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# Activate a channel

POST https://api.fastpix.com/v1/cloud-playout/channels/{channelId}/activate

This endpoint activates a Cloud Playout channel, so FastPix prepares it and takes it to air at its start time. A channel you have configured stays in `draft` until you activate it.

#### How it works

1. Finish configuring the channel first, so it has something to play. A `schedule` channel needs at least one event inside its start and end times, and a `loop` channel needs at least one program that holds media.

2. Make a POST request to this endpoint with the `channelId`. No request body is needed.

3. The channel moves to `scheduled`, goes to air by itself at its start time, and moves through `starting` to `running`.

The channel's `startTime` must still be at least 3 minutes ahead when you activate it. A channel that is already `scheduled`, `starting` or `running` cannot be activated again, so deactivate it first if you want to restart it. Activation is all or nothing: if any step of it is refused, whatever was started is stopped and the channel returns to the status it had, so it can be activated again.

#### Example

A broadcaster finishes building next month's channel and activates it, leaving FastPix to take it to air on the first of the month.


Reference: https://fastpix.com/docs/cloud-playout-channels/activate-cloud-playout-channel

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — FastPix APIs are secured with Basic Authentication. Use your Access Token ID as the username and Secret Key as the password in the Authorization header of each API request. * Username: Access Token ID * Password: Secret Key Activate your FastPix account to generate your API credentials. See the guide here

## Request

### Path parameters

- `channelId` (string, required) — The unique identifier of the channel to activate.

## Response

### 200

Channel activated successfully

- `success` (boolean, optional) — Shows the request status. Returns true for success and false for failure.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "success": true
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.fastpix.com/v1/cloud-playout/channels/cc99cae6-56b4-46ab-9f4a-8b2462d8137c/activate"

response = requests.post(url, auth=("<username>", "<password>"))

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.fastpix.com/v1/cloud-playout/channels/cc99cae6-56b4-46ab-9f4a-8b2462d8137c/activate';
const credentials = btoa("<username>:<password>");

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: `Basic ${credentials}`}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.fastpix.com/v1/cloud-playout/channels/cc99cae6-56b4-46ab-9f4a-8b2462d8137c/activate"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.SetBasicAuth("<username>", "<password>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.fastpix.com/v1/cloud-playout/channels/cc99cae6-56b4-46ab-9f4a-8b2462d8137c/activate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request.basic_auth("<username>", "<password>")

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.fastpix.com/v1/cloud-playout/channels/cc99cae6-56b4-46ab-9f4a-8b2462d8137c/activate")
  .basicAuth("<username>", "<password>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.fastpix.com/v1/cloud-playout/channels/cc99cae6-56b4-46ab-9f4a-8b2462d8137c/activate', [
  'headers' => [
  ],
    'auth' => ['<username>', '<password>'],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;
using RestSharp.Authenticators;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.fastpix.com/v1/cloud-playout/channels/cc99cae6-56b4-46ab-9f4a-8b2462d8137c/activate");
client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("<username>", "<password>");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);

IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let credentials = Data("<username>:<password>".utf8).base64EncodedString()

let headers = ["Authorization": "Basic \(credentials)"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.fastpix.com/v1/cloud-playout/channels/cc99cae6-56b4-46ab-9f4a-8b2462d8137c/activate")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```