# how to get live stream with aplication name and stream name?
**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-live-stream-with-aplication-name-and-stream-name/44096
**Category:** Wowza Developer Dojo
**Tags:** wowza-streaming-server-java-api
**Created:** [November 20, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-live-stream-with-aplication-name-and-stream-name/44096 "2014-11-20T02:57:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@qizhao\_lee](https://community.wowza.com/u/qizhao_lee)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-live-stream-with-aplication-name-and-stream-name/44096/1 "2014-11-20T02:57:14Z")
public void onHTTPRequest(IVHost vhost, IHTTPRequest req, IHTTPResponse resp) {
String app = “live”;
String streamName = “test1.stream”;[//test.stream](https://test.stream) is active
if (params.containsKey(“app”))
app = params.get(“app”).get(0);
if (params.containsKey(“stream”))
streamName = params.get(“stream”).get(0);
IApplicationInstance appInstance = vhost.getApplication(app).getAppInstance(“_definst_”);
Stream stream = (Stream)appInstance.getProperties().getProperty(streamName);
java.util.List itemList=stream.getPlaylist();
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i want to get playlist, but stream is null forever.how to get live stream ?
please help me. thanks.
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### Author:  [@qizhao\_lee](https://community.wowza.com/u/qizhao_lee)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-live-stream-with-aplication-name-and-stream-name/44096/2 "2014-11-20T17:03:30Z")
help me
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### Author:  [@qizhao\_lee](https://community.wowza.com/u/qizhao_lee)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-live-stream-with-aplication-name-and-stream-name/44096/3 "2014-11-20T19:14:25Z")
INFO stream create - -
WARN server comment - Publisher.publish: Stream name already in use: test1.stream
INFO stream publish test1.stream -
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### Author:  [@1111](https://community.wowza.com/u/1111)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-live-stream-with-aplication-name-and-stream-name/44096/4 "2014-12-17T12:34:33Z")
The Stream class is used for server-side streams. It implements the IMediaStream interface but a IMediaStream is not necessarily a Stream.
You can do this:
```auto
IMediaStream stream = appInstance.getStreams().getStream(streamName);
```
If you want to use the Stream class you will need to do your own server side-publishing. You can then point your Stream to a live stream using Stream.play(liveStreamName, -2, -1, true)
Check out this article:
[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-do-basic-server-side-publishing-with-stream-class-streams](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-do-basic-server-side-publishing-with-stream-class-streams)