Update DVR Stream

Update information of a record stream.

curl -X POST "https://api.5centscdn.com/v2/streams/record/1001" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "codec": "h264",
  "protocols": [
    "HLS"
  ]
}'

import requests
import json

url = "https://api.5centscdn.com/v2/streams/record/1001"
headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
data = {
  "codec": "h264",
  "protocols": [
    "HLS"
  ]
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch("https://api.5centscdn.com/v2/streams/record/1001", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
},
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "codec": "h264",
  "protocols": [
    "HLS"
  ]
})
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "bytes"
    "encoding/json"
)

func main() {
    data := []byte(`{
  "codec": "h264",
  "protocols": [
    "HLS"
  ]
}`)

    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.5centscdn.com/v2/streams/record/1001", bytes.NewBuffer(data))
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
    req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    fmt.Println("Response Status:", resp.Status)
}

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.5centscdn.com/v2/streams/record/1001')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['X-API-Key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
request.body = '{
  "codec": "h264",
  "protocols": [
    "HLS"
  ]
}'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.body

{
  "result": "success",
  "message": "Stream Updated",
  "stream": {
    "monitoring_id": null,
    "type": "record",
    "id": 72256,
    "serviceid": 103,
    "name": "james_rec/tae",
    "codec": "h264",
    "ingests": [
      [
        "RTMP"
      ],
      [
        "RTMP"
      ]
    ],
    "protocols": [
      [
        "HLS"
      ],
      [
        "HLS"
      ]
    ],
    "parentid": 72255,
    "server": "1",
    "backup": "",
    "dedicatedLTC": "0",
    "hasAdvancedFeatures": "0",
    "monitoring_triggers": null,
    "draft": "0",
    "disabled": "0",
    "created_at": "2026-05-01 04:26:11",
    "updated_at": "2026-05-04 06:13:47",
    "lastseen_at": false,
    "deleted": null,
    "ingestsLock": 0,
    "protocolsLock": 0,
    "status": "Deploying",
    "has": {
      "rtmp": 0,
      "rtsp": 0,
      "hls": 1,
      "dash": 0,
      "rtmpauth": 0
    },
    "parts": {
      "pp": "james_rec",
      "sn": "tae",
      "full": "james_rectae"
    },
    "parent": {
      "id": 72255,
      "name": "james/tae",
      "codec": "h264",
      "stype": "abr",
      "rtmpauth": "N",
      "type": "stream"
    },
    "restream": {},
    "playbackurls": {
      "scheme": "https",
      "url_prefix": "https://stream-abc12-hls-live.stream.example.com",
      "rtmp": "rtmp://rtmp.5centscdn.com:1935/",
      "rtsp": "rtsp://rtsp.5centscdn.com:554/",
      "hlsManifest": "playlist_dvr_range-<EPOCH_FROM>-<LENGTH>.m3u8",
      "dashManifest": "manifest_dvr_range-<EPOCH_FROM>-<LENGTH>.mpd",
      "hls": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com",
      "dash": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com",
      "players": {
        "flowplayer": {
          "baseQ": "",
          "base": "https://cdn.example.com/flowplayer/hls/",
          "hls": "https://cdn.example.com/flowplayer/hls/"
        },
        "videojs": {
          "baseQ": "",
          "base": "https://cdn.example.com/videojs/hls/",
          "hls": "https://cdn.example.com/videojs/hls/"
        },
        "own": {
          "hashes": {
            "stream-abc12-hls-live.stream.example.com": {
              "hash": "4vwupwijrl3frw9z",
              "hls": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com",
              "base64": "aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4",
              "dash": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com",
              "base64dash": "aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4"
            }
          },
          "baseQ": "?showcv=true&title=james_rec/tae",
          "base": "https://cdn.example.com/player/hls/skin1/4vwupwijrl3frw9z/",
          "hls": "https://cdn.example.com/player/hls/skin1/4vwupwijrl3frw9z/{base64_encoded_url}?showcv=true&title=james_rec/tae",
