Create Lesson

Add a lesson to a course. type and name are required. The new lesson is placed after the highest order, or at 0 when the course has no lessons. Visitors see the lesson after you publish. See Lessons and Lesson Object.

Request

POST /players/{id}/files

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	string	Yes	Course UUID. See Identifiers.

Request Body

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
draft_version	integer	Yes	Current counter from Get Course. Minimum 1. Missing, not an integer, or below 1 is 422. A value that is not current is 409.
type	string	Yes	video, audio, file, pdf, google, embed, text, image, or header
name	string	Yes	Name, 1–255 characters
description	string|null	No	Longer description. Omit for null.
text	string	No	Body text. Omit for "".
src_url	string	No	Address of the lesson. Omit for "".
video_source	string	No	youtube, vimeo, wistia, bunny, or other. Omit for vimeo.
info	string	No	Short note, maximum 255 characters. Omit for "".
is_free	boolean	No	Omit for false.
is_hidden	boolean	No	Omit for false.
schedule	object|null	No	Schedule Object. Omit for null.

Example Request

curl -X POST "https://app.easy.tools/api/v1/players/8f3c1a62-d047-4e89-9b25-1c6a4d8e0f71/files" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "draft_version": 1,
    "type": "video",
    "name": "Welcome",
    "description": "Start here.",
    "src_url": "https://video.example.com/play/welcome",
    "video_source": "bunny",
    "is_free": true
  }'

Response

Success Response (201)

{
  "data": {
    "id": "3a91c4e0-6b27-4f58-9d14-7e2b8c0a5f63",
    "name": "Welcome",
    "type": "video",
    "description": "Start here.",
    "text": "",
    "src_url": "https://video.example.com/play/welcome",
    "video_source": "bunny",
    "info": "",
    "is_free": true,
    "is_hidden": false,
    "order": 0,
    "schedule": null,
    "preview_url": "https://app.easy.tools/players/8f3c1a62-d047-4e89-9b25-1c6a4d8e0f71/preview?expires=1768478400&signature=7d2e9c41a6b85f03e1c7d94a2b6f80e35c1a9d7b4e2f60c8a3d5b1e9f7c2a046",
    "draft_version": 2,
    "draft_updated_at": "2026-01-15T11:05:00.000Z"
  }
}

Response Fields

See Lesson Object. preview_url on data is minted for this response. draft_version and draft_updated_at are on data as well.

Error Responses

Not Found Error (404)

See Identifiers.

{
  "error": {
    "code": "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Resource not found"
  }
}

Conflict Error (409)

draft_version is not the current counter. Read the course and retry with that value.

{
  "error": {
    "code": "CONFLICT",
    "message": "The draft was edited elsewhere. GET the draft and retry with the current draft_version."
  }
}

Validation Error (422 Unprocessable Entity)

{
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "The given data was invalid",
    "details": {
      "type": ["type must be one of the following values: video, audio, file, pdf, google, embed, text, image, header"]
    }
  }
}

Authentication, permission, and rate-limit errors are described in Authorization.