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# Room Video

> Get live stream video playback URLs in multiple formats and quality levels. Returns HLS (.m3u8), FLV, and direct origin URLs suitable for embedding or processing.

## `POST` `/webcast/room_video`

Get live stream video playback URLs in multiple formats and quality levels. Returns HLS (`.m3u8`), FLV, and direct origin URLs suitable for embedding or processing.

**Stream formats:** `hls_pull_url` for adaptive bitrate (best for web players), `flv_pull_url` for low-latency playback, and `origin` URLs for the highest quality source stream. Multiple resolutions are available (SD, HD, FULL\_HD).

**Use cases:** Building custom live stream players, recording/archiving streams, feeding audio to transcription services (used internally by our Live Captions feature), or creating multi-stream monitoring walls.

**Important:** Stream URLs are time-limited and will expire. Re-fetch periodically if you need to maintain long-running playback. The `hls` format provides the most reliable playback across browsers and devices.

### Parameters

| Parameter   | Type   | Required | Description     |
| ----------- | ------ | -------- | --------------- |
| `unique_id` | string | No       | TikTok username |
| `room_id`   | string | No       | Room ID         |

### Response

```json theme={null}
{ "status_code": 0, "data": { "room_id": "...", "alive": true, "stream_urls": { "origin": { "hls": "...", "flv": "..." }, "sd": {...} }, "default_quality": "origin" } }
```

### Examples

<CodeGroup>
  ```javascript Node.js theme={null}
  const res = await fetch('https://api.tik.tools/webcast/room_video?apiKey=YOUR_KEY', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
    body: JSON.stringify({ unique_id: 'username' })
  });
  const { data } = await res.json();
  const hlsUrl = data.stream_urls?.origin?.hls;
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests
  res = requests.post('https://api.tik.tools/webcast/room_video',
      params={'apiKey': 'YOUR_KEY'},
      json={'unique_id': 'username'})
  hls = res.json()['data']['stream_urls']['origin']['hls']
  ```

  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST "https://api.tik.tools/webcast/room_video?apiKey=YOUR_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"unique_id": "username"}'
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
  String json = "{\"unique_id\": \"username\"}";
  HttpRequest req = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
      .uri(URI.create("https://api.tik.tools/webcast/room_video?apiKey=YOUR_KEY"))
      .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
      .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(json))
      .build();
  HttpResponse<String> res = client.send(req, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
  System.out.println(res.body());
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  payload := bytes.NewBufferString(`{"unique_id":"username"}`)
  resp, err := http.Post(
      "https://api.tik.tools/webcast/room_video?apiKey=YOUR_KEY",
      "application/json", payload)
  if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
  defer resp.Body.Close()
  body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
  fmt.Println(string(body))
  ```

  ```csharp C# theme={null}
  using var client = new HttpClient();
  var json = new StringContent(
      @"{""unique_id"":""username""}",
      Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
  var res = await client.PostAsync(
      "https://api.tik.tools/webcast/room_video?apiKey=YOUR_KEY", json);
  Console.WriteLine(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
  ```
</CodeGroup>