- Legion API
- Video Streams
- Create video stream
Create video stream
POST
/v3/video
const url = 'https://us-gov.legion.picogrid.com/v3/video';const options = { method: 'POST', headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{"entity_id":"d4e5f6a1-b2c3-7890-1234-567890abcdef","metadata":{"camera_type":"PTZ","frame_rate":30,"night_vision":"true","resolution":"1920x1080"},"protocol":"RTMP","stream_name":"drone_primary_feed"}'};
try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);} catch (error) { console.error(error);}curl --request POST \ --url https://us-gov.legion.picogrid.com/v3/video \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "entity_id": "d4e5f6a1-b2c3-7890-1234-567890abcdef", "metadata": { "camera_type": "PTZ", "frame_rate": 30, "night_vision": "true", "resolution": "1920x1080" }, "protocol": "RTMP", "stream_name": "drone_primary_feed" }'Creates a new video stream associated with an entity
Request Bodyrequired
Section titled “Request Bodyrequired”Media typeapplication/json
object
entity_id
required
string format: uuid
metadata
object
protocol
required
string
stream_name
required
string
Example
{ "entity_id": "d4e5f6a1-b2c3-7890-1234-567890abcdef", "metadata": { "camera_type": "PTZ", "frame_rate": 30, "night_vision": "true", "resolution": "1920x1080" }, "protocol": "RTMP", "stream_name": "drone_primary_feed"}Responses
Section titled “Responses”Successful response
Media typeapplication/json
object
created_at
required
string
entity_id
required
string format: uuid
id
required
string format: uuid
is_active
required
boolean
metadata
object
organization_id
required
string format: uuid
playback_url
string
protocol
required
string
publish_url
string
stream_name
required
string
updated_at
required
string
Example
{ "created_at": "2024-01-15T11:00:00Z", "entity_id": "d4e5f6a1-b2c3-7890-1234-567890abcdef", "is_active": "true", "metadata": "sample_value", "organization_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000", "protocol": "rtsp", "stream_name": "drone_primary_feed", "updated_at": "2024-03-11T16:00:00Z"}Bad Request
Media typeapplication/json
object
category
string
code
number
details
Array<object>
object
field
required
string
issue
required
string
message
string
status
string
timestamp
string
trace_id
string
Example
{ "code": "400", "details": "sample_value", "message": "Request cannot be processed due to invalid input", "status": "error", "timestamp": "2025-01-15T14:32:45Z", "trace_id": "req_2J9K8L7M6N5P4Q3R"}Unauthorized
Media typeapplication/json
object
category
string
code
number
details
Array<object>
object
field
required
string
issue
required
string
message
string
status
string
timestamp
string
trace_id
string
Example
{ "code": "401", "details": "sample_value", "message": "Authentication credentials are missing or invalid", "status": "error", "timestamp": "2025-01-15T14:32:45Z", "trace_id": "req_2J9K8L7M6N5P4Q3R"}Forbidden
Media typeapplication/json
object
category
string
code
number
details
Array<object>
object
field
required
string
issue
required
string
message
string
status
string
timestamp
string
trace_id
string
Example
{ "code": "403", "details": "sample_value", "message": "Access denied: insufficient permissions for this resource", "status": "error", "timestamp": "2025-01-15T14:32:45Z", "trace_id": "req_2J9K8L7M6N5P4Q3R"}Not Found
Media typeapplication/json
object
category
string
code
number
details
Array<object>
object
field
required
string
issue
required
string
message
string
status
string
timestamp
string
trace_id
string
Example
{ "code": "404", "details": "sample_value", "message": "The requested resource could not be found", "status": "error", "timestamp": "2025-01-15T14:32:45Z", "trace_id": "req_2J9K8L7M6N5P4Q3R"}Internal Server Error
Media typeapplication/json
object
category
required
The category of the error
string
code
required
The HTTP status code
number
details
required
Additional details about the error
Array<object>
object
field
The field that caused the error
string
issue
The specific issue with the field
string
message
required
A human-readable error message
string
status
required
The status of the response, always ‘error’ for error responses
string
timestamp
required
The timestamp when the error occurred
string format: date-time
trace_id
required
A unique identifier for tracing the error
string format: uuid
Example
{ "category": "server_error", "code": "500", "details": [ { "field": "field_name", "issue": "Field validation issue" } ], "message": "Internal Server Error", "status": "error", "timestamp": "2024-03-15T10:30:00Z", "trace_id": "b7c5e4d3-a2b1-4f0e-8d9c-1a2b3c4d5e6f"}Version 3.0.0 · commit 0771262
