Protocol overview

"Internet Video Open Protocol" is Baidu video search (has been renamed: Baisou video) developed by the search engine video source inclusion standards, websites can publish video content to follow the open protocol XML format of the web page (independent of the original video release form) for search engine index, the website published video actively and timely inform Baidu search engine.

Using the "Internet Video Open Protocol", it is equivalent to the website video subscription by the search engine, through Baidu - the world's largest Chinese video search engine this platform, Internet users will be possible in a wider range of higher frequency access to your website video, and then bring potential traffic to your website.

 

Agreement content

 

Video source inclusion standards

Baidu hopes to diversify its video sources and encourage original video content. If it is a formal and legal website with a large number of valuable video content and can be updated in time, and the website server is stable and high-speed, it is in line with the basic principles of Baidu video source.

 

Baidu Video Search includes any type of video, but you shall bear all legal responsibilities for all the content provided, guarantee the authenticity and legality of the content provided by you, and shall not infringe on the rights and interests of any third party.

 

The minimum update cycle of 3XML file is 5 minutes, less than 5 minutes, Baidu video search will not be able to guarantee to get your updated data in time.

 

The maximum size of a 4XML file is 10 MB. Files larger than 10 MB cannot be correctly obtained by Baidu video search.

 

Please ensure that the video data provided by the 5XML file is at most the data within the last 7 days. Baidu video Search will not capture the data 7 days ago. If the site wants to provide data from 7 days ago, it needs to contact us and provide another temporary URL address for Baidu video search access, and the XML file of this temporary address is not limited to 10M size, but cannot exceed 2G. If the file size is large, you are advised to divide it into multiple files and provide multiple urls.

 

 

Matters needing attention

1 Whether your website has become a Baidu video source or has not been included in Baidu Video Search, you can use this open protocol.

 

The content provided by you using the open protocol shall all comply with the following "Video Source Inclusion Standards".

 

3 "Internet Video Open Protocol" is only a helpful and useful supplement to the original video source collection method, rather than a complete replacement.

 

Baidu Video Search does not guarantee that it will be able to include all the content you submit.

 

 

XML web page Example

* Labels are required
 

Usage method

 

Creation procedure

 

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Create an xml file according to the requirements of the open protocol. Need to explain:

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The supported encoding formats are GB18030, UTF-8, GB2312, BIG5, etc. GB18030 and UTF-8 are recommended. Note: The encoding value in the header of the XML file must match the actual encoding type of the XML file.
 
2
You can put all the videos published in a certain period of time on your website in one XML file, or you can put them in multiple XML files by channel or column.
 
3
It is not recommended to submit videos that are not approved by the website or that are set as private by the user. If yes, you are advised to delete it using the DEL flag.

Keep each XML file constantly updated automatically according to the update cycle.

 
4
Some special characters in the XML tag content need to be converted to escape characters defined by XML. Otherwise, an error occurs and the search engine cannot obtain the video on the page. For details, see the following table. If you do not want to escape, you must tag the content with CDATA, as shown in the XML Web Page Example.
XML特殊字符转义表
 
 

verify

XML files can be validated using xmlspy or firefox. More verification tools are available at the following address:

https://www.w3.org/XML/Schema#Tools https://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/12/13/schematools.html

The verified XML file can make the information you provide more standard and ensure that the video information you publish is not missed by search engines.

 

Submit website

Before submitting, please upload the XML file to your web server and enter the URL address and other information of the XML file into the corresponding box below. The search engine will direct access to the URL address and need to resubmit it when the URL address changes.

Baidu Video Search will test and observe the data you submit for a period of time. If you basically produce according to the requirements of the Internet Video Open Protocol but have problems, we will contact you according to the email address provided on the XML page.

Note: Baidu Video Search does not guarantee to include all content you submit.

* Site name and address are required
 

 

Specification protocol

 

Incentive system

For sites that provide long-term and stable high-quality resources or contribute to the supervision of the network video environment, Baidu Video can provide:

  1. 1
    Increase the overall weight of the station
     
  2. 2
    The traffic lane in the background greatly improves the video timeliness of the high-quality site, which directly affects the default display bit and default playback rate of the site in the special page.
     
  3. 3
    Baidu big search video Aladdin/bosom show bit
     
  4. 4
    hao123 Film and television channels and other Baidu video products show qualifications
     
  5. 5
    Baidu video browsing terminal, secondary page content priority recommendation and quality thematic cooperation
     
 

Punishment system

The site submission does not comply with the standard resource handling principles

If the site submits resources that do not meet the specifications, Baidu Video will deal with the site accordingly to ensure the user's experience, and the severity of the treatment depends entirely on the impact of the site's misconduct on Baidu Video users. The principles of handling are as follows:

  1. 1
    If the case is light and the site has a good record, Baidu Video will first feedback the problem to the site, if it is not processed within the specified time, Baidu Video will implement the corresponding shielding processing on the site (depending on the impact, if the impact is larger Baidu Video will first implement shielding processing), such as the site rectification is completed, you can submit an application for recovery. Those who pass the audit can resume the qualification of data collection and presentation of the site.
     
  2. 2
    If the circumstances are minor but the records are poor, and if the circumstances are more serious, Baidu Video will permanently stop the site data collection and permanently revoke the site resources.
     
