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import { Livepeer } from "livepeer";
import { TranscodeProfileEncoder, TranscodeProfileProfile, Type } from "livepeer/models/components";

const livepeer = new Livepeer({
  apiKey: "<YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN_HERE>",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await livepeer.asset.createViaUrl({
    name: "filename.mp4",
    staticMp4: true,
    playbackPolicy: {
      type: Type.Webhook,
      webhookId: "1bde4o2i6xycudoy",
      webhookContext: {
        "streamerId": "my-custom-id",
      },
      refreshInterval: 600,
    },
    url: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/path/filename.mp4",
    profiles: [
      {
        width: 1280,
        name: "720p",
        height: 720,
        bitrate: 3000000,
        quality: 23,
        fps: 30,
        fpsDen: 1,
        gop: "2",
        profile: TranscodeProfileProfile.H264Baseline,
        encoder: TranscodeProfileEncoder.H264,
      },
      {
        width: 1280,
        name: "720p",
        height: 720,
        bitrate: 3000000,
        quality: 23,
        fps: 30,
        fpsDen: 1,
        gop: "2",
        profile: TranscodeProfileProfile.H264Baseline,
        encoder: TranscodeProfileEncoder.H264,
      },
    ],
  });

  // Handle the result
  console.log(result);
}

run();
package main

import(
	livepeergo "github.com/livepeer/livepeer-go"
	"context"
	"github.com/livepeer/livepeer-go/models/components"
	"log"
)

func main() {
    s := livepeergo.New(
        livepeergo.WithSecurity("<YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN_HERE>"),
    )

    ctx := context.Background()
    res, err := s.Asset.CreateViaURL(ctx, components.NewAssetFromURLPayload{
        Name: "filename.mp4",
        StaticMp4: livepeergo.Bool(true),
        PlaybackPolicy: &components.PlaybackPolicy{
            Type: components.TypeWebhook,
            WebhookID: livepeergo.String("1bde4o2i6xycudoy"),
            WebhookContext: map[string]any{
                "streamerId": "my-custom-id",
            },
            RefreshInterval: livepeergo.Float64(600),
        },
        URL: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/path/filename.mp4",
        Profiles: []components.TranscodeProfile{
            components.TranscodeProfile{
                Width: livepeergo.Int64(1280),
                Name: livepeergo.String("720p"),
                Height: livepeergo.Int64(720),
                Bitrate: 3000000,
                Quality: livepeergo.Int64(23),
                Fps: livepeergo.Int64(30),
                FpsDen: livepeergo.Int64(1),
                Gop: livepeergo.String("2"),
                Profile: components.TranscodeProfileProfileH264Baseline.ToPointer(),
                Encoder: components.TranscodeProfileEncoderH264.ToPointer(),
            },
        },
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    if res.TwoHundredApplicationJSONData != nil {
        // handle response
    }
}
from livepeer import Livepeer
from livepeer.models import components

s = Livepeer(
    api_key="<YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN_HERE>",
)

res = s.asset.create_via_url(request={
    "name": "filename.mp4",
    "static_mp4": True,
    "playback_policy": {
        "type": components.Type.WEBHOOK,
        "webhook_id": "1bde4o2i6xycudoy",
        "webhook_context": {
            "streamerId": "my-custom-id",
        },
        "refresh_interval": 600,
    },
    "url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/path/filename.mp4",
    "profiles": [
        {
            "width": 1280,
            "name": "720p",
            "height": 720,
            "bitrate": 3000000,
            "quality": 23,
            "fps": 30,
            "fps_den": 1,
            "gop": "2",
            "profile": components.TranscodeProfileProfile.H264_BASELINE,
            "encoder": components.TranscodeProfileEncoder.H_264,
        },
    ],
})

if res.two_hundred_application_json_data is not None:
    # handle response
    pass
curl --request POST \
  --url https://livepeer.studio/api/asset/upload/url \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<unknown>",
  "url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/path/filename.mp4",
  "staticMp4": "<unknown>",
  "playbackPolicy": {
    "type": "webhook",
    "webhookId": "1bde4o2i6xycudoy",
    "webhookContext": {
      "streamerId": "my-custom-id"
    },
    "refreshInterval": 600,
    "allowedOrigins": [
      "<string>"
    ]
  },
  "creatorId": {
    "type": "unverified",
    "value": "<string>"
  },
  "storage": "<unknown>",
  "encryption": "<unknown>",
  "c2pa": "<unknown>",
  "profiles": "<unknown>",
  "targetSegmentSizeSecs": "<unknown>"
}
'
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: '<unknown>',
    url: 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/path/filename.mp4',
    staticMp4: '<unknown>',
    playbackPolicy: {
      type: 'webhook',
      webhookId: '1bde4o2i6xycudoy',
      webhookContext: {streamerId: 'my-custom-id'},
      refreshInterval: 600,
      allowedOrigins: ['<string>']
    },
    creatorId: {type: 'unverified', value: '<string>'},
    storage: '<unknown>',
    encryption: '<unknown>',
    c2pa: '<unknown>',
    profiles: '<unknown>',
    targetSegmentSizeSecs: '<unknown>'
  })
};

