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API Basics

API Basics, to get you started


(for full API, see Red5 Pro Stream Manager API)

Verify Stream Manager Controller (GET)

GET call:

https://<streammanager_URL>/streammanager/api/4.0/admin/debug/cloudcontroller?accessToken=<rest.administratorToken>

should return: Simulated Cloud Services

Provision Nodes

Per the Simulated Cloud Provision New Nodes API call.

You must have at least two server nodes provisioned before you can create a node group.

POST call:

https://<streammanager_URL>/streammanager/api/4.0/admin/controller/provisions?accessToken=<rest.administratorToken>

Data (make sure to select JSON as the body type):

[
  {
    "location": "us-test1-a",
    "host": "<instance-host-address>",
    "instanceType": "standard"
  },
  {
    "location": "us-test1-a",
    "host": "<instance-host-address>",
    "instanceType": "extralarge"
  }

]

Create a Scale Policy (post)

  • Make sure to include a role section for each node type you want to include (origin, edge, relay, transcoder):

POST call:

https://<streammanager_URL>/streammanager/api/4.0/admin/configurations/scalepolicy?accessToken=<accessToken>

Data (make sure to select JSON as the body type):

   {
  "policy": {
          "name": "<policy-name>",
          "description": "<policy-description>>",
          "type": "<policy-type>",
          "version": "<policy-version>",
          "targets": {
              "region": [
                  {
                      "name": "default",
                      "target": [
        {
          "role": "<role>",
          "minLimit": "<min-node-count>",
          "maxLimit": "<max-node-count>",
          "scaleAdjustment": "<node-scale-adjustment>"
        }
      ]
    }
    }}

Create a Launch Policy (post)

For ease of administration, we recommend naming the policy something easily identifiable and descriptive, such as <imagename>-<nodetypes> (e.g., red5pro6.4.0-allnodetypes). Note that for Simulated cloud there is no image, so just use the managed placeholder.

POST call:

https://<streammanager_URL>/streammanager/api/4.0/admin/configurations/launchconfig?accessToken=<accessToken>

Data (make sure to select JSON as the body type):

{
 "launchconfig": {
   "name": "<configuration-name>",
   "description": "<configuration-descrption>",
   "image": "managed",
   "version": "0.0.3",

 "targets": {
     "target": [
   {
     "role": "<role>",
     "instanceType": "<instance-type>",
     "connectionCapacity": "<instance-capacity>"
   }
   ]
   },

   "properties": {
     "property": [
       {
         "name": "<property-name>",
         "value": "<property-value>"
       }
     ]
   },
   "metadata": {
     "meta": [
       {
         "key": "<meta-name>",
         "value": "<meta-value>"
       }
     ]
   }
 }}
 ```

## Create a New Node Group (POST)

Using a tool like [Postman](http://www.getpostman.com/), create a new node group via the API.

POST call:

https://<streammanager_URL>/streammanager/api/4.0/admin/nodegroup?accessToken=<rest.administratorToken>

Data (make sure to select **JSON** as the body type):

```json
{
 "regions": [
   "us-test1"
 ],
 "launchConfig": "simulated-cloud-default-v2",
 "scalePolicy": "simulated-cloud-default-v2"
}

postman

Note the cluster “name” that is returned by the above call. It will be used to create a new Origin server.

Launch New Origin (POST)

After you create a node group, create the origin server. Creating an origin server will also generate at least one edge, per scaling policy min limit.

https://<streammanager_URL>/streammanager/api/4.0/admin/nodegroup/<cluster-name>/node/origin?accessToken=<rest.administratorToken from red5-web.properties file>

NOTE: If you wish to launch more than one origin, you can repeat the call. The maximum origins allowed will depend on the maxLimit attribute of the 'origin' object described in scale policy. If 'origin' is omitted from the scale policy then the default value for maximum origins is 1.

Set Alarm Threshold (POST)

By default, the alarm threshold (the capacity percentage at which the cluster will scale up any given node type) is set to 60%. To modify this, POST the following:

FOR EDGE:

https://<streammanager_URL>/streammanager/api/4.0/admin/alarm/scaleout/default?type=edge&threshold=<threshold>&accessToken=<rest.administratorToken>

FOR ORIGIN:

https://<streammanager_URL>/streammanager/api/4.0/admin/alarm/scaleout/default?type=origin&threshold=<threshold>&accessToken=<rest.administratorToken>

FOR RELAY:

https://<streammanager_URL>/streammanager/api/4.0/admin/alarm/scaleout/default?type=relay&threshold=<threshold>&accessToken=<rest.administratorToken>

FOR TRANSCODER:

https://<streammanager_URL>/streammanager/api/4.0/admin/alarm/scaleout/default?type=transcoder&threshold=<threshold>&accessToken=<rest.administratorToken>

List Groups (GET)

https://<streammanager_URL>/streammanager/api/4.0/admin/nodegroup?accessToken=<rest.administratorToken>

Stream Manager Publish and Subscribe Examples

Stream Manager Proxy Publish and Subscribe Examples

With the latest release, the live webapp includes two examples: proxy-publisher.html and proxy-subscriber.html. These examples will take the following query parameters:

NameDescriptionDefault Value
hosthostname or IPwindow.location.hostname
protocolprotocol which Stream Manager is served over (http or https)window.location.protocol
portport number that Stream Maager is served onwindow.location.port
appwebapp name to stream to on the serverlive
streamNameThe unique stream name to broadcast with or subscribe toNone. Required
verboseFlag to enable verbose logging in Dev ConsoleNone. optional
viewTarget broadcast tech (rtc, rtmp or hls)None. Optional

Example URI:

https://streammanager.test.com/live/proxy-publisher.html?streamName=stream1&verbose=1

Red5 Pro HTML5 SDK Examples:

Stream Manager examples

Note: the streaming-html5 examples testbed is included with the Red5 Pro server distribution, and can be accessed via your stream manager at https://your.server.url/webrtcexamples/.

Red5 Pro iOS SDK Examples:

Publish - Stream Manager

Subscribe - Stream Manager

Red5 Pro Android SDK Examples:

Publish - Stream Manager

Subscribe - Stream Manager