# HTTP API: Recording, stingers & system

> Machine-wide endpoints.

Glider documentation · Automation & API · Web page: https://cgglider.com/docs/http-api/machine/

Sections of this page: [Pages](https://cgglider.com/docs/http-api.md) · [Runtime](https://cgglider.com/docs/http-api/runtime.md) · [Files, fonts & secrets](https://cgglider.com/docs/http-api/files.md) · [Checks](https://cgglider.com/docs/http-api/checks.md) · [Streaming](https://cgglider.com/docs/http-api/streams.md) · [Recording, stingers & system](https://cgglider.com/docs/http-api/machine.md)

| Endpoint | Does |
| --- | --- |
| GET /api/recording | The recording's status and the saved settings. |
| PUT /api/recording | Save the settings. 409 while a recording runs. |
| POST /api/recording | {action: "start", pageId} or {action: "stop"}; {action: "capabilities"} lists the formats and encoders this machine's ffmpeg has. |
| POST /api/stingers/import | Upload stinger clips or a Glider stinger package as multipart files. |
| POST /api/stingers/export | {action: "render"} renders a stinger from a scene workflow; {action: "package"} builds a Glider package; with no action it returns the clip as a MOV, WebM or MP4 file in the export settings sent. |
| GET /api/stingers/assets/{id} | A stinger's clip; /recipe its source scene. |
| GET /api/system/health | Answers while the server is responsive. The desktop app uses it to tell a frozen server from a busy one. |
| GET/PUT/POST /api/system/https | Settings › System › Secure connection: read, change, or {action: "renew"} the certificate. Changes need the access token when one is set. |
| GET /api/system/https/endpoint | Whether https is serving, and on which port. |
| GET /api/system/https/ca | The local authority's certificate for another computer to install (DER; ?format=pem for text). Served on plain http too. |
| POST/DELETE /api/system/https/trust | Trust the local authority on this computer, or remove it. Answered only for a window on this computer. |