Add Messaging, Voice, and Authentication to your apps with Vonage Communications APIs
Visit the Vonage API Developer PortalUse the OpenTok REST API to generate OpenTok sessions, to work with archives, and to work with live streaming broadcasts. The OpenTok server SDKs (for Java, .NET, Node.js, PHP, Python, and Ruby) implement many of the methods of the REST API.
The REST API includes methods for the following:
Session creation, signaling, and moderation
Archiving
SIP interconnect
Live streaming broadcasts
Live captions
Experience Composer
Audio Connector
Account management
The OpenTok SDKs wrap the OpenTok REST API to make it easier to make calls to the OpenTok platform.
REST API calls must be authenticated using a custom HTTP header —
X-OPENTOK-AUTH — along with a
JSON web token. Create the JWT token with the following claims:
{
"iss": "your_api_key",
"ist": "project",
"iat": current_timestamp_in_seconds,
"exp": expire_timestamp_in_seconds,
"jti": "jwt_nonce"
}
Set iss to your OpenTok API key. For most REST API calls, use the
API key for the specific project in your account. This is provided on the
Project page of your Video API account.
However, the following REST methods are restricted to registered administrators
for the OpenTok account. To use these methods, you must set iss to the
account-level API key, which is only available to account administrators.
(see Account Management):
To obtain the account-level API key and secret, log on to your Video API account, click Account Settings in the left-hand menu, and then under OpenTok REST API, click View account keys.
For most REST API calls, set ist to "project". However, for the following
Account Management REST methods, set
ist to "account":
Set iat to the current Unix epoch timestamp (when the token was created), in seconds.
Set exp to the expiration time for the token. For security,
we recommend that you use an expiration time close to the token creation time (for example,
3 minutes after creation) and that you create a new token for each REST API call. The maximum
allowed expiration time range is 5 minutes.
Set jti to a unique identifier for the JWT. This is optional. See the
JSON web token spec for details.
Use your OpenTok API secret as the JWT secret key and sign this with the HMAC-SHA256 encryption algorithm. For most REST API calls, use the API secret for the specific project in your account. This is provided on the Project page of your Video API account. However, the following REST methods are restricted to registered administrators for the OpenTok account. To use these methods, you must use the account-level API key and secret (which is only available to account administrators) as the JWT secret key (see Account Management):
For example, the following Python code creates a token that can be used in an OpenTok REST API call:
import jwt # See https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyJWT
import time
import uuid
print jwt.encode({"iss": "my-OpenTok-API-key",
"iat": int(time.time()),
"exp": int(time.time()) + 180,
"ist": "project",
"jti": str(uuid.uuid4())},
'my-OpenTok-API-secret',
algorithm='HS256')
Replace the my-OpenTok-API-key and my-OpenTok-API-secret
with the OpenTok API key and API secret.
Note: Prior to using JSON Web Tokens, OpenTok REST API calls were authenticated
using a custom HTTP header: X-TB-PARTNER-AUTH with the value set to your OpenTok API key and
API secret concatenated with a colon:
X-TB-PARTNER-AUTH: <api_key>:<partner_secret>
However, this form of authentication (using X-TB-PARTNER-AUTH) is deprecated,
and you should now use JSON Web tokens for authentication. (Use of this deprecated form of
authentication will expire in July 2017.)
Generate a new session.
https://api.opentok.com/session/create
POST
API calls must be authenticated using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH
— along with a JSON web token (JWT). See Authentication.
Set the Content-Type header to application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencodedSet the Accept header to application/json:
Accept:application/jsonarchiveMode
Set to always to have the session archived automatically. With the
archiveModeset to manual (the default), you can archive the session by
calling the REST /archive POST method. If you set the archiveMode to
always, you must also set the p2p.preference parameter to
disabled (the default).
archiveName
The name to use for archives in auto-archived sessions. When setting this option,
the archiveMode option must be set to always or an error
will result. The length of the archive name can be up to 80 chars. Due to encoding limitations
the following special characters are translated to a colon (:) character: ~, -, _.
If you do not set a name and the archiveMode option is set to always,
the archive name will be empty.
archiveResolution
The resolution of archives in an auto-archived session. Valid values are
"480x640", "640x480" (the default), "720x1280", "1280x720", "1080x1920", and "1920x1080".
When setting this option, the archiveMode option must be set
to always or an error will result.
e2eeWhether end-to-end encryption is enabled for the session (true)
or not (false, the default). For more information, see
End-to-end encryption.
locationThe IP address that the Vonage Video APi will use to situate the session in its global network. If no location hint is passed in (which is recommended), the session uses a media server based on the location of the first client connecting to the session. Pass a location hint in only if you know the general geographic region (and a representative IP address) and you think the first client connecting may not be in that region. Specify an IP address that is representative of the geographical location for the session.
p2p.preference
Set to enabled if you prefer clients to attempt to send audio-video streams
directly to other clients; set to disabled for sessions that use the OpenTok Media
Router. (Optional; the default setting is disabled -- the session uses
the OpenTok Media Router.)
The OpenTok Media Router provides the following benefits:
enabled, each client must send
a separate audio-video stream to each client subscribing to it.)
With the p2p.preference property set to "enabled", the session
will attempt to transmit streams directly between clients. If clients cannot connect
due to firewall restrictions, the session uses the OpenTok TURN server to relay
audio-video streams.
POST /session/create HTTP/1.1
Host: https://api.opentok.com
X-OPENTOK-AUTH: json_web_token
Accept:application/json
location=10.1.200.30&p2p.preference=disabled
The following command line example creates a session that uses the OpenTok Media Router and specifies a location hint:
export TB_url=https://api.opentok.com/session/create
json_web_token="jwt_string" # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
datastr="location=10.1.200.30"
curl \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-H "Accept:application/json" \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$json_web_token" \
-d $datastr \
$TB_url
The following command line example creates a session that attempts to transmit streams directly between clients (without using the OpenTok Media Router):
export TB_url=https://api.opentok.com/session/create
json_web_token="jwt_string" # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
datastr="p2p.preference=enabled"
curl \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-H "Accept:application/json" \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$json_web_token" \
-d $datastr \
$TB_url
The following command line example creates an automatically-archived session:
export TB_url=https://api.opentok.com/session/create
json_web_token="jwt_string" # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
datastr="archiveMode=always"
curl \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-H "Accept:application/json" \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$json_web_token" \
-d $datastr \
$TB_url
The response is JSON data of the following form:
[
{
"session_id": "the session ID",
"project_id": "your OpenTok API key",
"create_dt": "The creation date",
"media_server_url": "The URL of the OpenTok media router used by the session -- ignore this"
}
]
Note that if you do not include the "Accept:application/json" header, the response format is XML. This XML version of the API call is deprecated.
The HTTP response has a 403 status code if you pass in an invalid OpenTok API key or JWT token.
The HTTP response has a 500 status code for an OpenTok server error.
Use the Signal REST API to send signals to all participants in an active
OpenTok session or to a specific client connected to that session. Signals
sent from the server have an empty from parameter in the signal received
handlers on clients connected to the session. For a signal sent from a
participant in the session, the from property is set the connection ID of
the client that sent the signal, but in this case there is no associated
connection.
For both signal examples below, the request body will be used to forward both
the type and data fields. These correspond to the type and data parameters
passed in the client signal received handlers.
Send an HTTP POST to the signal resource of the session:
SESSION_ID=SOMESESSIONID
API_KEY=123456
JWT=jwt_token # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
DATA='{"type":"foo","data":"bar"}'
curl -v \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-X POST \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:${JWT}" \
-d "${DATA}" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/${API_KEY}/session/${SESSION_ID}/signal
Note: Previously, this REST URL used /partner (which is now deprecated)
instead of /project.
Send an HTTP POST to the signal resource of a specific connection ID,
belonging to the session:
SESSION_ID=SOMESESSIONID
CONNECTION_ID=SOMECONNECTIONID
API_KEY=123456
JWT=jwt_token # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
DATA='{"type":"foo","data":"bar"}'
curl -v \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-X POST \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:${API_KEY}:${API_SECRET}" \
-d "${DATA}" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/${API_KEY}/session/${SESSION_ID}/connection/${CONNECTION_ID}/signal
Errors be returned in the response as HTTP Status Codes:
400 — One of the signal properties — data, type, sessionId
or connectionId — is invalid.403 — You are not authorized to send the signal. Check your
authentication credentials.404 — The client specified by the connectionId property is not
connected to the session.413 — The type string exceeds the maximum length (128 bytes), or the
data string exceeds the maximum size (8 kB).In an error case, the response body will look like this:
{
"code" : 400,
"message" : "One of the signal properties — data, type, sessionId or connectionId — is invalid."
}
Your application server can disconnect a client from an OpenTok session by sending an HTTP DELETE request to the resource for that client's connection:
SESSION_ID=SOMESESSIONID
CONNECTION_ID=SOMECONNECTIONID
API_KEY=123456
JWT=jwt_token # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
curl -v \
-X DELETE \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:${JWT}" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/${API_KEY}/session/${SESSION_ID}/connection/${CONNECTION_ID}
Note: Previously, this REST URL used /partner (which is now deprecated)
instead of /project.
Errors be returned in the response as HTTP Status Codes:
400 — One of the arguments — sessionId or connectionId
— is invalid.403 — You are not authorized to forceDisconnect, check your
authentication credentials.404 — The client specified by the connectionId property is not
connected to the session.In an error case, the response body will look like this:
{
"code" : 404,
"message" : "Connection not found."
}
Use this method to get information on an OpenTok stream (or all streams in a session).
For example, you can call this method to get information about layout classes used by an OpenTok stream. The layout classes define how the stream is displayed in the layout of a broadcast stream. For more information, see Assigning live streaming layout classes to OpenTok streams.
To get layout class information for a specific stream, submit an HTTP GET request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/session/<sessionId>/stream/<streamId>
Replace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key.
Replace <sessionId> with the session ID.
Replace <streamId> with the stream ID.
To get layout class information for all streams in a session, submit an HTTP GET request to the following URL (leaving out the stream ID at the end):
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/session/<sessionId>/stream/
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
When getting layout class info for a single stream, the response's JSON data includes a layoutClassList array:
{
"id": "8b732909-0a06-46a2-8ea8-074e64d43422",
"videoType": "camera",
"name": "",
"layoutClassList": ["full"]
}
layoutClassList property is an array of the layout classes for the stream.id property is the stream ID.videoType property is set to "camera", "screen", or "custom". A "screen" video
uses screen sharing on the publisher as the video source; a "custom" video is published
by a web client using an HTML VideoTrack element as the video source.name property is the stream name (if one was set when the client published the stream).When getting layout class info for a multiple streams, the response's JSON data includes an items
property, which is array containing layout information for streams in the session:
{
"count": 2
"items": [
{
"id": "8b732909-0a06-46a2-8ea8-074e64d43422",
"videoType": "camera",
"name": "",
"layoutClassList": ["full"]
},
...
]
}
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
The following command line example retrieves layout class information for a specific stream:
api_key=12345
json_web_token="jwt_string" # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
session_id=23435236235235235235
stream_id=88ff99fc203a5bc
curl -i \
-X GET \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:json_web_token \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$api_key/session/$session_id/stream/$stream_id
api_key to your OpenTok API key.json_web_token to a JSON web token (see Authentication).session_id value to the session.stream_id value to the stream ID.The following command line example retrieves layout class information for all streams in a session:
api_key=12345
json_web_token="jwt_string" # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
session_id=23435236235235235235
curl -i \
-X GET \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:json_web_token \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$api_key/session/$session_id/stream/
api_key to your OpenTok API key.json_web_token to a JSON web token (see Authentication).session_id value to the session.You can use the OpenTok REST API to force a publisher of a specific stream to mute its audio.
Submit an HTTP POST request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>/session/<session_id>/stream/<stream_id>/mute
Replace <api_key> with the OpenTok project API key (see the Project Page of your
Video API account). Replace <session_id> with the session ID of the
session containing the stream. Replace <stream_id> with the stream ID.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH:
X-OPENTOK-AUTH:<token>
Set this header to a JWT token (see Authentication).
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
200 — Success. The response data is a project details object.
400 — Invalid request.
403 — Authentication error.
404 — Not found. The session or stream is not found.
500 — OpenTok server error.
SESSION_ID=2_MX40NzIwMzJ-fjE2MzM0NzE4NjY4OTfn4
STREAM_ID=eac2b8fb-b6da-40e7-9d31-d1b04edc2270
API_KEY=123456
API_SECRET=ABCDEF1234567890
JWT=jwt_token
curl -v \
-X POST \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:JSON_WEB_TOKEN" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/${API_KEY}/session/${SESSION_ID}/stream/${STREAM_ID}/mute
You can use the OpenTok REST API to force all streams (except for an optional list of streams) in a session to mute published audio. You can also use this method to disable the force mute state of a session (see below).
Submit an HTTP POST request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>/session/<session_id>/mute
Replace <api_key> with the OpenTok project API key (see the Project Page of your
Video API account). Replace <session_id> with the session ID.
Set the Content-Type header to application/json.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH:
X-OPENTOK-AUTH:<token>
Set this header to a JWT token (see Authentication).
