Daily Live Streaming API: Easily live stream video calls

Say good-bye to solo hosts

With Daily, live streamers can create together. Remote hosts and guests can talk in real-time, from anywhere. You also can build animated graphics and custom layouts with Daily's Video Component System (VCS).

Webinars

Drive growth with more impactful webinars. Daily APIs make it easy to build real-time webinars which let you talk directly with customers. Start with Daily Prebuilt, which has out-of-the-box webinar layouts, or read our developer tutorials on building a custom webinar layout. Daily Live Streaming easily lets you broadcast that content on different platforms. You immediately reach a larger audience — and create more video content.

Fitness classes

Real-time video and audio sessions are ideal for fitness classes like yoga, aerobics, weight training, and dance. Instructors can give real-time feedback, so students are more successful and engaged. You then can add a live stream of the class — it gives your students more viewing options, lets you add time-shifted viewing options, and offer different pricing tiers.

Live conferences and panel talks

Enrich your online event by integrating real-time sessions with live streaming. Instead of broadcasting recorded videos, event organizers can add video chat panels, fan Q&A, expert interviews, trivia sessions, and more. Cowatching and 1:1 premier experiences enliven experiences like music, entertainment, and more.

Influencer marketing

Build a real community around your brand and mission. Interacting with your fans and followers in real-time creates a connection. You can create monetization and experience tiers, offering the chance for followers and students to talk with you in 1:1 or group settings. With Daily Live Streaming, you can share that experience with your entire base.

Live Streaming gaming use case illustration

Interactive gaming

Real-time + streaming let gamers broadcast a truly multiplayer experience. Developers can build platforms to help gamers have fun, compete, and build a fan base, for stickier experiences. Coaching platforms also can live stream real-time coaching calls with feedback.

Live stream video calls with one line of code

Build real-time video chats with 15,000 participants — then add one line of code to stream out to millions.

Step 1

Build a real-time video call with Daily

Daily Prebuilt is a fully working video call UI you can embed in minutes. Or build your own custom call layout.

	
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/@daily-co/daily-js"></script>
    <script>
      callFrame = window.DailyIframe.createFrame();
      callFrame.join({ url: 'https://you.daily.co/hello' });
    </script>

Step 2

Get your streaming account

Add high production values. With VCS beta, you can create custom layouts, dynamic graphics, and more. We also support prebuilt streaming layouts.

Get your streaming key

	
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Step 3

Start your stream

With one API call, live stream to any RTMP or HLS platform. See the tutorial.

	
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/@daily-co/daily-js"></script>
    <script>
      callFrame = window.DailyIframe.createFrame();
      callFrame.on({ url: "joined-meeting" }, () => {
        callFrame.startLiveStreaming({rtmpUrl: "your-rtmp-url"})
        })
      callFrame.join({ url: 'https://your.daily.co/call' });
    </script>

Enrich your video experiences

Host together

Your live stream is a video call, where hosts can talk in real-time. No more delayed Q&As, commerce, and more.

More people on stage

Bring any one of 15,000 video call guests up on stage, during your live stream.

Cloud-based production

Create delightful graphics and layouts easily. Learn more about Video Component System (VCS).

Add revenue

Tap into both real-time video call and live streaming revenue opportunities.

Build a video brand

Have a presence across video platforms.

Go on-demand

Stream to a platform that supports on-demand viewing to make content available later as well.

Stream to any platform, in true HD

Stream to a custom player

Live Streaming custom player illustration

You can embed your stream in your own website or app, with platforms like AWS IVS, api.video and Mux. Read our guide to getting started.

Stream to a social platform

Your account starts with 20 concurrent streams. Just contact us to discuss more.

Get an API key

Flexible layouts for your live stream

Features for your video calls

With Daily, you can build video calls, and turn them into live streams. Our APIs makes it easy to build real-time video and audio into any app, with programmatic controls and secure infrastructure. We offer Daily Prebuilt — a fully working video call UI you can embed in minutes — as well as developer flexibility, to build custom UI/UX.

Daily Prebuilt
Custom UI
Low-level track access
REST APIs
Electron
Global infrastructure
Up to 15,000 call participants

Mobile
Cross-browser support
4 types of recording
HIPAA with BAA
Dual screen sharing
Live text chat
Pre-call lobby

Host & moderator controls
P2P/SFU smooth switching
Bandwidth management
Track subscriptions
SOC2
Enterprise SLAs
15 languages

Build new, dynamic live streaming experiences.