Create and manage a live event using the Vimeo Live API

domain: developer.vimeo.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Confirm the Vimeo account has Enterprise-level access, since the Live API is gated to Enterprise members
  2. Create an API application and generate a personal access token with live-event scopes
  3. Use the Live endpoints to create and configure a live event
  4. Use the events/playback documentation to obtain an HLS URL for playing the event through an external player if not using Vimeo's own player
  5. Manage event lifecycle (start/stop) through the corresponding Live API calls

Known gotchas

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