Live Streaming Statistics API

The Live Streaming Statistics API, which is a versioned API, retrieves the latest statistics for your live streams, such as:

Using the same asset for missing content slate and ad slate causes inaccurate reporting of missing content slate and ad slate statistics. Ensure accurate statistics by configuring missing content slate and ad slate to use unique assets.

The Live Streaming Statistics API returns statistics for activity that occurred approximately one minute behind when the content was streamed to the viewer. This API will continue to serve statistics for at least 24 hours after the last viewer stops streaming your live channel or live event.

It supports the following endpoints:

Endpoint Description

Get Enhanced Statistics - Single Live Stream

GET /monitoring/stream_stats_enhanced/Live Channel or Live Event ID

Retrieves the latest statistics for a single live channel or live event.

Get Enhanced Statistics - Multiple Live Streams

POST /monitoring/stream_stats_enhanced

Retrieves the latest statistics for multiple live channels or live events.

Get Latest Statistics - Single Live Stream

Deprecated

This endpoint has been deprecated in favor of the Get Enhanced Statistics - Single Live Stream endpoint that returns a richer set of statistics. Update your scripts to use the new endpoint at your earliest convenience.

Retrieves the latest statistics for a single live channel or live event.

Get Latest Statistics - Multiple Live Streams

Deprecated

This endpoint has been deprecated in favor of the Get Enhanced Statistics - Multiple Live Streams endpoint that returns a richer set of statistics. Update your scripts to use the new endpoint at your earliest convenience.

Retrieves the latest statistics for multiple live channels or live events.

Base URL

Use the following base URL:

https://services.uplynk.com/api/v4

Get Enhanced Statistics - Single Live Stream

Retrieves the latest enhanced statistics for a live channel or live event provided that it has viewership. Identify a live channel or live event by its system-defined ID.

Request

Request syntax:

GET /monitoring/stream_stats_enhanced/Live Channel or Live Event ID

Authentication

Pass a digital signature based off of msg.

Learn more.

Response

The response for a successful request contains the following properties:

Name

Data Type

Description

@id

String

Indicates the relative path to this resource.

@type

String

Returns StreamStats.

id

String

Identifies the live channel or live event by its system-defined ID.

stats

Dictionary

Provides statistics for the live channel or live event identified by the id property.

Statistics are measured over the minute prior to the time identified by the ts_iso property.

ts

Integer

Indicates the Unix time, in milliseconds, at which the statistics were gathered.

ts_iso

String

Indicates the date and time (UTC) at which the statistics were gathered.

Syntax:

YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.ssssssZ

Example:

2023-01-08T20:31:11.510000Z

stats Dictionary

The stats dictionary provides statistics for one or more live channels/live events through the following properties:

Name

Data Type

Description

auth_failures

Integer

Indicates the number of authentication failures that occurred.

concurrent

Dictionary

Contains statistics for concurrent playback sessionsIdentifies a playback session with a duration of at least 1 minute. .

domains

List of dictionaries

Contains the domains through which viewers requested your live stream.

locations

List of dictionaries

Contains the locations from which viewers requested your live stream.

new

Dictionary

Contains statistics for new playback sessionsIdentifies a playback session whose duration is less than 1 minute..

platforms

List of dictionaries

Contains the platforms (e.g., android or ios) from which viewers requested your live stream.

type

String

Identifies the type of live stream. Valid values are:

channel | event
concurrent Dictionary

The concurrent dictionary provides statistics for playback sessions with a duration of at least 1 minute through the following properties:

Name

Data Type

Description

ad_slate

Dictionary

Contains ad slate statistics for concurrent playback sessions over a given minute.

This dictionary contains a dictionary for each reason that ad slate was served. Reasons for ad slate are identified by their numeric code. Each of these dictionaries contains the following properties:

  • time: Indicates the number of seconds that ad slate was served over a given minute.
  • sessions: Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that served ad slate.

Ad slate delivery is the expected behavior when ad duration is shorter than the total ad break duration. Typically, ad slate delivery will not exceed a few seconds when this occurs.

