REST API

Overview

OpenVidu Meet provides a REST API for managing rooms and recordings programmatically from your application's backend. As a general rule, any action that is available in OpenVidu Meet UI for rooms and recordings can also be performed using the REST API.

There are two endpoints:

• /api/v1/rooms: manage rooms.
• /api/v1/recordings: manage recordings.

Authentication

Any request to the OpenVidu Meet REST API must include a valid API key in the X-API-KEY header:

X-API-KEY: your-openvidu-meet-api-key

Generate an API key

1. Connect to OpenVidu Meet console at https://YOUR_OPENVIDU_DEPLOYMENT_DOMAIN/.
2. Navigate to the "Embedded" page.
3. Click on " Generate API Key" button.

Reference

You can access the REST API reference documentation at:

• OpenVidu Meet REST API Reference
• Your own OpenVidu Meet deployment serves the documentation at https://{{ your-openvidu-deployment-domain }}/api/v1/docs/

Code snippets

The reference documentation provides code snippets for each REST API method. You can choose from countless languages and frameworks and copy-paste directly to your code.

Testing API Endpoints

When accessing the REST API documentation from your own OpenVidu Meet deployment at https://{{ your-openvidu-deployment-domain }}/api/v1/docs/, you can test every endpoint directly from the browser. This is a great way to explore the API's body requests and responses.

Just configure a valid API key in the X-API-KEY header input.