Include a JSON object of the following form as the request body content:
{
"active": true,
"excludedStreamIds": [
"excludedStreamId1",
"excludedStreamId2"
]
}
The JSON data includes the following properties:
active (Boolean, required) — Whether to mute streams in the session (true)
and enable the mute state of the session, or to disable the mute state of the session (false).
With the mute state enabled (true), all current and future streams published to
the session (with the exception of streams in the excludedStreamIds array) are muted.
When you call this method with the active property set to false, future streams published
to the session are not muted (but any existing muted streams remain muted).
excludedStreamIds (Array of strings, optional) — The stream IDs for streams that should
not be muted. This is an optional property. If you omit this property, all streams in the session
will be muted. This property only applies when the active property is set to true.
When the active property is set to false, it is ignored.
The elements in the excludedStreamIds array are stream IDs (strings) for the streams you wish
to exclude from being muted.
If you do not wish to include an array of excluded streams, do not include any body content.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
200 — Success. The response data is a project details object.
400 — Invalid request. This response may indicate that data in your request data is invalid JSON.
403 — Authentication error.
404 — Not found. The session is not found.
500 — OpenTok server error.
The following forces all streams (except for an optional list of streams) in a session to mute published audio:
SESSION_ID=2_MX40NzIwMzJ-fjE2MzM0NzE4NjY4OTfn4
DATA='{"excludedStreamIds": ["eac2b8fb-b6da-40e7-9d31-d1b04edc2270", "9c18b42f-ee38-4b38-99bb-d37b2eca9741 "], "active": true}'
API_KEY=123456
API_SECRET=ABCDEF1234567890
JWT=jwt_token
curl -v \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-X POST \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:JSON_WEB_TOKEN" \
-d "${DATA}" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/${API_KEY}/session/${SESSION_ID}/mute
To disable the mute state of the session (to disable future streams from being muted),
call the method again with the active property set to false:
SESSION_ID=SOME_SESSION_ID
DATA='{"active": false}'
API_KEY=123456
API_SECRET=ABCDEF1234567890
curl -v \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-X POST \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:JSON_WEB_TOKEN" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/${API_KEY}/session/${SESSION_ID}/mute
To start recording an archive of an OpenTok session, submit an HTTP POST request.
To successfully start recording an archive, at least one client must be connected to the session.
You can only record archives of sessions that use the OpenTok Media Router (with the media mode set to routed); you cannot archive sessions that have the media mode set to relayed. (See The OpenTok Media Router and media modes.)
For more information, see the OpenTok archiving developer guide.
Submit an HTTP POST request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>/archive
Replace <api_key> with your OpenTok API key. See the Project Page of your Video API account.
Note: Previously, this REST URL used /partner (which is now deprecated)
instead of /project.
API calls must be authenticated using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH
— along with a JSON web token (JWT). See Authentication.
Set the Content-type header to application/json:
Content-Type:application/json
Include a JSON object of the following form as the POST data:
{
"sessionId" : "session_id",
"hasAudio" : true,
"hasVideo" : true,
"layout" : {
"type": "custom",
"stylesheet": "the layout stylesheet (only used with type == custom)",
"screenshareType": "the layout type to use when there is a screen-sharing stream (optional)"
},
"name" : "archive_name",
"outputMode" : "composed",
"resolution" : "640x480",
"streamMode" : "auto"
}
The JSON object includes the following properties:
sessionId (String) — (Required) The session ID of the OpenTok session you want to start archivinghasAudio (Boolean) — (Optional) Whether the archive will record audio
(true, the default) or not (false). If you set both hasAudio and
hasVideo to false, the call to this method results in an error.hasVideo (Boolean) — (Optional) Whether the archive will record video
(true, the default) or not (false). If you set both hasAudio and
hasVideo to false, the call to this method results in an error.layout (Object) — Optional. Specify this to assign the initial layout type for
the archive. This applies only to
composed
archives. This object has three properties: type, stylesheet,
and screenshareType, which are each strings. Valid values for the
layout property are "bestFit"
(best fit), "custom" (custom), "horizontalPresentation"
(horizontal presentation), "pip" (picture-in-picture), and
"verticalPresentation" (vertical presentation)). If you specify a
"custom" layout type, set the stylesheet property of the
layout object to the stylesheet. (For other layout types, do not set a
stylesheet property.) Set the screenshareType property to
the layout type to use when there is a screen-sharing stream in the session.
(This property is optional.) Note if you set the screenshareType property,
you must set the type property to "bestFit" and leave the
stylesheet property unset. If you do not specify an initial layout type,
the archive uses the best fit layout type. For more information, see
Customizing the video layout for composed archives.
multiArchiveTag (String) — (Optional) Set this to support recording multiple
archives for the same session simultaneously. Set this to a unique string for each simultaneous
archive of an ongoing session. You must also set this option when manually starting an archive
in a session that is automatically archived.
If you do not specify a unique
multiArchiveTag, you can only record one archive at a time for a given session. See
Simultaneous archives.
name (String) — (Optional) The name of the archive (for your own
identification). The maximum length of the archive name is 255 characters.outputMode (String) — (Optional) Whether all streams in the archive are
recorded to a single file ("composed", the default) or to individual files
("individual"). See
Individual stream
and composed archives.resolution (String) — (Optional) The resolution of the archive,
either "640x480" (SD landscape, the default), "1280x720" (HD landscape),
"1920x1080" (FHD landscape), "480x640" (SD portrait),
"720x1280" (HD portrait), or "1080x1920" (FHD portrait). You may
want to use a portrait aspect ratio for archives that include video streams
from mobile devices (which often use the portrait aspect ratio). This property
only applies to composed archives. If you set this property and set the outputMode
property to "individual", the call to the REST method results in an error.streamMode (String) — (Optional) Whether streams included in the archive are
selected automatically ("auto", the default) or manually ("manual").
When streams are selected automatically ("auto"), all streams in the session
can be included in the archive. When streams are selected manually ("manual"),
you specify streams to be included based on calls to this
REST method. You can specify whether a stream's audio, video, or both are included in the archive.
In composed archives, in both automatic and manual modes, the archive composer includes streams
based on
stream prioritization rules.
The raw data of the HTTP response, with status code 200, is a JSON-encoded message of the following form:
{
"createdAt" : 1384221730555,
"duration" : 0,
"hasAudio" : true,
"hasVideo" : true,
"id" : "b40ef09b-3811-4726-b508-e41a0f96c68f",
"name" : "The archive name you supplied",
"outputMode" : "composed",
"projectId" : 234567,
"reason" : "",
"resolution" : "640x480",
"sessionId" : "flR1ZSBPY3QgMjkgMTI6MTM6MjMgUERUIDIwMTN",
"size" : 0,
"status" : "started",
"streamMode" : "auto",
"url" : null
}
The JSON object includes the following properties:
createdAt — The timestamp for when the archive started recording, expressed in milliseconds since the Unix epoch
(January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC).hasAudio — Whether the archive will record audio (true) or not (false).hasVideo — Whether the archive will record video (true) or not (false).id — The unique archive ID. Store this value for later use (for example, to stop the recording).multiArchiveTag — The unique tag for simultaneous archives (if one was set).name — The name of the archive you supplied (this is optional).outputMode — Either "composed" or "individual". See
Individual stream
and composed archives.projectId — Your OpenTok API key.resolution — The resolution of the archive (either "640x480", "1280x720",
"1920x1080", "480x640", "720x1280", or "1080x1920"). This property is only set for composed archives.sessionId — The session ID of the OpenTok session being archived.status — This is set to "started".streamMode — Whether streams included in the archive are
selected automatically ("auto", the default) or manually ("manual").
streams — An array of objects corresponding to streams currently being
archived. This is only set for an archive with the status set to "started"
and the streamMode set to "manual". Each
object in the array includes the following properties:
streamId — The stream ID of the stream included in the archive.
hasAudio — Whether the stream's audio is included in the archive.
hasVideo — Whether the stream's video is included in the archive.
The HTTP response has a 400 status code in the following cases:
resolution value.outputMode property is set to "individual" and
you set the resolution property and (which is not supported in individual
stream archives).The HTTP response has a 403 status code if you pass in an invalid OpenTok API key or JWT token.
The HTTP response has a 404 status code if the session does not exist, or if the session exists but there are no clients connected to it.
The HTTP response has a 409 status code if you attempt to start an archive for a session that
does not use the OpenTok Media Router. Or if you attempt to start an archive for a session that
is already being recorded without setting the multiArchiveTag option. Or if you attempt
to start a simultaneous archive for a session without setting a unique multiArchiveTag
value.
The HTTP response has a 500 status code for an OpenTok server error.
The following command line example starts recording an archive for an OpenTok session:
api_key=12345
json_web_token="jwt_string" # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
session_id=2_MX40NzIwMzJ-flR1ZSBPY3QgMjkgMTI6MTM6MjMgUERUIDIwMTN-MC45NDQ2MzE2NH4
name="Foo"
data='{"sessionId" : "'$session_id'", "name" : "'$name'"}'
curl \
-i \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-X POST \
-d $data \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$json_web_token" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$api_key/archive
api_key to your OpenTok API key.json_web_token to a JSON web token
(see Authentication).session_id value to the session ID of the OpenTok session you want to archive.name value to the archive name (this is optional).To stop recording an archive, submit an HTTP POST request.
Archives stop recording after 4 hours (14,400 seconds), or 60 seconds after the last client disconnects from the session, or 60 minutes after the last client stops publishing. However, automatic archives continue recording to multiple consecutive files of up to 4 hours in length each. For more information, see Archive duration
Calling this method for automatic archives has no effect. Automatic archives continue recording to multiple consecutive files of up to 4 hours (14,400 seconds) in length each, until 60 seconds after the last client disconnects from the session, or 60 minutes after the last client stops publishing a stream to the session.
Submit an HTTP POST request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>/archive/<archive_id>/stop
Replace <api_key> with your OpenTok API key. See your Project Page on your Video API account.
Replace <archive_id> with the archive ID. You can obtain the archive ID from the response to the API call to
start recording the archive.
Note: Previously, this REST URL used /partner (which is now deprecated)
instead of /project.
API calls must be authenticated using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH
— along with a JSON web token (JWT). See Authentication.
The raw data of the HTTP response, with status code 200, is a JSON-encoded message of the following form:
{
"createdAt" : 1384221730555,
"duration" : 60,
"hasAudio" : true,
"hasVideo" : true,
"id" : "b40ef09b-3811-4726-b508-e41a0f96c68f",
"multiArchiveTag": "archive-1234b"
"name" : "The archive name you supplied",
"outputMode": "composed"
"projectId" : 234567,
"reason" : "",
"resolution" : "640x480",
"sessionId" : "flR1ZSBPY3QgMjkgMTI6MTM6MjMgUERUIDIwMTN",
"size" : 0,
"status" : "stopped",
"streamMode" : "auto",
"streams" : "[]",
"url" : null
}
The JSON object includes the following properties:
createdAt — The timestamp for when the archive started recording, expressed in milliseconds since the Unix epoch
(January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC).hasAudio — Whether the archive will record audio (true) or not (false).hasVideo — Whether the archive will record video (true) or not (false).id — The unique archive ID.multiArchiveTag — The unique tag for simultaneous archives (if one was set).outputMode — Either "composed" or "individual". See
Individual stream
and composed archives.projectId — Your OpenTok API key.resolution — The resolution of the archive (either "640x480", "1280x720",
"1920x1080", "480x640", "720x1280", or "1080x1920"). This property is only set for composed archives.sessionId — The session ID of the OpenTok session that was archived.name — The name of the archive you supplied (this is optional)size — When the archive is stopped (and it has not been generated), the size is set
to 0.status — This is set to "stopped".streamMode — Whether streams included in the archive are
selected automatically ("auto", the default) or manually ("manual").
streams — An array of objects corresponding to streams currently being
archived. This is only set for an archive with the status set to "started"
and the streamMode set to "manual". Each
object in the array includes the following properties:
streamId — The stream ID of the stream included in the archive.
hasAudio — Whether the stream's audio is included in the archive.
hasVideo — Whether the stream's video is included in the archive.
The HTTP response has a 400 status code if you do not pass in a session ID or you pass in an invalid session ID.
The HTTP response has a 403 status code if you pass in an invalid OpenTok API key or JWT token.
The HTTP response has a 404 status code if you pass in an invalid archive ID.
The HTTP response has a 409 status code if you attempt to stop an archive that is not being recorded.
The HTTP response has a 500 status code for an OpenTok server error.
The following command line example stops recording an archive for an OpenTok session:
api_key=123456
json_web_token="jwt_string" # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
id=b40ef09b-3811-4726-b508-e41a0f96c68f
curl \
-i \
-X POST \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$json_web_token" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$api_key/archive/$id/stop
api_key to your OpenTok API key.json_web_token to a JSON web token
(see Authentication).id value to the archive ID. You can obtain the archive ID from the response to the API call to
start recording the archive.To list archives for your API key, both completed and in-progress, submit an HTTP GET request.
Note: Archive records are available for up to 12 months.
Submit an HTTP GET request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>/archiveReplace <api_key> with your OpenTok API key. See the Project Page in your Video API account.
Note: Previously, this REST URL used /partner (which is now deprecated)
instead of /project.
You can add query parameters to filter the results (these are optional):
Set an offset query parameters to specify the index offset of the first archive. 0 is offset of
the most recently started archive (excluding deleted archive). 1 is the offset of the archive
that started prior to the most recent archive. The default value is 0.
