Start a live stream

PUT {{baseUrl}}/live_streams/:id/start

After the live stream is created and the video source is configured, start the stream in Wowza Video. Wowza Video will process the stream coming from the publish page and send it to the player for viewing on the hosted page.

ACTION
Click Send. This request starts the live stream in Wowza Video so the video source, the WebRTC publish page, has a location to send video to.

The response includes:

* The state of the live stream. In this case, starting.

Next step

Open the GET Fetch the state of a live stream request.


Below is additional information about the PUT Start a live stream request.

HEADERS

KeyDatatypeRequiredDescription
Acceptstring

RESPONSES

status: OK

{"live_stream":{"state":"starting"}}