Cloudflare Stream

Cloudflare Stream is the video streaming, hosting, and live-video product from Cloudflare - a single REST API for uploading, storing, encoding, and delivering on-demand and live video across Cloudflare's global network. It handles direct and TUS resumable uploads, copy-from-URL ingest, live inputs over RTMPS and SRT (with simulcast outputs and WebRTC/WHIP/WHEP beta), a built-in adaptive-bitrate player and HLS/DASH manifests, AI-generated and uploaded captions, signed-URL access control, per-account webhooks, and viewing analytics. This entry documents the Cloudflare Stream product specifically, not the broader Cloudflare platform. The API is served under https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream and authenticates with a Bearer API token. Billed at $5 per 1,000 minutes of video stored and $1 per 1,000 minutes delivered.

Cloudflare Stream publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Analytics API, Captions API, Live Inputs API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Video, Streaming, Live Streaming, Media, and Video Hosting.

Cloudflare Stream’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

42.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-04 · rubric v0.23.0

AccessPaid

1 published contract

Video Streaming Live Streaming Media Video Hosting Cloudflare

What this lets a business do 3

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Media Asset Management

BC-3710

Videos

Content Origination & Production Management

BC-3700

Captions

PUT /accounts/{account_id}/stream/{identifier}/captions/{language} POST /accounts/{account_id}/stream/{identifier}/captions/{language}/generate

Content Distribution & Delivery Management

BC-3740

Live Inputs

Kin Score

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scored 2026-10-04 · rubric v0.23.0

Composite quality — 42.6/100 · developing

Contract Quality 9.0 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 6.6 / 15

Access Clarity 7.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 3.0 / 10

Contract Governance 0.0 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 2.6 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Cloudflare Stream Analytics API

Account storage usage and viewing analytics.

Cloudflare Stream Captions API

Per-language captions and subtitles for a video.

Cloudflare Stream Live Inputs API

Live inputs receiving RTMPS or SRT broadcasts, plus simulcast outputs.

Cloudflare Stream Signed URLs API

Signing keys and per-video signed playback tokens.

Cloudflare Stream Videos API

On-demand video upload, storage, encoding, and management.

Cloudflare Stream Webhooks API

The single per-account webhook for video processing notifications.

Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Cloudflare Stream Analytics API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cloudflare Stream Analytics Captions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cloudflare Stream Analytics Live Inputs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cloudflare Stream Analytics Signed URLs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cloudflare Stream Analytics Videos API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cloudflare Stream Analytics Webhooks API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cloudflare Stream API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Cloudflare Stream Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Cloudflare Stream Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Cloudflare Stream Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Cloudflare Stream Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Cloudflare Stream Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Cloudflare Stream Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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Cloudflare Stream Agentic Access

33 operations · 21 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Pricing

Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cloudflare-stream
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cloudflare-stream/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Cloudflare Stream
kind: company
description: Cloudflare Stream is the video streaming, hosting, and live-video product from Cloudflare - a single REST API
  for uploading, storing, encoding, and delivering on-demand and live video across Cloudflare's global network. It handles
  direct and TUS resumable uploads, copy-from-URL ingest, live inputs over RTMPS and SRT (with simulcast outputs and WebRTC/WHIP/WHEP
  beta), a built-in adaptive-bitrate player and HLS/DASH manifests, AI-generated and uploaded captions, signed-URL access
  control, per-account webhooks, and viewing analytics. This entry documents the Cloudflare Stream product specifically, not
  the broader Cloudflare platform. The API is served under https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream
  and authenticates with a Bearer API token. Billed at $5 per 1,000 minutes of video stored and $1 per 1,000 minutes delivered.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cloudflare-stream.png
tags:
- Video
- Streaming
- Live Streaming
- Media
- Video Hosting
- Cloudflare
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: cloudflare-stream:cloudflare-stream-analytics-api
  name: Cloudflare Stream Analytics API
  description: Account storage usage and viewing analytics.
  humanURL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/
  baseURL: https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
  tags:
  - Analytics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudflare-stream-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/get-started/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/cloudflare-stream.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/cloudflare-stream.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/live_inputs/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/edit-videos/adding-captions/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/captions/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/securing-your-stream/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/keys/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/manage-video-library/using-webhooks/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/webhooks/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/getting-analytics/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/
- aid: cloudflare-stream:cloudflare-stream-captions-api
  name: Cloudflare Stream Captions API
  description: Per-language captions and subtitles for a video.
  humanURL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/
  baseURL: https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
  tags:
  - Captions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudflare-stream-captions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/get-started/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/cloudflare-stream.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/cloudflare-stream.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/live_inputs/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/edit-videos/adding-captions/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/captions/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/securing-your-stream/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/keys/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/manage-video-library/using-webhooks/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/webhooks/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/getting-analytics/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/
- aid: cloudflare-stream:cloudflare-stream-live-inputs-api
  name: Cloudflare Stream Live Inputs API
  description: Live inputs receiving RTMPS or SRT broadcasts, plus simulcast outputs.
  humanURL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/
  baseURL: https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
  tags:
  - Live Inputs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudflare-stream-live-inputs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/get-started/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/cloudflare-stream.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/cloudflare-stream.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/live_inputs/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/edit-videos/adding-captions/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/captions/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/securing-your-stream/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/keys/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/manage-video-library/using-webhooks/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/webhooks/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/getting-analytics/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/
- aid: cloudflare-stream:cloudflare-stream-signed-urls-api
  name: Cloudflare Stream Signed URLs API
  description: Signing keys and per-video signed playback tokens.
  humanURL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/
  baseURL: https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
  tags:
  - Signed URLs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudflare-stream-signed-urls-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/get-started/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/cloudflare-stream.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/cloudflare-stream.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/live_inputs/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/edit-videos/adding-captions/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/captions/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/securing-your-stream/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/keys/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/manage-video-library/using-webhooks/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/webhooks/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/getting-analytics/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/
- aid: cloudflare-stream:cloudflare-stream-videos-api
  name: Cloudflare Stream Videos API
  description: On-demand video upload, storage, encoding, and management.
  humanURL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/
  baseURL: https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
  tags:
  - Video
  tags_raw:
  - Videos
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudflare-stream-videos-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/get-started/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/cloudflare-stream.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/cloudflare-stream.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/live_inputs/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/edit-videos/adding-captions/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/captions/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/securing-your-stream/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/keys/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/manage-video-library/using-webhooks/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/webhooks/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/getting-analytics/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/
- aid: cloudflare-stream:cloudflare-stream-webhooks-api
  name: Cloudflare Stream Webhooks API
  description: The single per-account webhook for video processing notifications.
  humanURL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/
  baseURL: https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
  tags:
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudflare-stream-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/get-started/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/cloudflare-stream.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/cloudflare-stream.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/live_inputs/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/edit-videos/adding-captions/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/captions/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/securing-your-stream/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/keys/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/manage-video-library/using-webhooks/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/stream/subresources/webhooks/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/getting-analytics/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/cloudflare-stream-capability-edges.yml
  name: Cloudflare Stream Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/cloudflare-stream-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/cloudflare-stream-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cloudflare-stream-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/cloudflare-stream-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloudflare
- type: Website
  url: https://www.cloudflare.com/products/cloudflare-stream/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/cloudflare-stream-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/cloudflare-stream-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/cloudflare-stream-finops.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/cloudflare
- type: Pricing
  url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/pricing/
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.cloudflare.com/rss/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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