Get URL to currently active live stream

Expected Behavior

An API that returns the url of the currently active livestream

Actual Behavior

Can only check files API for files with the type hls and then filter

Steps to Reproduce

N/A

In general, I would love to be able to embed a Vimeo livestream into a static content website without having to update the video ID on every new stream.

[fisherinnovation]

To help you avoid updating the video ID for every live stream you want to embed check out Recurring Events (https://vimeo.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002114347-Recurring-events).

I will also bring your request internally to review as we continue to find better ways to enable you to gain more control over your embeds.

Thanks for the feedback!

[joelbriggs]

I found a workaround that will get the URL for the live video for a live event. It may change in the future without notice so YMMV

I’m using PHP to get some JSON from vimeo

$json = json_decode(file_get_contents("https://vimeo.com/live_event/{LIVE_EVENT_ID}/status"));

This returns a JSON object that looks something like this

next_live_clip: { config: "https://player.vimeo.com/video/{VIDEO_ID}/config?autoplay=1&badge=0&byline=0&bypass_privacy=1&collections=0&color=00adef&context=embed_playlist.&default_to_hd=0&external_embed=0&force_embed=1&fullscreen=1&like=0&logo=0&playbar=1&portrait=0&privacy_banner=0&responsive=1&responsive_width=1&share=0&title=0&transparent=0&volume=1&watch_later=0" config_no_autoplay: "https://player.vimeo.com/video/{VIDEO_ID}/config?autoplay=0&badge=0&byline=0&bypass_privacy=1&collections=0&color=00adef&context=embed_playlist.&default_to_hd=0&external_embed=0&force_embed=1&fullscreen=1&like=0&logo=0&playbar=1&portrait=0&privacy_banner=0&responsive=1&responsive_width=1&share=0&title=0&transparent=0&volume=1&watch_later=0" duration: "00:00" id: VIDEO_ID is_live: true is_pending: false owner: "{OWNER_NAME}" plays: 14687 thumbnail: "https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/a.webp" title: "VIDEO_TITLE"}

With that you can grab the video URL from

$json->next_live_clip->config