Welcome to the Dailymotion Developer Documentation

Whether you're a publisher integrating videos into your platform or a developer building custom video workflows, you'll find everything you need here: from authenticating with the API and managing your content, to embedding Players and monetizing your audience.

Start with Authentication

Before anything else, you'll need to authenticate with the Dailymotion API. It's the foundation of every integration.

Explore the guides

Browse the guides by topic, or follow them in order to build a complete integration from scratch.

Typical user journey

The diagram below illustrates the end-to-end flow, from authenticating with the API and setting up your content, to embedding your Player and measuring performance. Use it as a reference map as you navigate through the guides.

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 A(Authentication) --> B(Upload)
 A --> C(Manage content)

 B --> D(Players)
 C --> D(Players)


 D --> E1(Embed with Web SDK)
 D --> E2(Embed with Android SDK)
 D --> E3(Embed with iOS SDK)

 E1 --> F(Advertising) 
 E2 --> F(Advertising)
 E3 --> F(Advertising)

 F --> G(Analytics & Reports)

style A fill:#d1fae5,stroke:#10b981,stroke-width:2px,color:#000;
style B fill:#e6f0ff,stroke:#3399ff,stroke-width:2px,color:#000;
style C fill:#e6f0ff,stroke:#3399ff,stroke-width:2px,color:#000;
style E1 fill:#fef3c7,stroke:#f59e0b,stroke-width:2px,color:#000;
style E2 fill:#fef3c7,stroke:#f59e0b,stroke-width:2px,color:#000;
style E3 fill:#fef3c7,stroke:#f59e0b,stroke-width:2px,color:#000;
style F fill:#f0fdfa,stroke:#14b8a6,stroke-width:2px,color:#000;
style G fill:#fce7f3,stroke:#db2777,stroke-width:2px,color:#000;