Set up a YouTube live event using liveBroadcasts and liveStreams

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Steps

  1. Authenticate with OAuth 2.0 using a scope that includes youtube or youtube.force-ssl for the channel owner.
  2. Call liveBroadcasts.insert to create a broadcast resource, specifying snippet (title, scheduledStartTime) and status (privacyStatus) parts.
  3. Call liveStreams.insert to create a stream resource with the desired cdn settings (ingestionType, resolution, frameRate), which returns an ingestion address and stream name/key.
  4. Bind the broadcast and stream together by calling liveBroadcasts.bind with the broadcast id and the stream id as parameters.
  5. Configure your encoder (e.g., OBS) with the RTMP ingestion URL and stream key returned from the liveStreams resource.
  6. Transition the broadcast through its lifecycle using liveBroadcasts.transition: first to 'testing', then to 'live' once the stream is healthy.

Known gotchas

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