Bigo Live

Bigo Live is a global live-streaming platform for mobile and desktop creators.

URL Format

https://www.bigo.tv/{site_id}
https://www.bigo.tv/{locale}/{site_id}

Examples:

• https://www.bigo.tv/221338632
• https://www.bigo.tv/ja/221338632
• Vanity slugs such as https://www.bigo.tv/username

Features

• ✅ HLS streams (single public quality, usually labeled live, typically ~540p portrait)
• ✅ Danmaku collection (guest WebSocket: public chat and gifts)
• ✅ Password-protected rooms
• ✅ Integrity token minting for website-parity API requests (enabled by default)
• ❌ Multi-quality / multi-bitrate selection on the public API path
• ✅ Signed-in session from pasted cookies (for when Bigo asks for a login)
• ❌ Browser-only paths that may offer higher quality (e.g. 1080p HEVC)

Configuration

Platform options are under Settings → Platforms → Bigo. Public rooms usually need nothing — add a URL and record. If checks fail with a login-required error, add an account profile with cookies from a logged-in browser; see Authentication below.

Option	Default	Description
Stream Password (stream_password)	empty	Default password for locked rooms. Override per streamer with ?pwd=... on the URL.
Mint Integrity Token (mint_token)	on	Sends a website-style integrity token with studio requests. Without it, Bigo asks for a login before it reports whether a room is live, so turn it off only if minting fails on your network and an account is configured.

Password rooms

1. Set stream_password at the platform (or streamer) level, or
2. Append ?pwd=yourpassword to the streamer URL (URL wins over the platform default).

Without a password, locked rooms fail with a private-content error.

Danmaku

When danmaku is enabled for the streamer:

• Recorded: public chat and gifts (guest WebSocket; no account needed).
• Not supported: sending chat, enter notices, hearts, follow/share notices.

INFO

• Quality: The public API exposes one media playlist per room (labeled live). That stream is usually mid-quality portrait video around 480p–540p (for example ~480×854 H.264). There is no multi-bitrate ladder on this path, and integrity tokens do not provide access to a higher-quality public stream. Browser-reported 1080p HEVC, when present, is not available through this API.
• Authentication: Anonymous checks rely on the integrity token, and Bigo can still ask for a login, for example after many requests from the same network. Such checks fail with a login-required error instead of showing the room as offline; add an account to fix them. Copy the bigo.tv cookies from a browser where you are logged in; they must include tid and yyuid. An account whose cookies Bigo no longer accepts is marked as needing a new login. Receiving chat does not need an account.
• Network: If integrity token minting is blocked, add an account and disable Mint Integrity Token.