Live Interactive Broadcasting!
The Developer Network provides the APIs, keys, sample calls, documentation, and the opportunity to distribute your cool application through the network. You can start accessing Ustream’s great content now and create new ways for broadcasters and viewers to share, show, and surf our content.
How to get started? We made it pretty simple:
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1. Register |
2. Try |
3. Create |
4. Share |
| Register for the Ustream.TV Developer Network. | Write a call to return Ustream.TV content. See below for some simple calls. | Develop your application. | Share your applications with Ustream.TV. Let us know through the forum. |
Register
It’s a painless process. You’ll a developer key so you can write your application. Simply go to: http://developer.ustream.tv/user/register.Once you register for a user account, then apply for you API key: http://developer.ustream.tv/apikey/generate
Try
Give our APIs a try. Here are some easy ones:
Search for all the broadcasters with the name, Bob
http://api.ustream.tv/html/user/recent/search/username:like:bob?key=yourDevKey
Get the Most Watched Live Show
http://api.ustream.tv/html/stream/all/getMostViewers?key=yourDevKey
Stream a live show right to your browser
http://api.ustream.tv/html/channel/api-test-show/getEmbedTag?key=yourDevKey
Try in your favorite output
| XML | http://api.ustream.tv/xml/ |
| JSON | http://api.ustream.tv/json/ |
| PHP | http://api.ustream.tv/php/ |
We have a rich set of information for you to use so you can code fast.
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Documentation Pages and pages of handy useful information at http://developer.ustream.tv/docs |
Listen Hear more about our APIs from our API manager, Michael Gillen. Read our blog at http://developer.ustream.tv/blog |
Talk Get help from other developers. Go to http://developer.ustream.tv/forum |



