Get a live session

Get details for a Video Stitcher live session resource.

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Code sample

C#

Before trying this sample, follow the C# setup instructions in the Video Stitcher API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Video Stitcher API C# API reference documentation.

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


using Google.Cloud.Video.Stitcher.V1;

public class GetLiveSessionSample
{
    public LiveSession GetLiveSession(
        string projectId, string location, string sessionId)
    {
        // Create the client.
        VideoStitcherServiceClient client = VideoStitcherServiceClient.Create();

        GetLiveSessionRequest request = new GetLiveSessionRequest
        {
            LiveSessionName = LiveSessionName.FromProjectLocationLiveSession(projectId, location, sessionId)
        };

        // Call the API.
        LiveSession session = client.GetLiveSession(request);

        // Return the result.
        return session;
    }
}

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the Video Stitcher API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Video Stitcher API Go API reference documentation.

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

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	stitcher "cloud.google.com/go/video/stitcher/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/video/stitcher/apiv1/stitcherpb"
)

// getLiveSession gets a livestream session by ID.
func getLiveSession(w io.Writer, projectID, sessionID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// sessionID := "123-456-789"
	location := "us-central1"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := stitcher.NewVideoStitcherClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("stitcher.NewVideoStitcherClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	req := &stitcherpb.GetLiveSessionRequest{
		Name: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/liveSessions/%s", projectID, location, sessionID),
	}
	// Gets the session.
	response, err := client.GetLiveSession(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("client.GetLiveSession: %w", err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Live session: %+v", response)
	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Video Stitcher API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Video Stitcher API Java API reference documentation.

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


import com.google.cloud.video.stitcher.v1.GetLiveSessionRequest;
import com.google.cloud.video.stitcher.v1.LiveSession;
import com.google.cloud.video.stitcher.v1.LiveSessionName;
import com.google.cloud.video.stitcher.v1.VideoStitcherServiceClient;
import java.io.IOException;

public class GetLiveSession {

  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 sessionId = "my-session-id";

    getLiveSession(projectId, location, sessionId);
  }

  public static void getLiveSession(String projectId, String location, String sessionId)
      throws 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. In this example, try-with-resources is used
    // which automatically calls close() on the client to clean up resources.
    try (VideoStitcherServiceClient videoStitcherServiceClient =
        VideoStitcherServiceClient.create()) {
      GetLiveSessionRequest getLiveSessionRequest =
          GetLiveSessionRequest.newBuilder()
              .setName(LiveSessionName.of(projectId, location, sessionId).toString())
              .build();

      LiveSession response = videoStitcherServiceClient.getLiveSession(getLiveSessionRequest);
      System.out.println("Live session: " + response.getName());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the Video Stitcher API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Video Stitcher API Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Video Stitcher 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';
// sessionId = 'my-session-id';

// Imports the Video Stitcher library
const {VideoStitcherServiceClient} =
  require('@google-cloud/video-stitcher').v1;
// Instantiates a client
const stitcherClient = new VideoStitcherServiceClient();

async function getLiveSession() {
  // Construct request
  const request = {
    name: stitcherClient.liveSessionPath(projectId, location, sessionId),
  };
  const [session] = await stitcherClient.getLiveSession(request);
  console.log(`Live session: ${session.name}`);
}

getLiveSession();

PHP

Before trying this sample, follow the PHP setup instructions in the Video Stitcher API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Video Stitcher API PHP API reference documentation.

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

use Google\Cloud\Video\Stitcher\V1\Client\VideoStitcherServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Video\Stitcher\V1\GetLiveSessionRequest;

/**
 * Gets a live session.
 *
 * @param string $callingProjectId     The project ID to run the API call under
 * @param string $location             The location of the session
 * @param string $sessionId            The ID of the session
 */
function get_live_session(
    string $callingProjectId,
    string $location,
    string $sessionId
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $stitcherClient = new VideoStitcherServiceClient();

    $formattedName = $stitcherClient->liveSessionName($callingProjectId, $location, $sessionId);
    $request = (new GetLiveSessionRequest())
        ->setName($formattedName);
    $session = $stitcherClient->getLiveSession($request);

    // Print results
    printf('Live session: %s' . PHP_EOL, $session->getName());
}

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Video Stitcher API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Video Stitcher API Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Video Stitcher 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 stitcher_v1
from google.cloud.video.stitcher_v1.services.video_stitcher_service import (
    VideoStitcherServiceClient,
)


def get_live_session(
    project_id: str, location: str, session_id: str
) -> stitcher_v1.types.LiveSession:
    """Gets a live session. Live sessions are ephemeral resources that expire
    after a few minutes.
    Args:
        project_id: The GCP project ID.
        location: The location of the session.
        session_id: The ID of the live session.

    Returns:
        The live session resource.
    """

    client = VideoStitcherServiceClient()

    name = client.live_session_path(project_id, location, session_id)
    response = client.get_live_session(name=name)
    print(f"Live session: {response.name}")
    return response

Ruby

Before trying this sample, follow the Ruby setup instructions in the Video Stitcher API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Video Stitcher API Ruby API reference documentation.

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

require "google/cloud/video/stitcher"

##
# Get a live session. Live sessions are ephemeral resources
# that expire after a few minutes.
#
# @param project_id [String] Your Google Cloud project (e.g. "my-project")
# @param location [String] The location (e.g. "us-central1")
# @param session_id [String] The live session ID (e.g. "my-live-session-id")
#
def get_live_session project_id:, location:, session_id:
  # Create a Video Stitcher client.
  client = Google::Cloud::Video::Stitcher.video_stitcher_service

  # Build the resource name of the live session.
  name = client.live_session_path project: project_id, location: location,
                                  live_session: session_id

  # Get the live session.
  session = client.get_live_session name: name

  # Print the live session name.
  puts "Live session: #{session.name}"
end

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