Livepeer

aid: livepeer-com
name: Livepeer
description: >-
  Livepeer is the open, permissionless protocol for video transcoding, streaming, and AI video inference, coordinated on
  Ethereum mainnet and Arbitrum One via the Livepeer Token (LPT). The company commercializes the network through
  Livepeer Studio (a managed REST API for live streaming, VOD, multistream, recording, rooms, access control, and AI
  generate) and the Livepeer AI Network, where any GPU operator can serve text-to-image, image-to-video, live
  video-to-video, LLM, audio-to-text, text-to-speech, upscale, and segmentation pipelines for fees settled in ETH via
  probabilistic micropayments. The reference Go implementation (go-livepeer), official SDKs in TypeScript, Python, and
  Go, the React UI Kit, the AI worker, and the Gateway are all open source under the Livepeer GitHub organization.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Video
  - Live Streaming
  - Video On Demand
  - AI Video
  - Decentralized Compute
  - GPU Network
  - Ethereum
  - Arbitrum
  - Web3
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/livepeer-com/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: livepeer-com:studio
    name: Livepeer Studio API
    description: >-
      Managed REST API for the Livepeer network. Create and run live streams via RTMP/SRT/WHIP, ingest VOD assets, run
      transcode tasks, configure multistream destinations, drive WebRTC rooms, manage signing keys for token-gated
      playback, query usage and viewership metrics, and submit AI generate jobs to the network — all behind a single
      Bearer-authenticated API on https://livepeer.studio/api.
    humanURL: https://livepeer.studio
    baseURL: https://livepeer.studio/api
    tags:
      - Live Streaming
      - Video On Demand
      - Transcoding
      - Multistream
      - Recording
      - Rooms
      - Webhooks
      - Access Control
      - Playback
      - Metrics
      - AI Generate
      - Assets
      - Tasks
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.livepeer.org
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://docs.livepeer.org/api-reference
        type: APIReference
      - url: https://docs.livepeer.org/quickstart
        type: GettingStarted
      - url: https://docs.livepeer.org/developers/authentication
        type: Authentication
      - url: openapi/livepeer-studio-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: rules/livepeer-studio-rules.yml
        type: SpectralRuleset
      - url: json-schema/livepeer-stream-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-schema/livepeer-asset-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-schema/livepeer-task-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-schema/livepeer-webhook-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-structure/livepeer-stream-structure.json
        type: JSONStructure
      - url: examples/livepeer-create-stream-example.json
        type: Example
      - url: examples/livepeer-create-webhook-example.json
        type: Example
  - aid: livepeer-com:ai-network
    name: Livepeer AI Network
    description: >-
      Open AI inference gateway exposing text-to-image, image-to-image, image-to-video, live video-to-video, upscale,
      audio-to-text, text-to-speech, LLM (OpenAI-compatible), image-to-text, and Segment Anything 2 pipelines against a
      permissionless network of GPU Orchestrators. Two interchangeable endpoints: the community gateway at
      https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud and Livepeer Studio's managed gateway at
      https://livepeer.studio/api/beta/generate. Fees settle in ETH on Arbitrum One via probabilistic micropayment
      tickets.
    humanURL: https://docs.livepeer.org/ai
    baseURL: https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud
    tags:
      - AI Inference
      - Generative AI
      - Text To Image
      - Image To Image
      - Image To Video
      - Live Video To Video
      - Upscale
      - Audio To Text
      - Text To Speech
      - LLM
      - Image To Text
      - Segmentation
      - GPU Network
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.livepeer.org/ai
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://docs.livepeer.org/ai/api-reference
        type: APIReference
      - url: openapi/livepeer-ai-worker-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: openapi/livepeer-gateway-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: rules/livepeer-ai-rules.yml
        type: SpectralRuleset
      - url: json-schema/livepeer-ai-text-to-image-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-schema/livepeer-ai-image-to-video-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: examples/livepeer-ai-text-to-image-example.json
        type: Example
      - url: examples/livepeer-image-to-video-example.json
        type: Example
  - aid: livepeer-com:cli-http
    name: Livepeer Node CLI HTTP API
    description: >-
      Local loopback HTTP API exposed by go-livepeer for Orchestrator and Gateway operators. Endpoints cover node
      status, protocol parameters, registered orchestrators, bond/unbond/rebond actions, orchestrator activation,
      broadcaster configuration, max price for capability, reward calls, ETH/LPT transfers, and message signing — used
      by the official Livepeer CLI and dashboards.
