REST API: Rooms

Overview

The Programmable Video Rooms resource represents a communications session among multiple endpoints using one of Twilio’s Programmable Video SDKs. Connected users (Participants) can share video and audio Tracks with the Room, and receive video and audio Tracks from other Participants in the Room.

The Rooms resource lets you dynamically create and complete Rooms, and configure a Room’s topology and behavior. Use this API to set Room properties such as its name, type, TURN configuration, webhook status callback URL, and the maximum number of Participants.

All Programmable Video REST API resources use the following base URL.

https://video.twilio.com

Room Instance Resource
Rooms List Resource
Examples

Room Instance Resource

Resource URI

/v1/Rooms/{RoomNameOrSid}

Resource Properties

Resource Properties in REST API format
`sid`	sid<RM> Not PII The unique string that we created to identify the Room resource.
`status`	enum:room_status Not PII The status of the room. Can be: `in-progress`, `failed`, or `completed`.
`date_created`	date_time<iso8601> Not PII The date and time in GMT when the resource was created specified in ISO 8601 format.
`date_updated`	date_time<iso8601> Not PII The date and time in GMT when the resource was last updated specified in ISO 8601 format.
`account_sid`	sid<AC> Not PII The SID of the Account that created the Room resource.
`enable_turn`	boolean Not PII Deprecated, now always considered to be true.
`unique_name`	string Not PII An application-defined string that uniquely identifies the resource. It can be used as a `room_sid` in place of the resource's `sid` in the URL to address the resource, assuming it does not contain any reserved characters that would need to be URL encoded. This value is unique for `in-progress` rooms. SDK clients can use this name to connect to the room. REST API clients can use this name in place of the Room SID to interact with the room as long as the room is `in-progress`.
`status_callback`	url Not PII The URL we call using the `status_callback_method` to send status information to your application on every room event. See Status Callbacks for more info.
`status_callback_method`	http_method Not PII The HTTP method we use to call `status_callback`. Can be `POST` or `GET` and defaults to `POST`.
`end_time`	date_time<iso8601> Not PII The UTC end time of the room in ISO 8601 format.
`duration`	integer? Not PII The duration of the room in seconds.
`type`	enum:room_type Not PII The type of room. Can be: `go`, `peer-to-peer`, `group-small`, or `group`. The default value is `group`.
`max_participants`	integer Not PII The maximum number of concurrent Participants allowed in the room.
`max_participant_duration`	integer Not PII The maximum number of seconds a Participant can be connected to the room. The maximum possible value is 86400 seconds (24 hours). The default is 14400 seconds (4 hours).
`max_concurrent_published_tracks`	integer? Not PII The maximum number of published audio, video, and data tracks all participants combined are allowed to publish in the room at the same time. Check Programmable Video Limits for more details. If it is set to 0 it means unconstrained.
`record_participants_on_connect`	boolean Not PII Whether to start recording when Participants connect. *This feature is not available in `peer-to-peer` rooms.*
`video_codecs`	enum:video_codec[] Not PII An array of the video codecs that are supported when publishing a track in the room. Can be: `VP8` and `H264`. *This feature is not available in `peer-to-peer` rooms*
`media_region`	string Not PII The region for the media server in Group Rooms. Can be: one of the available Media Regions. *This feature is not available in `peer-to-peer` rooms.*
`audio_only`	boolean Not PII When set to true, indicates that the participants in the room will only publish audio. No video tracks will be allowed. Group rooms only.
`empty_room_timeout`	integer Not PII Specifies how long (in minutes) a room will remain active after last participant leaves. Can be configured when creating a room via REST API. For Ad-Hoc rooms this value cannot be changed.
`unused_room_timeout`	integer Not PII Specifies how long (in minutes) a room will remain active if no one joins. Can be configured when creating a room via REST API. For Ad-Hoc rooms this value cannot be changed.
`url`	url Not PII The absolute URL of the resource.
`links`	uri_map Not PII The URLs of related resources.

