These tutorials implement an application server that defines a full REST API for interacting with LiveKit in different languages using its corresponding SDKs. This is useful to see an example of how to call all differents endpoints of LiveKit Twirp API.

Note

By the moment, tutorials are only fully implemented in Node.js, Java and Go. Besides, AgentDispatchClient and SipClient methods are not implemented in any tutorial.

Testing API endpoints

To test API endpoints, we have defined a Postman collection that you can import into your Postman client.

This collection defines a set of variables that requests use in order to reduce the amount of changes you need to make to test the API. This variables are:

BASE_URL: The base URL of the application server. By default, it is set to http://localhost:6080.
ROOM_URL: The base URL of all room-related endpoints. By default, it is set to {{BASE_URL}}/rooms.
EGRESS_URL: The base URL of all egress-related endpoints. By default, it is set to {{BASE_URL}}/egresses.
INGRESS_URL: The base URL of all ingress-related endpoints. By default, it is set to {{BASE_URL}}/ingresses.
ROOM_NAME: The name of the room. By default, it is set to Test Room.
PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY: The identity of the participant. By default, it is set to Participant1.
TRACK_ID: The ID of the track.
EGRESS_ID: The ID of the egress.
INGRESS_ID: The ID of the ingress.

The collection is divided into folders, each one containing requests for a specific endpoint:

Room: Contains requests for room-related endpoints.
Egress: Contains requests for egress-related endpoints.
Ingress: Contains requests for ingress-related endpoints.

In addition, there is another request apart from the folders:

Create token: Generates a token for a participant to join a room.

Method: POST
URL: {{BASE_URL}}/token

Body:

{
  "roomName": "{{ROOM_NAME}}",
  "participantIdentity": "{{PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY}}"
}

Example Response:
```
{
  "token": "..."
}
```

Room requests

The Room folder contains the following requests:

Create room: Creates a new room.
- Method: POST
- URL: {{ROOM_URL}}
- Body:
```
{
  "roomName": "{{ROOM_NAME}}"
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "room": {...}
}
```
List rooms: Retrieves a list of active rooms, optionally filtered by name.
- Method: GET
- URL: {{ROOM_URL}}?roomName={{ROOM_NAME}}
- Example Response:
```
{
  "rooms": [...]
}
```
Update room metadata: Updates the metadata of a room.
- Method: POST
- URL: {{ROOM_URL}}/{{ROOM_NAME}}/metadata
- Body:
```
{
  "metadata": "Some data"
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "room": {...}
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, a room must be created and the ROOM_NAME variable must be set to the name of the room.

Send data: Sends a data message to all participants in a room.
- Method: POST
- URL: {{ROOM_URL}}/{{ROOM_NAME}}/send-data
- Body:
```
{
  "data": {
    "some": "data"
  }
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "message": "Data message sent"
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, a room must be created and the ROOM_NAME variable must be set to the name of the room.

Delete room: Deletes a room.
- Method: DELETE
- URL: {{ROOM_URL}}/{{ROOM_NAME}}
- Example Response:
```
{
  "message": "Room deleted"
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, a room must be created and the ROOM_NAME variable must be set to the name of the room.

List participants: Retrieves the list of participants in a room.
- Method: GET
- URL: {{ROOM_URL}}/{{ROOM_NAME}}/participants
- Example Response:
```
{
  "participants": [...]
}
```
Get participant: Retrieves information about a specific participant.
- Method: GET
- URL: {{ROOM_URL}}/{{ROOM_NAME}}/participants/{{PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY}}
- Example Response:
```
{
  "participant": {...}
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, you need to join a room using one of the application clients and set the ROOM_NAME and PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY correctly.

Update participant: Updates metadata of a participant.
- Method: PATCH
- URL: {{ROOM_URL}}/{{ROOM_NAME}}/participants/{{PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY}}
- Body:
```
{
  "metadata": "Some data"
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "participant": {...}
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, you need to join a room using one of the application clients and set the ROOM_NAME and PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY correctly.

Delete participant: Removes a participant from a room.
- Method: DELETE
- URL: {{ROOM_URL}}/{{ROOM_NAME}}/participants/{{PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY}}
- Example Response:
```
{
  "message": "Participant removed"
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, you need to join a room using one of the application clients and set the ROOM_NAME and PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY correctly.

Mute track: Mutes a specific track for a participant.
- Method: POST
- URL: {{ROOM_URL}}/{{ROOM_NAME}}/participants/{{PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY}}/mute
- Body:
```
{
  "trackId": "{{TRACK_ID}}"
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "track": {...}
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, you need to join a room using one of the application clients and set the ROOM_NAME and PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY correctly. Then, set the TRACK_ID variable to the ID of one of the participant's tracks obtained from the response of the Get participant request.

Subscribe to tracks: Subscribes a participant to specific tracks.
- Method: POST
- URL: {{ROOM_URL}}/{{ROOM_NAME}}/participants/{{PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY}}/subscribe
- Body:
```
{
  "trackIds": ["{{TRACK_ID}}"]
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "message": "Participant subscribed to tracks"
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, you need to join two participants in a room using one of the application clients and set the ROOM_NAME and PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY correctly. Then, set the TRACK_ID variable to the ID of one of the other participant's tracks obtained from the response of the Get participant request.