    humanURL: https://docs.livepeer.org/orchestrators
    baseURL: http://127.0.0.1:7935
    tags:
      - Node Operations
      - Orchestrator
      - Gateway
      - Staking
      - Ethereum
      - CLI
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.livepeer.org/orchestrators/guides/install-go-livepeer
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://docs.livepeer.org/references/livepeer-cli
        type: APIReference
      - url: openapi/livepeer-cli-http-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: rules/livepeer-studio-rules.yml
        type: SpectralRuleset
common:
  - type: PostmanWorkspace
    url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/livepeer/overview
  - type: ArazzoWorkflows
    url: arazzo/
    workflows:
      - url: arazzo/livepeer-com-clip-livestream-workflow.yml
        name: Livepeer Clip a Livestream
        summary: Create a clip from a live playback ID, poll the clip task, fetch the asset.
      - url: arazzo/livepeer-com-enable-stream-recording-workflow.yml
        name: Livepeer Enable Recording on a Stream
        summary: Create a stream, enable recording via update, and confirm the change.
      - url: arazzo/livepeer-com-import-asset-from-url-workflow.yml
        name: Livepeer Import an Asset from a URL
        summary: Upload an asset from an external URL, then poll the processing task.
      - url: arazzo/livepeer-com-inspect-session-recording-workflow.yml
        name: Livepeer Inspect a Session Recording
        summary: Read a stream session and resolve its recording playback info.
      - url: arazzo/livepeer-com-provision-live-stream-workflow.yml
        name: Livepeer Provision a Live Stream
        summary: Create a live stream, confirm it exists, and resolve its playback info.
      - url: arazzo/livepeer-com-provision-multistream-restream-workflow.yml
        name: Livepeer Provision Multistream Restreaming
        summary: Create a stream and attach an inline multistream target to restream it.
      - url: arazzo/livepeer-com-register-stream-webhook-workflow.yml
        name: Livepeer Register a Stream Webhook
        summary: Create a stream then register a webhook scoped to its lifecycle events.
      - url: arazzo/livepeer-com-secure-stream-signing-key-workflow.yml
        name: Livepeer Secure a Stream with a Signing Key
        summary: Create a signing key, create a JWT-gated stream, and resolve playback.
      - url: arazzo/livepeer-com-standalone-multistream-target-workflow.yml
        name: Livepeer Reuse a Standalone Multistream Target
        summary: Create a reusable multistream target, then bind it to a new stream by ID.
      - url: arazzo/livepeer-com-transcode-video-job-workflow.yml
        name: Livepeer Run a Transcode Job
        summary: Submit a transcode job to S3/web3.storage and poll the task until done.
      - url: arazzo/livepeer-com-upload-and-process-asset-workflow.yml
        name: Livepeer Upload and Process an Asset
        summary: Request a direct upload URL, then poll the asset and task until ready.
