VideoSDK · Example Payload

Start Hls Stream

Starts an HLS live stream for a meeting in GRID layout, landscape orientation.

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Start Hls Stream is an example object payload from VideoSDK, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

summarydescriptionrequestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "summary": "Start an HLS live stream",
  "description": "Starts an HLS live stream for a meeting in GRID layout, landscape orientation.",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://api.videosdk.live/v2/hls/start",
    "headers": {
      "Authorization": "<JWT_TOKEN>",
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "roomId": "abc-xyzw-lmno",
      "config": {
        "layout": {
          "type": "GRID",
          "priority": "SPEAKER",
          "gridSize": 9
        },
        "theme": "DEFAULT",
        "mode": "video-and-audio",
        "quality": "high",
        "orientation": "landscape",
        "recording": {
          "enabled": true
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "sessionId": "abcde94c96e17e03fb0abcde4",
      "start": "2022-04-19T09:18:13.432Z",
      "roomId": "abc-xyzw-lmno",
      "playbackHlsUrl": "https://cdn.videosdk.live/meetings-hls/abcdefgh-ijkl-mnop/index.m3u8",
      "livestreamUrl": "https://cdn.videosdk.live/meetings-hls/abcdefgh-ijkl-mnop/live.m3u8",
      "id": "abcdef9879288c1f48339f64",
      "links": {
        "get_room": "https://api.videosdk.live/v2/rooms/abc-xyzw-lmno",
        "get_session": "https://api.videosdk.live/v2/sessions/abcde94c96e17e03fb0abcde4"
      }
    }
  }
}

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