Set a count query parameter to limit the number of archives to be returned. The default
number of archives returned is 50 (or fewer, if there are fewer than 50 archives). The maximum
number of archives the call will return is 1000.
Set a sessionId query parameter to list archives for a specific session ID.
(This is useful when listing multiple archives for an automatically archived
session.)
For example the following call specifies a count and offset values:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>/archive?offset=400&count=20The following call specifies a (fake) sessionId value:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>/archive?sessionId=2_MX4xMDB-flR1-QxNzIxNX4Deleted archives are not included in the results of this API call.
Replace <api_key> with your OpenTok API key. See the Project Page in your Video API account.
API calls must be authenticated using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH
— along with a JSON web token (JWT). See Authentication.
The raw data of the HTTP response, with status code 200, is a JSON-encoded message of the following form:
{
"count" : 2,
"items" : [ {
"createdAt" : 1384221730000,
"duration" : 5049,
"hasAudio" : true,
"hasVideo" : true,
"id" : "b40ef09b-3811-4726-b508-e41a0f96c68f",
"multiArchiveTag": "archive-1234a",
"name" : "Foo",
"outputMode" : "composed",
"projectId" : 123456,
"reason" : "",
"resolution" : "640x480",
"sessionId" : "2_MX40NzIwMzJ-flR1ZSBPY3QgMjkgMTI6MTM6MjMgUERUIDIwMTN-MC45NDQ2MzE2NH4",
"size" : 247748791,
"status" : "available",
"streamMode" : "manual",
"streams" : [],
"url" : "https://tokbox.com.archive2.s3.amazonaws.com/123456/09141e29-8770-439b-b180-337d7e637545/archive.mp4"
}, {
"createdAt" : 1384221380000,
"duration" : 328,
"hasAudio" : true,
"hasVideo" : true,
"id" : "b40ef09b-3811-4726-b508-e41a0f96c68f",
"multiArchiveTag": "archive-1234b",
"name" : "Foo",
"outputMode" : "composed",
"projectId" : 123456,
"reason" : "",
"resolution" : "640x480",
"sessionId" : "2_MX40NzIwMzJ-flR1ZSBPY3QgMjkgMTI6MTM6MjMgUERUIDIwMTN-MC45NDQ2MzE2NH4",
"size" : 18023312,
"status" : "available",
"streamMode" : "auto",
"streams" : [],
"url" : "https://tokbox.com.archive2.s3.amazonaws.com/123456/b40ef09b-3811-4726-b508-e41a0f96c68f/archive.mp4"
} ]
The JSON object includes the following properties:
count — The total number of archives for the API key.items — An array of objects defining each archive retrieved. Archives are listed from the newest to the oldest in
the return set.Each archive object (item) has the following properties:
createdAt — The timestamp for when the archive started recording, expressed in milliseconds since the Unix epoch
(January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC).duration — The duration of the archive in seconds. For archives that have are being recorded (with the
status property set to "started"), this value is set to 0.hasAudio — Whether the archive will record audio (true) or not (false).hasVideo — Whether the archive will record video (true) or not (false).id — The unique archive ID.multiArchiveTag — The unique tag for simultaneous archives (if one was set).name — The name of the archive you supplied (this is optional)outputMode — Either "composed" or "individual". See
Individual stream
and composed archives.projectId — Your OpenTok API key.reason — For archives with the status "stopped", this can be set to "maximum duration exceeded", "maximum idle time exceeded", "session ended", "user initiated". For archives with the
status "failed", this can be set to "failure".sessionId — The session ID of the OpenTok session that was archived.status — The status of the archive:
"available" — The archive is available for download from the OpenTok cloud."expired" — The archive is no longer available for download from the OpenTok cloud."failed" — The archive recording failed."paused" — When an archive is paused, nothing is recorded.
The archive is paused if any of the following conditions occur:
"stopped".
"stopped".
"started".
"started" — The archive started and is in the process of being recorded."stopped" — The archive stopped recording."uploaded" — The archive is available for download from the S3 bucket you specified in your Video API account.streamMode — Whether streams included in the archive are
selected automatically ("auto", the default) or manually ("manual").
resolution — The resolution of the archive (either "640x480", "1280x720",
"1920x1080", "480x640", "720x1280", or "1080x1920"). This property is only set for composed archives.size — The size of the archive file. For archives that have not been generated, this value is set to 0.streamMode — Whether all streams are included in the archive (`"auto"`)
or you select streams to include in the archive (`"manual"`). See
Selecting streams to be included in an archive.
streams — An array of objects corresponding to streams currently being
archived. This is only set for an archive with the status set to "started"
and the streamMode set to "manual". Each
object in the array includes the following properties:
streamId — The stream ID of the stream included in the archive.
hasAudio — Whether the stream's audio is included in the archive.
hasVideo — Whether the stream's video is included in the archive.
url — The download URL of the available archive file. This is only set for an archive with the status set to "available";
for other archives, (including archives with the status "uploaded") this property is set to null. The download URL is
obfuscated, and the file is only available from the URL for 10 minutes. To generate a new URL, use the REST API for
retrieving archive information or listing archives.The HTTP response has a 403 status code if you pass in an invalid OpenTok API key or JWT token.
The HTTP response has a 500 status code for an OpenTok server error.
The following command line example retrieves information for all archives:
api_key=12345
json_web_token="jwt_string" # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
curl \
-i \
-X GET \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$json_web_token" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$api_key/archive
api_key to your OpenTok API key.json_web_token to a JSON web token
(see Authentication).To retrieve information about a specific archive, submit an HTTP GET request.
Note: Archive records are available for up to 12 months.
You can also retrieve information about multiple archives. See Listing archives.
Submit an HTTP GET request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>/archive/<archive_id>
<api_key> with your OpenTok API key. See the Project Page of your Video API account.<archive_id with the archive ID.
Note: Previously, this REST URL used /partner (which is now deprecated)
instead of /project.
API calls must be authenticated using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH
— along with a JSON web token (JWT). See Authentication.
The raw data of the HTTP response, with status code 200, is a JSON-encoded message of the following form:
{
"createdAt" : 1384221730000,
"duration" : 5049,
"hasAudio" : true,
"hasVideo" : true,
"id" : "b40ef09b-3811-4726-b508-e41a0f96c68f",
"multiArchiveTag": "archive-1234b",
"name" : "Foo",
"outputMode" : "composed",
"projectId" : 123456,
"reason" : "",
"resolution" : "640x480",
"sessionId" : "2_MX40NzIwMzJ-flR1ZSBPY3QgMjkgMTI6MTM6MjMgUERUIDIwMTN-MC45NDQ2MzE2NH4",
"size" : 247748791,
"status" : "available",
"streamMode" : "auto",
"streams" : []
"url" : "https://tokbox.com.archive2.s3.amazonaws.com/123456/09141e29-8770-439b-b180-337d7e637545/archive.mp4"
}
The JSON object includes the following properties:
createdAt — The timestamp for when the archive started recording, expressed in milliseconds since the Unix epoch
(January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC).duration — The duration of the archive in seconds. For archives that have are being recorded (with the
status property set to "started"), this value is set to 0.hasAudio — Whether the archive will record audio (true) or not (false).hasVideo — Whether the archive will record video (true) or not (false).id — The unique archive ID.multiArchiveTag — The unique tag for simultaneous archives (if one was set).name — The name of the archive you supplied (this is optional)outputMode — Either "composed" or "individual". See
Individual stream
and composed archives.projectId — Your OpenTok API key.reason — For archives with the status "stopped", this can be set to "maximum duration
exceeded", "maximum idle time exceeded", "session ended", "user initiated". For archives with the
status "failed", this can be set to "failure".resolution — The resolution of the archive (either "640x480", "1280x720",
"1920x1080", "480x640", "720x1280", or "1080x1920"). This property is only set for composed archives.sessionId — The session ID of the OpenTok session that was archived.status — The status of the archive:
"available" — The archive is available for download from the OpenTok cloud."deleted" — The archive was deleted."expired" — The archive is no longer available for download from the OpenTok cloud."failed" — The archive recording failed."paused" — When an archive is paused, nothing is recorded.
The archive is paused if any of the following conditions occur:
"stopped".
"stopped".
"paused" state, the archive
recording resumes and the status changes back to "started".
"started" — The archive started and is in the process of being recorded."stopped" — The archive stopped recording."uploaded" — The archive is available for download from the S3 bucket you specified in your Video API account.size — The size of the archive file. For archives that have not been generated, this value is set to 0.streamMode — Whether all streams are included in the archive (`"auto"`)
or you select streams to include in the archive (`"manual"`). See
Selecting streams to be included in an archive.
streams — An array of objects corresponding to streams currently being
archived. This is only set for an archive with the status set to "started" and
the streamMode set to "manual". Each
object in the array includes the following properties:
streamId — The stream ID of the stream included in the archive.
hasAudio — Whether the stream's audio is included in the archive.
hasVideo — Whether the stream's video is included in the archive.
url — The download URL of the available archive file. This is only set for an archive with the status set to "available";
for other archives, (including archives with the status "uploaded") this property is set to null. The download URL is
obfuscated, and the file is only available from the URL for 10 minutes. To generate a new URL, use the REST API for
retrieving archive information or listing archives.The HTTP response has a 400 status code if you do not pass in a session ID or you pass in an invalid archive ID.
The HTTP response has a 403 status code if you pass in an invalid OpenTok API key or JWT token.
The HTTP response has a 500 status code for an OpenTok server error.
The following command line example retrieves information for an archive:
api_key=12345
json_web_token="jwt_string" # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
id=23435236235235235235
curl \
-i \
-X GET \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$json_web_token" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$api_key/archive/$archive
api_key to your OpenTok API key.json_web_token to a JSON web token
(see Authentication).id value to the archive ID.To delete an archive, submit an HTTP DELETE request.
You can only delete an archive which has a status of "available" or "uploaded". Deleting an archive
removes its record from the list of archives (see Listing archives). For an
"available" archive, it also removes the archive file, making it unavailable for download.
Submit an HTTP DELETE request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>/archive/<archive_id>
Replace <api_key> with your OpenTok API key. See the Project Page of your Video API account.
Replace <archive_id> with the archive ID.
Note: Previously, this REST URL used /partner (which is now deprecated)
instead of /project.
API calls must be authenticated using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH
— along with a JSON web token (JWT). See Authentication.
An HTTP response with a status code of 204 indicates that the archive has been deleted.
The HTTP response has a 403 status code if you pass in an invalid OpenTok API key, an invalid JWT token, or an invalid archive ID.
The HTTP response has a 409 status code if the status of the archive is not "uploaded", "available",
or "deleted".
The HTTP response has a 500 status code for an OpenTok server error.
The following command line example deletes an archive:
api_key=12345
json_web_token="jwt_string" # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
id=b40ef09b-3811-4726-b508-e41a0f96c68f
curl \
-i \
-X DELETE \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$json_web_token" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$api_key/archive/$id
api_key to your OpenTok API key.json_web_token to a JSON web token
(see Authentication).id value to the ID of the archive to delete.For an OpenTok project, you can have OpenTok upload completed archives to an Amazon S3 bucket (or an S3-compliant storage provider) or Windows Azure container.
Note: You can also set an archive upload target on your Vonage Video API account page.
For Amazon S3, you will need to provide Vonage with upload-only permission to the Amazon S3 bucket. If you want to use an S3 IAM user, assign it the following user policy:
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "Stmt1",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Resource": [ "arn:aws:s3:::<your-bucket-name>/*" ],
"Action": [
"s3:PutObject",
"s3:ListBucket"
]
},
{
"Sid": "Stmt2",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Resource": [ "arn:aws:s3:::*" ],
"Action": [
"s3:ListAllMyBuckets"
]
}
]
}
To set an archive upload target, submit an HTTP PUT request.
If you set an upload target, each completed archive file is uploaded as a file
named archive.mp4 in the path /projectKey/archiveId/ of the target bucket,
where projectKey is the project API key, and archiveId is the archive ID.
If you have already set an archive upload target for a project's archive files, you can submit another PUT request to register a new upload target.
For more information on archiving, see the archiving programming guide.
Submit an HTTP PUT request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>/archive/storage
Replace <api_key> with the OpenTok project API key.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH:
X-OPENTOK-AUTH:<token>
Set this header to a JWT token (see Authentication).
Set the Content-type header to application/json:
Content-Type:application/json
For an Amazon S3 bucket, include a JSON object of the following form as the PUT data:
{
"type": "s3",
"config": {
"accessKey":"myUsername",
"secretKey":"myPassword",
"bucket": "bucketName",
"endpoint": "http://s3.cloudianhyperstore.com"
},
"fallback":"none"
}
The JSON object includes the following properties:
type — "s3" (for Amazon S3)
config — Settings for the Amazon Web Services account:
accessKey — The Amazon Web Services access key
secretKey — The Amazon Web Services secret key
bucket — The S3 bucket name.
endpoint (optional) — An S3 endpoint. This is optional. The default
endpoint is http://s3.amazonaws.com (the endpoint for Amazon S3). Specify this
if you want to use an S3-compliant storage solution (other than Amazon S3).
Set this to the endpoint base URL, including the protocol (http or https),
such as "https://s3.cloudianhyperstore.com" or "https://storage.googleapis.com".
