# How to control and monitor specific user with REST API

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-control-and-monitor-specific-user-with-rest-api/54230>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [November 25, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-control-and-monitor-specific-user-with-rest-api/54230 "2019-11-25T15:39:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mohsen\_Fotouhi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@Mohsen\_Fotouhi](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mohsen_Fotouhi)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-control-and-monitor-specific-user-with-rest-api/54230/1 "2019-11-25T15:39:04Z")

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Hi

I want to control and monitor following items for specific user with REST API:

- How much traffic is used?
- How long Stream has been used?
- List of active connection
- List of videos are watched
- How to stop receive streaming or kill user session?

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**Author:** ![Cassidy\_Reilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cassidy\_Reilly](https://community.wowza.com/u/Cassidy_Reilly)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-control-and-monitor-specific-user-with-rest-api/54230/2 "2019-11-25T17:56:26Z")

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You can use the Wowza Streaming Engine REST API to view current and historical statistics about applications, incoming streams, and the server itself.

Here are some query examples for you to try out @Mohsen Fotouhi:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/statistics-query-examples](https://www.wowza.com/docs/statistics-query-examples)