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The YouTube Live Streaming API documentation currently specifies that only three types of streaming protocols are supported:

1. DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP);
2. HLS (HTTP Live Streaming);
3. RTMP (Real-Time Messaging Protocol).

These protocols are widely used but do not fully leverage the capabilities of modern real-time communication technologies like WebRTC. WHIP would complement these options by addressing the growing demand for ultra-low latency streaming directly from web-based applications.

Additionally, the API Explorer shows "webrtc" as one of the possible ingestion types. However, attempting to create a live stream with "webrtc" as the ingestion type results in an error, making it unusable for real-world applications. This inconsistency creates confusion and suggests incomplete implementation or support for WebRTC-based ingestion protocols in YouTube Live.

Introducing WHIP support on YouTube Live would position YouTube as a leader in adopting modern streaming standards and would make the platform more accessible to a growing number of WebRTC-based applications.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

API request with parameters used:

{
  "snippet": {
    "title": "Your new video stream's name",
    "description": "A description of your video stream. This field is optional."
  },
  "cdn": {
    "frameRate": "60fps",
    "ingestionType": "webrtc",
    "resolution": "1080p"
  },
  "contentDetails": {
    "isReusable": true
  }
}

Result (trying different "resolution" values didn't help):

{
  "error": {
    "code": 400,
    "message": "Invalid value for resolution",
    "errors": [
      {
        "message": "Invalid value for resolution",
        "domain": "youtube.liveStream",
        "reason": "invalidResolution",
        "extendedHelp": "https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/live/docs/liveStreams/insert#request_body"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Expected result:

{
  "kind": "youtube#liveStream",
  "etag": "fA_...",
  "id": "_...",
  "snippet": {
    "publishedAt": "2024-12-07T13:52:52Z",
    "channelId": "UC_...",
    "title": "Your new video stream's name",
    "description": "A description of your video stream. This field is optional.",
    "isDefaultStream": false
  },
  "cdn": {
    "ingestionType": "webrtc",
    "ingestionInfo": {
      "streamName": "...",
      "ingestionAddress": "https://webrtc.youtube.com/handshake" //example
    },
    "resolution": "1080p",
    "frameRate": "60fps"
  },
  "status": {
    "streamStatus": "ready",
    "healthStatus": {
      "status": "noData"
    }
  },
  "contentDetails": {
    "closedCaptionsIngestionUrl": "http://upload.youtube.com/closedcaption?cid=...",
    "isReusable": true
  }
}

Is it 100% reproducible: yes. Reproducible API explorer link