia has two API versions:

• v1 (/v1/) - Legacy, perpetually supported, no breaking changes
• modern (/modern/) - Current version, date-based versioning via X-Wistia-Api-Version header

The CLI uses v1 for maximum stability.

Key Metrics

Media Stats

• plays - Total video plays
• visitors - Unique visitors
• pageLoads - Page load count
• averagePercentWatched - Average watch percentage
• percentOfVisitorsClickingPlay - Play click rate

Engagement Data

• Heatmap data showing exactly where viewers watch, rewatch, and drop off
• Per-second engagement breakdown

Account Stats

• total_medias - Total video count
• total_plays - Account-wide plays
• total_hours_watched - Total hours of video watched

Parameters

Media List Parameters

• page - Page number (default: 1)
• per_page - Results per page (default: 25, max: 100)
• project_id - Filter by project
• name - Filter by name
• type - Filter by type (Video, Audio, Image, etc.)

Stats Date Parameters

• start_date - Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
• end_date - End date (YYYY-MM-DD)

When to Use

• Hosting marketing and product videos with analytics
• Tracking video engagement and viewer behavior
• A/B testing video thumbnails and CTAs
• Embedding videos with custom player branding
• Analyzing which parts of videos drive engagement
• Lead generation via video email gates

Rate Limits

• 600 requests per minute per account
• Exceeding returns HTTP 429 with Retry-After header
• Asset access (media file downloads) does not count toward limit
• Events data returns records from past 2 years only

Relevant Skills

• video-marketing
• content-repurposing
• landing-page-optimization
• lead-generation