## Create an independent livestream

`client.realtimeKit.livestreams.createIndependentLivestream(stringappId, LivestreamCreateIndependentLivestreamParamsparams, RequestOptionsoptions?): LivestreamCreateIndependentLivestreamResponse`

**post** `/accounts/{account_id}/realtime/kit/{app_id}/livestreams`

Creates a livestream for the given App ID and returns ingest server, stream key, and playback URL. You can pass custom input to the ingest server and stream key, and freely distribute the content using the playback URL on any player that supports HLS/LHLS.

### Parameters

- `appId: string`

  The app identifier tag.

- `params: LivestreamCreateIndependentLivestreamParams`

  - `account_id: string`

    Path param: The account identifier tag.

  - `name?: string | null`

    Body param: Name of the livestream

### Returns

- `LivestreamCreateIndependentLivestreamResponse`

  - `data?: Data`

    - `id?: string`

      The livestream ID.

    - `disabled?: boolean`

      Specifies if the livestream was disabled.

    - `ingest_server?: string`

      The server URL to which the RTMP encoder should send the video and audio data.

    - `meeting_id?: string | null`

    - `name?: string`

    - `playback_url?: string`

      The web address that viewers can use to watch the livestream.

    - `status?: "LIVE" | "IDLE" | "ERRORED" | "INVOKED"`

      - `"LIVE"`

      - `"IDLE"`

      - `"ERRORED"`

      - `"INVOKED"`

    - `stream_key?: string`

      Unique key for accessing each livestream.

  - `success?: boolean`

### Example

```node
import Cloudflare from 'cloudflare';

const client = new Cloudflare({
  apiToken: process.env['CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const response = await client.realtimeKit.livestreams.createIndependentLivestream('app_id', {
  account_id: '023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353',
  name: 'prdmmp-xhycsl',
});

console.log(response.data);
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "disabled": false,
    "id": "78dd0b50-4147-4bb8-88d3-2ccc2e98bff0",
    "ingest_server": "rtmps://live.cloudflare.com:443/live/",
    "meeting_id": null,
    "name": "Livestreaming-Demo",
    "playback_url": "https://customer-s8oj0c1n5ek8ah1e.cloudflarestream.com/7de6a3fec0f9c05bf1df140950d3a237/manifest/video.m3u8",
    "status": "INVOKED",
    "stream_key": "f26566285faca6fbe2e79a73a66rsrrsrrsr3cde23a2bb7dbc6c2c1761b98f4e4"
  },
  "success": true
}
```