We support Cloudian and Google Cloud Storage (accessed using the AWS S3 API) as
S3-compatible storage solutions. Other S3-compatible services may have feature limitations.
fallback — Set this to "opentok" to have the archive available at the
OpenTok dashboard if upload fails. Set this to "none" (or omit the property) to
prevents archive files from being stored in the OpenTok cloud if the upload
fails.
For a Windows Azure container, include a JSON object of the following form as the PUT data:
{
"type": "azure",
"config": {
"accountName":"myAccountname",
"accountKey":"myAccountKey",
"container": "containerName",
"domain": "domainName"
},
"fallback":"none"
}
The JSON object includes the following properties:
type — "azure" (for Microsoft Azure)
config — Settings for the Windows Azure account:
accountName — The Windows Azure account name
accountKey — The Windows Azure account key
container — The Windows Azure container name.
domain (optional) — The Windows Azure domain in which
the container resides.
fallback — Set this to "opentok" to have the archive available at the
OpenTok dashboard if upload fails. Set this to "none" (or omit the property)
to prevents archive files from being stored in the OpenTok cloud if the
upload fails.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
200 — Success. The response body matches the data you submitted.
400 — Invalid request. This response may indicate the following:
The type is undefined.
The type is unsupported (it is not "s3" or "azure").
The config is undefined.
Your request data includes invalid JSON.
X-OPENTOK-AUTH header.The following command line example sets an S3 bucket for a project:
token=123456789 # Change this to your JWT token
projectKey=55555 # Change this to the project API key
storage_type=s3
access_key=myUsername # Change this to your S3 access key
secret_key=myPassword # Change this to your S3 secret key
bucket=bucketName # Change this to the bucket name
data='{"type": "$storage_type", "config": { "accessKey":"$access_key", "secretKey":"$secret_key", "bucket": "$bucket"}}'
curl \
-i \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-X PUT -H "X-TB-OPENTOK-AUTH:$token" -d "$data" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$partnerKey/archive/storage
Set the value for token to a valid OpenTok JWT token.
Set the value for projectKey to the project API key.
Set the storage_type value to "s3".
Set the access_key value to the access key for your Amazon Web Services
account.
Set the secret_key value to the secret key for your Amazon Web Services
account.
Set the bucket value to the bucket name.
If you have set an archive upload target for a project's archive files, you can delete it.
Note: You can also delete an archive upload target on your Vonage Video API account page.
Submit an HTTP DELETE request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<project_key>/archive/storage
Replace <project_key> with the project API key.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH:
X-OPENTOK-AUTH:<token>
Set this header to a JWT token (see Authentication).
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
204 — Success (no content).
403 — Authentication error. You passed in an invalid token in the X-OPENTOK-AUTH header.
404 — No upload target exists.
### Example
The following command line example deletes an upload target for a project:
token=123456789 # Change this to your JWT token
projectKey=55555 # Change this to the project key
curl \
-i \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-X DELETE -H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$token" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$projectKey/archive/storage
Set the value for token to a valid OpenTok JWT token.
Set the value for projectKey to the project API key.
You can dynamically change the layout type of a composed archive while it is being recorded.
For more information about composed archiving, see the OpenTok archiving developer guide and Customizing the video layout for composed archives.
Submit an HTTP PUT request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/archive/<archiveId>/layout
Replace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key.
Replace <archiveId> with the archive ID.
Set the Content-Type header to application/json.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
Include a JSON object of the following form as the request body content:
{
"type": "custom",
"screenshareType": "optional layout type to use when there is a screen-sharing stream",
"stylesheet": "the layout stylesheet (only used with type == custom)"
}
The JSON object includes the following properties:
type (String) — The layout type for the archive. Valid values are
"bestFit" (best fit), "custom" (custom),
"horizontalPresentation" (horizontal presentation), "pip"
(picture-in-picture), and "verticalPresentation" (vertical presentation)).
If you specify a "custom" layout type, set the stylesheet property
to the stylesheet. (For other layout types, do not set the stylesheet property.)
For more information, see Customizing the video layout for composed archives.
When specifying a layout type other than the Best Fit layout type, be sure to apply appropriate layout classes for streams in the OpenTok session (see Assigning live streaming layout classes to OpenTok streams.
stylesheet (String) — Optional. Specify this only if you set the type
property to "custom". Set the stylesheet property to the stylesheet.
(For other layout types, do not set the stylesheet property.) For more information,
see Defining custom layouts.
screenshareType (String) — Optional. The layout type to use when there is
a screen-sharing stream in the session. Note that to use this property, you must set
the type property to "bestFit" and leave the stylesheet property unset. For more information,
see Layout types for screen sharing.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
curl -i \
-X PUT \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:JWT_TOKEN \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-D {\"type\":"verticalPresentation"} \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$apiKey/archive/$archiveId/layout
Use this method to change layout classes for an OpenTok stream. The layout classes define how the stream is displayed in the layout of a composed OpenTok archive. For more information, see Assigning live streaming layout classes to OpenTok streams.
Submit an HTTP PUT request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/session/<sessionId>/stream
Replace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key.
Replace <sessionId>; with the session ID.
Set the Content-Type header to application/json.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
Include a JSON object of the following form as the request body content:
{
"items": [
{
"id": "8b732909-0a06-46a2-8ea8-074e64d43422",
"layoutClassList": ["full"]
}
]
}
The JSON object includes an items array of objects. Each object defines the layout
classes to assign to a stream, and it contains following properties:
You can update the layout class list for multiple streams by passing in multiple JSON objects
in the items array.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
curl -i \
-X PUT \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:JWT_TOKEN \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-D {\"streamId\":STREAM_ID,\"layoutClassList\":[\"CLASS_NAME\"]} \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$apiKey/session/$sessionId
Use this method to change the streams included in a composed archive that was started
with the streamMode set to "manual" (see Starting an archive recording).
The archive composer includes added streams based on stream prioritization rules.
Submit an HTTP PATCH request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/archive/<archiveId>/streams
Replace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key.
Replace <archiveId>; with the archive ID.
Set the Content-Type header to application/json.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
To add a stream to the archive, include a JSON object of the following form as the request body content:
{
"addStream": "12312312-3811-4726-b508-e41a0f96c68f",
"hasAudio": true,
"hasVideo": false
}
The JSON object contains the following properties:
true, the default) or not (false).true, the default) or not (false).You can call the method repeatedly with addStream set to the same stream ID, to toggle the stream's
audio or video in the archive.
If you set both hasAudio and hasVideo to false, you will get error response.
To stop a stream from being included in the archive, include a JSON object of the following form as the request body content:
{
"removeStream": "12312312-3811-4726-b508-e41a0f96c68f"
}
Set the removeStream property to the stream ID.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
streamMode set to "auto", which does not support stream manipulation.Adding a stream to an archive:
curl -i \
-X PATCH \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$JWT_TOKEN \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-D {\"addStream\":$STREAM_ID} \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$apiKey/archive/$ARCHIVE_ID/streams
Removing a stream's video in an archive (but leaving the audio in):
curl -i \
-X PATCH \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$JWT_TOKEN \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-D {\"addStream\":\"$STREAM_ID\", \"hasAudio\":true, \"hasVideo\":false } \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$apiKey/archive/$ARCHIVE_ID/streams
Removing a stream from an archive:
curl -i \
-X PATCH \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$JWT_TOKEN \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-D {\"removeStream\":\"$STREAM_ID\"} \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$apiKey/archive/$ARCHIVE_ID/streams
To connect your SIP platform to an OpenTok session, submit an HTTP POST request to the
dial method. The audio from your end of the SIP call is added to the OpenTok session
as an audio-only stream. The OpenTok Media Router mixes audio from other streams in the session and
sends the mixed audio to your SIP endpoint.
The call ends when your SIP server sends a BYE message (to terminate the call).
You can also end a call using the OpenTok REST API method to
disconnect a client from a session. The OpenTok SIP
gateway automatically ends a call after 5 minutes of inactivity (5 minutes without media received).
Also, as a security measure, the OpenTok SIP gateway closes any SIP call that lasts longer than
6 hours.
The SIP interconnect feature requires that you use an OpenTok session that uses the OpenTok Media Router (a session with the media mode set to routed).
For more information, including technical details and security considerations, see the OpenTok SIP interconnect developer guide.
Submit an HTTP POST request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>/dial
Replace <api_key> with your OpenTok API key. See the Project Page of your
Video API account.
Note: Previously, this REST URL used /partner (which is now deprecated)
instead of /project.
API calls must be authenticated using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH
— along with a JSON web token (JWT). See Authentication.
Set the Content-type header to application/json:
Content-Type:application/json
Include a JSON object of the following form as the POST data:
{
"sessionId": "OpenTok session ID",
"token": "A valid OpenTok token",
"sip": {
"uri": "sip:user@sip.partner.com;transport=tls",
"from": "from@example.com",
"headers": {
"headerKey": "headerValue"
},
"auth": {
"username": "username",
"password": "password"
},
"secure": true|false,
"video": true|false,
"observeForceMute": true|false,
"streams": ["stream-id-1", "stream-id-2"]
}
}
The JSON object includes the following properties:
sessionId (required) — The OpenTok session ID for the SIP call to join.
token (required) — The OpenTok token to be used for the participant being
called. You can add token data to identify that the participant is on a SIP
endpoint or for other identifying data, such as phone numbers. (The OpenTok client libraries
include properties for inspecting the connection data for a client connected to a session.) See
the Token Creation developer guide.
uri (required) — The SIP URI to be used as destination of the SIP call
initiated from OpenTok to your SIP platform.
If the SIP uri contains a transport=tls header, the negotiation
between Vonage and the SIP endpoint will be done securely. Note that this will only apply to the
negotiation itself, and not to the transmission of audio. If you also audio transmission to be
encrypted, set the secure property to true.
This is an example of secure call negotiation:
"sip:user@sip.partner.com;transport=tls"This is an example of insecure call negotiation:
"sip:user@sip.partner.com"
from (optional): The number or string that will be sent to the final SIP number
as the caller. It must be a string in the form of from@example.com, where
from can be a string comprised of word characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) or the characters
_, +, !, %, `, ',
~, or -.
If from is set to a number (for example, "14155550101@example.com"), it will
show up as the incoming number on PSTN phones. If from is undefined or set to a string
(for example, "joe@example.com"), +00000000 will show up as the incoming number on PSTN phones.
If from is undefined, or set to a string (for example, "joe@example.com"), that is
unreecognized or a non-authorised number, in most cases it will be converted to `"Unknown"`
before the request is forwarded to a Carrier for PSTN termination by SIP providers.
Depending on the provider, `"Unknown"` will show up as the incoming number on PSTN phones.
In some cases, providers may have those calls rejected for security reasons, to avoid
issues like number spoofing. In the event the call is not rejected by providers,
+00000000 will show up as the incoming number on PSTN phones.
A number is considered unrecognized when it is not E.164 or not a Vonage virtual number if connecting to the Vonage Voice API, for instance.
headers (optional) — This object defines custom headers to be added to
the SIP INVITE request initiated from OpenTok to your SIP platform.
auth (optional) — This object contains the username and password to be
used in the the SIP INVITE request for HTTP digest authentication, if it is required
by your SIP platform.
secure (optional) — A Boolean flag that indicates whether the media must be
transmitted encrypted (true) or not (false, the default).
video (optional) — A Boolean flag that indicates whether the SIP call will include video
(true) or not (false, the default). With video included,
the SIP client's video is included in the OpenTok stream that is sent to the OpenTok session. The SIP client
will receive a single composed video of the published streams in the OpenTok session.
observeForceMute (optional) A boolean flag that indicates whether the SIP end point observes
force mute moderation (true) or not
(false, the default). Also, with observeForceMute set to true,
the caller can press "*6" to unmute and mute the published audio. For the "*6" mute toggle to work,
the SIP caller must negotiate RFC2833 DTMFs (RFC2833/RFC4733 digits). The mute toggle is not supported
with SIP INFO or in-band DTMFs. A message (in English) is played to the caller when the caller mutes
and unmutes, or when the SIP client is muted through a force mute action.
streams (optional) — An array of stream IDs for streams to include in the SIP call. If you do not set this property, all streams in
the session are included in the call.
The raw data of the HTTP response, with status code 200, is a JSON-encoded message of the following form:
{
"id": "b0a5a8c7-dc38-459f-a48d-a7f2008da853",
"connectionId": "e9f8c166-6c67-440d-994a-04fb6dfed007",
"streamId": "482bce73-f882-40fd-8ca5-cb74ff416036",
}
The JSON object includes the following properties:
id — A unique ID for the SIP call.
connectionId — The OpenTok connection ID for the SIP call's connection in the
OpenTok session. You can use this connection ID to terminate the SIP call, using the OpenTok
REST API.
streamId — The OpenTok stream ID for the SIP call's stream in the
OpenTok session.
The HTTP response has a 400 status code in the following cases:
The HTTP response has a 403 status code if you pass in an invalid OpenTok API key or an invalid JSON web token.
The HTTP response has a 404 status code if the session does not exist.
The HTTP response has a 409 status code if you attempt to start a SIP call for a session that does not use the OpenTok Media Router.
The HTTP response has a 500 status code for an OpenTok server error.
