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Pausing a Stream

Function

This API is used to pause a stream.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions.

  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

    Action

    Access Level

    Resource Type (*: required)

    Condition Key

    Alias

    Dependencies

    live:stream:createStreamForbiddenOnce

    Write

    -

    -

    -

    -

URI

POST /v1/{project_id}/stream/block-once

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

No

String

User token. This parameter is mandatory when token authentication is used. The token can be obtained by calling the IAM API used to obtain a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

Authorization

No

String

Authentication information. This parameter is mandatory for AK/SK authentication.

X-Sdk-Date

No

String

Time when the request is sent. This parameter is mandatory for AK/SK authentication.

X-Project-Id

No

String

Project ID. This parameter is mandatory for AK/SK authentication.
Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

domain

Yes

String

Ingest domain name.

app_name

Yes

String

Application name.

stream_name

Yes

String

Stream name.

Response Parameters

Status code: 204

Stream paused.

Status code: 400

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error description.

Example Requests

POST https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/stream/block-once

{
  "domain" : "publish.example.huawei.com",
  "app_name" : "live",
  "stream_name" : "huawei"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 400

Failed to pause the stream.

{
  "error_code" : "LIVE.100011001",
  "error_msg" : "Request Illegal"
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

204

Stream paused.

400

Failed to pause the stream.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent Topic: Stream Management