Amazon Kinesis Video Streams

aid: amazon-kinesis-video-streams
name: Amazon Kinesis Video Streams
description: >-
  Amazon Kinesis Video Streams makes it easy to securely stream video from
  connected devices to AWS for analytics, machine learning, playback, and other
  processing. It automatically provisions and elastically scales all the
  infrastructure needed to ingest streaming video data from millions of devices.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- AWS
- IoT
- Machine Learning
- Media
- Video Streaming
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-kinesis-video-streams/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: amazon-kinesis-video-streams:amazon-kinesis-video-streams-api
  name: Amazon Kinesis Video Streams API
  description: >-
    The Amazon Kinesis Video Streams API provides programmatic access to
    create and manage video streams, signaling channels, and WebRTC
    connections for streaming video from connected devices to AWS.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/
  baseURL: https://kinesisvideo.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - IoT
  - Media
  - Video Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/API_Reference.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/kinesisvideo/2017-09-30/openapi.yaml
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/faqs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-stream-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-channel-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-context.jsonld
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/media/tag/amazon-kinesis-video-streams/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideo/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
- type: Login
  url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/
- type: Status
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Durable Video Storage
    description: Stores, encrypts, and indexes video data in streams and allows access to data through APIs.
  - name: WebRTC Support
    description: Provides signaling and relay services for two-way real-time media streaming between WebRTC-enabled devices.
  - name: ML Integration
    description: Integrates with Amazon Rekognition Video for real-time computer vision and object detection.
  - name: Scalable Ingestion
    description: Automatically provisions and elastically scales infrastructure to ingest video from millions of devices.
  - name: Playback
    description: Supports live and on-demand playback with HLS streaming.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Smart Home Security
    description: Stream video from security cameras for real-time monitoring and alerts.
  - name: Industrial Monitoring
    description: Monitor manufacturing processes and equipment with video analytics.
  - name: Autonomous Vehicles
    description: Ingest sensor and video streams from autonomous vehicles for ML model training.
  - name: Live Video Streaming
    description: Deliver live video streams to viewers with low latency using WebRTC.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon Rekognition
    description: Analyze streaming video with computer vision for object and face detection.
  - name: AWS IoT Core
    description: Connect IoT cameras and devices to stream video to Amazon Kinesis Video Streams.
  - name: Amazon SageMaker
    description: Use video data for machine learning model training and inference.
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-spectral-rules.yml
- type: NaftikoCapability
  url: capabilities/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-workflow.yaml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-vocabulary.yaml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: [email protected]