Start a channel

Start a live stream channel resource.

Explore further

For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

• Create and manage channels
• Insert a slate into a live stream
• Quickstart for an HLS live stream
• Quickstart for an MPEG-DASH live stream

Code sample

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Live Stream API, see Live Stream API client libraries. For more information, see the Live Stream API C# API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Live Stream API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using Google.Cloud.Video.LiveStream.V1;
using Google.LongRunning;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class StartChannelSample
{
    public async Task StartChannelAsync(
         string projectId, string locationId, string channelId)
    {
        // Create the client.
        LivestreamServiceClient client = LivestreamServiceClient.Create();

        StartChannelRequest request = new StartChannelRequest
        {
            ChannelName = ChannelName.FromProjectLocationChannel(projectId, locationId, channelId)
        };

        // Make the request.
        Operation<ChannelOperationResponse, OperationMetadata> response = await client.StartChannelAsync(request);

        // Poll until the returned long-running operation is complete.
        await response.PollUntilCompletedAsync();
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Live Stream API, see Live Stream API client libraries. For more information, see the Live Stream API Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Live Stream API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	livestream "cloud.google.com/go/video/livestream/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/video/livestream/apiv1/livestreampb"
)

// startChannel starts a channel.
func startChannel(w io.Writer, projectID, location, channelID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// location := "us-central1"
	// channelID := "my-channel-id"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := livestream.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	req := &livestreampb.StartChannelRequest{
		Name: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/channels/%s", projectID, location, channelID),
	}

	op, err := client.StartChannel(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("StartChannel: %w", err)
	}
	_, err = op.Wait(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Wait: %w", err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Started channel")
	return nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Live Stream API, see Live Stream API client libraries. For more information, see the Live Stream API Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Live Stream API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.video.livestream.v1.ChannelName;
import com.google.cloud.video.livestream.v1.LivestreamServiceClient;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;

public class StartChannel {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "my-project-id";
    String location = "us-central1";
    String channelId = "my-channel-id";

    startChannel(projectId, location, channelId);
  }

  public static void startChannel(String projectId, String location, String channelId)
      throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException, IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    LivestreamServiceClient livestreamServiceClient = LivestreamServiceClient.create();
    ChannelName name = ChannelName.of(projectId, location, channelId);
    // First API call in a project can take up to 15 minutes.
    livestreamServiceClient.startChannelAsync(name).get(15, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
    System.out.println("Started channel");
    livestreamServiceClient.close();
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Live Stream API, see Live Stream API client libraries. For more information, see the Live Stream API Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Live Stream API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// projectId = 'my-project-id';
// location = 'us-central1';
// channelId = 'my-channel';

// Imports the Livestream library
const {LivestreamServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/livestream').v1;

// Instantiates a client
const livestreamServiceClient = new LivestreamServiceClient();

async function startChannel() {
  // Construct request
  const request = {
    name: livestreamServiceClient.channelPath(projectId, location, channelId),
  };
  const [operation] = await livestreamServiceClient.startChannel(request);
  await operation.promise();
  console.log('Started channel');
}

startChannel();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Live Stream API, see Live Stream API client libraries. For more information, see the Live Stream API PHP API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Live Stream API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Video\LiveStream\V1\Client\LivestreamServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Video\LiveStream\V1\StartChannelRequest;

/**
 * Starts a channel.
 *
 * @param string  $callingProjectId   The project ID to run the API call under
 * @param string  $location           The location of the channel
 * @param string  $channelId          The ID of the channel
 */
function start_channel(
    string $callingProjectId,
    string $location,
    string $channelId
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $livestreamClient = new LivestreamServiceClient();
    $formattedName = $livestreamClient->channelName($callingProjectId, $location, $channelId);

    // Run the channel start request. The response is a long-running operation ID.
    $request = (new StartChannelRequest())
        ->setName($formattedName);
    $operationResponse = $livestreamClient->startChannel($request);
    $operationResponse->pollUntilComplete();
    if ($operationResponse->operationSucceeded()) {
        // Print results
        printf('Started channel' . PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        $error = $operationResponse->getError();
        // handleError($error)
    }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Live Stream API, see Live Stream API client libraries. For more information, see the Live Stream API Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Live Stream API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import argparse

from google.cloud.video import live_stream_v1
from google.cloud.video.live_stream_v1.services.livestream_service import (
    LivestreamServiceClient,
)


def start_channel(
    project_id: str, location: str, channel_id: str
) -> live_stream_v1.types.ChannelOperationResponse:
    """Starts a channel.
    Args:
        project_id: The GCP project ID.
        location: The location of the channel.
        channel_id: The user-defined channel ID."""

    client = LivestreamServiceClient()

    name = f"projects/{project_id}/locations/{location}/channels/{channel_id}"
    operation = client.start_channel(name=name)
    response = operation.result(900)
    print("Started channel")

    return response

Ruby

To learn how to install and use the client library for Live Stream API, see Live Stream API client libraries. For more information, see the Live Stream API Ruby API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Live Stream API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

require "google/cloud/video/live_stream"

##
# Starts a channel
#
# @param project_id [String] Your Google Cloud project (e.g. "my-project")
# @param location [String] The location (e.g. "us-central1")
# @param channel_id [String] Your channel name (e.g. "my-channel")
#
def start_channel project_id:, location:, channel_id:
  # Create a Live Stream client.
  client = Google::Cloud::Video::LiveStream.livestream_service

  # Build the resource name of the channel.
  name = client.channel_path project: project_id, location: location, channel: channel_id

  # Start the channel.
  operation = client.start_channel name: name

  # The returned object is of type Gapic::Operation. You can use this
  # object to check the status of an operation, cancel it, or wait
  # for results. Here is how to block until completion:
  operation.wait_until_done!

  # Print a success message.
  puts "Started channel"
end

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