The following command line example connects your SIP endpoint to an OpenTok session:
api_key=12345
json_web_token="jwt_string" # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
session_id=2_MX40NzIwMzJ-flR1ZSBPY3QgMjkgMTI6MTM6MjMgUERUIDIwMTN-MC45NDQ2MzE2NH4
sip_uri='sip:user@sip.partner.comwhen;transport=tls'
data='{\
"sessionId" : "'$session_id'", \
"token": "A valid OpenTok token", \
"sip": { \
"uri": "'$sip_uri'", \
"auth": {
"username": "username",
"password": "password"
}
}
}'
curl \
-i \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$json_web_token" \
-d "$data" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$api_key/dial
api_key to your OpenTok API key.
json_web_token to a JSON web token (see
Authentication).
session_id value to the session ID of the OpenTok session you want
to connect to your SIP platform.
sip_uri value to the SIP URI for your SIP endpoint.
token property of the data JSON to a valid OpenTok
connection token for the participant being called (see the
Token Creation developer guide).
username and password properties of the data
JSON to the username and password for your SIP endpoint. (This is optional.)
Use the play-dtmf REST API to send DTMF digits to all participants in an active OpenTok session or to a specific client connected to that session.
Telephony events are negotiated over SDP and transmitted as RFC4733/RFC2833 digits to the remote endpoint.
Submit an HTTP POST request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>/session<session_id>/play-dtmf
Replace <api_key> with your OpenTok API key. See the Project page of your
Video API account. Replace <session_id> with the session
ID of the session you are sending the DTMF signal to.
The DTMF message is ignored by clients that do not support DTMF (such as non-SIP clients).
API calls must be authenticated using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH
— along with a JSON web token (JWT). See Authentication.
Set the Content-type header to application/json:
Content-Type:application/json
Include a JSON object of the following form as the POST data:
{
"digits": "1713"
}
The JSON object includes a digits property. This is the string of DTMF digits to send.
This can include 0-9, '*', '#', and 'p'. A p indicates a pause of 500ms (if you need to add
a delay in sending the digits).
In a successful call, the response includes an HTTP status code 200.
Upon errors, the response includes one of the following HTTP status codes:
400 — One of the properties — digits or sessionId —
is invalid.
403 — Authentication error. This can occur if you use an invalid OpenTok API key
or an invalid JSON web token
404 — The specified session does not exist.
In an error case, the response body will be JSON with a code and message property:
{
"code" : 400,
"message" : "One of the properties digits or sessionId is invalid."
}
The following sends an HTTP POST request to the play-dtmf resource of the session:
SESSION_ID=2_MX40NTMyODc3Mn5-fg
API_KEY=123456
JWT=jwt_token # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
DATA='{"digits":"1713"}'
curl -v \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-X POST \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:${JWT}" \
-d "${DATA}" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/${API_KEY}/session/${SESSION_ID}/play-dtmf
Submit an HTTP POST request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>/session<session_id>/connection/<connection_id>/play-dtmf
Replace <api_key> with your OpenTok API key. See the Project Page of your
Video API account. Replace <session_id> with the session
ID of the session you are sending the DTMF signal to. Replace <connection_id>
with the connection ID of the client you are sending the DTMF signal to.
You can obtain the connection ID of a SIP client from the response in the REST API call to initiate the SIP call.
If you send DTMF digits to a client that does not support DTMF (such as a non-SIP client), the client ignores the request.
API calls must be authenticated using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH
— along with a JSON web token (JWT). See Authentication.
Set the Content-type header to application/json:
Content-Type:application/json
Include a JSON object of the following form as the POST data:
{
"digits": "1713"
}
The JSON object includes a digits property. This is the string of DTMF digits to send.
This can include 0-9, '*', '#', and 'p'. A p indicates a pause of 500ms (if you need to add
a delay in sending the digits).
In a successful call, the response includes an HTTP status code 200.
Upon errors, the response includes one of the following HTTP status codes:
400 — One of the properties — digits or sessionId —
is invalid.
403 — Authentication error. This can occur if you use an invalid OpenTok API key
or an invalid JSON web token
404 — The specified session does not exist or the client specified by the connectionId
property is not connected to the session.
In an error case, the response body will be JSON with a code and message property:
{
"code" : 400,
"message" : "One of the properties digits, sessionId or connectionId is invalid."
}
Send an HTTP POST to the play-dtmf resource of a specific connection ID belonging to the session:
SESSION_ID=2_MX40NTMyODc3Mn5-fg
CONNECTION_ID=396edda0-fc30-41fd-8e63
API_KEY=123456
JWT=jwt_token # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
DATA='{"digits":"1713"}'
curl -v \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-X POST \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:${API_KEY}:${API_SECRET}" \
-d "${DATA}" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/${API_KEY}/session/${SESSION_ID}/connection/${CONNECTION_ID}/play-dtmf
Use this method to start a live streaming broadcast for an OpenTok session. This broadcasts the session to an HLS (HTTP live streaming) or to RTMP streams.
To successfully start broadcasting a session, at least one client must be connected to the session.
The live streaming broadcast can target one HLS endpoint and up to five RTMP servers simultaneously for a session. You can only start live streaming for sessions that use the OpenTok Media Router (with the media mode set to routed); you cannot use live streaming with sessions that have the media mode set to relayed. (See The OpenTok Media Router and media modes.)
For more information about OpenTok live streaming, see the Broadcast developer guide.
Submit an HTTP POST request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/broadcastReplace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key.
Note: Previously, this REST URL used /partner (which is now deprecated)
instead of /project.
Set the Content-Type header to application/json.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
Include a JSON object of the following form as the request body content:
{
"sessionId": "<session-id>",
"layout": {
"type": "custom",
"stylesheet": "the layout stylesheet (only used with type == custom)",
"screenshareType": "optional layout type to use when there is a screen-sharing stream"
},
"maxBitrate": 1000000,
"maxDuration": 5400,
"outputs": {
"hls": {
"dvr": false,
"lowLatency": false
},
"rtmp": [{
"id": "foo",
"serverUrl": "rtmps://myfooserver:443/myfooapp",
"streamName": "myfoostream"
},
{
"id": "bar",
"serverUrl": "rtmp://mybarserver:443/mybarapp",
"streamName": "mybarstream"
}]
},
"hasAudio": true,
"hasVideo": true,
"resolution": "640x480",
"streamMode" : "auto"
}The JSON object includes the following properties:
sessionId (String) — Set this to the session ID of the OpenTok session you
want to broadcast.
hasAudio (Boolean) — (Optional) Whether the broadcast will include audio
(true, the default) or not (false). If you set both hasAudio and
hasVideo to false, the call to this method results in an error.
hasVideo (Boolean) — (Optional) Whether the broadcast will include video
(true, the default) or not (false). If you set both hasAudio and
hasVideo to false, the call to this method results in an error.
Note: when setting hasVideo to false, the broadcast will include video
with black 160x120 frames in RTMP streams. Some endpoints, like YoutTube and Facebook,
do not accept audio-only RTMP streams.
layout (Object) — Optional. Specify this to assign the initial layout type for
the broadcast. This object has three properties: type, stylesheet,
and screenshareType, which are each strings. Valid values for
the layout property are "bestFit"
(best fit), "custom" (custom), "horizontalPresentation"
(horizontal presentation), "pip" (picture-in-picture), and
"verticalPresentation" (vertical presentation)). If you specify a
"custom" layout type, set the stylesheet property of the
layout object to the stylesheet. (For other layout types, do not set a
stylesheet property.) Set the screenshareType property to
the layout type to use when there is a screen-sharing stream in the session.
(This property is optional.) Note if you set the screenshareType property,
you must set the type property to "bestFit" and leave the
stylesheet property unset. If you do not specify an initial layout type,
the broadcast stream uses the Best Fit layout type. For more information, see
Configuring Video Layout for the OpenTok live streaming feature.
multiBroadcastTag (String) — (Optional) Set this to support multiple broadcasts
for the same session simultaneously. Set this to a unique string for each simultaneous broadcast
of an ongoing session. See
Simultaneous broadcasts.
maxBitrate (optional) — The maximum bitrate for
the broadcast stream(s), in bits per second. The minimum value is
100,000 and the maximum is 6,000,000.
maxDuration (Integer) — Optional. The maximum duration for the broadcast,
in seconds. The broadcast will automatically stop when the maximum duration is reached.
You can set the maximum duration to a value from 60 (60 seconds) to 36000 (10 hours).
The default maximum duration is 4 hours (14,400 seconds).
outputs (Object) — Required. This object defines the types of broadcast
streams you want to start (both HLS and RTMP). You can include HLS, RTMP, or both as broadcast
streams. If you include RTMP streaming, you can specify up to five target RTMP streams (or just
one).
For each RTMP stream, specify serverUrl (the RTMP server URL),
streamName (the stream name, such as the YouTube Live stream name or the
Facebook stream key), and (optionally) id (a unique ID for the stream).
Be sure to include the port for the serverUrl, as in
"rtmps://myfooserver:443/myfooapp" (instead of "rtmps://myfooserver/myfooapp"). If you
specify an ID, it will be included in the REST call response and the REST
method for getting information about a live streaming broadcast. Vonage streams the session
to each RTMP URL you specify. Note that OpenTok live streaming supports RTMP and RTMPS.
For HLS, include a single hls property in the outputs object.
This object includes the following optional properties:
dvr (Boolean) — Whether to enable
DVR functionality
— rewinding, pausing, and resuming — in players that support it
(true), or not (false, the default). With DVR enabled, the HLS URL
will include a ?DVR query string appended to the end.
lowLatency (Boolean) — Whether to enable
low-latency mode
for the HLSstream. Some HLS players do not support low-latency mode. This feature is incompatible
with DVR mode HLS broadcasts.
The HLS URL is returned in the response and in the REST method for getting information about a live streaming broadcast.
resolution (String) — The resolution of the broadcast: either
"640x480" (SD landscape, the default), "1280x720" (HD landscape),
"1920x1080" (FHD landscape), "480x640" (SD portrait),
"720x1280" (HD portrait), or "1080x1920" (FHD portrait). You may want
to use a portrait aspect ratio for broadcasts that include video streams from mobile devices
(which often use the portrait aspect ratio). This property is optional.
streamMode (String) — (Optional) Whether streams included in the broadcast are
selected automatically ("auto", the default) or manually ("manual").
When streams are selected automatically ("auto"), all streams in the session
can be included in the broadcast. When streams are selected manually ("manual"),
you specify which streams to include based on calls to this
REST method. You can specify whether a stream's audio, video, or both are included in
the broadcast. For both automatic and manual modes, the broadcast composer includes streams based on
stream prioritization rules.
If you need to support only one RTMP URL, you can pass in an object (instead of an array of
objects) for the rtmp property value in the POST data you supply when calling
the REST method. For example, the following POST data specifies one RTMP output URL (and does
not include HLS output):
{
"sessionId": "",
"layout": {
"type": "custom",
"stylesheet": "the layout stylesheet (only used with type == custom)"
},
"outputs": {
"rtmp": {
"id": "my-id",
"serverUrl": "rtmp://myserver:443/myapp",
"streamName": "my-stream-name"
}
}
} The raw data of the HTTP response, with status code 200, is a JSON-encoded message of the following form:
{
"id": "1748b7070a81464c9759c46ad10d3734",
"sessionId": "2_MX4xMDBfjE0Mzc2NzY1NDgwMTJ-TjMzfn4",
"projectId": 100,
"createdAt": 1437676551000,
"updatedAt": 1437676551000,
"resolution": "640x480",
"status": "started",
"streamMode": "auto",
"streams": [],
"multiBroadcastTag": "broadcast-1234b",
"broadcastUrls": {
"hls" : "http://server/fakepath/playlist.m3u8",
"hlsStatus": "connecting",
"rtmp": [{
"id": "foo",
"status": "connecting",
"serverUrl": "rtmps://myfooserver:443/myfooapp",
"streamName": "myfoostream",
}, {
"id": "bar",
"status": "connecting",
"serverUrl": "rtmp://mybarserver:443/mybarapp",
"streamName": "mybarstream",
}]
}
}The JSON object includes the following properties:
id — The unique ID for the broadcastsessionId — The OpenTok session IDprojectId — Your OpenTok API keycreatedAt — The time the broadcast started, expressed in milliseconds since
the Unix epoch (January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC)updatedAt — For this start method, this timestamp matches the createdAt
timestamp.resolution — The resolution of the broadcast (either "640x480", "1280x720",
"1920x1080", "480x640", "720x1280", or "1920x1080").status — This is set to "started".
streamMode — Whether all streams are included in the broadcast (`"auto"`)
or you select streams to include in the broadcast (`"manual"`).
streams — An array of objects corresponding to streams currently being
broadcast. This is only set for a broadcast with the status set to "started"
and the streamMode set to "manual". Each
object in the array includes the following properties:
streamId — The stream ID of the stream included in the broadcast.
hasAudio — Whether the stream's audio is included in the broadcast.
hasVideo — Whether the stream's video is included in the broadcast.
maxDuration — The maximum duration for the broadcast (if one was set), in seconds.multiBroadcastTag — The unique tag for simultaneous broadcasts (if one was set).
broadcastUrls — An object containing details about the HLS and RTMP
broadcasts.
