Fetch a live stream
GET {{baseUrl}}/live_streams/:id
When you created the live stream in the last step, the response showed the hosted_page_url value as in_progress, instead of providing a URL to the hosted page. The hosted page and player aren't instantly available because Wowza Video generates them after receiving the POST Start a live stream request.
In this tutorial, we'll use the hosted page to view the stream playback.
| ACTION Click Send. This request returns information about the stream, and because both the hosted page and player should be generated now you'll get the hosted_page_url. Typically, you'd send the live stream ID as a path variable in the request, but we captured it as a variable from the POST Create a live stream response and will send it for you. |
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The response includes:
* hosted_page_url, formatted similar to: https://player.video.wowza/hosted/ID/player.html
| ACTION Open the hosted_page_url in a browser window. |
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Next step
Open the PUT Start a live stream request.
Below is additional information about the GET Fetch a live stream request.
HEADERS
| Key | Datatype | Required | Description |
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Accept | string |
RESPONSES
status: OK
{"live_stream":{"aspect_ratio_height":62508086,"aspect_ratio_width":-34615705,"asset_id":"et laboris","billing_mode":"pay_as_you_go","broadcast_location":"eu_germany","closed_caption_type":"none","connection_code":"","connection_code_expires_at":"1984-08-04T01:58:33.307Z","created_at":"1965-11-16T22:38:56.461Z","delivery_method":"cdn","delivery_protocols":["ex non","eiusmod nisi"],"delivery_type":"single-bitrate","direct_playback_urls":{"delivery_protocol":[{"name":{"value":"\u003cError: Too many levels of nesting to fake this schema\u003e"},"output_id":{"value":"\u003cError: Too many levels of nesting to fake this schema\u003e"},"url":{"value":"\u003cError: Too many levels of nesting to fake this schema\u003e"},"application_name":{"value":"\u003cError: Too many levels of nesting to fake this schema\u003e"},"stream_name":{"value":"\u003cError: Too many levels of nesting to fake this schema\u003e"}},{"name":{"value":"\u003cError: Too many levels of nesting to fake this schema\u003e"},"output_id":{"value":"\u003cError: Too many levels of nesting to fake this schema\u003e"},"url":{"value":"\u003cError: Too many levels of nesting to fake this schema\u003e"},"application_name":{"value":"\u003cError: Too many levels of nesting to fake this schema\u003e"},"stream_name":{"value":"\u003cError: Too many levels of nesting to fake this schema\u003e"}}]},"encoder":"wowza_gocoder","hosted_page":true,"hosted_page_description":"","hosted_page_logo_image_url":"","hosted_page_sharing_icons":false,"hosted_page_title":"","hosted_page_url":"","id":"","low_latency":true,"name":"","playback_stream_name":"","player_countdown":true,"player_countdown_at":"2008-10-25T09:51:03.613Z","player_embed_code":"","player_hls_playback_url":"","player_id":"","player_logo_image_url":"","player_logo_position":"bottom-right","player_responsive":false,"player_type":"","player_video_poster_image_url":"","player_width":72676322,"recording":true,"reference_id":"","save_asset":true,"source_connection_information":{},"stream_source_id":"","stream_targets":[{"id":"dcxq5q6c"},{"id":"dcxq5q6c"}],"target_delivery_protocol":"hls-https","transcoder_type":"transcoded","updated_at":"1956-01-20T19:51:20.896Z","use_stream_source":true,"vod_stream":true}}