Engine REST API Start Stream

Wowza Developer Dojo
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Hello,

We want to start a stream in an application using the engine REST API, but we haven’t found any method in the documentation to start o stop a stream.

Can you tell us if there is any way?

Regards,

Rebeca

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Hi there, can you explain your streaming workflow? I’m not sure how to answer your question without more information.

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Hi Amara,

I have added a start up stream using the REST API and I want to start that stream without restarting the server.

I can manually do this with the streammanager:

http://server_IP:8086/streammanager/index.html

Clicking in “start receiving stream”

but I want to start receiving the stream using the rest API.

I have seen a method using the REST API to start a streamfile, but we don’t use streamfiles (.stream) we use the Alias module, so we create the stream in the aliasmap.stream file, and after that, we can start the stream with the streammanager.

I have tried this:

http://XX.XX.XX.XX:8087/v2/servers/defaultServer/vhosts/defaultVHost/streamfiles/test/actions/connect?connectAppName=Live1&appInstance=definst&mediaCasterType=liverepeater

But it fails, I guess because we don’t use stream files:

{“message”:“The server has not found anything matching the request URI”,“success”:false,“wowzaServer”:“4.7.7”,“code”:“404”}

Regards,

Rebeca

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Here is a post that discusses the solution:

http://community.wowza.com/community/questions/49449/is-there-any-way-to-stop-stream-using-wowza-engine.html

If you type your question in the forums search bar, you can usually see several posts related to that question. Hope this helps @Manuel Sanchez Bartolome.