Create live stream

A live stream will give you the 'connection point' to RTMP your video stream to api.video. It will also give you the details for viewers to watch the same livestream. The public=false 'private livestream' is available as a BETA feature, and should be limited to livestreams of 3,000 viewers or fewer. See our Live Stream Tutorial for a walkthrough of this API with OBS. Your RTMP endpoint for the livestream is rtmp://broadcast.api.video/s/{streamKey}
Tutorials that create live streams.

curl --location --request POST 'https://ws.api.video/live-streams' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data-raw '{ "name": "Test live", "playerId": "pl4f4ferf5erfr5zed4fsdd", "record": true }'

{ "assets": { "hls": "https://live.api.video/li4pqNqGUkhKfWcBGpZVLRY5.m3u8", "iframe": "<iframe src=\"https://embed.api.video/live/li4pqNqGUkhKfWcBGpZVLRY5\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\"></iframe>", "player": "https://embed.api.video/live/li4pqNqGUkhKfWcBGpZVLRY5", "thumbnail": "https://cdn.api.video/live/li4pqNqGUkhKfWcBGpZVLRY5/thumbnail.jpg" }, "broadcasting": false, "createdAt": "2020-07-29T10:45:35.000Z", "liveStreamId": "li4pqNqGUkhKfWcBGpZVLRY5", "name": "Live From New York", "public": true, "record": true, "streamKey": "cc1b4df0-d1c5-4064-a8f9-9f0368385135", "updatedAt": "2020-07-29T10:45:35.000Z" }

Request

Body Params application/json

name

string

required

Add a name for your live stream here.

Example:

My Live Stream Video

playerId

string

optional

The unique identifier for the player.

Example:

pl4f4ferf5erfr5zed4fsdd

public

boolean

optional

BETA FEATURE Please limit all public = false ("private") livestreams to 3,000 users. Whether your video can be viewed by everyone, or requires authentication to see it. A setting of false will require a unique token for each view.

record

boolean

optional

Whether you are recording or not. True for record, false for not record.

Default:

false

Example:

true

Examples

Responses

🟢200Success

application/json

Body

assets

object (live_stream_assets)

optional

hls

string <uri>

optional

The http live streaming (HLS) link for your live video stream.

Example:

https://live.api.video/li4pqNqGUkhKfWcBGpZVLRY5.m3u8

iframe

string

optional

The embed code for the iframe containing your live video stream.

Example:

player

string <uri>

optional

A link to the video player that is playing your live stream.

Example:

https://embed.api.video/live/li400mYKSgQ6xs7taUeSaEKr

thumbnail

string <uri>

optional

A link to the thumbnail for your video.

Example:

https://cdn.api.video/live/li400mYKSgQ6xs7taUeSaEKr/thumbnail.jpg

broadcasting

boolean

optional

Whether or not you are broadcasting the live video you recorded for others to see. True means you are broadcasting to viewers, false means you are not.

Example:

true

liveStreamId

string

optional

The unique identifier for the live stream. Live stream IDs begin with "li."

Example:

li400mYKSgQ6xs7taUeSaEKr

name

string

optional

The name of your live stream.

Example:

My Live Stream

playerId

string

optional

The unique identifier for the player.

Example:

pl45d5vFFGrfdsdsd156dGhh

public

boolean

optional

Example:

true

record

boolean

optional

Whether you are recording or not.

Example:

true

streamKey

string

optional

The unique, private stream key that you use to begin streaming.

Example:

cc1b4df0-d1c5-4064-a8f9-9f0368385135

🟠400Bad Request