Getting Started

Before you can take advantage of what StreamAPI has to offer, you'll need to sign up for an account. After signing up, get familiar with terminology and some things that you'll need to know in order to start your own broadcasting site.

Environment and Client Libraries

You can develop your live video broadcasting site in whichever environment you prefer. You'll need to be familiar with web development and have a basic understand of the Internet, SSH, coding language, Unix/Linux, Databases. To get you started, StreamAPI has provided a couple of client libraries for these environments. Currently, StreamAPI supports Java and Perl clients. We will offer the PHP client soon, so check back on this documentation for this update. You can download the Java libraries at http://static.streamapi.com/lib/java/StreamAPI4j.zip and the Perl libraries at WWW-StreamAPI-0.01

Register for a StreamAPI Account

Before you can utilize what StreamAPI has to offer, you'll need to sign up for a StreamAPI account. You can do this by going to the join form

API Settings

Once you signup for a StreamAPI account you will see your API key and Secret key in the API Settings page. You will need these for all HTTP API calls.

Theme Editor

A typical theme might include a Host video and one or more Guest video components. It may also include User List, Simple Button, Text Input, and Chat Text components.

Additional Information

More info to come ... check back with us soon!