Wowza
Wowza is a Denver, Colorado-based video streaming infrastructure provider that has been simplifying live and on-demand streaming since 2007. The platform spans three flagship products — Wowza Streaming Engine (a self-hosted, on-prem/cloud/edge media server supporting RTMP, RTSP, SRT, WebRTC, HLS, and MPEG-DASH), Wowza Video (a fully managed, cloud-based streaming platform with a v2.0 REST API for live streams, transcoders, stream sources, stream targets, schedules, real-time streams, videos, categories, viewer analytics, ingest data, engagement, popularity, and quality-of-experience monitoring), and Wowza Flowplayer (a commercial-grade HTML5 video player with iOS, tvOS, and Android SDKs, DRM, ad insertion, and 30+ modular plugins). Wowza powers over 200,000 streaming instances across 140 countries, serving security and surveillance, law enforcement, government and defense, sports and live events, smart cities, industrial monitoring, healthcare, and OTT customers. Developer surface includes a public OpenAPI 3.0 specification for Wowza Video, a Swagger-derived OpenAPI 3.0 specification for Wowza Streaming Engine's REST API (default base http://localhost:8087), a Java API for extending Streaming Engine via plugins, a Wowza IDE, Postman collections, and a large public WowzaMediaSystems GitHub organization of plugins, modules, sample apps, and language SDKs.
Limited machine-readable signal and partial portal coverage — documentation a human can read, but little a machine or agent can consume without scraping.
API Evangelist profiles Wowza the way a machine reads it — 96 machine-readable artifacts across 48 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Wowza scores 44.5/100 (thin), with a separate agent-readiness read of 41/100 (agent aware). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
How we profile Wowza
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Wowza. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 48
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Wowza Streaming Engine Java API
Native Java API for extending and customizing the Wowza Streaming Engine media server via server listeners, application modules, HTTP providers, and Media Reader/Writer plugins....
Wowza Flowplayer
Commercial-grade HTML5 video player with iOS, tvOS, and Android SDKs, DRM (Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady), ad insertion, real-time streaming at scale plugin support, and 30+ mod...
Wowza GoCoder SDK
Wowza GoCoder broadcasting SDK for iOS and Android — capture, encode, and stream live video and audio from mobile devices directly to Wowza Streaming Engine or Wowza Video. Offi...
Wowza Real-Time Streaming SDK
WebRTC-based SDK for delivering sub-second-latency live streams at scale through the Wowza Real-Time Streaming service. Public documentation repo and WebRTC sample applications ...
Wowza advanced_token_authentication API
Operations related to using advanced token authentication, known in Wowza Video as a default playback token behavior option, with videos. Use token authentication when distribut...
Wowza analytics_engagement API
Operations related to engagement analytics for a VOD stream.
Wowza analytics_ingest API
Operations related to ingest analytics for a live stream.
Wowza analytics_popularity API
Operations related to popularity analytics.
Wowza analytics_viewers API
Operations related to viewer analytics.
Wowza Applications API
The Applications API from Wowza — 69 operation(s) for applications.
Wowza assets API
The assets operations are deprecated in 2.0. Use the /videos endpoints instead.Operations related to assets, which ar...
Wowza categories API
Operations related to categorizing videos.
Wowza clipping API
Operations related to clipping and stitching videos and live streams.
Wowza live_streams API
Operations related to live streams. A live stream is a single, linear video broadcast. You broadcast a live stream by receiving encoded source video into the Wowza Video service...
Wowza Machine Stats API
The Machine Stats API from Wowza — 2 operation(s) for machine stats.
Wowza players API
The player operations are deprecated in 2.0. Create and update player configurations in the user interface. Any values you send using the pl...
Wowza quality_of_experience API
Operations related to quality of experience metrics.
Wowza real_time API
Operations related to Real-Time Streaming at Scale. If your audience is fewer than 300 viewers or you want to deliver a stream in near real time alongside other delivery protoco...
Wowza recordings API
The recordings operations are deprecated in 2.0. Use the /videos endpoints instead.Operations related to recordings, ...
Wowza REST information API
The REST information API from Wowza — 1 operation(s) for rest information.
Wowza schedules API
Operations related to schedules. Schedules allow you to automatically start or stop a live stream or transcoder at a predetermined date and time. You can configure a schedule to...