This metric does not include sessions experiencing slate when an ad has not been requested. For example, it is not triggered if an ad configuration is not defined in the URL query string or if an invalid ad configuration is defined.

mcs

Dictionary

Contains missing content slate statistics for concurrent playback sessions over a given minute.

This dictionary contains a dictionary for each reason that missing content slate was served. Reasons for missing content slate are identified by their numeric code. Each of these dictionaries contains the following properties:

  • time: Indicates the number of seconds that missing content slate was served over a given minute for the reason indicated by the missing content slate code.
  • sessions: Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that served missing content slate for the reason indicated by the missing content slate code.

sessions

Integer

Indicates the number of concurrent playback sessions over a given minute.

total_time

Float

Indicates the number of seconds of video served for concurrent playback sessions.

Statistics are measured over the minute prior to the time identified by the ts_iso property.

domains Dictionary

The domains dictionary provides statistics for each domain through which your live stream was requested for playback sessions with a duration of at least 1 minute:

Name

Data Type

Description

ad_slate

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that meet the following conditions:

  • It requested the live stream from the domain identified in the domain property.
  • It served ad slate.

Ad slate delivery is the expected behavior when ad duration is shorter than the total ad break duration. Typically, ad slate delivery will not exceed a few seconds when this occurs.

This metric does not include sessions experiencing slate when an ad has not been requested. For example, it is not triggered if an ad configuration is not defined in the URL query string or if an invalid ad configuration is defined.

domain

String

Indicates the domain through which the live stream was requested.

Example:

This property reports content.uplynk.com for the following playback URL:

https://content.uplynk.com/channel/cd772adbd60a4e898d1c3b1f46c58cea.m3u8

mcs

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that meet the following conditions:

  • It requested the live stream from the domain identified in the domain property.
  • It served missing content slate.

sessions

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions that requested the live stream from the domain identified in the domain property over a given minute.

locations Dictionary

The locations dictionary provides statistics for each location from which your live stream was requested for playback sessions with a duration of at least 1 minute:

Name

Data Type

Description

ad_slate

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that meet the following conditions:

  • It requested the live stream from the location identified in the location property.
  • It served ad slate.

Ad slate delivery is the expected behavior when ad duration is shorter than the total ad break duration. Typically, ad slate delivery will not exceed a few seconds when this occurs.

This metric does not include sessions experiencing slate when an ad has not been requested. For example, it is not triggered if an ad configuration is not defined in the URL query string or if an invalid ad configuration is defined.

location

String

Identifies the location from which the viewer requested your live stream.

Syntax:

View a list of country codes.

If our service cannot determine a viewer's region, then we return a ?? value for the region (e.g., il:??).

Example:

The following location identifies a viewer that requested your live stream from California, USA.

us:ca

mcs

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that meet the following conditions:

  • It requested the live stream from the location identified in the location property.
  • It served missing content slate.

sessions

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions that requested the live stream from the location identified in the location property over a given minute.

new Dictionary

The new dictionary provides statistics for playback sessions whose duration is less than 1 minute through the following properties:

Name

Data Type

Description

ad_slate

Dictionary

Contains ad slate statistics for new playback sessions.

This dictionary contains a dictionary for each reason that ad slate was served. Reasons for ad slate are identified by their numeric code. Each of these dictionaries contains the following properties:

  • time: Indicates the number of seconds that ad slate was served over a given minute.
  • sessions: Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that served ad slate.

Ad slate delivery is the expected behavior when ad duration is shorter than the total ad break duration. Typically, ad slate delivery will not exceed a few seconds when this occurs.

This metric does not include sessions experiencing slate when an ad has not been requested. For example, it is not triggered if an ad configuration is not defined in the URL query string or if an invalid ad configuration is defined.

mcs

Dictionary

Contains missing content slate statistics for new playback sessions.

