POST /stream to create a stream object

POST /stream creates a parent stream object. The parent configuration is inherited by all future child-session stream objects.

curl -X POST \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-H 'authorization: Bearer {api-key}' \
-d '{
  "name": "test_stream"
}' \
https://livepeer.com/api/stream

201 Created

{
  "name":"test_stream",
  "kind":"stream",
  "userId":"xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx",
  "id":"yyyyyyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyy",
  "createdAt":1595721600,
  "streamKey":"zzzz-zzzz-zzzz-zzzz",
  "playbackId":"xyz123xyz123",
  "createdByTokenName":"test-api-key",
  {other asset object keys, like profiles}
}

Example JSON request

{
  "name": "test_stream",
  "record": true,
  "profiles": [
    {
      "name": "720p",
      "bitrate": 2000000,
      "fps": 30,
      "width": 1280,
      "height": 720
    },
    {
      "name": "480p",
      "bitrate": 1000000,
      "fps": 30,
      "width": 854,
      "height": 480
    },
    {
      "name": "360p",
      "bitrate": 500000,
      "fps": 30,
      "width": 640,
      "height": 360
    }
  ]
}