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Jibri REST API

HTTP control API exposed by Jibri (Jitsi BRoadcasting Infrastructure) for starting and stopping recording or live-streaming sessions, reporting health, and surfacing the busy/idle state of a Jibri instance. Used by Jicofo and orchestrators when fanning recording or RTMP streaming load across a Jibri pool.

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https://github.com/jitsi/jibri
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Documentation
https://github.com/jitsi/jibri/blob/master/doc/http_api.md

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SourceCode
https://github.com/jitsi/jibri

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: jitsi:jibri-rest-api
name: Jibri REST API
tags:
- Jibri
- Recording
- Live Streaming
- REST
- Self-Hosted
humanURL: https://github.com/jitsi/jibri
baseURL: http://localhost:2222
properties:
- url: https://github.com/jitsi/jibri
  name: Jibri
  type: Documentation
- url: https://github.com/jitsi/jibri/blob/master/doc/http_api.md
  name: Jibri HTTP API
  type: Documentation
- url: https://github.com/jitsi/jibri
  type: SourceCode
description: HTTP control API exposed by Jibri (Jitsi BRoadcasting Infrastructure) for starting and stopping
  recording or live-streaming sessions, reporting health, and surfacing the busy/idle state of a Jibri
  instance. Used by Jicofo and orchestrators when fanning recording or RTMP streaming load across a Jibri
  pool.