This dictionary contains a dictionary for each reason that missing content slate was served. Reasons for missing content slate are identified by their numeric code. Each of these dictionaries contains the following properties:

  • time: Indicates the number of seconds that missing content slate was served over a given minute for the reason indicated by the missing content slate code.
  • sessions: Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that served missing content slate for the reason indicated by the missing content slate code.

sessions

Integer

Indicates the number of new playback sessions over a given minute.

total_time

Float

Indicates the number of seconds of video served for new playback sessions.

platforms Dictionary

The platforms dictionary provides statistics for each platform from which your live stream was requested for playback sessions with a duration of at least 1 minute:

Name

Data Type

Description

ad_slate

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that meet the following conditions:

  • It requested the live stream from the platform identified in the platform property.
  • It served ad slate.

Ad slate delivery is the expected behavior when ad duration is shorter than the total ad break duration. Typically, ad slate delivery will not exceed a few seconds when this occurs.

This metric does not include sessions experiencing slate when an ad has not been requested. For example, it is not triggered if an ad configuration is not defined in the URL query string or if an invalid ad configuration is defined.

platform

String

Indicates the platform (e.g., windows and mac) on which the live stream was requested.

mcs

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that meet the following conditions:

  • It requested the live stream from the platform identified in the platform property.
  • It served missing content slate.

sessions

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions that requested the live stream on the platform identified in the platform property over a given minute.

Statistics are measured over the minute prior to the time identified by the ts_iso property.

Sample Request/Response

Call the get_enhanced_stats_single_live_stream_v4 module (Python 3) to retrieve the latest statistics for a live channel whose system-defined ID is "114n9q6a847ieldd8bb8dbf67afef96b." This module imports names from the api_auth module.

import json
import requests
from api_auth import APICredentials, APIParams

class GetEnhancedStatsSingleLiveStream:
    def __init__(self):
        self.host = "https://services.uplynk.com"

    def run(self):
        """
        Get enhanced statistics for a single live stream.
        """
        self._get_enhanced_stats_single_live_stream()

    def _get_enhanced_stats_single_live_stream(self):
        stream_id = '114n9q6a847ieldd8bb8dbf67afef96b' # Replace with a live event or live channel ID.
        url = "{}{}{}".format(self.host, "/api/v4/monitoring/stream_stats_enhanced/", stream_id)

        response = requests.get(
            url, params=APIParams(APICredentials()).get_params({})
        )

        print(response.json())

GetEnhancedStatsSingleLiveStream().run()

Response:

{
	"@id": "/api/v4/monitoring/stream_stats_enhanced/114n9q6a847ieldd8bb8dbf67afef96b",
	"@type": "StreamStats",
	"id": "114n9q6a847ieldd8bb8dbf67afef96b",
	"stats": {
		"concurrent": {
			"sessions": 8193,
			"total_time": 494023.5793121638,
			"mcs": {
				"1": {
					"time": 60.416000000000004,
					"sessions": 1
				}
			}
		},
		"locations": [{
				'location': 'us:ca',
				'sessions': 4215,
				'mcs': 0,
				'ad_slate': 0
			}, {
				"location": "us:ny",
				"sessions": 3978,
				"mcs": 1,
				"ad_slate": 0
			}
		],
		"platforms": [{
				"platform": "mac",
				"sessions": 701,
				"mcs": 1,
				"ad_slate": 0
			}, {
				'platform': 'windows',
				'sessions': 7492,
				'mcs': 0,
				'ad_slate': 0
			}
		],
		"domains": [{
				"domain": "content.uplynk.com",
				"sessions": 8193,
				"mcs": 1,
				"ad_slate": 0
			}
		],
		"type": "channel"
	},
	"ts": 1649318700773,
	"ts_iso": "2022-04-07T08:05:00.773Z"
}		

Get Enhanced Statistics - Multiple Live Streams

 

Retrieves the latest statistics for all of the live channels or live events defined in the stream_ids request body property.

Request

Request syntax:

POST /monitoring/stream_stats_enhanced

Request body:

Define the desired live channels or live events by passing the following property within a JSON body:

Property

Data Type

Description

stream_ids

List of string values

Defines the set of live channels or live events for which statistics will be returned. Identify each live channel or live event by its system-defined ID.

