How to add stream target in wowza using rest api into facebook? - rest

Question

I want to create facebook stream through wowza rest api (/v2/servers/{serverName}/vhosts/{vhostName}/applications/{appName}/pushpublish/mapentries).
Parameters `{
"shoutcast.destination": "",
"icecast2.public": false,
"akamai.destinationServer": "",
"shoutcast.icq": "",
"facebook.eventSourceName": "",
"timeToLive": 0,
"password": "",
"facebook.destType": "",
"rtpWrap": false,
"icecast2.name": "",
"akamai.hostId": "",
"icecast2.icq": "",
"host": "",
"connectionFlashVersion": "",
"cupertino.renditions": "",
"facebook.title": "",
"debugPackets": false,
"shoutcast.public": false,
"shoutcast.aim": "",
"profile": "",
"icecast2.description": "",
"sessionStatus": "",
"shoutcast.metaname": "",
"icecast2.genre": "",
"facebook.destId": "",
"queryString": "",
"akamai.eventName": "",
"version": "",
"shoutcast.name": "",
"sendStreamCloseCommands": false,
"port": 0,
"sendFCPublish": false,
"icecast2.aim": "",
"http.playlistCount": 0,
"http.playlistTimeout": 0,
"facebook.destName": "",
"audioPort": "",
"icecast2.metaname": "",
"sourceStreamName": "",
"connectionCode": "",
"localBindAddress": "",
"shoutcast.protocol": "",
"debugLogChildren": false,
"serverName": "",
"adaptiveStreaming": false,
"facebook.eventSourceType": "",
"enabled": false,
"shoutcast.irc": "",
"sendReleaseStream": false,
"shoutcast.url": "",
"icecast2.irc": "",
"facebook.description": "",
"debugLog": false,
"shoutcast.genre": "",
"akamai.streamId": "",
"akamai.hdNetwork": false,
"adaptiveGroups": "",
"saveFieldList": [
""
],
"http.playlistAcrossSessions": false,
"secureTokenSharedSecret": "",
"http.fakePosts": false,
"sendSSL": false,
"sendOriginalTimecodes": false,
"icecast2.destination": "",
"facebook.accessToken": "",
"userName": "",
"facebook.privacy": "",
"streamName": "",
"removeDefaultAppInstance": false,
"videoPort": "",
"http.writerDebug": false,
"icecast2.url": "",
"akamai.sendToBackupServer": false,
"destinationServer": "",
"application": "",
"entryName": "",
"streamWaitTimeout": 0,
"appInstance": "",
"originalTimecodeThreshold": "",
"autoStartTranscoder": false,
"sanjose.representationId": ""
}`
As per the api doc their are lot of parameter which I have pass during the api call but they didn't mention proper document for that.
Please help me out :)

Answer 1

Following parameters can be used to create a Facebook stream target through the REST API.
(/v2/servers/{serverName}/vhosts/{vhostName}/applications/{appName}/pushpublish/mapentries)
{
"entryName": "fb-api",
"profile": "rtmp-facebook",
"sourceStreamName": "{StreamName}",
"facebook.title": "Live Test",
"facebook.destType": "timeline",
"facebook.destId": "{DestinationPageId}",
"facebook.destName": "My Timeline",
"facebook.description": "This is Wowza live test",
"facebook.accessToken": "{FacebookAccessToken}",
"facebook.privacy": "onlyMe",
"extraOptions": {
"destinationName": "facebook"
},
"enabled": true
}
If you have access to the file system where Wowza is installed, you can see all stream targets which are created in the \conf\{appName}\PushPublishMap.txt file. You can configure a stream target through the Wowza streaming engine interface and open this file to get an idea about the required parameters for a particular type of stream target using the REST API.
Please note that this is valid for Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5 and above.

Answer 2

I agree with the answer already provided by #AyazAslam, with a few small caveats:
The "facebook.destType" parameter could be "timeline",
"page", "group", or "event", so the "facebook.destId" parameter value should more generically be:
"facebook.destId": "{DestinationId}"
The "facebook.privacy" parameter actually only applies to posting to a
"timeline". It has no effect on other destination types.
The Facebook app that is used to create the access token must have it's
"Require App Secret" option disabled since Wowza cannot provide another app's app
secret in the Facebook API calls it makes.