## Start livestreaming a meeting

`client.realtimeKit.livestreams.startLivestreamingAMeeting(stringappId, stringmeetingId, LivestreamStartLivestreamingAMeetingParamsparams, RequestOptionsoptions?): LivestreamStartLivestreamingAMeetingResponse`

**post** `/accounts/{account_id}/realtime/kit/{app_id}/meetings/{meeting_id}/livestreams`

Starts livestream of a meeting associated with the given meeting ID. Retreive the meeting ID using the `Create a meeting` API.

### Parameters

- `appId: string`

  The app identifier tag.

- `meetingId: string`

- `params: LivestreamStartLivestreamingAMeetingParams`

  - `account_id: string`

    Path param: The account identifier tag.

  - `name?: string | null`

    Body param

  - `video_config?: VideoConfig`

    Body param

    - `height?: number`

      Height of the livestreaming video in pixels

    - `width?: number`

      Width of the livestreaming video in pixels

### Returns

- `LivestreamStartLivestreamingAMeetingResponse`

  - `data?: Data`

    - `id?: string`

      The livestream ID.

    - `ingest_server?: string`

      The server URL to which the RTMP encoder sends the video and audio data.

    - `playback_url?: string`

      The web address that viewers can use to watch the livestream.

    - `status?: "LIVE" | "IDLE" | "ERRORED" | "INVOKED"`

      - `"LIVE"`

      - `"IDLE"`

      - `"ERRORED"`

      - `"INVOKED"`

    - `stream_key?: string`

      Unique key for accessing each livestream.

  - `success?: boolean`

### Example

```node
import Cloudflare from 'cloudflare';

const client = new Cloudflare({
  apiToken: process.env['CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const response = await client.realtimeKit.livestreams.startLivestreamingAMeeting(
  'app_id',
  '182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e',
  { account_id: '023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353', name: 'prdmmp-xhycsl' },
);

console.log(response.data);
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "7088bba8-f522-49a8-b59b-3cd0e946bbb0",
    "ingest_server": "rtmps://live.cloudflare.com:443/live/",
    "playback_url": "https://customer-s8oj0c1n5ek8ah1e.cloudflarestream.com/7de6a3fec0f9c05bf1df140950d3a237/manifest/video.m3u8",
    "status": "INVOKED",
    "stream_key": "f26566285faca6fbe2e79a73a66rsrrsrrsr3cde23a2bb7dbc6c2c1761b98f4e4"
  },
  "success": true
}
```