Response

The response for a successful request contains the following properties:

Name

Data Type

Description

@id

String

Indicates the relative path to this endpoint.

@type

String

Returns Collection.

items

List of dictionaries

Provides the latest statistics for each live channel or live event that satisfies the following conditions:

  • It was defined in the stream_ids request body property.
  • Data was reported for that live channel or live event within the last 24 hours. Statistics are reported for each live channel or live event that has viewership.

total_items

Integer

Indicates the number of live channels or live events for which statistics were reported.

items List

The items list provides statistics for one or more live channels/live events through the following properties:

Name

Data Type

Description

@id

String

Indicates the relative path to this resource.

@type

String

Returns StreamStats.

id

String

Identifies the live channel or live event by its system-defined ID.

stats

Dictionary

Provides statistics for the live channel or live event identified by the id property.

Statistics are measured over the minute prior to the time identified by the ts_iso property.

ts

Integer

Indicates the Unix time, in milliseconds, at which the statistics were gathered.

ts_iso

String

Indicates the date and time (UTC) at which the statistics were gathered.

Syntax:

YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.ssssssZ

Example:

2023-01-08T20:31:11.510000Z
stats Dictionary

The stats dictionary provides statistics for one or more live channels/live events through the following properties:

Name

Data Type

Description

auth_failures

Integer

Indicates the number of authentication failures that occurred.

concurrent

Dictionary

Contains statistics for concurrent playback sessionsIdentifies a playback session with a duration of at least 1 minute. .

domains

List of dictionaries

Contains the domains through which viewers requested your live stream.

locations

List of dictionaries

Contains the locations from which viewers requested your live stream.

new

Dictionary

Contains statistics for new playback sessionsIdentifies a playback session whose duration is less than 1 minute..

platforms

List of dictionaries

Contains the platforms (e.g., android or ios) from which viewers requested your live stream.

type

String

Identifies the type of live stream. Valid values are:

channel | event

concurrent Dictionary

The concurrent dictionary provides statistics for playback sessions with a duration of at least 1 minute through the following properties:

Name

Data Type

Description

ad_slate

Dictionary

Contains ad slate statistics for concurrent playback sessions over a given minute.

This dictionary contains a dictionary for each reason that ad slate was served. Reasons for ad slate are identified by their numeric code. Each of these dictionaries contains the following properties:

  • time: Indicates the number of seconds that ad slate was served over a given minute.
  • sessions: Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that served ad slate.

Ad slate delivery is the expected behavior when ad duration is shorter than the total ad break duration. Typically, ad slate delivery will not exceed a few seconds when this occurs.

This metric does not include sessions experiencing slate when an ad has not been requested. For example, it is not triggered if an ad configuration is not defined in the URL query string or if an invalid ad configuration is defined.

mcs

Dictionary

Contains missing content slate statistics for concurrent playback sessions over a given minute.

This dictionary contains a dictionary for each reason that missing content slate was served. Reasons for missing content slate are identified by their numeric code. Each of these dictionaries contains the following properties:

  • time: Indicates the number of seconds that missing content slate was served over a given minute for the reason indicated by the missing content slate code.
  • sessions: Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that served missing content slate for the reason indicated by the missing content slate code.

sessions

Integer

Indicates the number of concurrent playback sessions over a given minute.

total_time

Float

Indicates the number of seconds of video served for concurrent playback sessions.

Statistics are measured over the minute prior to the time identified by the ts_iso property.

domains Dictionary

The domains dictionary provides statistics for each domain through which your live stream was requested for playback sessions with a duration of at least 1 minute:

Name

Data Type

Description

ad_slate

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that meet the following conditions:

  • It requested the live stream from the domain identified in the domain property.
  • It served ad slate.

Ad slate delivery is the expected behavior when ad duration is shorter than the total ad break duration. Typically, ad slate delivery will not exceed a few seconds when this occurs.

