Group Live Videos

For more information about the Live Video API, visit our Live Video Docs.

Creating

You can make a POST request to live_videos edge from the following paths:

/{group-id}/live_videos

When posting to this edge, a LiveVideo will be created.

Parameters

Name	Description
`app_attribution_tag` numberic string or integer	An attribution tag for live videos which will show on feed.
`attribution_app_id` numberic string or integer	Id of the attribution app.
`content_tags` list<numberic string>	Tags that describe the contents of the video. Use search endpoint with `type=adinterest` to get possible IDs. Example query: /search?type=adinterest&q=sunsets
`description` UTF-8 string	The description of the live video. Supports Emojis.
`encoding_settings` string	Identifier of the encoding settings group the broadcaster is using for this stream. This parameter is currently only in use for live-360 broadcasts. The value to be passed to this parameter is the value of the `identifier` key of the encoding settings preset. Encoding presets can be found by querying the `/broadcaster_encoding_settings` Graph API endpoint (`GET` query).
`event_params` integer	Unix timestamp when the broadcaster plans to go live.
`fisheye_video_cropped` boolean	Whether the single fisheye video is cropped or not.
`front_z_rotation` float	The front z rotation in degrees on the single fisheye video.
`game_id` numberic string or integer	Set which game this video is about. Use search endpoint with `type=game` to get possible IDs. Example query: /search?type=game&=pubg
`game_specs` Game Specs Parameter	Set metadata representing which game should be attributed.
`is_spherical` boolean	Flag that denotes the broadcast is a 360 live broadcast.
`live_encoders` list<numberic string or integer>	Live encoders that will broadcast to this live video.
`original_fov` int64	Original field of view of the camera.
`post_surfaces_blacklist` list<enum{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}>	A blacklist of where the post won't show up, for feed only experience.
`privacy` Privacy Parameter	Privacy for this live video.
`projection` enum{EQUIRECTANGULAR, CUBEMAP}	Flag that denotes expected projection for 360 live streams. The default value is EQUIRECTANGULAR.
`save_vod` boolean	Whether or not the video data should be saved for later consumption in VOD format. Default is true. (Note: Can only be set at time of creation)
`schedule_custom_profile_image` image	Custom image that will appear in the scheduled live story and lobby.
`spatial_audio_format` enum{ambiX_4}	Denotes the format of the spatial audio stream. When unspecified audio is presumed to be mono or stereo.
`status` enum {UNPUBLISHED, LIVE_NOW, SCHEDULED_UNPUBLISHED, SCHEDULED_LIVE, SCHEDULED_CANCELED}	The status of the broadcast. A `LIVE_NOW` broadcast is currently live and visible to Users. An `UNPUBLISHED` broadcast is in preparation and not visible to other users. An unpublished broadcast may be automatically deleted after several hours in this state. Consider using the scheduled states to create a planned, future broadcast.
`stereoscopic_mode` enum {MONO, LEFT_RIGHT, TOP_BOTTOM}	Set this flag to the stereoscopic mode for this video.
`stop_on_delete_stream`	Set this to `true` if the stream should be stopped when the `deleteStream` RTMP command is received.
`title` UTF-8 string	The title of the live video. Supports Emojis.

Return Type

This endpoint supports read-after-write and will read the node represented by id in the return type.

Struct {
  id: numeric string,
  stream_url: string,
  secure_stream_url: string,
  stream_secondary_urls: List [
    string
  ],
  secure_stream_secondary_urls: List [
    string
  ],
  dash_ingest_url: string,
}

Validation Rules

Error	Description
100	Invalid Parameter
200	Permissions error

Reading

Features

Name	Description
Groups API	This is a feature requiring App Review.

Example

/* make the API call */
new GraphRequest(
    AccessToken.getCurrentAccessToken(),
    "/{group-id}/live_videos",
    null,
    HttpMethod.GET,
    new GraphRequest.Callback() {
        public void onCompleted(GraphResponse response) {
            /* handle the result */
        }
    }
).executeAsync();

GET /v7.0/{group-id}/live_videos HTTP/1.1
Host: graph.facebook.com

// For more complex open graph stories, use `FBSDKShareAPI`
// with `FBSDKShareOpenGraphContent`
/* make the API call */
FBSDKGraphRequest *request = [[FBSDKGraphRequest alloc]
                               initWithGraphPath:@"/{group-id}/live_videos"
                                      parameters:params
                                      HTTPMethod:@"GET"];
[request startWithCompletionHandler:^(FBSDKGraphRequestConnection *connection,
                                      id result,
                                      NSError *error) {
    // Handle the result
}];

/* make the API call */
FB.api(
    "/{group-id}/live_videos",
    function (response) {
      if (response && !response.error) {
        /* handle the result */
      }
    }
);

/* PHP SDK v5.0.0 */
/* make the API call */
try {
  // Returns a `Facebook\FacebookResponse` object
  $response = $fb->get(
    '/{group-id}/live_videos',
    'your-access-token'
  );
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookResponseException $e) {
  echo 'Graph returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
  exit;
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookSDKException $e) {
  echo 'Facebook SDK returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
  exit;
}
$graphNode = $response->getGraphNode();
/* handle the result */

Learn more about the Graph API in our Using the Graph API Guide.

Parameters

Name Description

Name	Description
`broadcast_status` list<enum {UNPUBLISHED, LIVE, LIVE_STOPPED, PROCESSING, VOD, SCHEDULED_UNPUBLISHED, SCHEDULED_LIVE, SCHEDULED_EXPIRED, SCHEDULED_CANCELED}>	Allows you to specify what kind of live videos return. No value returns all status types.
`source` enum{target, owner}	Default value: `target` The source of where the videos should be queried. E.g `target` gets videos broadcast onto a group. Group Live Videos ONLY supports `target`.

broadcast_status

list<enum {UNPUBLISHED, LIVE, LIVE_STOPPED, PROCESSING, VOD, SCHEDULED_UNPUBLISHED, SCHEDULED_LIVE, SCHEDULED_EXPIRED, SCHEDULED_CANCELED}>

Allows you to specify what kind of live videos return. No value returns all status types.

source

enum{target, owner}

Default value: target

The source of where the videos should be queried. E.g target gets videos broadcast onto a group. Group Live Videos ONLY supports target.

Fields

Reading from this edge will return a JSON formatted result:

{
    "data": [],
    "paging": {}
}

data

A list of LiveVideo fields.

paging

For more details about pagination, see the Graph API guide.

Validation Rules

Error	Description
200	Permissions error

Updating

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.

Deleting

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.