How to add live streaming to a Bubble app

The simplest reliable way to add live‑streaming to a Bubble app is to use an external streaming provider (e.g., Livepeer, Daily.co, Agora, Mux) and embed their player or room into Bubble using an HTML element or the API Connector. Bubble itself cannot generate or transmit livestream video, so the stream must be handled by a real streaming service, while Bubble manages user accounts, permissions, and UI.

What Live Streaming Means in Bubble

Bubble can show video, handle workflows, store metadata, and manage users, but it cannot encode, broadcast, or relay video. A third‑party service handles the actual stream. Bubble simply:

• Creates a stream session via API
• Displays the stream using an HTML embed
• Restricts access using privacy rules

Recommended Simple Setup (works today)

The most beginner‑friendly path is Daily.co or Agora because they give you a ready video room URL you can drop into an HTML element. No player building needed.

• Create an account on a provider (Daily, Agora, Livepeer, Mux Live).
• Use Bubble’s API Connector to generate a room or stream.
• Show the returned URL inside an HTML element or a Video iframe.

Example: Daily.co in Bubble

Daily creates video call/stream rooms with one API call. In Bubble API Connector:

{
 "url": "https://api.daily.co/v1/rooms",
 "method": "post",
 "headers": {
   "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_DAILY_API_KEY"
 },
 "data": {
   "privacy": "public"
 }
}
// This returns a room object with a 'url' field you can embed in Bubble

Then place an HTML element on the page:

<iframe src="https://your-returned-room-url" allow="camera; microphone" style="width:100%; height:100%; border:0;"></iframe>

Handling Access & Roles

• Create a “Stream” data type with fields like room_url, owner, is_live.
• Use Bubble Privacy Rules so only allowed users see the stream URL.
• On page load, show the iframe only if Current User is allowed.

When You Need True Livestream Broadcast

For YouTube‑style broadcasting, use MUX Live or Livepeer. They give you an RTMP ingest URL for the creator and an HLS playback URL for viewers, both easy to store in Bubble and display in an HTML Video tag.

<video src="https://stream.mux.com/your-playback.m3u8" controls autoplay></video>