Get IVS recording details using the GetStream API [feature request]

Question

Hello,

Not sure this is the right place for feature requests...

I'm following the [IVS DVR](https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-ivs-dvr-web-demo) sample and it seems that fetching the live recording location on s3 is way more complex that it should be.

The current solution setup an s3 bucket listener to "catch" new `recording-started.json` files and writes a `recording-started-latest.json` file with the details to be used later.

Checking the IVS sdk I see there's a nice [GetStream](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/v3/latest/clients/client-ivs/classes/getstreamcommand.html) command that already returns the stream details, aside from the recording location... I'm sure there's a technical reason for that but it would really make the api MUCH more friendly if the stream info would have included the recording path...

Thx.

Answer

Thanks, 
Yes I know there is a way to get it, I just think it is too complex and should be part of the GetStream API...

Answer

You may want to check the Amazon IVS User Guide for details on how the media is captured to S3. Each IVS stream will have it's own structure, detailed here
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ivs/latest/userguide/record-to-s3.html
There are several different data types captured. Media segments, Thumbnails and metadata are stored in separate sub directories.

Also note that the path for S3 storage is sent to CloudWatch event at the start of the live stream. It should be understood there is a delay from the start of the live IVS stream to when captured stream manifests are available in S3.

Get IVS recording details using the GetStream API [feature request]

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