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ApsaraVideo VOD:DescribePlayUserAvg

Last Updated:Jul 21, 2026

Retrieves daily average playback statistics for a specified time range, including average playback duration and average playback count.

Operation description

  • Currently, the only supported service region is China (Shanghai).

  • Only playback data collected through ApsaraVideo Player SDK is supported.

  • Playback statistics for the previous day are generated at 9:00 AM (UTC+8) each day.

  • You can query data generated after 2018-01-01. The maximum time range between the start time and end time is 180 days.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

vod:DescribePlayUserAvg

get

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

StartTime

string

Yes

The start time of the query. Specify the time in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format (UTC).

2016-06-29T13:00:00Z

EndTime

string

Yes

The end time of the query. Specify the time in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format (UTC).

Note

The end time must be later than the start time. The maximum time range between the start time and end time is 180 days.

2016-06-30T13:00:00Z

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The request ID.

6C7F90B2-BDA4-4FAC-****-A38A121DFE19

UserPlayStatisAvgs

object

UserPlayStatisAvg

array<object>

The daily average playback statistics for the user.

object

Date

string

The date when the statistics were generated. The date follows the yyyy-MM-dd format.

20170120

AvgPlayDuration

string

The average playback duration. Unit: milliseconds.

1035902.8

AvgPlayCount

string

The average number of video views.

170

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "6C7F90B2-BDA4-4FAC-****-A38A121DFE19",
  "UserPlayStatisAvgs": {
    "UserPlayStatisAvg": [
      {
        "Date": "20170120",
        "AvgPlayDuration": "1035902.8",
        "AvgPlayCount": "170"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error response

JSON format

{
    "RequestId":"1FAFB884-D5A7-47D1-82B5-8928AA9C8720",
    "HostId":"vod.cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com",
    "Code":"InvalidStartTime.Malformed",
    "Message":"Specified StartTime is malformed."
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 InvalidStartTime.Malformed Specified StartTime is malformed. The start time is in an invalid format.
400 InvalidEndTime.Malformed Specified EndTime is malformed. The end time is in an invalid format.
400 InvalidEndTime.BeyondCurrent EndTime beyond current time.
400 InvalidParamter %s
400 InvalidEndTime.Mismatch StartTime or EndTime is mismatch. The start time and end time do not match.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.