# Mux Live Streams API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/mux-com/mux-com-live-streams-api/  
**Provider:** Mux — https://apis.io/providers/mux-com/  
**Base URL:** https://api.mux.com  
**Documentation:** https://www.mux.com/docs/api-reference

Mux Live Streams API is one of 38 APIs that [Mux](https://apis.io/providers/mux-com/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Live Streams. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

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).

## Machine-readable artifacts (15)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mux-com/refs/heads/main/openapi/mux-com-live-streams-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.mux.com/docs/core/stream-video-files
- **APIReference** — https://www.mux.com/docs/api-reference
- **Documentation** — https://www.mux.com/docs/guides/start-live-streaming
- **APIReference** — https://www.mux.com/docs/api-reference#tag/Live-Streams
- **Documentation** — https://www.mux.com/docs/core/monitor-your-video-streaming-performance
- **APIReference** — https://www.mux.com/docs/api-reference#tag/Video-Views
- **Documentation** — https://www.mux.com/docs/guides/play-your-videos
- **APIReference** — https://www.mux.com/docs/api-reference#tag/Streaming
- **Documentation** — https://www.mux.com/docs/guides/get-images-from-a-video
- **APIReference** — https://www.mux.com/docs/api-reference#tag/Thumbnails
- **Documentation** — https://www.mux.com/docs/guides/mux-robots
- **APIReference** — https://www.mux.com/docs/api-reference#tag/Jobs
- **Documentation** — https://www.mux.com/docs/guides/signing-jwts
- **APIReference** — https://www.mux.com/docs/api-reference#tag/Signing-Keys

## Other Mux APIs (12)

- [Mux Webhooks](https://apis.io/apis/mux-com/webhooks/)
- [Mux Animated Images API](https://apis.io/apis/mux-com/mux-com-animated-images-api/)
- [Mux Annotations API](https://apis.io/apis/mux-com/mux-com-annotations-api/)
- [Mux Ask Questions API](https://apis.io/apis/mux-com/mux-com-ask-questions-api/)
- [Mux Assets API](https://apis.io/apis/mux-com/mux-com-assets-api/)
- [Mux Captions and Transcripts API](https://apis.io/apis/mux-com/mux-com-captions-and-transcripts-api/)
- [Mux Delivery Usage API](https://apis.io/apis/mux-com/mux-com-delivery-usage-api/)
- [Mux Dimensions API](https://apis.io/apis/mux-com/mux-com-dimensions-api/)
- [Mux Direct Uploads API](https://apis.io/apis/mux-com/mux-com-direct-uploads-api/)
- [Mux DRM Configurations API](https://apis.io/apis/mux-com/mux-com-drm-configurations-api/)
- [Mux Edit Captions API](https://apis.io/apis/mux-com/mux-com-edit-captions-api/)
- [Mux Errors API](https://apis.io/apis/mux-com/mux-com-errors-api/)

## Tags

Live Streams

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