# Enable and disable transcoder via the REST API

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/enable-and-disable-transcoder-via-the-rest-api/54867>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** transcoder, rest-api\
**Created:** [March 25, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/enable-and-disable-transcoder-via-the-rest-api/54867 "2020-03-25T00:53:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Romulo\_Machado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4bbf92/32.png) [@Romulo\_Machado](https://community.wowza.com/u/Romulo_Machado)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/enable-and-disable-transcoder-via-the-rest-api/54867/1 "2020-03-25T00:53:00Z")

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I’m looking in the documentation for a way to enable and disable the transcoder through the REST API and I haven’t found it. Could someone indicate something to me?

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**Author:** ![Karel\_Boek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/karel_boek/32/454_2.png) [@Karel\_Boek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Karel_Boek)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 8:22am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/enable-and-disable-transcoder-via-the-rest-api/54867/2 "2020-03-25T08:22:54Z")

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Previously asked here:

[http://community.wowza.com/community/questions/6910/how-to-enabledisable-the-transcoder-via-rest.html](http://community.wowza.com/community/questions/6910/how-to-enabledisable-the-transcoder-via-rest.html)

Remember that you must restart the Application after making changes (and this will disconnect all running streams); it’s not possible to make changes on-the-fly via the REST API. If you want that, you must develop a custom module that uses the Java API.

```auto
PUT /v2/servers/{serverName}/vhosts/{vhostName}/applications/{appName}
PUT /v2/servers/{serverName}/vhosts/{vhostName}/applications/{appName}/transcoder

```

I can recommend to have the Swagger API reference installed and available; it helps a lot just to be able to browse through the different API methods. These articles may help you set up Swagger and Postman:

- [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-access-wowza-streaming-engine-swagger-documentation-with-swagger-codegen](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-access-wowza-streaming-engine-swagger-documentation-with-swagger-codegen)
- [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-access-wowza-streaming-engine-rest-api-reference-documentation-with-postman](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-access-wowza-streaming-engine-rest-api-reference-documentation-with-postman)