Wowza Server Licenses API
The Server Licenses API from Wowza — 1 operation(s) for server licenses.
Wowza Server Listeners API
The Server Listeners API from Wowza — 1 operation(s) for server listeners.
Wowza Server log4j system API
The Server log4j system API from Wowza — 3 operation(s) for server log4j system.
Wowza Server MediaCache API
The Server MediaCache API from Wowza — 8 operation(s) for server mediacache.
Wowza Server MediaCache Version 3 API
The Server MediaCache Version 3 API from Wowza — 6 operation(s) for server mediacache version 3.
Wowza Server MediaCasters API
The Server MediaCasters API from Wowza — 2 operation(s) for server mediacasters.
Wowza Server Monitoring API
The Server Monitoring API from Wowza — 2 operation(s) for server monitoring.
Wowza Server Publishers API
The Server Publishers API from Wowza — 2 operation(s) for server publishers.
Wowza Server Publishers Version 3 API
The Server Publishers Version 3 API from Wowza — 2 operation(s) for server publishers version 3.
Wowza Server Status API
The Server Status API from Wowza — 1 operation(s) for server status.
Wowza Server Transcoder API
The Server Transcoder API from Wowza — 1 operation(s) for server transcoder.
Wowza Server Tuning API
The Server Tuning API from Wowza — 1 operation(s) for server tuning.
Wowza Server Users API
The Server Users API from Wowza — 2 operation(s) for server users.
Wowza Servers Configuration API
The Servers Configuration API from Wowza — 12 operation(s) for servers configuration.
Wowza storage API
The storage operations are deprecated in 2.0. Operations related to peak and current storage for an account.
Wowza stream_sources API
Operations related to stream sources. You can create a Wowza stream source and associate it to a live stream or transcoder. ### Wowza Stream Sources When you set up a Wowza stre...
Wowza stream_targets API
Operations related to stream targets. A stream target is a destination for a stream. Stream targets can be Wowza Video edge resources; custom, external destinations, target dest...
Wowza transcoders API
Operations related to transcoders, output renditions, and output stream targets. ### Transcoders Wowza Video transcoders allow you to customize transcoding processes by creating...
Wowza usage_account API
Operations related to stream analytics for an account.
Wowza usage API
Operations related to stream target analytics, including CDN usage and viewer data.
Wowza usage_real_time_streams API
Operations related to real-time streams analytics.
Wowza usage_transcoders API
Operations related to transcoder analytics.
Wowza usage_vod_streams API
The VOD stream operations are deprecated in 2.0. Operations related to video on demand (VOD) stream analytics.
Wowza videos API
Operations related to uploading and categorizing videos.
Wowza Virtual Hosts API
The Virtual Hosts API from Wowza — 42 operation(s) for virtual hosts.
Wowza vod_streams API
The VOD stream operations are deprecated in 2.0. Use the /videos endpoints instead.Operations related to video on dem...
Wowza Webhooks API
The Webhooks API from Wowza — 6 operation(s) for webhooks.
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Open Collections 2
Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Wowza Streaming Engine REST API
OPEN COLLECTIONWowza Video REST API Reference Documentation
OPEN COLLECTIONFeatures 14
The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Self-Hosted Media Server
Wowza Streaming Engine runs on prem, in the cloud, hybrid, or at the edge with full operator control.
Managed Cloud Streaming
Wowza Video is a fully managed live and VOD streaming platform with REST API control.
Broad Protocol Support
RTMP, RTSP, SRT, WebRTC, HLS, MPEG-DASH ingest and delivery across both Engine and Video products.
Sub-Second Real-Time Streaming
WebRTC-based Wowza Real-Time Streaming delivers sub-second latency at scale.
Live and On-Demand Transcoding
GPU-accelerated transcoding for ABR ladders, format conversion, and packaging into HLS and MPEG-DASH.
Stream Targets and Push Publishing
Restream to YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, Akamai, AWS Elemental MediaStore, custom CDNs, and SRT endpoints.
Wowza Flowplayer HTML5 Player
Commercial-grade HTML5 player with iOS, tvOS, and Android SDKs, DRM, ads, and 30+ plugins.
nDVR and Live-to-VOD
Live DVR window plus automatic live-to-VOD archiving for replays and clipping workflows.
