Live streaming API: Build a low latency live stream product
LIVE STREAMING PLATFORM
Add low-latency live streaming to your product in minutes
api.video simplifies live streaming with its flexible API. Easily start, save custom live streams, and provide a seamless, low-latency and secured live streaming experience for your platform or project.
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Low-latency live streaming
Stream smarter, not slower with api.video! Stream your videos with a latency of 3 seconds in ideal conditions
Developer-friendly API
Detailed documentation to quickly get started. You get 8 API clients, mobile components for Android and iOS, and ready-to-clone demos.
Cost-effective
Live streaming doesn't have to be costly. With usage-based pricing, you are always aware of your costs. No platform or hidden fee.
Engage in real-time with low-latency live streaming
Stream your videos live with a 3 seconds delay (with best conditions). Ensure better interaction with your viewer, lower bounce-offs, and a smoother viewing experience.
Lightning-fast video encoding
Instantly delivery high-quality live streams on any device. Depending on your stream quality, your RTMPS streams are encoded into LL-HLS in different resolutions, from 240p to 2160p.
Live streaming to third-party platforms
Broadcast your live stream to multiple platforms simultaneously. Whether it's YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, or any RTMPS-supported platform, you can broadcast your live streaming content from a single source.
Secure your live stream
You have full control over your live stream's viewership, enabling you to choose whether it's for an individual or a select group. With our Geo-Restriction feature, allow or block streams from certain countries, this ensures that only authorized viewers can access your stream.
Choose protocols with an emphasis on security, such as RTMPS and SRT. Both protocols are available to you and your live streaming product, especially RTMPS if you have restreaming in mind.
Stream to a worldwide audience
Our Content Delivery Network (CDN) operates through a global network of 100+ servers. This guarantees optimized live stream delivery to reach your audience wherever they choose to watch your videos or live streams.
Learn more about our infrastructure
Save your live streams for later
Integrate live streams seamlessly into your product using our API. You can incorporate live streams in various ways, including user-generated streams, public or private streams, recorded streams, and more. Our DVR feature allows users to rewind your live stream feed by up to 1 hour.
Get started with live streaming
Real-time live streaming analytics
Get a complete overview of how your live streams are performing. Get real-time user data by location, date, device, browser, time of the day, and more. Refine your analysis with extra filters and historical data.
With Concurrent Viewer (CCV) Aggregation metrics, keep an eye on the number of people actively watching your streams, as well as Peak, Average and Live CCV data.
No hidden fees. Only pay for what you use
Volume discount ensures your costs decrease when usage increases
Video Encoding
FREE
FOR UNLIMITED MINUTES
Video Hosting
as low as
$0.00285
PER MINUTE OF VIDEO STORED
Video Delivery
as low as
$0.0017
PER MINUTE OF VIDEO DELIVERED
“We needed a platform that quickly converts RTMP streams to HLS that we could use on the fly. Instant recordings with adaptive streaming quality is very important to us. api.video is one of the few companies in the video space that creates simultaneous mp4 and HLS recordings. This allows us to offer content for immediate download once everything has been recorded.”
Mauricio Giordano, CEO @ InEvent
Live Streaming FAQ
Are there any streaming limits?
You can stream events for as long as you want. If you go over 24 hours, the live stream recording will be divided into multiple 24-hour videos.
What equipment do I need to live stream?
You can stream from the hardware or software (eg: OBS) of your choice. Simply parameter your broadcast with api.video's stream key and RTMP server URL.
Can I stream ad-free with api.video?
Yes, api.video is and will always be ad-free by default. But you can insert your own ads if you want to.
Can I create a private streaming platform with api.video?
Yes, with Private videos, you can restrict access to videos and live streams to specific people or a group of people.
Which protocols are available?
With api.video, you have the flexibility to push your live stream using the secure RTMPS protocol, or simple RTMP, as well as the SRT protocol, based on your business needs. For extra info, head to the streaming protocols section of our documentation.