# how can i use wowza api to contorl a stream target?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-use-wowza-api-to-contorl-a-stream-target/53828>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** wowza-streaming-server-java-api, rest-api, java\
**Created:** [August 21, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-use-wowza-api-to-contorl-a-stream-target/53828 "2019-08-21T16:30:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![johhn\_test](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@johhn\_test](https://community.wowza.com/u/johhn_test)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-use-wowza-api-to-contorl-a-stream-target/53828/1 "2019-08-21T16:30:14Z")

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i have a multicast going through wowza to stream to facebook . i want to be able to control it via the wowza api, is there a way to do this.

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**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-use-wowza-api-to-contorl-a-stream-target/53828/2 "2019-08-21T17:08:00Z")

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Hello @johhn test, yes you can control a stream target this way through an API, but you will need to enable the push-publish module first.

Here is a doc on how to do that and then how to control the stream target and obtain info on that stream all through the API.

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/stream-targets-query-examples-push-publishing](https://www.wowza.com/docs/stream-targets-query-examples-push-publishing)

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**Author:** ![johhn\_test](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@johhn\_test](https://community.wowza.com/u/johhn_test)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-use-wowza-api-to-contorl-a-stream-target/53828/3 "2019-08-22T11:14:08Z")

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How does one run these curl commands. ive used cmd but having issues with it not giving the correct answers and when given -u for user and password. this get error message for authentication. Apologies, just a student looking for a way to do my media work