fetch('https://livepeer.studio/api/asset/upload/url', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://livepeer.studio/api/asset/upload/url",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => '<unknown>',
    'url' => 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/path/filename.mp4',
    'staticMp4' => '<unknown>',
    'playbackPolicy' => [
        'type' => 'webhook',
        'webhookId' => '1bde4o2i6xycudoy',
        'webhookContext' => [
                'streamerId' => 'my-custom-id'
        ],
        'refreshInterval' => 600,
        'allowedOrigins' => [
                '<string>'
        ]
    ],
    'creatorId' => [
        'type' => 'unverified',
        'value' => '<string>'
    ],
    'storage' => '<unknown>',
    'encryption' => '<unknown>',
    'c2pa' => '<unknown>',
    'profiles' => '<unknown>',
    'targetSegmentSizeSecs' => '<unknown>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://livepeer.studio/api/asset/upload/url")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"<unknown>\",\n  \"url\": \"https://s3.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/path/filename.mp4\",\n  \"staticMp4\": \"<unknown>\",\n  \"playbackPolicy\": {\n    \"type\": \"webhook\",\n    \"webhookId\": \"1bde4o2i6xycudoy\",\n    \"webhookContext\": {\n      \"streamerId\": \"my-custom-id\"\n    },\n    \"refreshInterval\": 600,\n    \"allowedOrigins\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ]\n  },\n  \"creatorId\": {\n    \"type\": \"unverified\",\n    \"value\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"storage\": \"<unknown>\",\n  \"encryption\": \"<unknown>\",\n  \"c2pa\": \"<unknown>\",\n  \"profiles\": \"<unknown>\",\n  \"targetSegmentSizeSecs\": \"<unknown>\"\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://livepeer.studio/api/asset/upload/url")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"<unknown>\",\n  \"url\": \"https://s3.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/path/filename.mp4\",\n  \"staticMp4\": \"<unknown>\",\n  \"playbackPolicy\": {\n    \"type\": \"webhook\",\n    \"webhookId\": \"1bde4o2i6xycudoy\",\n    \"webhookContext\": {\n      \"streamerId\": \"my-custom-id\"\n    },\n    \"refreshInterval\": 600,\n    \"allowedOrigins\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ]\n  },\n  \"creatorId\": {\n    \"type\": \"unverified\",\n    \"value\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"storage\": \"<unknown>\",\n  \"encryption\": \"<unknown>\",\n  \"c2pa\": \"<unknown>\",\n  \"profiles\": \"<unknown>\",\n  \"targetSegmentSizeSecs\": \"<unknown>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "asset": {
    "id": "09F8B46C-61A0-4254-9875-F71F4C605BC7",
    "source": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "<string>",
      "gatewayUrl": "<string>",
      "encryption": "<unknown>"
    },
    "name": "filename.mp4",
    "type": "video",
    "playbackId": "eaw4nk06ts2d0mzb",
    "userId": "66E2161C-7670-4D05-B71D-DA2D6979556F",
    "playbackUrl": "https://livepeercdn.com/asset/ea03f37e-f861-4cdd-b495-0e60b6d753ad/index.m3u8",
    "downloadUrl": "https://livepeercdn.com/asset/eaw4nk06ts2d0mzb/video/download.mp4",
    "playbackPolicy": {
      "type": "webhook",
      "webhookId": "1bde4o2i6xycudoy",
      "webhookContext": {
        "streamerId": "my-custom-id"
      },
      "refreshInterval": 600,
      "allowedOrigins": [
        "<string>"
      ]
    },
    "creatorId": {
      "type": "unverified",
      "value": "user123"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "bitrate": 3000000,
        "width": 1280,
        "name": "720p",
        "height": 720,
        "quality": 23,
        "fps": 30,
        "fpsDen": 1,
        "gop": 2,
        "profile": "H264Baseline",
        "encoder": "H.264"
      }
    ],
    "storage": {
      "ipfs": {
        "spec": {},
        "nftMetadata": {
          "cid": "<string>",
          "url": "<string>",
          "gatewayUrl": "<string>"
        },
        "updatedAt": 1587667174725
      },
      "status": {
        "phase": "ready",
        "tasks": {
          "pending": "09F8B46C-61A0-4254-9875-F71F4C605BC7",
          "last": "09F8B46C-61A0-4254-9875-F71F4C605BC7",
          "failed": "09F8B46C-61A0-4254-9875-F71F4C605BC7"
        },
        "progress": 0.5,
        "errorMessage": "Failed to update storage"
      }
    },
    "status": {
      "updatedAt": 1587667174725,
      "progress": 123,
      "errorMessage": "<string>"
