Cloudflare Stream

API

Upload, encode and deliver on-demand or live video

Price: Pay by minutes stored and delivered
Access: Cloudflare API token

About

Cloudflare Stream accepts video uploads and live broadcasts, then encodes and delivers them through its player or HLS and DASH streams. Billing tracks video minutes stored and delivered; encoding and ingress are included.

What you can do with it

Upload a video file and play it through a hosted player
Stream live video and keep a recording for later playback
Give users direct upload URLs without exposing an API token

Get started

Enable Stream in your Cloudflare account
Create an API token with Stream upload permissions
Upload a video and use its playback URL or Stream player

Example

curl -X POST "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID/stream" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
  --form "file=@./video.mp4"

Details

Hosting: Hosted service
Available in: Worldwide
Official SDKs: JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go
MCP server: Remote
Works with: Cloudflare