          "dash": "https://cdn.example.com/player/dash/skin1/4vwupwijrl3frw9z/{base64_encoded_url}?showcv=true&title=james_rec/tae"
        }
      },
      "tokenized": {
        "scheme": "https",
        "url_prefix": "https://stream-abc12-hls-live.stream.example.com",
        "rtmp": "rtmp://rtmp.5centscdn.com:1935/",
        "rtsp": "rtsp://rtsp.5centscdn.com:554/",
        "hlsManifest": "playlist_dvr_range-<EPOCH_FROM>-<LENGTH>.m3u8",
        "dashManifest": "manifest_dvr_range-<EPOCH_FROM>-<LENGTH>.mpd",
        "hls": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com",
        "dash": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com",
        "players": {
          "hostname": "cdn.example.com",
          "flowplayer": {
            "baseQ": "",
            "base": "https://cdn.example.com/flowplayer/hls/",
            "hls": "https://cdn.example.com/flowplayer/hls/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4",
            "dash": "https://cdn.example.com/flowplayer/dash/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4"
          },
          "videojs": {
            "baseQ": "",
            "base": "https://cdn.example.com/videojs/hls/",
            "hls": "https://cdn.example.com/videojs/hls/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4",
            "dash": "https://cdn.example.com/videojs/dash/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4"
          },
          "own": {
            "hashes": {
              "stream-abc12-hls-live.stream.example.com": {
                "hash": "4vwupwijrl3frw9z",
                "hls": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com",
                "base64": "aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4",
                "dash": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com",
                "base64dash": "aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4"
              }
            },
            "baseQ": "?showcv=true&title=james_rec/tae",
            "base": "https://cdn.example.com/player/hls/skin1/4vwupwijrl3frw9z/",
            "hls": "https://cdn.example.com/player/hls/skin1/4vwupwijrl3frw9z/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4?showcv=true&title=james_rec/tae",
            "dash": "https://cdn.example.com/player/dash/skin1/4vwupwijrl3frw9z/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4?showcv=true&title=james_rec/tae"
          }
        },
        "path": {
          "hls": "/james_rec/tae/playlist_dvr_range-<EPOCH_FROM>-<LENGTH>.m3u8",
          "dash": "/james_rec/tae/manifest_dvr_range-<EPOCH_FROM>-<LENGTH>.mpd"
        },
        "token": {
          "hls": "md5=fQ9FDHHH8RD1gYCprbakdg&path=%2Fjames_rec%2Ftae&expires=1777882619",
          "dash": "md5=fQ9FDHHH8RD1gYCprbakdg&path=%2Fjames_rec%2Ftae&expires=1777882619"
        }
      }
    },
    "platformsCount": 0,
    "ssl_enabled": true,
    "hash": "tae",
    "securetoken": {
      "enabled": "Y",
      "policy": "D",
      "keyip": "N",
      "list": "136f096b5deb7105",
      "timeout": 7392,
      "session": "0",
      "ips": "",
      "dirs": null,
      "active": "Y"
    },
    "dvr_enabled": "N",
    "autoexport": {
      "streamid": 72256,
      "zoneid": 0,
      "period": "30",
      "folder": "/",
      "filename": "name-start-end",
      "disabled": "0"
    },
    "domainlock": {
      "enabled": "Y",
      "policy": "Y",
      "list": "example.com,docs.example.com",
      "ips": "",
      "noreferer": "Y",
      "active": "Y"
    },
    "geoblock": {
      "enabled": "Y",
      "policy": "Y",
      "list": [
        "AS"
      ],
      "ips": "",
      "active": "Y"
    },
    "ipaccess": {
      "enabled": "Y",
      "policy": "N",
      "list": "",
      "ips": "",
      "active": "N"
    },
    "useragent": {
      "enabled": "Y",
      "policy": "Y",
      "list": "",
      "ips": "",
      "casesensitive": "N",
      "active": "N",
      "listArr": [
        ""
      ]
    },
    "transcode": {
      "ltc": 0,
      "type": "mixed",
      "enabled": false,
      "isEditable": true
    },
    "platforms": [],
    "messages": {},
    "adInsertion": null
  },
  "warnings": null,
  "errors": null
}

POST

/streams/record/{streamid}

POST

Base URLstring

Target server for requests. Edit to use your own host.

