create_stream | SignalWire

Create a new stream for a conference, enabling external streaming output (e.g., RTMP to a streaming platform).

Path parameters

idstringRequired

Unique id of a video conference

Request

urlstringRequired

RTMP or RTMPS URL. This must be the address of a server accepting incoming RTMP/RTMPS streams.

Response

idstringRequiredformat: "uuid"

Unique identifier for the stream.

urlstring or nullRequired

RTMP or RTMPS URL. This must be the address of a server accepting incoming RTMP/RTMPS streams.

stream_typestring or nullRequired

The type of stream.

widthinteger or nullRequired

The stream's width in pixels.

heightinteger or nullRequired

The stream's height in pixels.

fpsinteger or nullRequired

The stream's frames per second.

created_atdatetimeRequired

Timestamp when the stream was created.

updated_atdatetimeRequired

Timestamp when the stream was last updated.

Response Example

Response

1 {
2   "id": "c22d24f6-5a47-4597-9a23-c7d01e696b92",
3   "url": "rtmp://broadcaster",
4   "stream_type": "rtmp",
5   "width": 1920,
6   "height": 1080,
7   "fps": 20,
8   "created_at": "2022-01-01T10:00:00Z",
9   "updated_at": "2022-01-01T11:00:00Z"
10 }

Example

1 from signalwire.rest import RestClient
2 
3 client = RestClient(
4     project="your-project-id",
5     token="your-api-token",
6     host="your-space.signalwire.com",
7 )
8 
9 stream = client.video.conferences.create_stream(
10     "conference-id",
11     url="rtmp://live.example.com/key"
12 )