Webhooks
First-class webhook events from both Wowza Streaming Engine and Wowza Video for stream lifecycle, transcoder, and analytics signals.
Viewer and QoE Analytics
Wowza Video exposes ingest, engagement, popularity, viewer, and quality-of-experience analytics via REST.
Java Plugin Framework
Streaming Engine Java API plus a Wowza IDE for building custom server listeners, application modules, HTTP providers, and media reader/writer plugins.
Postman and Swagger Tooling
Wowza ships official Postman collections, a public OpenAPI 3.0 spec for Wowza Video, and a Swagger-derived OpenAPI 3.0 spec for the Streaming Engine REST API.
Wowza Streaming Engine MCP
Open-source MCP server enabling AI agents to control Wowza Streaming Engine via the Model Context Protocol.
Video Intelligence Framework
Plugin framework for integrating AI/ML inference (ASR, captions, object detection, ONVIF) into the streaming pipeline.
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Security Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 10
What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.
What developers build with this provider.
Security and Video Surveillance
24/7 live monitoring for security operations, law enforcement, and physical security with RTSP ingest.
Government and Defense
Mission-critical streaming for defense, intelligence, and government agencies — including tactical and ISR workflows.
Sports and Live Events
Low-latency live event production and distribution, including auction, betting, and interactive sports use cases.
OTT Streaming
VOD and live OTT services with ABR delivery, DRM, and analytics.
Smart Cities and Industrial Monitoring
Edge-deployed media servers for traffic, infrastructure, and industrial IoT camera feeds.
Healthcare and Telemedicine
Secure live and recorded video for telemedicine, surgical observation, and medical education.
Interactive and Real-Time Apps
WebRTC-powered sub-second video for auctions, gaming, fitness, and two-way interactive experiences.
Broadcasting and Media
SRT contribution feeds, contribution-to-CDN workflows, and live-to-VOD archiving for broadcasters.
Education and E-Learning
Live lectures, recorded course content, and interactive classroom video.
Houses of Worship
Multi-platform restreaming and on-prem capture for religious organizations.
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Integrations 13
Pre-built integrations with other platforms tell you where this provider already fits in a stack.
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Akamai
Push Publishing profiles, signed token validation, and HLS Akamai targets are first-class.
AWS S3
Streaming Engine S3 upload plugin and AWS-region Wowza Video deployments.
Amazon CloudFront
Standard CDN target for Wowza Video and Streaming Engine output.
YouTube Live
Native restreaming/push-publishing target.
Facebook Live
Native restreaming/push-publishing target.
Twitch
Native restreaming/push-publishing target.
Postman
Official Postman collections for both Wowza Video and Streaming Engine REST APIs.
Swagger / OpenAPI
Official OpenAPI 3.0 specs published for Wowza Video and Wowza Streaming Engine.
SRT Alliance
First-class SRT ingest and egress support for low-latency contribution.
ONVIF
WSE plugin for ingesting ONVIF IP camera streams in surveillance deployments.
Azure Speech and OpenAI Whisper
WSE caption handler plugins that generate captions via Azure Speech Services or OpenAI Whisper.
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Official Wowza Streaming Engine MCP server lets AI agents drive Engine via MCP.
Google Analytics
WSE analytics plugin reports streaming statistics into Google Analytics.
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Solutions 6
Packaged solutions the provider offers on top of the raw API surface.
Packaged solutions this provider offers.
Wowza Streaming Engine
Self-hosted media server licensed monthly, annually, or as a one-time perpetual purchase for on-prem, cloud, hybrid, and edge deployment.
Wowza Video
Fully managed cloud streaming platform with REST API, hosted Flowplayer, transcoders, stream targets, real-time streaming, and analytics.
Wowza Hybrid Cloud
Combined Wowza Streaming Engine and Wowza Video deployment for flexible hybrid topologies.
Wowza Flowplayer
Standalone HTML5 video player with SDKs, DRM, ads, and plugins — bundled with Wowza Video or sold separately.
Wowza Real-Time Streaming
WebRTC-based sub-second latency live streaming service for interactive applications.
Professional Services
Custom deployment, integration, and Wowza Streaming Engine plugin development engagements.
Resources
Every other property we hold for Wowza — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Get Started 3
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 4
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Build 9
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
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Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Learn 1
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 4
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 5
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 4
The organization behind the API
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