# Get the connection error code from live stream
**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/get-the-connection-error-code-from-live-stream/34972
**Category:** Wowza Developer Dojo
**Tags:** wowza-streaming-server-java-api
**Created:** [June 14, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/get-the-connection-error-code-from-live-stream/34972 "2010-06-14T08:14:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Gladys\_Tang](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gladys_Tang)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/get-the-connection-error-code-from-live-stream/34972/1 "2010-06-14T08:14:39Z")
Hi,
I’m new to Wowza and I’ve set up a live streaming (Wirecast). During the live streaming, I would like to know if the user stop the stream normally or there’s any connection error between the streaming machine and the wowza server so that I can update a status that stored in DB. Is there any server API that I can get the connection fail error code?
I know that if it’s the connection error, wowza server will try to ping the streaming machine and if timeout, it’ll disconnect the streaming.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/get-the-connection-error-code-from-live-stream/34972/2 "2010-06-14T20:38:24Z")
With a stream that is being "pushed from Wirecast, Wowza will just wait indefinitely for the stream to continue.
The StreamTimeout/reconnect behavior you are referring to is with streams that are “pulled”, i.e., MediaCaster streams, e.g., an rtsp stream from an IP camera or a shoutcast stream.
You can use this StreamWatchdog example to see if the stream is active, by checking packets:
[http://community.wowza.com/t/-/243](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/243)
Richard
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### Author:  [@Gladys\_Tang](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gladys_Tang)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/get-the-connection-error-code-from-live-stream/34972/3 "2010-06-14T13:35:56Z")
But I can see the ping time out message from wowza server console when I manually disconnect the network of the machine where wirecast is live broadcasting.
Here’s the wowza console message:
INFO server comment - client connectionClosed [1148934568] pingtimeout
WARN server comment - LiveReceiver.resetSortBuffer[myStream]: diff:33629:2000 sortRTStart:1276550436432 sortTCStart:26850
INFO stream unpublish myStream -
INFO server comment - onStreamDestroy: 1
INFO stream destroy myStream -
INFO session disconnect 1148934568 -
INFO server comment - onDisconnect: 1148934568
INFO application app-stop _definst_ live/_definst_
INFO server comment - onAppStop: live/_definst_
I need to know if there’s any API like “isPingTimeout()”. If the stream is stopped by the user normally, the first line in the message won’t appear.
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/get-the-connection-error-code-from-live-stream/34972/4 "2010-06-15T18:44:11Z")
You can use the IMediaStreamActionNotify2 interface to see normal events, onPublish and onUnPublish are event handlers for publishing client.
[http://community.wowza.com/t/-/242](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/242)
When I disable my internet connection from a computer on my lan that is publishing to a Wowza app on another computer, the onUnPublish event does not fire.
Richard