backend: refactor code to generate participantIdentity based on name and unique ID

backend/src/middlewares/request-validators/participant-validator.middleware.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import { nonEmptySanitizedRoomId } from './room-validator.middleware.js';
 const ParticipantTokenRequestSchema: z.ZodType<ParticipantOptions> = z.object({
 	roomId: nonEmptySanitizedRoomId('roomId'),
 	secret: z.string().nonempty('Secret is required'),
-	participantName: z.string().optional()
+	participantName: z.string().optional(),
+	participantIdentity: z.string().optional()
 });
 
 const UpdateParticipantRequestSchema = z.object({

backend/src/models/error.model.ts

@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ export const errorInvalidParticipantRole = (): OpenViduMeetError => {
 	return new OpenViduMeetError('Participant', 'No valid participant role provided', 400);
 };
 
+export const errorParticipantIdentityNotProvided = (): OpenViduMeetError => {
+	return new OpenViduMeetError('Participant', 'No participant identity provided', 400);
+};
+
 // Handlers
 
 export const handleError = (res: Response, error: OpenViduMeetError | unknown, operationDescription: string) => {

backend/src/services/livekit.service.ts

@@ -182,6 +182,34 @@ export class LiveKitService {
 		}
 	}
 
+	async participantExists(
+		roomName: string,
+		participantNameOrIdentity: string,
+		participantField: 'name' | 'identity' = 'identity'
+	): Promise<boolean> {
+		try {
+			const participants: ParticipantInfo[] = await this.listRoomParticipants(roomName);
+			return participants.some((participant) => {
+				let fieldValue = participant[participantField];
+
+				// If the field is empty or undefined, use identity as a fallback
+				if (!fieldValue && participantField === 'name') {
+					fieldValue = participant.identity;
+				}
+
+				return fieldValue === participantNameOrIdentity;
+			});
+		} catch (error: any) {
+			this.logger.error(error);
+
+			if (error?.cause?.code === 'ECONNREFUSED') {
+				throw errorLivekitNotAvailable();
+			}
+
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Retrieves information about a specific participant in a LiveKit room.
 	 *
@@ -383,19 +411,4 @@ export class LiveKitService {
 		// TODO: Remove deprecated warning by using ParticipantInfo_Kind: participant.kind === ParticipantInfo_Kind.EGRESS;
 		return participant.identity.startsWith('EG_') && participant.permission?.recorder === true;
 	}
-
-	private async participantExists(roomName: string, participantIdentity: string): Promise<boolean> {
-		try {
-			const participants: ParticipantInfo[] = await this.listRoomParticipants(roomName);
-			return participants.some((participant) => participant.identity === participantIdentity);
-		} catch (error: any) {
-			this.logger.error(error);
-
-			if (error?.cause?.code === 'ECONNREFUSED') {
-				throw errorLivekitNotAvailable();
-			}
-
-			return false;
-		}
-	}
 }

backend/src/services/participant.service.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ import { inject, injectable } from 'inversify';
 import { ParticipantInfo } from 'livekit-server-sdk';
 import { MeetRoomHelper } from '../helpers/room.helper.js';
 import { validateMeetTokenMetadata } from '../middlewares/index.js';
-import { errorParticipantAlreadyExists, errorParticipantNotFound } from '../models/error.model.js';
+import {
+	errorParticipantAlreadyExists,
+	errorParticipantIdentityNotProvided,
+	errorParticipantNotFound
+} from '../models/error.model.js';
 import { FrontendEventService, LiveKitService, LoggerService, RoomService, TokenService } from './index.js';
 
 @injectable()
@@ -27,20 +31,29 @@ export class ParticipantService {
 		currentRoles: { role: ParticipantRole; permissions: OpenViduMeetPermissions }[],
 		refresh = false
 	): Promise<string> {
-		const { roomId, participantName, secret } = participantOptions;
+		const { roomId, secret, participantName, participantIdentity } = participantOptions;
 
 		if (participantName) {
-			// Check if participant with same participantName exists in the room
+			if (!refresh) {
-			const participantExists = await this.participantExists(roomId, participantName);
+				// Check if participant with same participantName exists in the room
+				const participantExists = await this.participantExists(roomId, participantName, 'name');
 