If you specified an HLS endpoint, the object includes an hls
property and an hlsStatus property. The hls property is
set to the URL for the HLS broadcast. Note this HLS broadcast URL points to an index file,
an .M3U8-formatted playlist that contains a list of URLs to .ts media segment files (MPEG-2
transport stream files). While the URLs of both the playlist index file and media segment
files are provided as soon as the HTTP response is returned, these URLs should not
be accessed until 15 – 20 seconds later, after the initiation of the HLS broadcast,
due to the delay between the HLS broadcast and the live streams in the OpenTok session. See
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/technotes/tn2288/_index.html for more information
about the playlist index file and media segment files for HLS.
The hlsStatus property is set to one of the following:
"connecting" — The OpenTok server is in the process of starting
transcoders. This is the initial state."ready" — The OpenTok server has succesfully initialized but
the CDN is not consuming media."live" — The OpenTok server has succesfully initialized and
the CDN is consuming media."ended" — The source stream has ended. If DVR is enabled and
pre-recorded media is requested, then the status will transition
to "live"."error" — There is an error in the OpenTok platform.
If you specified RTMP stream endpoints, the object includes an rtmp property.
This is an array of objects that include information on each of the RTMP streams. Each of
these objects has the following properties: id (the ID you assigned to
the RTMP stream), serverUrl (the server URL), streamName
(the stream name), and status property (which is set to
"connecting"). You can call the OpenTok REST method
to check for status updates for the broadcast.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
multiBroadcastTag value.curl -i \
-X POST \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:JWT_TOKEN \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-D "{ \
\"sessionId\": \"your-opentok-session-id\", \
\"layout\": { \
\"type\": \"custom\", \
\"stylesheet\": \"custom-stylesheet-data\" \
}, \
\"outputs\": { \
\"hls\": {}, \
\"rtmp\": [{ \
\"id\": \"foo\", \
\"serverUrl\": \"rtmps://myfooserver:443/myfooapp\", \
\"streamName\": \"myfoostream\" \
}, \
{ \
\"id\": \"bar\", \
\"serverUrl\": \"rtmp://mybarserver:443/mybarapp\", \
\"streamName\": \"mybarstream\" \
}] \
} \
}" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$apiKey/broadcast
Use this method to stop a live broadcast of an OpenTok session.
Note that a broadcast stops automatically 60 seconds after the last client disconnects from the session. Also there is a default maximum duration of 4 hours (14,400 seconds) for each HLS and RTMP stream (the live stream broadcast automatically stops when this duration is reached). You can change the maximum duration for the broadcast by setting the `maxDuration` property when you [start the broadcast](#start_broadcast) REST method.
Submit an HTTP POST request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/broadcast/<broadcastId>/stop
Replace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key. Replace
<broadcastId> with the ID of the broadcast you want to stop. You get the
broadcast ID when you start a broadcast.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
Note: Previously, this REST URL used /partner (which is now deprecated)
instead of /project.
The raw data of the HTTP response, with status code 200, is a JSON-encoded message of the following form:
{
"id": "1748b707-0a81-464c-9759-c46ad10d3734",
"sessionId": "2_MX4xMDBfjE0Mzc2NzY1NDgwMTJ-TjMzfn4",
"projectId": 100,
"createdAt": 1437676551000,
"updatedAt": 1437936607000,
"resolution": "640x480",
"broadcastUrls": null
}The JSON object includes the following properties:
id — The unique ID for the broadcastsessionId — The ID for the OpenTok session being broadcast projectId — Your OpenTok API keycreatedAt — The time the broadcast started, expressed in seconds since the
Unix epoch (January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC)updatedAt — The time the broadcast was stopped, expressed in seconds since
the Unix epoch (January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC)resolution — The resolution of the broadcast (either "640x480", "1280x720",
"1920x1080", "480x640", "720x1280", or "1080x1920").status — This is set to "stopped".
streamMode — Whether all streams are included in the broadcast (`"auto"`)
or you select streams to include in the broadcast (`"manual"`).
streams — An array of objects corresponding to streams currently being
broadcast. This is an empty array for the stop method.
maxDuration — The maximum duration for the broadcast (if one was set), in seconds.multiBroadcastTag — The unique tag for simultaneous broadcasts (if one was set).broadcastUrls — This is set to null for the stop method.The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
curl -i \
-X POST \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:JWT_TOKEN \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/API_KEY/broadcast/BROADCAST_ID/stop
Use this method to get details on broadcasts that are in progress and started. Completed broadcasts are not included in the listing.
Submit an HTTP GET request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/broadcast
Replace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key.
The following query parameters are accepted:
offset (optional) — The start offset in the list of existing broadcastscount (optional, default: 50, maximum: 1000) — The number of broadcasts
to retrieve starting at offsetsessionId (optional): Retrive only broadcasts for a given session IDAuthenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
The raw data of the HTTP response, with status code 200, is a JSON-encoded message of the following form:
{
"count" : 2,
"items" : [
{
"id": "1748b707-0a81-464c-9759-c46ad10d3734",
"sessionId": "2_MX4xMDBfjE0Mzc2NzY1NDgwMTJ-TjMzfn4",
"projectId": 100,
"createdAt": 1437676551000,
"updatedAt": 1437676551000,
"resolution": "640x480",
"broadcastUrls": {
"hls" : "http://server/fakepath/playlist.m3u8",
"hlsStatus": "live",
"rtmp": {
"foo": {
"serverUrl": "rtmps://myfooserver:443/myfooapp",
"streamName": "myfoostream",
"status": "started"
},
"bar": {
"serverUrl": "rtmp://mybarserver:443/mybarapp",
"streamName": "mybarstream",
"status": "live"
}
}
}
"status": "started",
"streamMode" : "manual",
"streams" : []
}, {
"id": "1c46ad10-0a81-464c-9759-748b707d3734",
"sessionId": "2_MX2NzY1NDgwMTJ4xMDBfjE0Mzc-Tfn4jMz",
"projectId": 100,
"createdAt": 1437676853000,
"updatedAt": 1437676853000,
"resolution": "640x480",
"broadcastUrls": {
"hls" : "http://server/fakepath2/playlist.m3u8",
"hlsStatus": "live",
"rtmp": {
"foo": {
"serverUrl": "rtmp://myfooserver:443/myfooapps",
"streamName": "myfoostreams",
"status": "live"
}
}
},
"settings": {
"hls": {
"dvr": false,
"lowLatency": false
}
},
"status": "started",
"streamMode" : "auto"
}
]
}
The JSON object includes the following properties:
count — The total number of broadcasts in the results.items — An array of objects defining each broadcast retrieved.
Broadcasts are listed from the newest to the oldest in the return set.Each broadcast object (item) has the following properties:
id — The unique ID for the broadcast
sessionId — The OpenTok session ID
projectId — Your OpenTok API key
createdAt — The time the broadcast started, expressed in milliseconds since
the Unix epoch (January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC)
updatedAt — For this GET method, this timestamp matches the createdAt
timestamp.
resolution — The resolution of the broadcast (either "640x480", "1280x720",
"1920x1080", "480x640", "720x1280", or "1080x1920").
status — The status of the broadcast. This method only returns broadcasts
with the status set to "started".
maxDuration — The maximum duration for the broadcast (if one was set), in seconds.
multiBroadcastTag — The unique tag for simultaneous broadcasts (if one was set).
broadcastUrls — Details on the HLS and RTMP broadcast streams.
For an HLS stream, the URL is provided as the hls property.
See the
OpenTok live streaming developer guide for more information on how to use
this URL. The hlsStatus property is set to one of the following:
"connecting" — The OpenTok server is in the process of starting
transcoders. This is the initial state."ready" — The OpenTok server has succesfully initialized but
the CDN is not consuming media."live" — The OpenTok server has succesfully initialized and
the CDN is consuming media."ended" — The source stream has ended. If DVR is enabled and
pre-recorded media is requested, then the status will transition
to live"."error" — There is an error in the OpenTok platform.For each RTMP stream, the RTMP server URL and stream name are provided, along with the RTMP
stream's status. The status property is set to one of the following:
connecting — The OpenTok platform is in the process of connecting to the
remote RTMP server. This is the initial state, and it is the status if you start when there
are no streams published in the session. It changes to "live" when there are streams (or it
changes to one of the other states).live — The OpenTok platform has successfully connected to the remote RTMP
server, and the media is streaming.offline — The OpenTok platform could not connect to the remote RTMP
server. This is due to an unreachable server or an error in the RTMP handshake. Causes
include rejected RTMP connections, non-existing RTMP applications, rejected stream names,
authentication errors, etc. Check that the server is online, and that you have provided the
correct server URL and stream name.error — There is an error in the OpenTok platform.settings — Further details on the HLS broadcast stream. This settings object
includes an hls property with the following properties:
dvr — Whether
DVR functionality
is enabled for this broadcast.lowLatency — Whether
low-latency mode
is enabled for the HLS stream.streamMode — Whether all streams are included in the broadcast ("auto") or you
select streams to include in the broadcast ("manual"). See Selecting streams to be included in
a live streaming broadcast.
streams — For a broadcast with "manual" streamMode and a status set to "started",
this is an array of objects corresponding to streams currently being broadcast. Each
object in the array includes the following properties:
streamId — The stream ID of the stream included in the broadcast.hasAudio — Whether the stream's audio is included in the broadcast.hasVideo — Whether the stream's video is included in the broadcast.The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
Listing all broadcasts (up to 50):
curl -i \
-X GET \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:JWT_TOKEN \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/API_KEY/broadcast
Listing a range of broadcasts:
curl -i \
-X GET \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:JWT_TOKEN \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/API_KEY/broadcast?offset=200&count=100
Listing broadcasts for a specified session ID:
SESSION_ID="1_MX40NTMyODc3Mn5-MTU1MDg3NDIHVXBxbkp3Qzd-fg"
curl -i \
-X GET \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:JWT_TOKEN \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/API_KEY/broadcast?sessionId=$SESSION_ID
Use this method to get details on a broadcast that is in-progress.
Submit an HTTP GET request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/broadcast/<broadcastId>
Replace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key. Replace
<broadcastId> with the ID of the broadcast. You get the broadcast ID when you
start a broadcast.
Note: Previously, this REST URL used /partner (which is now deprecated)
instead of /project.
<h3">GET header properties
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token.
See Authentication.
The raw data of the HTTP response, with status code 200, is a JSON-encoded message of the following form:
{
"id": "1748b707-0a81-464c-9759-c46ad10d3734",
"sessionId": "2_MX4xMDBfjE0Mzc2NzY1NDgwMTJ-TjMzfn4",
"projectId": 100,
"createdAt": 1437676551000,
"updatedAt": 1437676551000,
"resolution": "640x480",
"streamMode" : "auto",
"streams" : [],
"broadcastUrls": {
"hls" : "http://server/fakepath/playlist.m3u8",
"hlsStatus": "live",
"rtmp": {
"foo": {
"serverUrl": "rtmps://myfooserver:443/myfooapp",
"streamName": "myfoostream",
"status": "live"
},
"bar": {
"serverUrl": "rtmp://mybarserver:443/mybarapp",
"streamName": "mybarstream",
"status": "live"
}
}
},
"settings": {
"hls": {
"dvr": false,
"lowLatency": false
}
},
"status": "live"
}The JSON object includes the following properties:
id — The unique ID for the broadcastsessionId — The OpenTok session IDprojectId — Your OpenTok API keycreatedAt — The time the broadcast started, expressed in milliseconds since
the Unix epoch (January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC)updatedAt — For this GET method, this timestamp matches the createdAt
timestamp.resolution — The resolution of the broadcast (either "640x480", "1280x720",
"1920x1080", "480x640", "720x1280", or "1080x1920").status — The status of the broadcast: either "started" or
"stopped".
broadcastUrls — Details on the HLS and RTMP broadcast streams.
For an HLS stream, the URL is provided as the hls property.
See the
OpenTok live streaming developer guide for more information on how to use this URL. The hlsStatus property is set to one of the following:
"connecting" — The OpenTok server is in the process of starting
transcoders. This is the initial state."ready" — The OpenTok server has succesfully initialized but
the CDN is not consuming media."live" — The OpenTok server has succesfully initialized and
the CDN is consuming media."ended" — The source stream has ended. If DVR is enabled and
pre-recorded media is requested, then the status will transition
to "live"."error" — There is an error in the OpenTok platform.For each RTMP stream, the RTMP server URL and stream name are provided, along with the RTMP stream's status.
status — The status of the RTMP stream. Poll frequently to check status
updates. This property set to one of the following:
connecting — The OpenTok platform is in the process of connecting to the
remote RTMP server. This is the initial state, and it is the status if you start when there
are no streams published in the session. It changes to "live" when there are streams (or it
changes to one of the other states).
live — The OpenTok platform has successfully connected to the remote RTMP
server, and the media is streaming.
offline — The OpenTok platform could not connect to the remote RTMP
server. This is due to an unreachable server or an error in the RTMP handshake. Causes
include rejected RTMP connections, non-existing RTMP applications, rejected stream names,
authentication errors, etc. Check that the server is online, and that you have provided the
correct server URL and stream name.
error — There is an error in the OpenTok platform.
settings — Further details on the HLS broadcast stream.
