# Start a Live Event

post ` https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/:project_name/media/liveEvents/:event_name/start`

Start a Live Event. This operation transitions your Live Event into a running state

RBAC Capability Required: `ams.liveevent.start`

## Authentication

Authorization Bearer

Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your
auth token.

## Path parameters

- project_name: string (Required)
- event_name: string (Required)

## Response

- **200 OK**  
No response body.

## Errors

- **400 Bad Request**  
  - errorobject [ErrorDetail](https://docs.mediakind.com/api-reference/media-api/schemas/errordetail) Required  
  Pertinent information about the error  
     - **code**: string (Required)  
     - **detail**: string (Required)  
     - **extraDetail**: map from strings to any (Optional)  
         - Extra information regarding this error  
              - **ref**: string (Required)  
              - **status**: integer (Required)

- **401 Unauthorized**  
  - errorobject [ErrorDetail](https://docs.mediakind.com/api-reference/media-api/schemas/errordetail) Required
  - Pertinent information about the error  
     - **code**: string (Required)  
     - **detail**: string (Required)  
     - **extraDetail**: map from strings to any (Optional)  
         - Extra information regarding this error  
              - **ref**: string (Required)  
              - **status**: integer (Required)

- **403 Forbidden**  
  - errorobject [ErrorDetail](https://docs.mediakind.com/api-reference/media-api/schemas/errordetail) Required
  - Pertinent information about the error  
     - **code**: string (Required)  
     - **detail**: string (Required)  
     - **extraDetail**: map from strings to any (Optional)  
         - Extra information regarding this error  
              - **ref**: string (Required)  
              - **status**: integer (Required)

- **404 Not Found**  
  - errorobject [ErrorDetail](https://docs.mediakind.com/api-reference/media-api/schemas/errordetail) Required
  - Pertinent information about the error  
     - **code**: string (Required)  
     - **detail**: string (Required)  
     - **extraDetail**: map from strings to any (Optional)  
         - Extra information regarding this error  
              - **ref**: string (Required)  
              - **status**: integer (Required)

- **429 Too Many Requests**  
  - errorobject [ErrorDetail](https://docs.mediakind.com/api-reference/media-api/schemas/errordetail) Required
  - Pertinent information about the error  
     - **code**: string (Required)  
     - **detail**: string (Required)  
     - **extraDetail**: map from strings to any (Optional)  
         - Extra information regarding this error  
              - **ref**: string (Required)  
              - **status**: integer (Required)

- **500 Internal Server Error**  
  - errorobject [ErrorDetail](https://docs.mediakind.com/api-reference/media-api/schemas/errordetail) Required
  - Pertinent information about the error  
     - **code**: string (Required)  
     - **detail**: string (Required)  
     - **extraDetail**: map from strings to any (Optional)  
         - Extra information regarding this error  
              - **ref**: string (Required)  
              - **status**: integer (Required)