HTTP GET

Returns a single Room resource represented by {RoomNameOrSid} .

Retrieve an `in-progress` Room instance by `UniqueName`

You can retrieve an in-progress Room instance object using the Room’s UniqueName, assuming the UniqueName does not contain any reserved characters that would need to be URL encoded. This makes it easier to interact with Twilio’s REST API without having to keep track of Twilio’s Room SID identifiers.

For example:

GET /Rooms/DailyStandup

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Example JSON response

Retrieve an in-progress Room instance by UniqueName

Will return the Room instance object for the Room DailyStandup if the room is currently in-progress. If no Room exists by the name DailyStandup, or a Room by that name is only in completed status, the above request will return an HTTP 404 response.

Retrieve an `in-progress` or `completed` Room instance by `RoomSid`

A Room’s Sid property is Twilio’s own canonical unique identifier for a Room. You can always use the Room Sid to retrieve the Room, whether the room is in-progress or completed.

For example:

GET /Rooms/RMxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Example JSON response

Retrieve an in-progress or completed Room instance by RoomSid

Will return the Room instance object for the Room with Sid RMxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, regardless of its status. If no Room exists with that Sid, the above request will return an HTTP 404 response.

HTTP POST

Modifies a Room resource.

Supported POST parameters

Parameters in REST API format
`sid` Path	post sid_like<RM> Not PII The SID of the Room resource to update.
`status` Required	post enum:room_status Not PII The new status of the resource. Set to `completed` to end the room.

Parameters in REST API format

sid

Path

post sid_like<RM> Not PII

The SID of the Room resource to update.

status

Required

post enum:room_status Not PII

The new status of the resource. Set to completed to end the room.

Complete a Room

Update a Room’s status to completed with the following request to end the Room. All connected Participants will be immediately disconnected from the Room.

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Example JSON response

Complete a Room

Rooms List Resource

Resource URI

/v1/Rooms

HTTP POST

Create a new Room with an HTTP POST to the Rooms list resource.

Supported POST parameters

Parameters in REST API format
`enable_turn` Optional	post boolean Not PII Deprecated, now always considered to be true.
`type` Optional	post enum:room_type Not PII The type of room. Can be: `go`, `peer-to-peer`, `group-small`, or `group`. The default value is `group`.
`unique_name` Optional	post string Not PII An application-defined string that uniquely identifies the resource. It can be used as a `room_sid` in place of the resource's `sid` in the URL to address the resource, assuming it does not contain any reserved characters that would need to be URL encoded. This value is unique for `in-progress` rooms. SDK clients can use this name to connect to the room. REST API clients can use this name in place of the Room SID to interact with the room as long as the room is `in-progress`.
`status_callback` Optional	post url Not PII The URL we should call using the `status_callback_method` to send status information to your application on every room event. See Status Callbacks for more info.
`status_callback_method` Optional	post http_method Not PII The HTTP method we should use to call `status_callback`. Can be `POST` or `GET`.
`max_participants` Optional	post integer Not PII The maximum number of concurrent Participants allowed in the room. Peer-to-peer rooms can have up to 10 Participants. Small Group rooms can have up to 4 Participants. Group rooms can have up to 50 Participants.
`record_participants_on_connect` Optional	post boolean Not PII Whether to start recording when Participants connect. *This feature is not available in `peer-to-peer` rooms.*
`video_codecs` Optional	post enum:video_codec[] Not PII An array of the video codecs that are supported when publishing a track in the room. Can be: `VP8` and `H264`. *This feature is not available in `peer-to-peer` rooms*
`media_region` Optional	post string Not PII The region for the media server in Group Rooms. Can be: one of the available Media Regions. *This feature is not available in `peer-to-peer` rooms.*
`recording_rules` Optional	post object Not PII A collection of Recording Rules that describe how to include or exclude matching tracks for recording
`audio_only` Optional	post boolean Not PII When set to true, indicates that the participants in the room will only publish audio. No video tracks will be allowed. Group rooms only.
`max_participant_duration` Optional	post integer Not PII The maximum number of seconds a Participant can be connected to the room. The maximum possible value is 86400 seconds (24 hours). The default is 14400 seconds (4 hours).
`empty_room_timeout` Optional	post integer Not PII Configures how long (in minutes) a room will remain active after last participant leaves. Valid values range from 1 to 60 minutes (no fractions).
`unused_room_timeout` Optional	post integer Not PII Configures how long (in minutes) a room will remain active if no one joins. Valid values range from 1 to 60 minutes (no fractions).