This properties object
includes an hls property with the following properties:
dvr — Whether
[DVR functionality](/developer/guides/broadcast/live-streaming/#dvr)
is enabled for this broadcast.
lowLatency — Whether
[low-latency mode](/developer/guides/broadcast/live-streaming/#low-latency)
is enabled for the HLS stream.
multiBroadcastTag — The unique tag for simultaneous broadcasts (if one was set).streamMode — Whether all streams are included in the broadcast (`"auto"`)
or you select streams to include in the broadcast (`"manual"`). See
Selecting streams to be included in a live streaming broadcast.
streams — An array of objects corresponding to streams currently being
broadcast. This is only set for a broadcast with the status set to "started"
and the streamMode set to "manual". Each
object in the array includes the following properties:
streamId — The stream ID of the stream included in the broadcast.
hasAudio — Whether the stream's audio is included in the broadcast.
hasVideo — Whether the stream's video is included in the broadcast.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
curl -i \
-X GET \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:JWT_TOKEN \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/API_KEY/broadcast/BROADCAST_ID
You can dynamically change the layout type of a live streaming broadcast.
For more information about OpenTok live streaming broadcasts, see the Broadcast developer guide.
Submit an HTTP PUT request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/broadcast/<broadcastId>/layoutReplace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key.
Replace <broadcastId> with the broadcast ID.
Set the Content-Type header to application/json.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
Include a JSON object of the following form as the request body content:
{
"type": "custom",
"stylesheet": "the layout stylesheet (only used with type == custom)",
"screenshareType": "the layout type to use when there is a screen-sharing stream (optional)"
}The JSON object includes the following properties:
"bestFit" (best fit), "custom" (custom),
"horizontalPresentation" (horizontal presentation), "pip"
(picture-in-picture), and "verticalPresentation" (vertical presentation)).
If you specify a "custom" layout type, set the stylesheet property
to the stylesheet. (For other layout types, do not set the stylesheet property.)
For more information, see
Configuring Video Layout for the OpenTok live streaming feature.
type
property to "custom". Set the stylesheet property to the stylesheet.
(For other layout types, do not set the stylesheet property.) For more information,
see Defining custom layouts.
type property to "bestFit" and leave the stylesheet
property unset. For more information,
see Layout
types for screen sharing.
When specifying a layout type other than the Best Fit layout type, be sure to apply appropriate layout classes for streams in the OpenTok session (see Assigning live streaming layout classes to OpenTok streams.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
curl -i \
-X PUT \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:JWT_TOKEN \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-D {\"type\":"verticalPresentation"} \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$apiKey/broadcast/$broadcastId/layout
Use this method to change layout classes for an OpenTok stream. The layout classes define how the stream is displayed in the layout of the broadcast stream. For more information, see Assigning live streaming layout classes to OpenTok streams.
Submit an HTTP PUT request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/session/<sessionId>/streamReplace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key.
Replace <sessionId> with the session ID.
Set the Content-Type header to application/json.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
Include a JSON object of the following form as the request body content:
{
"items": [
{
"id": "8b732909-0a06-46a2-8ea8-074e64d43422",
"layoutClassList": ["full"]
}
]
}
The JSON object includes an items array of objects. Each object defines the layout
classes to assign to a stream, and it contains following properties:
You can update the layout class list for multiple streams by passing in multiple JSON objects
in the items array.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
curl -i \
-X PUT \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:JWT_TOKEN \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-D {\"streamId\":STREAM_ID,\"layoutClassList\":[\"CLASS_NAME\"]} \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$apiKey/session/$sessionId
Use this method to change the streams included in a live streaming broadcast that was started
with the streamMode set to "manual" (see Starting a live streaming broadcast).
The broadcast composer includes added streams based on stream prioritization rules.
Submit an HTTP PATCH request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/broadcast/<broadcastId>/streams
Replace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key.
Replace <broadcastId>; with the broadcast ID.
Set the Content-Type header to application/json.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
To add a stream to the broadcast, include a JSON object of the following form as the request body content:
{
"addStream": "12312312-3811-4726-b508-e41a0f96c68f",
"hasAudio": true,
"hasVideo": false
}
The JSON object contains the following properties:
true, the default) or not (false).true, the default) or not (false).You can call the method repeatedly with addStream set to the same stream ID, to toggle the stream's
audio or video in the broadcast.
If you set both hasAudio and hasVideo to false, you will get error response.
To stop a stream from being included in the broadcast, include a JSON object of the following form as the request body content:
{
"removeStream": "12312312-3811-4726-b508-e41a0f96c68f"
}
Set the removeStream property to the stream ID.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
streamMode set to "auto", which does not support stream manipulation.Adding a stream to a broadcast:
curl -i \
-X PATCH \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$JWT_TOKEN \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-D {\"addStream\":$STREAM_ID} \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$apiKey/broadcast/$BROADCAST_ID/streams
Removing a stream's video in a broadcast (but leaving the audio in):
curl -i \
-X PATCH \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$JWT_TOKEN \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-D {\"addStream\":\"$STREAM_ID\", \"hasAudio\":true, \"hasVideo\":false } \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$apiKey/broadcast/$BROADCAST_ID/streams
Removing a stream from a broadcast:
curl -i \
-X PATCH \
-H X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$JWT_TOKEN \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-D {\"removeStream\":\"$STREAM_ID\"} \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$apiKey/broadcast/$BROADCAST_ID/streams
Use this method to start real-time Live Captions for an OpenTok Session.
The maximum allowed duration is 4 hours, after which the audio captioning will stop without any effect on the ongoing OpenTok Session. An event will be posted to your callback URL if provided when starting the captions.
Each OpenTok Session supports only one audio captioning session.
For more information about the Live Captions feature, see the Live Captions developer guide.
Submit an HTTP POST request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/captionsReplace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key.
Set the Content-Type header to application/json.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
Include a JSON object of the following form as the request body content:
{
"sessionId": "<session-id>",
"token": "A valid OpenTok token with the role set to moderator",
"languageCode": "en-US",
"maxDuration": 1800,
"partialCaptions": true,
}The JSON object includes the following properties:
sessionId (String) — The session ID of the OpenTok session. The audio from Publishers publishing into this session will be used to generate the captions.
token(String)— A valid OpenTok token with role set to Moderator.
languageCode (String) — (Optional) The BCP-47 code for a spoken language used on this call. The default value is "en-US". The following language codes are supported: "en-AU" (English, Australia), "en-GB" (Englsh, UK), "es-US" (English, US), "zh-CN” (Chinese, Simplified), "fr-FR" (French), "fr-CA" (French, Canadian), "de-DE" (German), "hi-IN" (Hindi, Indian), "it-IT" (Italian), "ja-JP" (Japanese), "ko-KR" (Korean), "pt-BR" (Portuguese, Brazilian), "th-TH" (Thai).
maxDuration (Integer) — (Optional) The maximum duration for the audio captioning, in seconds. The default value is 14,400 seconds (4 hours), the maximum duration allowed. The minimum value for maxDuration is 300
(300 seconds, or 5 minutes).
partialCaptions (Boolean) — (Optional) Whether to enable this to faster captioning at the cost of some degree of inaccuracies. The default value is true.
Upon success, the raw data of the HTTP response, with status code 200, is a JSON-encoded message of the following form:
{
"captionsId": "7c0680fc-6274-4de5-a66f-d0648e8d3ac2"
}The JSON object includes the following property:
captionsId — The unique ID for the audio captioning session.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
X-OPENTOK-AUTH may be invalid.
curl -X POST \
-H 'X-OPENTOK-AUTH: ' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"sessionId": "<valid-session-id>",
"token": "<valid-token>",
}'
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/captions
Use this method to stop live captions for a session.
Submit an HTTP POST request to the following URL:
POST https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/captions/<captionsId>/stopReplace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key. Replace
<captionsId> with the ID returned in the start captions API response.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
curl
-X POST
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:<valid-jwt-token>"
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/captions/<captionsId>/stop;
Use this method to create an Experience Composer for an OpenTok session. For more information, see the Experience Composer developer guide.
Submit an HTTP POST request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/renderReplace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key.
Set the Content-Type header to application/json.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
Include a JSON object of the following form as the request body content:
{
"sessionId": "<session-id>",
"token": "A valid OpenTok token",
"url": "https://webapp.customer.com",
"maxDuration": 1800,
"resolution": "1280x720",
"properties": {
"name": "Composed stream for Live event #1"
}
}
The JSON object includes the following properties:
sessionId (String) — The session ID of the OpenTok session that will
include the Experience Composer stream.token (String) — A valid OpenTok token with a Publisher role and (optionally)
connection data to be associated with the output stream.url (String) — A publicly reachable URL controlled by the customer and capable
of generating the content to be rendered without user intervention. The minimum length of the URL is 15 characters and the maximum length is 2048 characters.maxDuration (Integer) — (Optional)The maximum time allowed for the Experience Composer, in seconds. After this
time, it is stopped automatically, if it is still running. The maximum value is 36000 (10 hours), the
minimum value is 60 (1 minute), and the default value is 7200 (2 hours). When the Experience Composer ends,
its stream is unpublished and an event is posted to the callback URL, if configured in the Account Portal.resolution (String) — (Optional) The resolution of the Experience Composer, either
"640x480" (SD landscape), "480x640" (SD portrait),
"1280x720" (HD landscape), "720x1280" (HD portrait),
"1920x1080" (FHD landscape), or "1080x1920" (FHD portrait).
By default, this resolution is "1280x720" (HD landscape, the default).properties (Object) — (Optional) The initial configuration of Publisher properties for the composed
output stream. The properties object contains the key name (String) which serves as the name of the composed output
stream which is published to the session. The name must have a minimum length of 1 and a maximum length of 200.The raw data of the HTTP response, with status code 200, is a JSON-encoded message of the following form:
{
"id": "1248e7070b81464c9789f46ad10e7764",
"sessionId": "2_MX4xMDBfjE0Mzc2NzY1NDgwMTJ-TjMzfn4",
"projectId": "e2343f23456g34709d2443a234",
"createdAt": 1437676551000,
"updatedAt": 1437676551000,
"callbackUrl": "https://callback.customer.com/",
"name": "Composed-HD-Customer-1",
"url": "https://webapp.customer.com",
"resolution": "1280x720",
"status": "starting",
"streamId": "e32445b743678c98230f238"
}
The JSON object includes the following properties:
id — The unique ID for the Experience Composer.sessionId — The OpenTok session ID.projectId — Your OpenTok API key.createdAt — The time the Experience Composer started, expressed in milliseconds since
the Unix epoch (January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC).updatedAt — This is the UNIX timestamp when the Experience Composer status was last updated. For this start method,
this timestamp matches the createdAt timestamp.callbackUrl — The callback URL for Experience Composer events (if one was set). See
Configuring callbacks.name — The name of the Experience Composer (if one was specified).url — A publicly reachable URL controlled by the customer and capable
of generating the content to be rendered without user intervention.resolution — The resolution of the Experience Composer (either "640x480", "480x640",
"1280x720", "720x1280", "1920x1080", or "1080x1920").status — For this start method, this is set to "starting".streamId — The ID of the composed stream being published.The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
202 — Success.
400 — Invalid request. This response may indicate that data in your request data is invalid JSON. It may include an error code, some of which are listed below:
403 — Authentication error. It may include an error code, some of which are listed below:
429 — Too many requests. You have exceeded the Experienced Composer usage limit. The response will include an error code set to 50004.
500 — Vonage Video API platform error.
curl
-X POST
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:<valid-jwt-token>"
-d '{"url": "<valid-url-to-be-rendered>", "sessionId": "<valid-session-id>", "token": "<valid-token>", "projectId": "<valid-project-id>"}'
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/render
Use this method to get details on an Experience Composer.
Submit an HTTP GET request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/render/<experienceComposerId>
Replace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key. Replace
<experienceComposerId> with the ID of the Experience Composer. You get the Experience Composer ID when you
start an Experience Composer.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
The raw data of the HTTP response, with status code 200, is a JSON-encoded message of the following form:
{
"id":"80abaf0d-25a3-4efc-968f-6268d620668d",
"sessionId":"1_MX4yNzA4NjYxMn5-MTU0NzA4MDUyMTEzNn5sOXU5ZnlWYXplRnZGblV4RUo3dXJpZk1-fg",
"projectId":"27086612",
"createdAt":1547080532099,
"updatedAt":1547080532199,
"callbackUrl": "https://callback.customer.com/",
"name": "Composed-HD-Customer-1",
"url": "https://webapp.customer.com",
"resolution": "480x640",
"status":"failed",
"reason":"Could not load URL"
}
The JSON object includes the following properties:
id — The unique ID for the Experience Composer.sessionId — The OpenTok session ID.projectId — Your OpenTok API key.createdAt — The time the Experience Composer started, expressed in milliseconds since
the Unix epoch (January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC).updatedAt — For this GET method, this timestamp matches the createdAt
timestamp.callbackUrl — The callback for URL Experience Composer events (if one was set). See
Configuring callbacks.name — The name of the Experience Composer (if one was specified).url — A publicly reachable URL controlled by the customer and capable of generating the content to
be rendered without user intervention.resolution — The resolution of the Experience Composer (either "640x480", "1280x720",
"480x640", or "720x1280").status — The status of the Experience Composer. Poll frequently to check status
updates. This property set to one of the following:"starting" — The Vonage Video API platform is in the process of connecting to the remote application at
the URL provided. This is the initial state."started" — The Vonage Video API platform has successfully connected to the remote application server,
and is publishing the web view to an OpenTok stream."stopped" — The Experience Composer has stopped."failed" — An error occurred and the Experience Composer could not proceed. It may occur at startup if the OpenTok
server cannot connect to the remote application server or republish the stream. It may also occur at any point during
the process due to an error in the Vonage Video API platform.reason — The reason field is only available when the status is either "stopped" or
"failed". If the status is stopped, the reason field will contain either "Max Duration Exceeded" or "Stop
Requested." If the status is failed, the reason will contain a more specific error message.streamId — The ID of the composed stream being published. The streamId is not available when the
status is "starting" and may not be available when the status is "failed".The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
curl
-X GET
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:<valid-jwt-token>"
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/render/<experienceComposerId>
Use this method to get a list of Experience Composers associated with a project.
