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100ms External Streams API

Push the room feed to YouTube / Twitch / Facebook via RTMP.

100ms External Streams API is one of 12 APIs that 100ms publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include External Streams. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.100ms.live/v2.

5 operations 5 paths 1 schemas 2 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v2
Base URL
https://api.100ms.live/v2
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

100ms External Streams API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (ManagementToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ManagementToken — Short-lived HS256 JWT generated server-side from the app access key/secret downloaded from the 100ms dashboard. Include as Authorization: Bearer .

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 2 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

External Streams 5

Push the room feed to YouTube / Twitch / Facebook via RTMP.

GET
/external-streams
List All External Streams
listExternalStreams 3 params → 200
GET
/external-streams/{stream_id}
Get External Stream
getExternalStream 1 param → 200
POST
/external-streams/room/{room_id}/start
Start External Stream For Room
startExternalStreamForRoom 1 param body → 200
POST
/external-streams/room/{room_id}/stop
Stop External Stream For Room
stopExternalStreamForRoom 1 param → 200
POST
/external-streams/{stream_id}/stop
Stop External Stream By Id
stopExternalStreamById 1 param → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is ExternalStream (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ExternalStream
object
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

100ms-live-external-streams-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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