This metric does not include sessions experiencing slate when an ad has not been requested. For example, it is not triggered if an ad configuration is not defined in the URL query string or if an invalid ad configuration is defined.

domain

String

Indicates the domain through which the live stream was requested.

Example:

This property reports content.uplynk.com for the following playback URL:

https://content.uplynk.com/channel/cd772adbd60a4e898d1c3b1f46c58cea.m3u8

mcs

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that meet the following conditions:

  • It requested the live stream from the domain identified in the domain property.
  • It served missing content slate.

sessions

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions that requested the live stream from the domain identified in the domain property over a given minute.

locations Dictionary

The locations dictionary provides statistics for each location from which your live stream was requested for playback sessions with a duration of at least 1 minute:

Name

Data Type

Description

ad_slate

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that meet the following conditions:

  • It requested the live stream from the location identified in the location property.
  • It served ad slate.

Ad slate delivery is the expected behavior when ad duration is shorter than the total ad break duration. Typically, ad slate delivery will not exceed a few seconds when this occurs.

This metric does not include sessions experiencing slate when an ad has not been requested. For example, it is not triggered if an ad configuration is not defined in the URL query string or if an invalid ad configuration is defined.

location

String

Identifies the location from which the viewer requested your live stream.

Syntax:

View a list of country codes.

If our service cannot determine a viewer's region, then we return a ?? value for the region (e.g., il:??).

Example:

The following location identifies a viewer that requested your live stream from California, USA.

us:ca

mcs

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that meet the following conditions:

  • It requested the live stream from the location identified in the location property.
  • It served missing content slate.

sessions

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions that requested the live stream from the location identified in the location property over a given minute.

new Dictionary

The new dictionary provides statistics for playback sessions whose duration is less than 1 minute through the following properties:

Name

Data Type

Description

ad_slate

Dictionary

Contains ad slate statistics for new playback sessions.

This dictionary contains a dictionary for each reason that ad slate was served. Reasons for ad slate are identified by their numeric code. Each of these dictionaries contains the following properties:

  • time: Indicates the number of seconds that ad slate was served over a given minute.
  • sessions: Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that served ad slate.

Ad slate delivery is the expected behavior when ad duration is shorter than the total ad break duration. Typically, ad slate delivery will not exceed a few seconds when this occurs.

This metric does not include sessions experiencing slate when an ad has not been requested. For example, it is not triggered if an ad configuration is not defined in the URL query string or if an invalid ad configuration is defined.

mcs

Dictionary

Contains missing content slate statistics for new playback sessions.

This dictionary contains a dictionary for each reason that missing content slate was served. Reasons for missing content slate are identified by their numeric code. Each of these dictionaries contains the following properties:

  • time: Indicates the number of seconds that missing content slate was served over a given minute for the reason indicated by the missing content slate code.
  • sessions: Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that served missing content slate for the reason indicated by the missing content slate code.

sessions

Integer

Indicates the number of new playback sessions over a given minute.

total_time

Float

Indicates the number of seconds of video served for new playback sessions.

platforms Dictionary

The platforms dictionary provides statistics for each platform from which your live stream was requested for playback sessions with a duration of at least 1 minute:

Name

Data Type

Description

ad_slate

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that meet the following conditions:

  • It requested the live stream from the platform identified in the platform property.
  • It served ad slate.

Ad slate delivery is the expected behavior when ad duration is shorter than the total ad break duration. Typically, ad slate delivery will not exceed a few seconds when this occurs.

This metric does not include sessions experiencing slate when an ad has not been requested. For example, it is not triggered if an ad configuration is not defined in the URL query string or if an invalid ad configuration is defined.

platform

String

Indicates the platform (e.g., windows and mac) on which the live stream was requested.

mcs

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions over a given minute that meet the following conditions:

  • It requested the live stream from the platform identified in the platform property.
  • It served missing content slate.

sessions

Integer

Indicates the number of playback sessions that requested the live stream on the platform identified in the platform property over a given minute.

Statistics are measured over the minute prior to the time identified by the ts_iso property.