Submit an HTTP GET request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/renderReplace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key. The following optional query parameters can be added:
offset — The start offset for the list of Experience Composers. The default is 0.count — The number of Experience Composers to retrieve starting at the offset. The default value is 50 and the
maximum is 1000.Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
The raw data of the HTTP response, with status code 200, is a JSON-encoded message of the following form:
{
"count":2,
"items":[
{
"id":"80abaf0d-25a3-4efc-968f-6268d620668d",
"sessionId":"1_MX4yNzA4NjYxMn5-MTU0NzA4MDUyMTEzNn5sOXU5ZnlWYXplRnZGblV4RUo3dXJpZk1-fg",
"projectId":"27086612",
"createdAt":1547080532099,
"updatedAt":1547080532099,
"callbackUrl": "callback.customer.com/",
"name": "Composed-HD-Customer-1",
"url": "https://webapp.customer.com",
"resolution": "1280x720",
"status": "started",
"streamId": "d2334b35690a92f78945"
},
{
"id":"d95f6496-df6e-4f49-86d6-832e00303602",
"sessionId":"2_MX4yNzA4NjYxMn5-MTU0NzA4MDUwMDc2MH5STWRiSE1jZjVoV3lBQU9nN2JuNElUV3V-fg",
"projectId":"27086612",
"createdAt":1547080511760,
"updatedAt":1547080518965,
"callbackUrl": "https://callback.customer.com/",
"name": "Composed-HD-Customer-2",
"url": "https://webapp2.customer.com",
"resolution": "1280x720",
"status":"stopped",
"streamId": "d2334b35690a92f78945",
"reason":"Max duration exceeded"
}
]
}
The JSON object includes the following properties:
count — The total number of Experience Composers.items — The array containing the retrieved Experience Composers. Each Experience Composer item includes the following properties:id — The unique ID for the Experience Composer.sessionId — The OpenTok session ID.projectId — Your OpenTok API key.createdAt — The time the Experience Composer started, expressed in milliseconds since
the Unix epoch (January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC).updatedAt — For this GET method, this timestamp matches the createdAt
timestamp.callbackUrl — The callback URL for Experience Composer events (if one was set). See
Configuring callbacks.name — The name of the Experience Composer (if one was specified).url — A publicly reachable URL controlled by the customer and capable of generating the content to
be rendered without user intervention.resolution — The resolution of the Experience Composer (either "640x480", "1280x720",
"480x640", or "720x1280").status — The status of the Experience Composer. Poll frequently to check status
updates. This property set to one of the following:"starting" — The Vonage Video API platform is in the process of connecting to the remote application at
the URL provided. This is the initial state."started" — The Vonage Video API platform has successfully connected to the remote application server
and is publishing the web view to an OpenTok stream."stopped" — The Experience Composer has stopped."failed" — An error occurred and the Experience Composer could not proceed. This may occur at startup if the OpenTok
server cannot connect to the remote application server or republish the stream. It may also occur at any point during
the process due to a Vonage Video API platform error.reason — The reason field is only available when the status is either "stopped" or "failed". If the status is "stopped", the reason field will contain either "Max Duration Exceeded" or "Stop
Requested." If the status is "failed", the reason will contain a more specific error message.streamId — The ID of the composed stream being published. The streamId is not available when the
status is "starting" and may not be available when the status is "failed".The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
curl
-X GET
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:<valid-jwt-token>"
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/render?count=2
Use this method to stop an Experience Composer of an OpenTok session. Note that by default Experience Composers automatically stop 2 hours after
they are started. You can also set a different maxDuration value when you create the Experience Composer.
When the Experience Composer ends, an event is posted to the callback URL, if you have
configured one for the project.
Submit an HTTP DELETE request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/render/<experienceComposerId>/
Replace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key. Replace
<experienceComposerId> with the ID of the Experience Composer you want to stop. You get the
Experience Composer ID from the response received when you start an Experience Composer.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
curl
-X DELETE
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:<valid-jwt-token>"
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/render/<experienceComposerId>/
Use this method to send audio from a Vonage Video API session to a WebSocket.
For more information, including details of the WebSocket data, see the Audio Connector developer guide.
Submit an HTTP POST request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<apiKey>/connect
Replace <apiKey> with your OpenTok API key.
Set the Content-Type header to application/json.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH —
set to a JSON web token. See Authentication.
Include a JSON object of the following form as the request body content:
{
"sessionId": "OpenTok session ID",
"token": "A valid OpenTok token",
"websocket": {
"uri": "wss://service.com/ws-endpoint",
"streams": [
"streamId-1",
"streamId-2"
],
"headers": {
"headerKey": "headerValue"
},
"audioRate" : 8000
}
}
The JSON object includes the following properties:
sessionId (required) — The OpenTok session ID that includes the OpenTok streams
you want to include in the WebSocket stream. The Audio Connector feature is only supported
in routed sessions (sessions that use the
OpenTok Media Router).
token (required) — The OpenTok token to be used for the Audio Connector connection to the.
OpenTok session. You can add token data to identify that the connection is the Audio Connector
endpoint or for other identifying data. (The OpenTok client libraries include properties
for inspecting the connection data for a client connected to a session.) See the
Token Creation developer guide.
websocket (required): Included details for the WebSocket:
uri (required): A publicly reachable WebSocket URI to be used for the destination of
the audio stream (such as "wss://example.com/ws-endpoint").
streams (optional) — An array of stream IDs for the OpenTok streams you want to
include in the WebSocket audio. If you omit this property, all streams in the session
will be included.
headers (optional) — An object of key-value pairs of headers to be sent to your
WebSocket server with each message, with a maximum length of 512 bytes.
audioRate (optional) — A number representing the audio sampling rate in Hz.
Accepted values are 8000 and 16000 (the default).
A successful call results in a HTTP response with status code 200, with details included in the JSON response data:
{
"id": "b0a5a8c7-dc38-459f-a48d-a7f2008da853",
"connectionId": "e9f8c166-6c67-440d-994a-04fb6dfed007"
}
The JSON response data includes the following properties:
id — A unique ID identifying the Audio Connector WebSocket connection.
connectionId — The OpenTok connection ID for the Audio Connector WebSocket connection
in the OpenTok session.
Upon error, the HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
Starting a Audio Connector WebSocket:
api_key=12345
json_web_token="jwt_string" # replace with a JSON web token (see "Authentication")
session_id=2_MX40NzIwMzJ-flR1ZSBPY3QgMjkgMTI6MTM6MjMgUERUIDIwMTN-MC45NDQ2MzE2NH4
data='{\
"sessionId" : "'$session_id'", \
"token": "A valid OpenTok token", \
"websocket": { \
"uri": "wss://example.com/ws-endpoint", \
"streams": [
"opentok-stream-id-1",
"opentok-stream-id-2",
]
},
"headers": [
"X-Custom-Header-1": "header-data-1"
"X-Custom-Header-2": "header-data-2"
],
}'
curl \
-i \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$json_web_token" \
-d "$data" \
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/$api_key/connect
Use this method to create an OpenTok API key and secret for a project.
Important: After you create the project, it may take up to 60 seconds for it to be available for use.
You can also create a new project on your Vonage Video API account page.
Submit an HTTP POST request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project
If you are going to send request data to set a name (see the next section,
"POST data"), set the Content-Type header to application/json.
Otherwise, do not set the the Content-Type header.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH:
X-OPENTOK-AUTH:<token>
Set this header to a JWT token (see Authentication). Note that you must use the account-level API key and account-level API secret when creating the token. The account-level API key and secret is only available to registered administrators of your OpenTok account.
Include a JSON object of the following form as the request body content:
{
"name": "Acme" // optional
}
If you do not wish to set a name for the project, do not include any body content.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
200 — Success. The response data is a project details object.
400 — Invalid request. This response may indicate that data in your request data is invalid JSON.
403 — Authentication error.
500 — OpenTok server error.
export token=YOUR_TOKEN_STRING # See "Authentication."
export TB_url=https://api.opentok.com
headerstr="X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$token"
export data='{"name":"Acme"}'
curl -i\
-X POST \
-H $headerstr \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-D $data \
$TB_url/v2/project
Account administrators can use this method to change a project's status. The status is either active or suspended. If a project's status is suspended, you will not be able to use the project API key (and any OpenTok sessions created with it).
You can change a project's status from active to suspended and back.
Submit an HTTP PUT request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>
Where <api_key> is the project API key.
Set the Content-Type header to application/json.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH:
X-OPENTOK-AUTH:<token>
Set this header to a JWT token (see Authentication). Note that you must use the account-level API key and account-level API secret when creating the token. The account-level API key and secret is only available to registered administrators of your OpenTok account.
Include a JSON object of the following form as the request body content:
{
"status": "ACTIVE" | "SUSPENDED"
}
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
200 — Success. The response data is the project details object.
400 — Invalid request. This response may indicate that data in your request data is invalid JSON.
403 — Authentication error.
500 — OpenTok server error.
The following example sets the status for the "Acme" project to suspended:
export token=YOUR_TOKEN_STRING # See "Authentication."
export TB_url=https://api.opentok.com
headerstr="X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$token"
apikey=1234567 # Replace with the project API key.
export data='{"status":"SUSPENDED"}'
curl -i\
-X PUT \
-H $headerstr \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-D $data \
$TB_url/v2/project/$apikey
Use this method to delete a project. This prevents the use of the project API key (an any OpenTok sessions created with it).
You can also temporarily suspend a project's API key.
Note: You can also delete a project on your Vonage Video API account page.
Submit an HTTP DELETE request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>
Where <api_key> is the project API key.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH:
X-OPENTOK-AUTH:<token>
Set this header to a JWT token (see Authentication). Note that you must use the account-level API key and account-level API secret when creating the token. The account-level API key and secret is only available to registered administrators of your OpenTok account.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
The following example deletes a project:
export token=YOUR_TOKEN_STRING # See "Authentication."
export TB_url=https://api.opentok.com
headerstr="X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$token"
apikey=1234567 # Replace with the project API key.
curl -i\
-X DELETE \
-H $headerstr \
$TB_url/v2/project/$apikey
Use this method to get a project details record describing the project (or to get the records for all projects). See project details object.
To get information on a specific project, submit a GET request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>
Where <api_key> is the API key for the project.
To get information on all of your projects, submit a GET request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH:
X-OPENTOK-AUTH:<token>
Set this header to a JWT token (see Authentication). Note that you must use the account-level API key and account-level API secret when creating the token. The account-level API key and secret is only available to registered administrators of your OpenTok account.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
200 — Success. The response data is the project details object or an array of project details objects. See project details object.
403 — Authentication error.
404 — Not found. There is no project for the API key provided.
500 — OpenTok server error.
### Example
The following example gets details for a specific project:
export token=YOUR_TOKEN_STRING # See "Authentication."
export TB_url=https://api.opentok.com
headerstr="X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$token"
apikey=1234567 # Replace with the project API key.
curl -i\
-X GET \
-H $headerstr \
$TB_url/v2/project/$apikey
The response is a JSON project details object.
The following example gets details for all of your projects:
export token=YOUR_TOKEN_STRING # See "Authentication."
export TB_url=https://api.opentok.com
headerstr="X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$token"
curl -i\
-X GET \
-H $headerstr \
$TB_url/v2/project
The response is an array of project details objects.
For security reasons, you may want to generate a new API secret for a project.
Note: Use the new API secret for all REST API calls and with the OpenTok server-side SDKs. When you generate a new API secret, all existing client tokens become invalid (and they cannot be used to connect to OpenTok sessions); use the new API secret with the OpenTok server SDK to generate client tokens.
Submit an HTTP POST request to the following URL:
https://api.opentok.com/v2/project/<api_key>/refreshSecret
Where <api_key> is the project API key.
Authenticate this API call using a custom HTTP header — X-OPENTOK-AUTH:
X-OPENTOK-AUTH:<token>
Set this header to a JWT token (see Authentication). Note that you must use the account-level API key and account-level API secret when creating the token. The account-level API key and secret is only available to registered administrators of your OpenTok account.
The HTTP response will have one of the following status codes:
200 — Success. The response data is the project details object, with the new API secret.
403 — Authentication error.
404 — Not found. There is no project for the API key provided.
500 — OpenTok server error.
The following example generates a new project API secret:
export token=YOUR_TOKEN_STRING # See "Authentication."
export TB_url=https://api.opentok.com
headerstr="X-OPENTOK-AUTH:$token"
apikey=1234567 # Replace with the project API key.
curl -i\
-X POST \
-H $headerstr \
$TB_url/v2/project/$apikey/refreshSecret