YouTube API Snippet for Live Event (Broadcast and Stream)

youtube_api_live_event.rb

# Get Access Token

refresh_token = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

access_token = JSON.parse(
  RestClient.post("https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token", {
    client_id: Rails.application.secrets.google_client_id,
    client_secret: Rails.application.secrets.google_client_secret,
    refresh_token: refresh_token, grant_type: "refresh_token"
  })
)["access_token"]

# Insert New Broadcast

start_time = "2016-01-14T16:00:00Z"
end_time = "2016-01-14T18:00:00Z"
title = "This Event Created from API"

url = "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/liveBroadcasts"
url += "?part=id,snippet,contentDetails,status"
url += "&access_token=#{access_token}"

body = {
  snippet: {
    title: title,
    scheduledStartTime: start_time,
    scheduledEndTime: end_time
  },
  status: { privacyStatus: "public" }
}

respond = RestClient.post(url, body.to_json, content_type: :json)

# Insert New Stream

title = "On the Way to Smile"

url = "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/liveStreams"
url += "?part=id,snippet,cdn,status&mine=true"
url += "&access_token=#{access_token}"

body = { snippet: { title: title }, cdn: { format: "720p", ingestionType: "rtmp" } }

respond = RestClient.post(url, body.to_json, content_type: :json)

# Bind Stream to Broadcast

broadcast_id = "xxxxxxxxxxx"
stream_id = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

url = "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/liveBroadcasts/bind"
url += "?part=id,snippet,contentDetails,status"
url += "&id=#{broadcast_id}&streamId=#{stream_id}"
url += "&access_token=#{access_token}"

respond = RestClient.post(url, nil, content_type: :json)