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Video API, REST: Stream.Create

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Updated at April 24, 2025

Create stream.

HTTP request

POST https://video.api.cloud.yandex.net/video/v1/streams

Body parameters

{
  "channelId": "string",
  "lineId": "string",
  "title": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "thumbnailId": "string",
  "autoPublish": "boolean",
  "labels": "object",
  // Includes only one of the fields `onDemand`, `schedule`
  "onDemand": "object",
  "schedule": {
    "startTime": "string",
    "finishTime": "string"
  }
  // end of the list of possible fields
}

Field

Description

channelId

string

Required field. ID of the channel.

lineId

string

Required field. ID of the line.

title

string

Required field. Stream title.

description

string

Stream description.

thumbnailId

string

ID of the thumbnail.

autoPublish

boolean

Automatically publish stream when ready.
Switches status from READY to ONAIR.

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Custom labels as key:value pairs. Maximum 64 per resource.

onDemand

object

On-demand stream. Starts immediately when a signal appears.

Includes only one of the fields onDemand, schedule.

Stream type.

schedule

ScheduleParams

Schedule stream. Starts or finishes at the specified time.

Includes only one of the fields onDemand, schedule.

Stream type.

ScheduleParams

Field

Description

startTime

string (date-time)

Required field. String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

finishTime

string (date-time)

Required field. String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

Response

HTTP Code: 200 - OK

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "createdAt": "string",
  "createdBy": "string",
  "modifiedAt": "string",
  "done": "boolean",
  "metadata": {
    "streamId": "string"
  },
  // Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": {
    "code": "integer",
    "message": "string",
    "details": [
      "object"
    ]
  },
  "response": {
    "id": "string",
    "channelId": "string",
    "lineId": "string",
    "title": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "thumbnailId": "string",
    "status": "string",
    "startTime": "string",
    "publishTime": "string",
    "finishTime": "string",
    "autoPublish": "boolean",
    // Includes only one of the fields `onDemand`, `schedule`
    "onDemand": "object",
    "schedule": {
      "startTime": "string",
      "finishTime": "string"
    },
    // end of the list of possible fields
    "createdAt": "string",
    "updatedAt": "string",
    "labels": "object"
  }
  // end of the list of possible fields
}

An Operation resource. For more information, see Operation.

Field

Description

id

string

ID of the operation.

description

string

Description of the operation. 0-256 characters long.

createdAt

string (date-time)

Creation timestamp.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

createdBy

string

ID of the user or service account who initiated the operation.

modifiedAt

string (date-time)

The time when the Operation resource was last modified.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

done

boolean

If the value is false, it means the operation is still in progress.
If true, the operation is completed, and either error or response is available.

metadata

CreateStreamMetadata

Service-specific metadata associated with the operation.
It typically contains the ID of the target resource that the operation is performed on.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any.

error

Status

The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.

response

Stream

The normal response of the operation in case of success.
If the original method returns no data on success, such as Delete,
the response is google.protobuf.Empty.
If the original method is the standard Create/Update,
the response should be the target resource of the operation.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the response type, if any.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.

CreateStreamMetadata

Field

Description

streamId

string

ID of the stream.

Status

The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.

Field

Description

code

integer (int32)

Error code. An enum value of google.rpc.Code.

message

string

An error message.

details[]

object

A list of messages that carry the error details.

Stream

Field

Description

id

string

ID of the stream.

channelId

string

ID of the channel where the stream was created.

lineId

string

ID of the line to which stream is linked.

title

string

Stream title.

description

string

Stream description.

thumbnailId

string

ID of the thumbnail.

status

enum (StreamStatus)

Stream status.

  • STREAM_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED: Stream status unspecified.
  • OFFLINE: Stream offline.
  • PREPARING: Preparing the infrastructure for receiving video signal.
  • READY: Everything is ready to launch stream.
  • ONAIR: Stream onair.
  • FINISHED: Stream finished.

startTime

string (date-time)

Stream start time.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

publishTime

string (date-time)

Stream publish time. Time when stream switched to ONAIR status.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

finishTime

string (date-time)

Stream finish time.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

autoPublish

boolean

Automatically publish stream when ready.
Switches status from READY to ONAIR.

onDemand

object

On-demand stream. Starts immediately when a signal appears.

Includes only one of the fields onDemand, schedule.

Stream type.

schedule

Schedule

Schedule stream. Starts or finished at the specified time.

Includes only one of the fields onDemand, schedule.

Stream type.

createdAt

string (date-time)

Time when stream was created.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

updatedAt

string (date-time)

Time of last stream update.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Custom labels as key:value pairs. Maximum 64 per resource.

Schedule

Schedule stream type.
This type of streams start and finish automatically at the specified time.

Field

Description

startTime

string (date-time)

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

finishTime

string (date-time)

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).
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