API Key (header: X-API-Key)

X-API-Keystring

Required

API key (sent in header)

Stream ID

The media type of the request body

Options: application/json

codecstring

Video codec for the stream. Use h264 or h265.

protocolsarray

Output protocols to enable for the recording (DVR) stream. Send every protocol that should remain enabled; any protocol omitted from the array is disabled. Allowed values: DASH, HLS (HLS_FMP4 is reserved for future use and is not currently selectable in the UI; RTMP and RTSP are not offered for DVR streams). Read-only when the stream's protocolsLock is 1; enabling a new output protocol requires review and activation by the support team.

Request Preview

Response

Response will appear here after sending the request

Authentication

header

X-API-Keystring

Required

API Key for authentication. Provide your API key in the header.

Path Parameters

streamidstring

Required

Stream ID

Example:

1001

Body

application/json

codecstring

Video codec for the stream. Use h264 or h265.

Example:

h264

protocolsarray

Example:

["HLS"]

Responses

resultstring

Status of the API response.

messagestring

Human-readable message describing the result.

streamobject

Stream object containing configuration and status details.

warningsstring

Non-fatal warnings returned with the response.

errorsstring

Errors returned with the response.

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curl -X POST "https://api.5centscdn.com/v2/streams/record/1001" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \ -d '{ "codec": "h264", "protocols": [ "HLS" ] }'