Unsubscribe from tracks: Unsubscribes a participant from specific tracks.
- Method: POST
- URL: {{ROOM_URL}}/{{ROOM_NAME}}/participants/{{PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY}}/unsubscribe
- Body:
```
{
  "trackIds": ["{{TRACK_ID}}"]
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "message": "Participant unsubscribed from tracks"
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, you need to join two participants in a room using one of the application clients and set the ROOM_NAME and PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY correctly. Then, set the TRACK_ID variable to the ID of one of the other participant's tracks obtained from the response of the Get participant request.

Egress requests

The Egress folder contains the following requests:

Create RoomComposite egress: Starts recording a room with a composite layout.
- Method: POST
- URL: {{EGRESS_URL}}/room-composite
- Body:
```
{
  "roomName": "{{ROOM_NAME}}"
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "egress": {...}
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, you need to join a room using one of the application clients and set the ROOM_NAME correctly.

Create stream egress: Starts streaming a room to an external RTMP server.
- Method: POST
- URL: {{EGRESS_URL}}/stream
- Body:
```
{
  "roomName": "{{ROOM_NAME}}",
  "streamUrl": "rtmp://live.twitch.tv/app/stream-key"
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "egress": {...}
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, you need to join a room using one of the application clients and set the ROOM_NAME correctly.

Create Participant egress: Starts recording a specific participant's tracks.
- Method: POST
- URL: {{EGRESS_URL}}/participant
- Body:
```
{
  "roomName": "{{ROOM_NAME}}",
  "participantIdentity": "{{PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY}}"
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "egress": {...}
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, you need to join a room using one of the application clients and set the ROOM_NAME and PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY correctly.

Create TrackComposite egress: Starts recording specific audio and video tracks.
- Method: POST
- URL: {{EGRESS_URL}}/track-composite
- Body:
```
{
  "roomName": "{{ROOM_NAME}}",
  "videoTrackId": "{{TRACK_ID}}",
  "audioTrackId": "TR_EXAMPLE"
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "egress": {...}
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, you need to join a room using one of the application clients and set the ROOM_NAME and PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY correctly.. Then, set the TRACK_ID variable to the ID of the video track obtained from the response of the Get participant request and the audioTrackId parameter to the ID of the audio track.

Create Track egress: Starts recording a specific track.
- Method: POST
- URL: {{EGRESS_URL}}/track
- Body:
```
{
  "roomName": "{{ROOM_NAME}}",
  "trackId": "{{TRACK_ID}}"
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "egress": {...}
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, you need to join a room using one of the application clients and set the ROOM_NAME and PARTICIPANT_IDENTITY correctly. Then, set the TRACK_ID variable to the ID of one of the tracks obtained from the response of the Get participant request.

Create Web egress: Starts recording a webpage.
- Method: POST
- URL: {{EGRESS_URL}}/web
- Body:
```
{
  "url": "https://openvidu.io"
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "egress": {...}
}
```
List egresses: Retrieves the list of egresses, optionally filtered by room name, egressID or active status.
- Method: GET
- URL: {{EGRESS_URL}}?roomName={{ROOM_NAME}}&active=true
- Example Response:
```
{
  "egresses": [...]
}
```
Update egress layout: Changes the layout of an active RoomComposite egress.
- Method: POST
- URL: {{EGRESS_URL}}/{{EGRESS_ID}}/layout
- Body:
```
{
  "layout": "speaker"
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "egress": {...}
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, a RoomComposite egress must be created and the EGRESS_ID variable must be set correctly.

Add/remove stream URLs: Adds or removes RTMP stream URLs in an active egress.
- Method: POST
- URL: {{EGRESS_URL}}/{{EGRESS_ID}}/streams
- Body:
```
{
  "streamUrlsToAdd": ["rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/stream-key"],
  "streamUrlsToRemove": []
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "egress": {...}
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, a stream egress must be created and the EGRESS_ID variable must be set correctly.

Stop egress: Terminates an active egress process.
- Method: DELETE
- URL: {{EGRESS_URL}}/{{EGRESS_ID}}
- Example Response:
```
{
  "message": "Egress stopped"
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, an egress must be created and the EGRESS_ID variable must be set correctly.

Ingress requests

The Ingress folder contains the following requests:

Create RTMP ingress: Creates an RTMP ingress.

Method: POST
URL: {{INGRESS_URL}}/rtmp

Body:

{
  "roomName": "{{ROOM_NAME}}",
  "participantIdentity": "Ingress-Participant"
}

Example Response:
```
{
  "ingress": {...}
}
```

Create WHIP ingress: Creates a WHIP ingress.

Method: POST
URL: {{INGRESS_URL}}/whip

Body:

{
  "roomName": "{{ROOM_NAME}}",
  "participantIdentity": "Ingress-Participant"
}

Example Response:
```
{
  "ingress": {...}
}
```

Create URL ingress: Creates a URL ingress.

Method: POST
URL: {{INGRESS_URL}}/url

Body:

{
  "roomName": "{{ROOM_NAME}}",
  "participantIdentity": "Ingress-Participant",
  "url": "http://playertest.longtailvideo.com/adaptive/wowzaid3/playlist.m3u8"
}

Example Response:
```
{
  "ingress": {...}
}
```

List ingresses: Retrieves the list of ingresses, optionally filtered by room name or ingress ID.
- Method: GET
- URL: {{INGRESS_URL}}?roomName={{ROOM_NAME}}
- Example Response:
```
{
  "ingresses": [...]
}
```
Update ingress: Updates an existing ingress.
- Method: PATCH
- URL: {{INGRESS_URL}}/{{INGRESS_ID}}
- Body:
```
{
  "roomName": "{{ROOM_NAME}}"
}
```
- Example Response:
```
{
  "ingress": {...}
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, an ingress must be created and the INGRESS_ID variable must be set correctly.

Delete ingress: Deletes an existing ingress.
- Method: DELETE
- URL: {{INGRESS_URL}}/{{INGRESS_ID}}
- Example Response:
```
{
  "message": "Ingress deleted"
}
```

Important

Before sending previous request, an ingress must be created and the INGRESS_ID variable must be set correctly.