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ApsaraVideo VOD:UpdateWatermark

Last Updated:Jul 21, 2026

Modifies the name and watermark configuration (WatermarkConfig) of an image and text watermark template that was added by calling the AddWatermark operation.

Operation description

  • After you invoke AddWatermark to add an image and text watermark template, you can invoke this operation to modify the name and watermark configuration of the template.

  • This operation does not support replacing the image in an image watermark template or modifying the template across templatetypes (such as changing an image watermark template to a text watermark template).

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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:UpdateWatermark

update

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

Name

string

No

The new name of the watermark template.

  • Only Chinese characters, letters, and digits are supported.

  • The name can be up to 128 bytes in length.

  • UTF-8 encoding.

test

WatermarkId

string

Yes

The ID of the image and text watermark template to modify. Only a single watermark template ID is supported. You can obtain the ID by using one of the following methods:

  • The ID is returned after you call the AddWatermark operation to add an image and text watermark template.

  • The ID is returned after you call the ListWatermark operation to query the list of image and text watermark templates.

af2afe4761992c*****bd947dae97337

WatermarkConfig

string

Yes

The configuration information of the image and text watermark (JSON character string), including the watermark display position and watermark effect. The configuration parameters for image watermarks and text watermarks are different. For details about the parameter structure, see WatermarkConfig.

Note

Modifying across templatetypes is not supported. You can invoke the GetWatermark operation to query the type of the watermark template before modifying the configuration.

{"Width":"55","Height":"55","Dx":"9","Dy":"9","ReferPos":"BottomLeft"}

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The request ID.

25818875-5F78-4A*****F6-D7393642CA58

WatermarkInfo

object

The watermark template information.

CreationTime

string

The time when the watermark template was created. The time is in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format (UTC).

2018-11-06T08:03:17Z

Type

string

The type of the watermark template. Valid values:

  • Image: image watermark template.

  • Text: text watermark template.

Image

IsDefault

string

Indicates whether the template is the default image and text watermark template. Valid values:

  • Default: the default image and text watermark template.

  • NotDefault: not the default image and text watermark template.

NotDefault

FileUrl

string

The URL of the watermark file (OSS address or CDN address).

Note

This parameter is returned only for image watermark templates.

https://outin-32****9f4b3e7.oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com/image/cover/E6C3448CC8B715E6F8A72EC6B-6-2.png?Expires=1541600583&OSSAccessKeyId=****&Signature=gmf1eYMoDVg%2BHQCb4UGozBW****

WatermarkConfig

string

The configuration information of the image and text watermark (JSON string), including the watermark display position and watermark effect. The configuration parameters for image watermarks and text watermarks are different. For more information about the parameter structure, see WatermarkConfig.

{"Width":"55","Height":"55","Dx":"9","Dy":"9","ReferPos":"BottomLeft"}

Name

string

The name of the watermark template.

test

WatermarkId

string

The ID of the watermark template.

505e2e287ea*****ecfddd386d384

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "25818875-5F78-4A*****F6-D7393642CA58",
  "WatermarkInfo": {
    "CreationTime": "2018-11-06T08:03:17Z",
    "Type": "Image",
    "IsDefault": "NotDefault",
    "FileUrl": "https://outin-32****9f4b3e7.oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com/image/cover/E6C3448CC8B715E6F8A72EC6B-6-2.png?Expires=1541600583&OSSAccessKeyId=****&Signature=gmf1eYMoDVg%2BHQCb4UGozBW****",
    "WatermarkConfig": "{\"Width\":\"55\",\"Height\":\"55\",\"Dx\":\"9\",\"Dy\":\"9\",\"ReferPos\":\"BottomLeft\"}",
    "Name": "test",
    "WatermarkId": "505e2e287ea*****ecfddd386d384"
  }
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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