Sample Request/Response

Call the get_enhanced_stats_multiple_live_streams_v4 module (Python 3) to retrieve the latest statistics for three live channels. This module imports names from the api_auth module.

import json
import requests
from api_auth import APICredentials, APIParams

class GetEnhancedStatsMultipleLiveStreams:
    def __init__(self):
        self.host = "https://services.uplynk.com"

    def run(self):
        """
        Get the enhanced statistics for multiple live streams.
        """
        self._get_enhanced_stats_multiple_live_streams()

    def _get_enhanced_stats_multiple_live_streams(self):
        url = "{}{}".format(self.host, "/api/v4/monitoring/stream_stats_enhanced")

        stream_ids = ['114n9q6a847ieldd8bb8dbf67afef96b', 'k30y636fa2f143eb95c7a41d96d581c4', 'n2fj4f8knf83nf81347fh12347fhjwse']
        # Replace with the IDs for the desired live channel(s) and live event(s).

        headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}

        response = requests.post(
            url, params=APIParams(APICredentials()).get_params({}), json={"stream_ids": json.dumps(stream_ids)}, headers=headers 
        )

        print(response.json())

GetEnhancedStatsMultipleLiveStreams().run()

Response:

{
	'@id': '/api/v4/monitoring/stream_stats_enhanced',
	'@type': 'Collection',
	'items': [{
			"@id": "/api/v4/monitoring/stream_stats_enhanced/114n9q6a847ieldd8bb8dbf67afef96b",
			"@type": "StreamStats",
			"id": "114n9q6a847ieldd8bb8dbf67afef96b",
			"stats": {
				"concurrent": {
					"sessions": 8193,
					"total_time": 494023.5793121638,
					"mcs": {
						"1": {
							"time": 60.416000000000004,
							"sessions": 1
						}
					}
				},
				"locations": [{
						'location': 'us:ca',
						'sessions': 4215,
						'mcs': 0,
						'ad_slate': 0
					}, {
						"location": "us:ny",
						"sessions": 3978,
						"mcs": 1,
						"ad_slate": 0
					}
				],
				"platforms": [{
						"platform": "mac",
						"sessions": 701,
						"mcs": 1,
						"ad_slate": 0
					}, {
						'platform': 'windows',
						'sessions': 7492,
						'mcs': 0,
						'ad_slate': 0
					}
				],
				"domains": [{
						"domain": "content.uplynk.com",
						"sessions": 8193,
						"mcs": 1,
						"ad_slate": 0
					}
				],
				"type": "channel"
			},
			"ts": 1649318700773,
			"ts_iso": "2022-04-07T08:05:00.773Z"
		}, {
			'@id': '/api/v4/monitoring/stream_stats_enhanced/k30y636fa2f143eb95c7a41d96d581c4',
			'@type': 'StreamStats',
			'id': 'k30y636fa2f143eb95c7a41d96d581c4',
			'stats': {
				'concurrent': {
					'sessions': 4,
					'total_time': 258.048
				},
				'locations': [{
						'location': 'us:ca',
						'sessions': 4,
						'mcs': 0,
						'ad_slate': 0
					}
				],
				'platforms': [{
						'platform': 'windows',
						'sessions': 3,
						'mcs': 0,
						'ad_slate': 0
					}, {
						'platform': 'mac',
						'sessions': 1,
						'mcs': 0,
						'ad_slate': 0
					}
				],
				'domains': [{
						'domain': 'content.uplynk.com',
						'sessions': 4,
						'mcs': 0,
						'ad_slate': 0
					}
				],
				'type': 'channel'
			},
			'ts': 1649801640042,
			'ts_iso': '2022-04-12T22:14:00.042Z'
		}, {
			'@id': '/api/v4/monitoring/stream_stats_enhanced/n2fj4f8knf83nf81347fh12347fhjwse',
			'@type': 'StreamStats',
			'id': 'n2fj4f8knf83nf81347fh12347fhjwse',
			'stats': None,
			'ts': None,
			'ts_iso': None
		}
	],
	'total_items': 3
}		
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