 

payment

The Xiaondu Payment API aggregates Alipay, wechat, online banking and other payment channels, allowing site and application developers to achieve fast, secure and centralized access to payment methods paid by users. For specific technical connection, please contact tousu@baiso.com. Baisou Video reserves the right of final interpretation.

 

Download

Baidu video ordinary search results site submit resource standards, which contains detailed rules and diagrams of rewards and punishments, welcome to download and read carefully, in order to standardize the submission of high-quality data.

Click to download the "Baidu Video Resource Management Specifications", the final interpretation of Baidu video all rights.

 
Download Baidu video resource management specifications

Q&A

 

Inclusion criteria

  • Is my website suitable for the Video Open Protocol?

    If your website meets Baidu's "Video source inclusion standards", you can use the "Video Open Protocol".

  • Can all channels or columns of the website be included?

    As long as the content page under the channel or column is a normal video playback page, and you have provided the XML file correctly in accordance with the "Video open Protocol", and passed our tests and observations, you can be included.

    If the content of channels and columns is too much, please pay attention to the file size limit, it is recommended to split into multiple XML for submission.

 

Included content

  • Will using the Video Open Protocol affect my original video page design and publishing?

    No effect at all. This page does not interfere with the HTML video page at all, nor does it need to have a link to this address, and does not need to be presented to ordinary users.

  • Do you need a lot of manpower for maintenance after using the Video Open Protocol?

    No need. You only need to develop once to achieve automatic output and automatic updates.

  • My website already provides RSS output, can I submit my RSS subscription address directly?

    In order to ensure that the video of your website can be quickly and accurately included by Baidu Video Search, please strictly comply with the requirements of the "Video Open Agreement" to create XML files, including data format and data content, otherwise it cannot be successfully included.

    RSS subscription addresses and other XML addresses that do not meet the data format requirements of the Video Open Protocol are not suitable for submission.

  • My website publishes a lot of videos every day. Do I need to put all the videos in a certain format on an XML page?

    No need. You only need to list the video information published in the latest update period on the XML page one by one. The update period is set by you in the <updatePeri> TAB. Assuming an update cycle of 30 minutes, you can provide videos posted in the last 30 minutes at least, and data from the last 7 days at most.

  • How to understand "automatic update"? When do I need to resubmit the XML address?

    The program of Baidu Video search will visit the XML address provided by you in a fixed period. This period is set by you in the <updatePeri> TAB. Baidu Video Search will refer to this value to check whether the xml file provided by you has changed regularly. The way to check for changes is to send a HEAD request to check the Last-Modified or Content-Length of the xml file to determine whether to crawl it. So make sure that your server can return either Last-Modified or Content-Length, and that its value changes as your xml file changes.

    Therefore, you should provide a fixed XML address, and the content on the address is continuously updated according to the update cycle, if it cannot be updated, it will lose the meaning of being included.

    When you need to change the path or name of an XML file, resubmit the changed XML address.

  • Can a site submit multiple different XML addresses?

    Agreed. You can put all the videos published in a certain period of time in an XML file and submit an XML address. It can also be placed in multiple XML files by channel or column, and multiple XML addresses can be submitted.

    But a video on an XML address can only come from the same site.

  • What requirements can I easily ignore and cause all or part of the video to fail?

    1. The <title> and <text> tags must provide complete relevant content, please do not omit part of the content, and do not add content unrelated to the video.

    2. The <title> and <text> tags must only be text text expressing the video content (except XML escape characters), please do not add any HTML language.

    3. All content in the tag such as URL, title, video link, etc., if it contains the following special symbols such as "&", "<", ">", etc., need to be escaped according to the XML specification or marked with CDATA; These special symbols are only for half-corner symbols, and full-corner symbols do not need to be escaped.

    4. The character encoding must strictly conform to the specification in the XML declaration, for example, the XML declaration is , if it is not fully encoded by the standard GB2312 specification, some data will be lost.

 

Data cheating

  • After submitting, how do I know if the site has been successfully included?

    Baidu Video Search will test and observe the data you provide for one week.

    If you basically follow the standards of "Video Open Protocol" but have problems, we will contact you according to the email address provided on the XML page, so please ensure that the email address is real and valid.

    If there is no problem after a week of testing, it will be officially included in one or two days, then you can enter "site: website domain name" in the Baidu video search box to view the video information included from your website.

  • Why does my site disappear from Baidu video search results?

    If your website cannot be searched from Baidu Video for a long time, or suddenly disappears from the search results of Baidu Video, the possible reasons are:

    A. Your website does not conform to the user's search experience, such as full-screen pop-up ads on the video playback page

    B. Your website has malicious cheating, such as submitting a large number of duplicate, false data, etc

    C. The server where your website is located is unstable

    D. The content of your web page does not comply with the provisions of national laws and regulations

    E. Other technical issues

    If you have any further questions or suggestions, please contact us.

  • If my site disappears from Baidu video search results because of cheating, is it possible to be re-included?

    Any website that has been completely corrected has the opportunity to be re-included by Baidu video search. Baidu Video Search will automatically evaluate the processed sites on a regular basis and re-list those who meet the criteria.

 

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