Pipe Getting Started
Pipe allows you to deliver real-time livestreams to users across the globe withour worrying about scale. As a developer, Pipe is easy to integrate - there’s only 3 steps to getting your first broadcast going.
Easy Mode
We’ll create a room, stream to it through OBS, then view the stream through the Pipe testing tool.
Creating the Room
Head over to the Rooms tab under the Pipe page in the Console.
Click “Create Room” in the top right. You’ll be presented with a modal:
For this example, stick to RTMP for the ingest protocol and LLHLS for delivery. You can optionally give the stream a name.
Click Create Room.
Use the 
button to copy the Ingest Endpoint to
your clipboard.
Streaming via OBS
OBS allows you to quickly and easily set up a livestream from your machine. Once downloaded, head over to the “Stream” tab in the Settings page:
For Service, Select Custom.
Paste the Ingest Endpoint you copied above into the Server input. It’ll look something like this:
rtmp://cinnamon-iad1-prd.origin.hopvideo.net/v.vanilla/psk_c184ZTM2Y2Q3YzMxNDU3NjZjMmNkYmE5YzQzNTI2MThhOV8zMjUyOTM4ODQzNjc0MjE1Nw
Copy the last segment (after the /) from the endpoint. This is technically
what OBS calls the “Stream Key”. Paste it into Stream Key input, then delete
it from the Server input, along with the final /.
Once done, your Stream config should look something like this:
Click OK.
You can now hit the Start Streaming button. You’re now streaming to Pipe!
Advanced Mode
This how-to guide is not complete. Please ask in our Discord if you have any questions.
Before we get started, make sure you obtain a Project Token with “Manage Pipe” permissions from the Console and use it to initialize the Hop SDK.