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Live Inputs
Outputs

Create a new output, connected to a live input

stream.live_inputs.outputs.create(strlive_input_identifier, OutputCreateParams**kwargs) -> Output
POST/accounts/{account_id}/stream/live_inputs/{live_input_identifier}/outputs

Creates a new output that can be used to simulcast or restream live video to other RTMP or SRT destinations. Outputs are always linked to a specific live input — one live input can have many outputs.

Security
API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
ParametersExpand Collapse
account_id: str

Identifier.

maxLength32
live_input_identifier: str

A unique identifier for a live input.

maxLength32
stream_key: str

The streamKey used to authenticate against an output's target.

url: str

The URL an output uses to restream.

enabled: Optional[bool]

When enabled, live video streamed to the associated live input will be sent to the output URL. When disabled, live video will not be sent to the output URL, even when streaming to the associated live input. Use this to control precisely when you start and stop simulcasting to specific destinations like YouTube and Twitch.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
class Output: …
enabled: Optional[bool]

When enabled, live video streamed to the associated live input will be sent to the output URL. When disabled, live video will not be sent to the output URL, even when streaming to the associated live input. Use this to control precisely when you start and stop simulcasting to specific destinations like YouTube and Twitch.

stream_key: Optional[str]

The streamKey used to authenticate against an output's target.

uid: Optional[str]

A unique identifier for the output.

maxLength32
url: Optional[str]

The URL an output uses to restream.

Create a new output, connected to a live input

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
output = client.stream.live_inputs.outputs.create(
    live_input_identifier="66be4bf738797e01e1fca35a7bdecdcd",
    account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    stream_key="uzya-f19y-g2g9-a2ee-51j2",
    url="rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2",
)
print(output.uid)
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "enabled": true,
    "streamKey": "uzya-f19y-g2g9-a2ee-51j2",
    "uid": "baea4d9c515887b80289d5c33cf01145",
    "url": "rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2"
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "enabled": true,
    "streamKey": "uzya-f19y-g2g9-a2ee-51j2",
    "uid": "baea4d9c515887b80289d5c33cf01145",
    "url": "rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2"
  }
}