CreateCaster - ApsaraVideo Live - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Call the CreateCaster operation to create a production studio.

Operation description

You must activate ApsaraVideo Live before you call this operation. For more information, see Activate ApsaraVideo Live. This operation supports the following types of production studios: Standard and New Playlist (Carousel).

QPS limit

The queries per second (QPS) limit for this operation is 10 calls per second for each user. If you exceed this limit, API calls are throttled, which may affect your business. We recommend that you call this operation at a reasonable rate.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.
API: The API that you can call to perform the action.
Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.
Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.
- For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.
- For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.
Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.
Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

live:CreateCaster

create

*Caster

acs:live:*:{#accountId}:caster/{#CasterId}

None

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
RegionId	string	No	The region ID.	cn-beijing
CasterName	string	No	The name of the production studio.	liveCaster****
ClientToken	string	Yes	The client token that is used to ensure the idempotence of the request. Generate a token on your client and ensure that the token is unique among different requests. The token can be up to 64 ASCII characters in length.	53200b81-b761-4c10-842a-a0726d97****
NormType	integer	Yes	The type of the production studio. Valid values: 1: Standard. 6: Carousel (New Playlist).	1
ChargeType	string	Yes	The billing method. Only PostPaid is supported. Valid values: PrePaid: subscription (not supported). PostPaid: pay-as-you-go.	PostPaid
PurchaseTime	string	No	The purchase time of the production studio. The time is in the `yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ` format and is displayed in UTC. Note This parameter is available only if you set ChargeType to PrePaid.	2017-08-20T12:10:10Z
ExpireTime	string	No	The expiration time of the production studio. The time is in the `yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ` format and is displayed in UTC. Note This parameter is available only if you set ChargeType to PrePaid.	2017-08-22T12:10:10Z
CasterTemplate	string	No	The preset resolution of the production studio. This parameter is available only for the subscription billing method. Valid values: lp_ld: low definition. lp_sd: standard definition. lp_hd: high definition. lp_ud: ultra-high definition. lp_ld_v: vertical low definition. lp_sd_v: vertical standard definition. lp_hd_v: vertical high definition. lp_ud_v: vertical ultra-high definition. Note If you use the pay-as-you-go billing method, call the SetCasterConfig operation to set the resolution.	lp_sd
ResourceGroupId	string	No	The ID of the resource group. For more information, see What is a resource group?.	rg-aekzw******
Tag	array<object>	No	The tags.
	object	No	The tags.
Key	string	No	The tag key.	TestKey
Value	string	No	The tag value.	TestValue

Response elements

Element	Type	Description	Example
	object
CasterId	string	The ID of the production studio. You can use this ID as a request parameter to query stream URLs, start the production studio, add video resources, add layouts, query the layout list, add components, and add playlists.	a2b8e671-2fe5-4642-a2ec-bf93880e****
RequestId	string	The request ID.	16A96B9A-F203-4EC5-8E43-CB92E68F****

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "CasterId": "a2b8e671-2fe5-4642-a2ec-bf93880e****",
  "RequestId": "16A96B9A-F203-4EC5-8E43-CB92E68F****"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code	Error code	Error message
400	InvalidParameter.PurchaseTime	%s
400	InvalidParameter.ExpireTime	%s
400	MissingParameter	%s
400	InvalidChargeType.Malformed	%s
400	InvalidChargeType.PostSupport	%s
400	InvalidCasterTemplate.Malformed	%s
400	InvalidParameter.Malformed	%s
400	InvalidParameter.ChargeType	%s
400	InvalidPeriod.Malformed	%s
400	InvalidUserId.Malformed	%s
400	InvalidClientToken.Malformed	%s
400	IncorrectCasterStatus	%s
401	CasterNumberExceed	%s
403	PermissionDenied	%s
404	InvalidParameter.NormType	%s
404	InvalidConfiguration.NotFound	%s
408	CreateCaster.Timeout	%s

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.