# How to check in wowza cloud is stream active or not?i don't want state like (stop or start)?

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-check-in-wowza-cloud-is-stream-active-or-not-i-dont-want-state-like-stop-or-start/51898
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [September 7, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-check-in-wowza-cloud-is-stream-active-or-not-i-dont-want-state-like-stop-or-start/51898 "2018-09-07T14:44:04Z")
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### Author: ![gopal\_ma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@gopal\_ma](https://community.wowza.com/u/gopal_ma)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-check-in-wowza-cloud-is-stream-active-or-not-i-dont-want-state-like-stop-or-start/51898/1 "2018-09-07T14:44:04Z")

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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: [September 7, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-check-in-wowza-cloud-is-stream-active-or-not-i-dont-want-state-like-stop-or-start/51898/2 "2018-09-07T19:27:52Z")

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Hello @gopal ma, can you better define what you mean by active stream? Do you want to check if the transcoder is active?

If yes, here are some example how to check these metrics using the REST API for Streaming Cloud:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-view-stream-metrics-by-using-the-wowza-streaming-cloud-rest-api](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-view-stream-metrics-by-using-the-wowza-streaming-cloud-rest-api)