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ApsaraVideo Live:DescribeCasterStreamUrl

Last Updated:Aug 18, 2025

Queries the stream URL of a production studio.

Operation description

Before you call this operation, call the CreateCaster operation to create a production studio. If a production studio has not been created, the InvalidScene.NotFound error is returned.

QPS limit

The queries per second (QPS) limit for this operation is 5 for each user. Calls that exceed this limit are throttled. This may affect your business. Plan your calls accordingly.

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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:DescribeCasterStreamUrl

get

*Caster

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

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

RegionId

string

No

The ID of the region.

cn-shanghai

CasterId

string

Yes

The ID of the production studio. Make sure that the CasterId is correct.

  • If you create a production studio by calling the CreateCaster operation, obtain the ID from the CasterId parameter in the response.

  • If you create a production studio in the ApsaraVideo Live console, go to the ApsaraVideo Live console and choose Production Studio > Cloud Production Studio to view the ID.

Note

The name of a production studio in the list on the Cloud Production Studio page is its ID.

a2b8e671-2fe5-4642-a2ec-bf93880e****

Response parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

Example

object

CasterId

string

The ID of the production studio.

a2b8e671-2fe5-4642-a2ec-bf93880e****

CasterStreams

object

CasterStream

array<object>

A list of production studio streams.

object

OutputType

integer

Indicates whether the stream is for final output.

  • 0: The stream is for preview.

  • 1: The stream is for final output.

1

RtmpUrl

string

The RTMP URL.

rtmp://live/caster/example.edu

SceneId

string

The ID of the scenario.

23ca74e0-aca3-4e7a-8561-9d96f525****

StreamInfos

object

StreamInfo

array<object>

A list of playback URLs.

object

OutputStreamUrl

string

The playback URL.

http://out/caster/example.net

TranscodeConfig

string

The transcoding configuration. Valid values:

  • lsd: standard definition

  • lld: low definition

  • lud: ultra-high definition

  • lhd: high definition

lld

VideoFormat

string

The format. Valid values:

  • flv

  • rtmp

  • m3u8

  • artc

Note

The streaming domain for the production studio must have the Real-Time Streaming (RTS) feature enabled to return a URL that uses the ARTC protocol. For more information about how to enable the feature, see Enable Real-Time Streaming (RTS).

flv

StreamUrl

string

The output stream URL.

http://live/caster/example.org

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

16A96B9A-F203-4EC5-8E43-CB92E6******

Total

integer

The total number of entries.

1

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "CasterId": "a2b8e671-2fe5-4642-a2ec-bf93880e****",
  "CasterStreams": {
    "CasterStream": [
      {
        "OutputType": 1,
        "RtmpUrl": "rtmp://live/caster/example.edu",
        "SceneId": "23ca74e0-aca3-4e7a-8561-9d96f525****",
        "StreamInfos": {
          "StreamInfo": [
            {
              "OutputStreamUrl": "http://out/caster/example.net",
              "TranscodeConfig": "lld",
              "VideoFormat": "flv"
            }
          ]
        },
        "StreamUrl": "http://live/caster/example.org"
      }
    ]
  },
  "RequestId": "16A96B9A-F203-4EC5-8E43-CB92E6******",
  "Total": 1
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 InvalidUserId.Malformed %s
400 InvalidCasterId.Malformed %s
401 IllegalOperation %s
500 InternalError %s
404 InvalidCaster.NotFound %s
404 InvalidScene.NotFound %s
404 InvalidDomainName.NotFound %s

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.