  - type: Website
    url: https://livepeer.org
  - type: StudioPortal
    url: https://livepeer.studio
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.livepeer.org
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.livepeer.org/api-reference
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://livepeer.studio/pricing
  - type: Blog
    url: https://livepeer.org/blog
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://docs.livepeer.org/changelog
  - type: Explorer
    url: https://explorer.livepeer.org
  - type: Forum
    url: https://forum.livepeer.org
  - type: Roadmap
    url: https://roadmap.livepeer.org/roadmap
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.livepeer.studio
  - type: SignUp
    url: https://livepeer.studio/register
  - type: Login
    url: https://livepeer.studio/login
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.livepeer.org/legal/terms-of-service
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://www.livepeer.org/legal/privacy-policy
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/livepeer
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/livepeer/studio
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/livepeer/docs
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://docs.livepeer.org/sdks
  - type: TypeScriptSDK
    url: https://github.com/livepeer/livepeer-js
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://github.com/livepeer/livepeer-python
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://github.com/livepeer/livepeer-ai-python
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://github.com/livepeer/livepeer-python-gateway
  - type: GoSDK
    url: https://github.com/livepeer/livepeer-go
  - type: UIKit
    url: https://github.com/livepeer/ui-kit
    name: Livepeer React UI Kit
  - type: ReferenceImplementation
    url: https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer
  - type: AIWorker
    url: https://github.com/livepeer/ai-worker
  - type: Plugin
    url: https://github.com/livepeer/naap
    name: NAAP — Livepeer AI Compute Network plugin platform
  - type: SmartContracts
    url: https://github.com/livepeer/protocol
  - type: NetworkExplorer
    url: https://explorer.livepeer.org
  - type: TokenContractEthereum
    url: https://etherscan.io/token/0x58b6a8a3302369daec383334672404ee733ab239
  - type: TokenContractArbitrum
    url: https://arbiscan.io/token/0x289ba1701c2f088cf0faf8b3705246331cb8a839
  - type: Discord
    url: https://discord.gg/livepeer
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/Livepeer
  - type: YouTube
    url: https://www.youtube.com/@LivepeerNetwork
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/livepeer
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: https://docs.livepeer.org/llms.txt
  - type: LLMsFullTxt
    url: https://docs.livepeer.org/llms-full.txt
  - type: SpectralRuleset
    url: rules/livepeer-studio-rules.yml
  - type: SpectralRuleset
    url: rules/livepeer-ai-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/livepeer-com-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSON-LD
    url: json-ld/livepeer-com-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/livepeer-platform-structure.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/livepeer-com-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/livepeer-com-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/livepeer-com-finops.yml
  - type: Features
    data:
      - Decentralized GPU network for transcoding + AI inference
      - LPT token live on Ethereum mainnet and Arbitrum One
      - Probabilistic micropayment (PM) tickets for sub-cent settlement
      - Livepeer Studio managed REST API with Bearer auth
      - Live streaming via RTMP, SRT, and WHIP ingest
      - Adaptive bitrate HLS + WebRTC playback
      - Recording, clipping, and on-demand asset hosting
      - Multistream simulcast to YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, etc.
      - WebRTC rooms with optional RTMP egress
      - Token-gated playback via signing keys, JWT, and webhook policies
      - Webhooks for stream/asset/recording/task lifecycle
      - AI pipelines (text-to-image, image-to-video, live video-to-video, LLM, etc.)
      - Two AI gateways (community + Studio beta) interchangeable per request
      - Official TypeScript, Python (Studio + AI + Gateway), and Go SDKs
      - React UI Kit (Player, Broadcast) for client embedding
      - go-livepeer reference node for operators
      - NAAP plugin platform for the AI Compute Network
      - Open governance via Livepeer Improvement Proposals (LIPs)
    sources:
      - https://livepeer.org
      - https://docs.livepeer.org
      - https://livepeer.studio/pricing
    updated: '2026-05-25'
  - type: UseCases
    data:
      - User-generated live streaming platforms (creator economy)
      - On-demand video platforms with low transcoding cost
      - Web3 / NFT video drops with on-chain provenance
      - Multistream restreaming to incumbent social platforms
      - Real-time video AI transformation (Daydream / live video-to-video)
      - AI avatars and embodied agents (Embody)
      - Open streaming infrastructure (Stream.place, Frameworks)
      - Generative video for marketing, advertising, and entertainment
      - Realtime sports / security / manufacturing video intelligence
      - LLM inference on decentralized GPU capacity
  - type: Integrations
    data:
      - YouTube, Twitch, Facebook Live (multistream targets)
      - IPFS / Filecoin (asset storage)
      - Ethereum Mainnet (LPT, governance)
      - Arbitrum One (PM tickets, AI fee settlement)
      - The Graph (subgraph for Livepeer protocol)
      - OBS, Streamlabs, Larix, Restream (ingest tooling)
      - OpenAI-compatible LLM clients (via /llm endpoint)
      - Daydream, Embody, Frameworks, Stream.place, Storyboard (ecosystem apps)
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com