update the expiry date of a token

[j12y]

I've started work on a project and wondering if you could point me to the doc to do the following:

• create a new live broadcast token with expire date and allowed-origins
• retrieve the token details
• update the expiry date

Thanks for your help.

[Briggs599]

Hi Jayson,

1. There are two ways to create a token. The first is through the dashboard, and the second is through the REST API. If you're looking for a guide for creating a token with an expiry date and a list of allowed countries I recommend checking out the guide here which walks you through creating the token and adding those parameters.

2. For reading the token details you can use our PublishToken-readToken REST API to get all the token details or you can use our PublishToken-listToken REST API to list all your tokens plus their details.

3. Currently you can't "update" a token's expiry time but you can disable the token and issue a fresh token with a new expiry date. It is also worth noting that even if the publish token expires in the middle of streaming, the broadcast won't end since the connection has already been authenticated. This means publishers won't have to worry about being "booted" off their streams in the middle of a presentation unless you use the Stop an active stream API. Instead, once the stream is ended by the publisher, they won't be able to start another stream with the expired token.

Let me know if you have any follow up questions or want to chat about the project more!