{ "result": "success", "message": "Stream Updated", "stream": { "monitoring_id": null, "type": "record", "id": 72256, "serviceid": 103, "name": "james_rec/tae", "codec": "h264", "ingests": [ [ "RTMP" ], [ "RTMP" ] ], "protocols": [ [ "HLS" ], [ "HLS" ] ], "parentid": 72255, "server": "1", "backup": "", "dedicatedLTC": "0", "hasAdvancedFeatures": "0", "monitoring_triggers": null, "draft": "0", "disabled": "0", "created_at": "2026-05-01 04:26:11", "updated_at": "2026-05-04 06:13:47", "lastseen_at": false, "deleted": null, "ingestsLock": 0, "protocolsLock": 0, "status": "Deploying", "has": { "rtmp": 0, "rtsp": 0, "hls": 1, "dash": 0, "rtmpauth": 0 }, "parts": { "pp": "james_rec", "sn": "tae", "full": "james_rectae" }, "parent": { "id": 72255, "name": "james/tae", "codec": "h264", "stype": "abr", "rtmpauth": "N", "type": "stream" }, "restream": {}, "playbackurls": { "scheme": "https", "url_prefix": "https://stream-abc12-hls-live.stream.example.com", "rtmp": "rtmp://rtmp.5centscdn.com:1935/", "rtsp": "rtsp://rtsp.5centscdn.com:554/", "hlsManifest": "playlist_dvr_range-<EPOCH_FROM>-<LENGTH>.m3u8", "dashManifest": "manifest_dvr_range-<EPOCH_FROM>-<LENGTH>.mpd", "hls": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com", "dash": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com", "players": { "flowplayer": { "baseQ": "", "base": "https://cdn.example.com/flowplayer/hls/", "hls": "https://cdn.example.com/flowplayer/hls/" }, "videojs": { "baseQ": "", "base": "https://cdn.example.com/videojs/hls/", "hls": "https://cdn.example.com/videojs/hls/" }, "own": { "hashes": { "stream-abc12-hls-live.stream.example.com": { "hash": "4vwupwijrl3frw9z", "hls": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com", "base64": "aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4", "dash": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com", "base64dash": "aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4" } }, "baseQ": "?showcv=true&title=james_rec/tae", "base": "https://cdn.example.com/player/hls/skin1/4vwupwijrl3frw9z/", "hls": "https://cdn.example.com/player/hls/skin1/4vwupwijrl3frw9z/{base64_encoded_url}?showcv=true&title=james_rec/tae", "dash": "https://cdn.example.com/player/dash/skin1/4vwupwijrl3frw9z/{base64_encoded_url}?showcv=true&title=james_rec/tae" } }, "tokenized": { "scheme": "https", "url_prefix": "https://stream-abc12-hls-live.stream.example.com", "rtmp": "rtmp://rtmp.5centscdn.com:1935/", "rtsp": "rtsp://rtsp.5centscdn.com:554/", "hlsManifest": "playlist_dvr_range-<EPOCH_FROM>-<LENGTH>.m3u8", "dashManifest": "manifest_dvr_range-<EPOCH_FROM>-<LENGTH>.mpd", "hls": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com", "dash": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com", "players": { "hostname": "cdn.example.com", "flowplayer": { "baseQ": "", "base": "https://cdn.example.com/flowplayer/hls/", "hls": "https://cdn.example.com/flowplayer/hls/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4", "dash": "https://cdn.example.com/flowplayer/dash/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4" }, "videojs": { "baseQ": "", "base": "https://cdn.example.com/videojs/hls/", "hls": "https://cdn.example.com/videojs/hls/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4", "dash": "https://cdn.example.com/videojs/dash/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4" }, "own": { "hashes": { "stream-abc12-hls-live.stream.example.com": { "hash": "4vwupwijrl3frw9z", "hls": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com", "base64": "aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4", "dash": "https://hash-hls-live.5centscdn.com", "base64dash": "aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4" } }, "baseQ": "?showcv=true&title=james_rec/tae", "base": "https://cdn.example.com/player/hls/skin1/4vwupwijrl3frw9z/", "hls": "https://cdn.example.com/player/hls/skin1/4vwupwijrl3frw9z/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4?showcv=true&title=james_rec/tae", "dash": "https://cdn.example.com/player/dash/skin1/4vwupwijrl3frw9z/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdHJlYW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vc2FtcGxlL3N0cmVhbS9wbGF5bGlzdC5tM3U4?showcv=true&title=james_rec/tae" } }, "path": { "hls": "/james_rec/tae/playlist_dvr_range-<EPOCH_FROM>-<LENGTH>.m3u8", "dash": "/james_rec/tae/manifest_dvr_range-<EPOCH_FROM>-<LENGTH>.mpd" }, "token": { "hls": "md5=fQ9FDHHH8RD1gYCprbakdg&path=%2Fjames_rec%2Ftae&expires=1777882619", "dash": "md5=fQ9FDHHH8RD1gYCprbakdg&path=%2Fjames_rec%2Ftae&expires=1777882619" } } }, "platformsCount": 0, "ssl_enabled": true, "hash": "tae", "securetoken": { "enabled": "Y", "policy": "D", "keyip": "N", "list": "136f096b5deb7105", "timeout": 7392, "session": "0", "ips": "", "dirs": null, "active": "Y" }, "dvr_enabled": "N", "autoexport": { "streamid": 72256, "zoneid": 0, "period": "30", "folder": "/", "filename": "name-start-end", "disabled": "0" }, "domainlock": { "enabled": "Y", "policy": "Y", "list": "example.com,docs.example.com", "ips": "", "noreferer": "Y", "active": "Y" }, "geoblock": { "enabled": "Y", "policy": "Y", "list": [ "AS" ], "ips": "", "active": "Y" }, "ipaccess": { "enabled": "Y", "policy": "N", "list": "", "ips": "", "active": "N" }, "useragent": { "enabled": "Y", "policy": "Y", "list": "", "ips": "", "casesensitive": "N", "active": "N", "listArr": [ "" ] }, "transcode": { "ltc": 0, "type": "mixed", "enabled": false, "isEditable": true }, "platforms": [], "messages": {}, "adInsertion": null }, "warnings": null, "errors": null }