Questions tagged [facebook-live-api]

For questions related to Facebook's live API for viewing/streaming live videos and also creating stories based on them.

Facebook's Live API allows users to create stories using multiple live sources.

You can:

  • Stream live videos
  • View live videos
  • Create stories based on live videos from multiple sources

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Use Facebook Live API for my mobile App

I want to use the new Facebook Live API to integrate it to my video-filter mobile app. So I can stream content generated from my phone. But I read in the documentation something about them not going to allow that. Have anyone experienced anything…
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Facebook streaming graph live comments works partly

I'm testing Facebook Live Comments (<--Link) API. On some live feeds it works partly, which means part of the comments shows in the original video but not in the HTTP GET reply. It filtered specific people, including myself. On another streaming it…
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Facebook Live API Not Announcing Videos

Using Graph I've created a page in PHP to automatically create "scheduled" live videos for our page. I have permissions correct, at least according to their documentation (publish_actions, manage_pages, publish_pages, public_profile). I have…
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How to obtain the live video id of a facebook live video?

I am trying to access the live views count of a live video that is live through a Facebook Page. I am using the ID that I am obtaining from the API request {page-id}/videos/uploaded When I am using that video id and making a GET request of…
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View Facebook Live in iOS App

I think I understand that the API allows for broadcasting to Facebook live from app, but is it possible to listen for a particular user and VIEW the live video within an app? I've never seen an example of an app doing this, but was just curious if…
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Facebook live video can only be previewed while streaming my Mac screen

I use the following ffmpeg command to share my screen streaming to Facebook. ffmpeg -f avfoundation -r 10 -video_size 352x288 -i "0" -c:v h264 -f flv "rtmp://rtmp-api.facebook.com:80/rtmp/1269140699772419?ds=1&a=AaYsXcYcdHQrrrUF" then I can see…
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Retrieving Facebook Live comments in real-time from Webhook?

I'm trying to write a program that can retrieve the comments (as they happen) in my Facebook Live videos. Looking through the Docs I see the following text: Reading Comments and Reactions You can read live video comments by polling the Video…
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FFMPEG stream from sdp to youtube/facebook live(RTMP)

Similar to this question, I'm trying to stream to Youtube/Facebook live (rtmp) via Ffmpeg. The server on which ffmpeg is installed receives a rtp stream (source of the stream uses Vp8 and opus as the codecs), i then use the sdp given below as input…
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How do I embed a Facebook live ( video ) URL on a my website

I'm wondering if it is possible to embed a facebook live video stream, on a website, and how you go about doing it.
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Search for Facebook Live Videos via Graph API

Is it possible to search for Facebook Live Videos through the Graph API? The Facebook Live Video API is all about publishing video, which is not what I want. I have looked through the search API and there does not seem to be any obvious way to…
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Unable to get scheduled live video using Facebook Live Video API

I created a scheduled live video on Facebook live producer. However, when I try to fetch it using me/live_videos?&source=owner API, I get an empty list. I only be able to get the video when it is currently live or the live has ended. How do I get…
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Using ffmpeg to stream to Facebook Live Video: can preview, but not go live

I am trying to stream a webpage to Facebook Live video using ffmpeg. I know I can use OBS, but I'm trying to do it from a server, so I can't go with OBS. It works fine when I'm previewing, but as soon as I press 'Go live', at first it seems like…
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Facebook Graph API and Live Streaming using a Persistent Streaming Key

I have integrated an existing streaming application with Facebook, but am facing a final hurdle. My software doesn't have an API to change the streaming key. So I use a Persistent Key for Youtube, and also for Facebook. However, I want to automate…
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How to stream video from my WebRTC to Facebook RTMP server directly?

I'm trying to develop a web application with WebRTC and I'm getting video from my webcam through WebRTC and I want to do live streaming on Facebook and YouTube with my browser I have searched python and node js libraries but I haven't find any…
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Facebook Server-Sent Events for Live Comments

I'm experimenting with Facebook Server-Sent Events for Live Comments (SSE) and I try to retrieve in real time every comments made on a live video stream displayed on a Facebook page. The documentation states that "comments are prioritized based on…
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