-			if (!refresh && participantExists) {
+				if (participantExists) {
-				this.logger.verbose(`Participant '${participantName}' already exists in room '${roomId}'`);
+					this.logger.verbose(`Participant '${participantName}' already exists in room '${roomId}'`);
-				throw errorParticipantAlreadyExists(participantName, roomId);
+					throw errorParticipantAlreadyExists(participantName, roomId);
-			}
+				}
+			} else {
+				if (!participantIdentity) {
+					throw errorParticipantIdentityNotProvided();
+				}
 
-			if (refresh && !participantExists) {
+				// Check if participant with same participantIdentity exists in the room
-				this.logger.verbose(`Participant '${participantName}' does not exist in room '${roomId}'`);
+				const participantExists = await this.participantExists(roomId, participantIdentity, 'identity');
-				throw errorParticipantNotFound(participantName, roomId);
+
+				if (!participantExists) {
+					this.logger.verbose(`Participant '${participantName}' does not exist in room '${roomId}'`);
+					throw errorParticipantNotFound(participantName, roomId);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -70,15 +83,13 @@ export class ParticipantService {
 		return this.livekitService.getParticipant(roomId, participantIdentity);
 	}
 
-	async participantExists(roomId: string, participantIdentity: string): Promise<boolean> {
+	async participantExists(
-		this.logger.verbose(`Checking if participant '${participantIdentity}' exists in room '${roomId}'`);
+		roomId: string,
-
+		participantNameOrIdentity: string,
-		try {
+		participantField: 'name' | 'identity' = 'identity'
-			await this.getParticipant(roomId, participantIdentity);
+	): Promise<boolean> {
-			return true;
+		this.logger.verbose(`Checking if participant '${participantNameOrIdentity}' exists in room '${roomId}'`);
-		} catch (error) {
+		return this.livekitService.participantExists(roomId, participantNameOrIdentity, participantField);
-			return false;
-		}
 	}
 
 	async deleteParticipant(roomId: string, participantIdentity: string): Promise<void> {

backend/src/services/token.service.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { AccessToken, AccessTokenOptions, ClaimGrants, TokenVerifier, VideoGrant
 import INTERNAL_CONFIG from '../config/internal-config.js';
 import { LIVEKIT_API_KEY, LIVEKIT_API_SECRET, LIVEKIT_URL } from '../environment.js';
 import { LoggerService } from './index.js';
+import { uid } from 'uid';
 
 @injectable()
 export class TokenService {
@@ -47,7 +48,17 @@ export class TokenService {
 		selectedRole: ParticipantRole
 	): Promise<string> {
 		const { roomId, participantName } = participantOptions;
-		this.logger.info(`Generating token for room '${roomId}'`);
+		this.logger.info(
+			`Generating token for room '${roomId}'` + (participantName ? ` and participant '${participantName}'` : '')
+		);
+
+		let { participantIdentity } = participantOptions;
+
+		if (participantName && !participantIdentity) {
+			// Generate participant identity based on name and unique ID
+			const identityPrefix = participantName.replace(/\s+/g, ''); // Remove all spaces
+			participantIdentity = `${identityPrefix}-${uid(5)}`;
+		}
 
 		const metadata: MeetTokenMetadata = {
 			livekitUrl: LIVEKIT_URL,
@@ -55,7 +66,7 @@ export class TokenService {
 			selectedRole
 		};
 		const tokenOptions: AccessTokenOptions = {
-			identity: participantName,
+			identity: participantIdentity,
 			name: participantName,
 			ttl: INTERNAL_CONFIG.PARTICIPANT_TOKEN_EXPIRATION,
 			metadata: JSON.stringify(metadata)

typings/src/participant.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ export interface ParticipantOptions {
      * The name of the participant.
      */
     participantName?: string;
+    /**
+     * The identity of the participant.
+     */
+    participantIdentity?: string;
 }
 
 /**