Mux

Mux Live Streams API

A Live Stream represents a unique live stream of video being pushed to Mux. It includes configuration details (a Stream Key) for live broadcasting software/hardware and a Playback ID for playing the stream anywhere. Currently, RTMP is the only supported method of ingesting video. Use rtmp://global-live.mux.com:5222/app with the Live Stream's Stream Key for getting the video into Mux, and use https://stream.mux.com with the Live Stream's Playback ID for playback. A Live Stream can be used once for a specific event, or re-used forever. If you're building an application like Facebook Live or Twitch, you could create one Live Stream per user. This allows them to configure their broadcasting software once, and the Live Stream Playback ID will always show their latest stream. Each RTMP session creates a new video asset automatically. You can set up a webhook to be notified each time a broadcast (or Live Stream RTMP session) begins or ends with the video.live_stream.active and video.live_stream.idle events respectively. Assets that are created from a Live Stream have the same behavior as other Assets you create. Learn more about [how to go live in our guides](https://docs.mux.com/guides/start-live-streaming).

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Business capability

OTT & Streaming Delivery BC-3740.20

Operations 22

GET /video/v1/live_streams List live streams #

POST /video/v1/live_streams Create a live stream #

GET /video/v1/live_streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID} Retrieve a live stream #

POST /video/v1/live-streams Create a Live Stream #

GET /video/v1/live-streams List Live Streams #

GET /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID} Retrieve a Live Stream #

DELETE /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID} Delete a Live Stream #

PATCH /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID} Update a Live Stream #

POST /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID}/playback-ids Create a Live Stream Playback ID #

GET /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID}/playback-ids/{PLAYBACK_ID} Retrieve a Live Stream Playback ID #

DELETE /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID}/playback-ids/{PLAYBACK_ID} Delete a Live Stream Playback ID #

POST /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID}/reset-stream-key Reset a Live Stream's Stream Key #

PUT /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID}/complete Signal a Live Stream Is Finished #

PUT /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID}/disable Disable a Live Stream #

PUT /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID}/enable Enable a Live Stream #

PUT /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID}/embedded-subtitles Update a Live Stream's Embedded Subtitles #

PUT /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID}/generated-subtitles Update a Live Stream's Generated Subtitles #

POST /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID}/simulcast-targets Create a Live Stream Simulcast Target #

DELETE /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID}/simulcast-targets/{SIMULCAST_TARGET_ID} Delete a Live Stream Simulcast Target #

GET /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID}/simulcast-targets/{SIMULCAST_TARGET_ID} Retrieve a Live Stream Simulcast Target #

PUT /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID}/new-asset-settings/static-renditions Update Live Stream Static Renditions for New Assets #

DELETE /video/v1/live-streams/{LIVE_STREAM_ID}/new-asset-settings/static-renditions Delete a Live Stream's Static Renditions Setting for New Assets #

Documentation

https://www.mux.com/docs/core/stream-video-files

https://www.mux.com/docs/api-reference

https://www.mux.com/docs/guides/start-live-streaming

https://www.mux.com/docs/api-reference#tag/Live-Streams

https://www.mux.com/docs/core/monitor-your-video-streaming-performance

https://www.mux.com/docs/api-reference#tag/Video-Views

https://www.mux.com/docs/guides/play-your-videos

https://www.mux.com/docs/api-reference#tag/Streaming

https://www.mux.com/docs/guides/get-images-from-a-video

https://www.mux.com/docs/api-reference#tag/Thumbnails

https://www.mux.com/docs/guides/mux-robots

https://www.mux.com/docs/api-reference#tag/Jobs

https://www.mux.com/docs/guides/signing-jwts

https://www.mux.com/docs/api-reference#tag/Signing-Keys

Specifications

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mux-com/refs/heads/main/openapi/mux-com-live-streams-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Mux Com Live Streams API
  version: v1
  description: 'Operations tagged Live Streams across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: mux-com-openapi.yml, mux-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.mux.com
  description: Mux production API
- url: https://image.mux.com
- url: https://stream.mux.com
- url: https://stats.mux.com
tags:


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