WAVE SDK for Python

Official Python SDK for the WAVE API by WAVE Inc.

Installation

pip install wave-sdk

Quick start

from wave import Wave

wave = Wave(api_key="your-api-key", organization_id="org_123")

# Create and start a live stream
stream = wave.pipeline.create(title="My Stream", protocol="webrtc")
wave.pipeline.start(stream.id)
health = wave.pipeline.get_health(stream.id)
print(f"Viewers: {health['viewer_count']}")

# Create a virtual camera from NDI
device = wave.prism.create_device(
    name="PTZ Camera 1",
    type="camera",
    source_protocol="ndi",
    source_endpoint="NDI-CAM-1",
    node_id="node_abc",
    ptz_enabled=True,
)

# Get analytics
viewers = wave.pulse.get_viewer_analytics(time_range="24h")

All 33 APIs

P1 - Core

API	Description
wave.pipeline	Live streaming engine
wave.studio	Multi-camera production

P2 - Enterprise

API	Description
wave.fleet	Device fleet management
wave.ghost	AI auto-directing
wave.mesh	Multi-region failover
wave.edge	CDN and edge workers
wave.pulse	Analytics and BI
wave.prism	Virtual Device Bridge
wave.zoom	Zoom integration

P3 - Content & Commerce

API	Description
wave.clips	Video clips
wave.editor	Video editor
wave.voice	Voice synthesis
wave.phone	Phone calls
wave.collab	Collaboration
wave.captions	Auto-captions
wave.chapters	Video chapters
wave.studio_ai	AI assistant
wave.transcribe	Transcription
wave.sentiment	Sentiment analysis
wave.search	Content search
wave.scene	Scene detection
wave.vault	Recording storage
wave.marketplace	Marketplace
wave.connect	Integrations
wave.distribution	Social simulcast
wave.desktop	Desktop Node
wave.signage	Digital signage
wave.qr	QR codes
wave.audience	Polls/Q&A
wave.creator	Monetization

P4 - Specialized

API	Description
wave.podcast	Podcast production
wave.slides	Slides-to-video
wave.usb	USB relay

Error handling

from wave import WaveError, RateLimitError

try:
    wave.pipeline.get("invalid-id")
except RateLimitError as e:
    print(f"Rate limited. Retry after {e.retry_after}s")
except WaveError as e:
    print(f"{e.code}: {e.message} ({e.status_code})")

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• httpx
• pydantic

License

MIT - WAVE Inc.