Show live stream

Supply a LivestreamId, and you'll get all the details for streaming into, and watching the livestream. Tutorials that use the show livestream endpoint.

{ "assets": { "hls": "https://live.api.video/li400mYKSgQ6xs7taUeSaEKr.m3u8", "iframe": "<iframe src=\"https://embed.api.video/live/li400mYKSgQ6xs7taUeSaEKr\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\"></iframe>", "player": "https://embed.api.video/live/li400mYKSgQ6xs7taUeSaEKr", "thumbnail": "https://cdn.api.video/live/li400mYKSgQ6xs7taUeSaEKr/thumbnail.jpg" }, "broadcasting": false, "createdAt": "2020-01-31T10:17:47.000Z", "liveStreamId": "li400mYKSgQ6xs7taUeSaEKr", "name": "Live Stream From the browser", "public": true, "record": true, "streamKey": "30087931-229e-42cf-b5f9-e91bcc1f7332", "updatedAt": "2020-03-09T13:19:43.000Z" }

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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

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.

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

Request

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