In March 2024, the following API changes take effect:
Table 1. Application management
Change type
API
Description
Update
Queries the application list.
Table 2. RTC 3.0 application channel management
Change type
API
Description
New
Deletes a channel.
New
Queries online users in a channel.
New
Queries user information in a channel.
New
Queries online channel information.
New
Removes users.
Table 3. RTC 3.0 application cloud recording
Change type
API
Description
New
Starts a cloud recording task.
New
Stops a cloud recording task.
Table 4. RTC 3.0 application bypass stream ingest
Change type
API
Description
New
Creates a stream ingest template.
New
Queries the list of stream ingest templates.
New
Modifies a stream ingest template.
New
Deletes a stream ingest template.
New
Starts a bypass stream ingest task.
New
Stops a bypass stream ingest task.
Table 5. RTC 3.0 application communication monitoring
Change type
API
Description
New
Performs a paged query for communication information within a time range.
New
Queries the details of a single communication session.
New
A subscriber obtains the list of publishers in a communication session.
New
Obtains the list of end-to-end user events.
New
Obtains end-to-end metric data.
New
Downlink Quality of Experience (QoE) metrics in a single communication session.
Table 6. RTC 3.0 application channel data
Change type
API
Description
New
Queries channel overview data.
New
Obtains channel distribution statistics.
New
Obtains channel region distribution statistics.
New
Obtains the list of publishers in a channel.
New
Queries user data in the channel overview.
Table 7. RTC 3.0 application usage statistics
Change type
API
Description
New
Obtains overview data for usage statistics.
New
Obtains distribution data for usage statistics.
New
Obtains region distribution data for usage statistics.
New
Usage distribution by operating system and software development kit (SDK) version.
Table 8. RTC 3.0 application quality statistics
Change type
API
Description
New
Obtains overview data for quality statistics.
New
Obtains distribution data for quality statistics.
New
Obtains region distribution data for quality statistics.
New
Quality distribution by operating system and SDK version.
Table 9. RTC 3.0 application abnormality diagnostics
Change type
API
Description
New
Obtains overview data for abnormality diagnostics.
New
Obtains the distribution of influencing factors for abnormality diagnostics.
New
Obtains the detailed list of users for abnormality diagnostics.
New
Obtains the details of a user for abnormality diagnostics.
On November 30, 2021, the Interactive Whiteboard API changes take effect as follows:
Change type
API
Description
New
Queries the details of whiteboard recordings.
On November 25, 2021, the API changes take effect as follows:
Table 1. Layout management
Change type
API
Description
Deleted
DescribeMPULayoutList
Obtains the list of layouts for bypass live streaming.
Table 2. Bypass stream ingest
Change type
API
Description
Deleted
UpdateMPULayout
Updates the layout of a task.
New
Updates a bypass stream ingest task.
Table 3. Automatic single-stream bypass ingest rules
Change type
API
Description
New
Creates an automatic single-stream bypass ingest rule.
New
Deletes an automatic single-stream bypass ingest rule.
New
Queries automatic single-stream bypass ingest rules.
New
Enables an automatic single-stream bypass ingest rule.
New
Disables an automatic single-stream bypass ingest rule.
New
Modifies an automatic single-stream bypass ingest rule.
On November 3, 2021, the bypass stream ingest API changes take effect as follows:
Change type
API
Description
Updated
Starts a bypass live streaming task.
Updated
UpdateMPULayout
Updates the layout of a task.
Starting in March 2021, Alibaba Cloud RTC gradually discontinued support for earlier versions of the data service APIs. Support for the following APIs ended on June 30, 2021:
API
Description
DescribeRtcDurationData
Obtains the cumulative communication duration for an application within a specific period, categorized by audio and video specifications.
DescribeRtcUserCntData
Queries the number of active users for an application within a specific period. Active users are user terminals that have communicated.
DescribeRtcChannelCntData
Queries the number of active channels for an application within a specific period. Active channels are channels where communication occurred.
DescribeRtcPeakUserCntData
Queries the peak number of concurrent communications for an application within a specific period. A publish-subscribe relationship is marked as one communication session.
DescribeRtcPeakChannelCntData
Queries the peak number of concurrent channels for an application within a specified time.
DescribeRtcChannelList
Obtains the list of channel communication records.
DescribeRtcChannelMetric
Obtains the details of a channel communication record.
DescribeRtcChannelUserList
Obtains the list of users in a channel communication session.
DescribeRtcUserEvents
Obtains key call events for a specified user.
DescribeRtcChannelDetail
Obtains channel details.
DescribeRtcScale
Obtains the daily call scale for a specified application. Data for the previous day is compiled at 00:00 each day.
DescribeRtcScaleDetail
Obtains the call scale details by the minute for a specified application.
DescribeRtcChannelMetrics
Obtains user call metrics.
For more information about the new data service APIs, see API overview.