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stream.active

Stream active returns a list of streams and details for all active streams on a given application. Details include: stream name, whether the stream is being recording, encoder connect and publish times, audio and video codec, transcoder data, pushpublish sessions, and other metadata that has been sent to the stream.

Example Code (PHP)

	$request = array(
		'command' => 'stream.active',
		'api_key' => 'APX4GKLM0RKQLSP2FBO1ROPKSSW47DZE',
		'timestamp' => time(),
		'cdn' => 158,
		'app' => 'demo-origin',
		'inst' => 'live',
		'origin_url' => 'jb-origin.secdn.net', // optional
	);
	    //Create request signature
    $json_request = json_encode($request);
    $sig = base64_encode(hash_hmac('sha256', $json_request,
        '8fc8c48da81e6a2a06a9556379bf798af508dc0792497c678b4c3532ba8b637f', true));
    $request['signature'] = $sig;
    $json_request = json_encode($request);
    
    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api.scaleengine.net/stable/'); // Set the URL
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true); // Perform a POST
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); // If not set, curl prints output to the browser
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false); // If set, curl returns headers as part of the data stream
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, array('json' => $json_request)); //'Json' string or 'PHP' serialized return
    
    //If your PHP host does not have a proper SSL certificate bundle, you will need to turn off SSL Certificate Verification
    //This is dangerous, and should only be done temporarily until a proper certificate bundle can be installed
    //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false); // Turns off verification of the SSL certificate.
    //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false); // Turns off verification of the SSL certificate.
    
    $response = curl_exec($ch); //Execute the API Call
    if (!$response) {
        die('Failed to connect to ScaleEngine API');
    }
    
    //Decode the response as an associative array 
    $arrResponse = json_decode($response, true); 
    if ($arrResponse) {
        //Operation completed successfully
        //TODO Add work here
        print_r($arrResponse);
    } else {
        //Operation failed
        echo 'An error occured processing your request:';
        print_r($response);
    }
    	

Request Fields

command [REQUIRED] [string] - API command to execute
cdn [REQUIRED] [int] - The ScaleEngine CDN ID of your account
api_key [REQUIRED] [string] - The API key provided as part of your account
timestamp [REQUIRED] [int] - The unix timestamp of your request, used to prevent authenticated API requests from being replayed
app [REQUIRED] [string] - The ScaleEngine Application name
inst [REQUIRED] [String] - Name of the Application Instance
origin_url [REQUIRED] [string] - Defines the url address of an origin to be called. Defaults to jb-origin.secdn.net for origins and jb-chorigin.secdn.net for channels.

Example Result (JSON)

	{
	"streams": [
		{
			"name" : "my_channel", 
			"isRecording": "false",
			"publish_time": "2018/11/06 17:24:51",
			"video": "mp4:sestore4/jb/path/play_first.mp4",
			"playlist_id": "1",
			"transcoders": [],
			"transcoder_count": 0,
			"type": "channel",
			"codec": {
				"audio_type": "AAC",
				"video_type": "H264",
				"audio": "mp4a.40.2",
				"video": "avc1.42c01e"
			},
			"pushpublish": [
				{
					"entry_name": "pushentry1",
					"stream": "my_channel",
					"status": "Connected"
				},
			],
			"metadata" : {
				"key" : "value",
				...
			}
		},
	],
	"message": "Found stream details",
	"status": "success",
	"handle_time":"0.3795 seconds"
	}
	

Result Fields

message [string] - Debugging message
status [string] - "success" or "failure"
handle_time [float] - The amount of time spent processing your request
streams [array] - Array of streams
[array] - Stream details
name [string] - Stream Name
type [string] - type of stream: origin, channel, transcoded, or edge
is_recording [int] - 1 if the stream is record, 0 if it is not recording
publish_time [string] - date and time the encoder published to the stream
connect_time [string] - date and time the encoder connected to the server
codec [array] - array containing audio and video codec type
metadata [array] - array of key value pairs containing various metadata sent to the stream about the encoder and stream settings
pushpublish [array] - pushpublish session data for each of the active sessions. This includes: entry_name, stream, and connected status.
transcoders [array] - information about the various transcoded streams that are active. (Transcoders Only)
transcoder_count [int] - # of transcoders active on the stream.
playlist_id [int] - ID of the playlist running on a channel. (Channel Only)
video [string] - name of the video or live stream being played on a channel. (Channel Only)