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Wowza Realtime API

Operations related to Real-Time Streaming at Scale. If your audience is fewer than 300 viewers or you want to deliver a stream in near real time alongside other delivery protocols, use our WebRTC solution. To enable and purchase capacity for Real-Time Streaming at Scale for your account and access the /real_time operations, contact 720.279.8163 or schedule a call.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
OTT & Streaming Delivery BC-3740.20

Operations 7

POST /real_time Create a real-time stream #
GET /real_time Fetch all real-time streams #
GET /real_time/{id} Fetch a real-time stream #
PATCH /real_time/{id} Update a real-time stream #
DELETE /real_time/{id} Delete a real-time stream #
GET /real_time/{id}/state Fetch the state of a real-time stream #
PUT /real_time/{id}/stop Stop a real-time stream #

Documentation

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APIReference
https://developer.wowza.com/docs/wowza-video/api/video/openapi
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Documentation
https://developer.wowza.com/docs/wowza-video/about-wowza-video/
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Documentation
https://developer.wowza.com/docs/wowza-video/api/video/current/overview/
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GettingStarted
https://www.wowza.com/docs/quick-start-for-an-rtmp-live-stream-in-wowza-video
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Documentation
https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-video-rest-api-lifecycle-management
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Documentation
https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-video-rest-api
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Documentation
https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-rest-api
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APIReference
https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-access-documentation-for-wowza-streaming-engine-rest-api
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Documentation
https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-access-wowza-streaming-engine-rest-api-reference-documentation-with-postman
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Documentation
https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-access-wowza-streaming-engine-swagger-documentation-with-swagger-codegen
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GettingStarted
https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-install-and-configure-wowza-streaming-engine

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wowza/refs/heads/main/openapi/wowza-realtime-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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ChangeLog
https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-video-release-notes
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SDKs
https://github.com/WowzaMediaSystems/wse-rest-library-php

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OpenAPI Specification

wowza-realtime-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: v2.0
  title: Wowza Video REST API Reference Documentation Real Time API
  license:
    name: Terms of Use
    url: https://www.wowza.com/legal/terms-of-use
  description: 'API lifecycle phase: Current


    Want to take the API for a test run?'
servers:
- url: https://api.video.wowza.com/api/v2.0
tags:


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