Note: Rooms created via the REST API exist for five minutes to allow the first Participant to connect. If no Participants join within five minutes, the Room times out and a new Room must be created.

Example 1: Create a Room called "DailyStandup"

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Example JSON response

Create a Room

Example 2: Create a Peer-to-Peer Room called `SalesMeeting` with the Status Callback URL set

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Example JSON response

Create a Peer-to-Peer Room

Example 3: Create a Group Room, enable Recording, and set a Status Callback URL

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Example JSON response

Create a Group Room with recordings enabled

Example 4: Create an Audio-Only Group Room

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Example JSON response

Create an Audio-Only Group Room

Example 5: Create a Room with a 60 minute empty room timeout

By default, a Room will end five minutes after the last participant disconnects from the Room. You can configure this to be a different value up to 60 minutes when you create the Room via the REST API. The value is specified in minutes.

The example below demonstrates configuring the Room's empty room timeout value. Note that you can also configure with the Room's unused room timeout value in the same way. The unused room timeout determines how long to wait before ending the Room if no participants join.

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Example JSON response

Create a Room with a 60 Minute Empty Room Timeout

Once a Room is created, generate an Access Token containing the Room name and use one of Twilio’s Video SDKs to connect to the Room.

For example, using the JavaScript SDK:

Twilio.Video.connect('$AccessTokenContainingRoomName').then(function(room) {
  console.log('Successfully joined a Room: ', room);
}, function(error) {
    console.error('Unable to connect to Room: ' +  error.message);
});

HTTP GET

Returns a list of Room resources created in the given account. The list includes paging information.

List Filters

The following GET query string parameters allow you to limit the list returned. Note, parameters are case-sensitive.

Parameters in REST API format
`status` Optional	get enum:room_status Not PII Read only the rooms with this status. Can be: `in-progress` (default) or `completed`
`unique_name` Optional	get string Not PII Read only rooms with the this `unique_name`.
`date_created_after` Optional	get date_time<iso8601> Not PII Read only rooms that started on or after this date, given as `YYYY-MM-DD`.
`date_created_before` Optional	get date_time<iso8601> Not PII Read only rooms that started before this date, given as `YYYY-MM-DD`.

Filter Rooms by `UniqueName`

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Retrieve a list of completed Rooms by UniqueName

Retrieve a list of Rooms by UniqueName

Retrieve a list of completed Rooms by UniqueName

Returns a list containing any completed Rooms with the name DailyStandup. Note that the status parameter defaults to in-progress. If no status is provided, this endpoint will return a list containing only in-progress rooms with the name DailyStandup.

Filter Rooms by `Status`

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Retrieve a list of Rooms by Status

Using multiple list filters

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Retrieve a list of completed Rooms

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Configure the maximum Participant duration

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Retrieve an in-progress Room instance by UniqueName

Retrieve an in-progress or completed Room instance by RoomSid

Complete a Room

Create a Room

Create a Peer-to-Peer Room

Create a Group Room with recordings enabled

Create an Audio-Only Group Room

Create a Room with a 60 Minute Empty Room Timeout

Retrieve a list of Rooms by UniqueName

Retrieve a list of Rooms by Status

Retrieve a list of completed Rooms

Configure the maximum Participant duration

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