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Video

This React component lets you join and manage SignalWire Video rooms. To use this component, you need a Video Room Token obtained from the REST API. This is different from a Video Conference Token.

Import

import { Video } from "@signalwire-community/react";

Props

NameTypeDefaultDescription
tokenstringThe Video Token to use to connect to the room.
onRoomReady(roomSession) => voidCallback fired when a RoomSession object has been constructed (before the room is joined, which will happen automatically).
onLayoutChanged(e) => voidCallback for the layout.changed event.
onMemberJoined(e) => voidCallback for the member.joined event.
onMemberLeft(e) => voidCallback for the member.left event.
onMemberTalking(e) => voidCallback for the member.talking event.
onMemberUpdated(e) => voidCallback for the member.updated event.
onMemberListUpdated(e) => voidCallback for the memberList.updated event.
onPlaybackEnded(e) => voidCallback for the playback.ended event.
onPlaybackStarted(e) => voidCallback for the playback.started event.
onPlaybackUpdated(e) => voidCallback for the playback.updated event.
onRecordingEnded(e) => voidCallback for the recording.ended event.
onRecordingStarted(e) => voidCallback for the recording.started event.
onRecordingUpdated(e) => voidCallback for the recording.updated event.
onRoomJoined(e) => voidCallback for the room.joined event.
onRoomLeft(e) => voidCallback for the room.left event.
onRoomUpdated(e) => voidCallback for the room.updated event.

Example

Example usage:

import React from "react";
import { Video } from "@signalwire-community/react";

export default function App() {
return (
<Video
token="eyJ0eXAiOiJWUlQiLCJj..."
onRoomReady={(roomSession) =>
console.log("Raw room session object:", roomSession)
}
onMemberTalking={(e) => console.log(`Member ${e.member.id} is talking.`)}
onMemberJoined={(e) => console.log(`${e.member.name} joined the room!`)}
/>
);
}

Calling a method (e.g. for muting the mic):

import React from "react";
import { Video } from "@signalwire-community/react";

export default function App() {
const [roomSession, setRoomSession] = React.useState();

return (
<div>
<Video token="eyJ0eXAiOiJWUlQiLCJj..." onRoomReady={setRoomSession} />

<button onClick={() => roomSession?.audioMute()}>Mute</button>
</div>
);
}