    },
    "projectId": "aac12556-4d65-4d34-9fb6-d1f0985eb0a9",
    "createdAt": 1587667174725,
    "createdByTokenName": "<string>",
    "size": 84934509,
    "hash": [
      {
        "hash": "9b560b28b85378a5004117539196ab24e21bbd75b0e9eb1a8bc7c5fd80dc5b57",
        "algorithm": "sha256"
      }
    ],
    "videoSpec": {
      "format": "mp4",
      "duration": 23.8328,
      "bitrate": 1000000,
      "tracks": [
        {
          "type": "video",
          "codec": "aac",
          "startTime": 23.8238,
          "duration": 23.8238,
          "bitrate": 1000000,
          "width": 1920,
          "height": 1080,
          "pixelFormat": "yuv420p",
          "fps": 30,
          "channels": 2,
          "sampleRate": 44100,
          "bitDepth": 16
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "task": {
    "id": "34d7618e-fd42-4798-acf5-19504616a11e"
  }
}
{
  "asset": {
    "id": "09F8B46C-61A0-4254-9875-F71F4C605BC7",
    "source": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "<string>",
      "gatewayUrl": "<string>",
      "encryption": "<unknown>"
    },
    "name": "filename.mp4",
    "type": "video",
    "playbackId": "eaw4nk06ts2d0mzb",
    "userId": "66E2161C-7670-4D05-B71D-DA2D6979556F",
    "playbackUrl": "https://livepeercdn.com/asset/ea03f37e-f861-4cdd-b495-0e60b6d753ad/index.m3u8",
    "downloadUrl": "https://livepeercdn.com/asset/eaw4nk06ts2d0mzb/video/download.mp4",
    "playbackPolicy": {
      "type": "webhook",
      "webhookId": "1bde4o2i6xycudoy",
      "webhookContext": {
        "streamerId": "my-custom-id"
      },
      "refreshInterval": 600,
      "allowedOrigins": [
        "<string>"
      ]
    },
    "creatorId": {
      "type": "unverified",
      "value": "user123"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "bitrate": 3000000,
        "width": 1280,
        "name": "720p",
        "height": 720,
        "quality": 23,
        "fps": 30,
        "fpsDen": 1,
        "gop": 2,
        "profile": "H264Baseline",
        "encoder": "H.264"
      }
    ],
    "storage": {
      "ipfs": {
        "spec": {},
        "nftMetadata": {
          "cid": "<string>",
          "url": "<string>",
          "gatewayUrl": "<string>"
        },
        "updatedAt": 1587667174725
      },
      "status": {
        "phase": "ready",
        "tasks": {
          "pending": "09F8B46C-61A0-4254-9875-F71F4C605BC7",
          "last": "09F8B46C-61A0-4254-9875-F71F4C605BC7",
          "failed": "09F8B46C-61A0-4254-9875-F71F4C605BC7"
        },
        "progress": 0.5,
        "errorMessage": "Failed to update storage"
      }
    },
    "status": {
      "updatedAt": 1587667174725,
      "progress": 123,
      "errorMessage": "<string>"
    },
    "projectId": "aac12556-4d65-4d34-9fb6-d1f0985eb0a9",
    "createdAt": 1587667174725,
    "createdByTokenName": "<string>",
    "size": 84934509,
    "hash": [
      {
        "hash": "9b560b28b85378a5004117539196ab24e21bbd75b0e9eb1a8bc7c5fd80dc5b57",
        "algorithm": "sha256"
      }
    ],
    "videoSpec": {
      "format": "mp4",
      "duration": 23.8328,
      "bitrate": 1000000,
      "tracks": [
        {
          "type": "video",
          "codec": "aac",
          "startTime": 23.8238,
          "duration": 23.8238,
          "bitrate": 1000000,
          "width": 1920,
          "height": 1080,
          "pixelFormat": "yuv420p",
          "fps": 30,
          "channels": 2,
          "sampleRate": 44100,
          "bitDepth": 16
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "task": {
    "id": "34d7618e-fd42-4798-acf5-19504616a11e"
  }
}
{
  "errors": [
    [
      "id not provided",
      "Account not found"
    ]
  ]
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json
​
name
any
required
​
url
string<uri>
required

URL where the asset contents can be retrieved, e.g. https://s3.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/path/filename.mp4. For an IPFS source, this should be similar to: ipfs://{CID}. For an Arweave source: ar://{CID}.

Pattern: ^(https?|ipfs|ar)://
Example:

"https://s3.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/path/filename.mp4"

​
staticMp4
any
​
playbackPolicy
object | null

Whether the playback policy for an asset or stream is public or signed

​
creatorId
​
storage
any
​
encryption
any
​
c2pa
any
​
profiles
any
​
targetSegmentSizeSecs
any

Response

Upload in progress

​
asset
object
required
​
task
object
required
Last modified on March 18, 2026