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# Create

PUT https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/{project_name}/media/liveEvents/{event_name}/liveOutputs/{output_name}
Content-Type: application/json

Creates a Live Output

RBAC Capability Required: `ams.liveeventoutput.create`

Reference: https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/mkio/api/media/live-outputs/create

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `project_name` (string, required)
- `event_name` (string, required)
- `output_name` (string, required)

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a LiveOutputPutSchema.

- `properties` (LiveOutputPutProperties, required) — The properties of the live output.

## Response

### 201

Live Output created

- `properties` (LiveOutputProperties, required) — The properties of the live output.
- `name` (string, optional) — The name of the resource

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 409 Conflict Error

Conflict

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Too Many Requests

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

## Types

### LiveOutputPutProperties

- `archiveWindowLength` (string, required) — ISO 8601 timespan duration of the archive window length. This is duration that customer want to retain the recorded content.
- `assetName` (string, required) — The name of the asset that the live output will write to.
- `description` (string, optional) — The description of the live output.
- `hls` (LiveOutputHls, optional) — The HLS configuration.
- `manifestName` (string, optional) — The name of the manifest file. If not provided, the service will generate one automatically. This is the filename that will appear in playback URLs.
- `outputSnapTime` (integer, optional, default: 0) — Not supported. The output snapshot time. This is the wall clock time, in unix epoch seconds, that the live output will begin recording from.
- `rewindWindowLength` (string, optional) — Not supported. ISO 8601 timespan duration of the rewind window length during live playback. This is the amount of time that the live output will be able to rewind.

### LiveOutputProperties

- `archiveWindowLength` (string, required) — ISO 8601 timespan duration of the archive window length. This is duration that customer want to retain the recorded content.
- `assetName` (string, required) — The name of the asset that the live output will write to.
- `created` (string, optional) — The exact time the live output was created.
- `description` (string, optional) — The description of the live output.
- `hls` (LiveOutputHls, optional) — The HLS configuration.
- `lastModified` (string, optional) — The exact time the live output was last modified.
- `manifestName` (string, optional) — The name of the manifest file. If not provided, the service will generate one automatically. This is the filename that will appear in playback URLs.
- `outputSnapTime` (integer, optional, default: 0) — Not supported. The output snapshot time. This is the wall clock time, in unix epoch seconds, that the live output will begin recording from.
- `provisioningState` (string, optional) — The provisioning state of the live output.
- `resourceState` (enum, optional) — The resource state of the live output.
  - Allowed values: `Creating`, `Deleting`, `Running`
- `rewindWindowLength` (string, optional) — Not supported. ISO 8601 timespan duration of the rewind window length during live playback. This is the amount of time that the live output will be able to rewind.

### ErrorDetail

- `code` (string, required) — The error code.
- `detail` (string, required) — The error message.
- `extraDetail` (map from string to any, optional) — Extra information regarding this error.

### LiveOutputHls

- `fragmentsPerTsSegment` (integer, optional, default: 1) — The number of fragments per HLS segment.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "properties": {
    "archiveWindowLength": "string",
    "assetName": "string"
  }
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "properties": {
    "archiveWindowLength": "string",
    "assetName": "string",
    "created": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "hls": {
      "fragmentsPerTsSegment": 1
    },
    "lastModified": "string",
    "manifestName": "name",
    "outputSnapTime": 0,
    "provisioningState": "string",
    "resourceState": "Creating",
    "rewindWindowLength": "string"
  },
  "name": "name"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/liveEvents/event_name/liveOutputs/output_name"

payload = { "properties": {
        "archiveWindowLength": "string",
        "assetName": "string"
    } }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.put(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/liveEvents/event_name/liveOutputs/output_name';
const options = {
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"properties":{"archiveWindowLength":"string","assetName":"string"}}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/liveEvents/event_name/liveOutputs/output_name"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"properties\": {\n    \"archiveWindowLength\": \"string\",\n    \"assetName\": \"string\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/liveEvents/event_name/liveOutputs/output_name")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"properties\": {\n    \"archiveWindowLength\": \"string\",\n    \"assetName\": \"string\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/liveEvents/event_name/liveOutputs/output_name")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"properties\": {\n    \"archiveWindowLength\": \"string\",\n    \"assetName\": \"string\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('PUT', 'https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/liveEvents/event_name/liveOutputs/output_name', [
  'body' => '{
  "properties": {
    "archiveWindowLength": "string",
    "assetName": "string"
  }
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/liveEvents/event_name/liveOutputs/output_name");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PUT);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"properties\": {\n    \"archiveWindowLength\": \"string\",\n    \"assetName\": \"string\"\n  }\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["properties": [
    "archiveWindowLength": "string",
    "assetName": "string"
  ]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/liveEvents/event_name/liveOutputs/output_name")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PUT"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```