Ingest

import { Livepeer } from 'livepeer';

const client = new Livepeer({ apiKey: process.env.LIVEPEER_API_KEY });

const { stream } = await client.stream.create({
  name: 'event-stream-2026',
  profiles: [
    { name: '1080p', bitrate: 6000000, fps: 30, width: 1920, height: 1080 },
    { name: '720p',  bitrate: 3000000, fps: 30, width: 1280, height:  720 },
    { name: '360p',  bitrate: 1000000, fps: 30, width:  640, height:  360 },
  ],
  record: false,
});

console.log(stream.rtmpIngestUrl);  // rtmp://rtmp.livepeer.com/live/<streamKey>
console.log(stream.streamKey);      // the key embedded in the ingest URL
console.log(stream.playbackUrl);    // HLS playback, e.g. https://livepeercdn.com/hls/<playbackId>/index.m3u8

from livepeer import Livepeer
from livepeer.models import components

client = Livepeer(api_key=os.environ['LIVEPEER_API_KEY'])

result = client.stream.create(components.NewStreamPayload(
    name='event-stream-2026',
    profiles=[
        components.FfmpegProfile(
            name='720p', bitrate=3000000, fps=30, width=1280, height=720,
        ),
    ],
))
stream = result.stream

ffmpeg -re -i input.mp4 \
  -c:v libx264 -preset veryfast -b:v 3000k \
  -c:a aac -b:a 128k \
  -f flv rtmp://rtmp.livepeer.com/live/<streamKey>

const { stream } = await client.stream.create({
  name: 'event-stream',
  profiles: [...],
  playbackPolicy: {
    type: 'webhook',
    webhookId: '<your-webhook-id>',
    webhookContext: { userId: 'user-123' },
  },
});

const webhook = await client.webhook.create({
  name: 'stream-events',
  url: 'https://your-app.example.com/livepeer-webhook',
  events: ['stream.started', 'stream.idle', 'stream.recording.ready'],
});