jiti-meet/doc/api.md

Jitsi Meet API

You can use the Jitsi Meet API to embed Jitsi Meet in to your application.

Installation

To embed Jitsi Meet in your application you need to add the Jitsi Meet API library:

<script src="https://meet.jit.si/external_api.js"></script>

API

api = new JitsiMeetExternalAPI(domain, options)

The next step for embedding Jitsi Meet is to create the Jitsi Meet API object. Its constructor gets a number of options:

• domain: domain used to build the conference URL, "meet.jit.si" for example.
• options: object with properties - the optional arguments:
  • room: (optional) name of the room to join.
  • width: (optional) width for the iframe which will be created. If a number is specified it's treated as pixel units. If a string is specified the format is number followed by 'px', 'em', 'pt' or '%'.
  • height: (optional) height for the iframe which will be created. If a number is specified it's treated as pixel units. If a string is specified the format is number followed by 'px', 'em', 'pt' or '%'.
  • htmlElement: (optional) HTL DOM Element where the iframe will be added as a child.
  • configOverwite: (optional) JS object with overrides for options defined in config.js.
  • interfaceConfigOverwrite: (optional) JS object with overrides for options defined in interface_config.js.
  • noSsl: (optional, defaults to true) Boolean indicating if the server should be contacted using HTTP or HTTPS.
  • jwt: (optional) JWT token.

Example:

var options = {
    domain: "meet.jit.si",
    room: "JitsiMeetAPIExample",
    width: 700,
    height: 700,
    htmlElement: document.querySelector('#meet')
}
var api = new JitsiMeetExternalAPI(domain, options);

You can overwrite options set in config.js and interface_config.js. For example, to enable the filmstrip-only interface mode, you can use:

var options = {
    interfaceConfigOverwrite: {filmStripOnly: true}
};
var api = new JitsiMeetExternalAPI(domain, options);

You can also pass a jwt token to Jitsi Meet:

var options = {
   jwt: "<jwt_token>",
   noSsl: false
};
var api = new JitsiMeetExternalAPI(domain, options);

Controlling the embedded Jitsi Meet Conference

You can control the embedded Jitsi Meet conference using the JitsiMeetExternalAPI object by using executeCommand:

api.executeCommand(command, ...arguments)

The command parameter is String object with the name of the command. The following commands are currently supported:

• displayName - Sets the display name of the local participant. This command requires one argument - the new display name to be set.

api.executeCommand('displayName', 'New Nickname');

• toggleAudio - Mutes / unmutes the audio for the local participant. No arguments are required.

api.executeCommand('toggleAudio')

• toggleVideo - Mutes / unmutes the video for the local participant. No arguments are required.

api.executeCommand('toggleVideo')

• toggleFilmStrip - Hides / shows the filmstrip. No arguments are required.

api.executeCommand('toggleFilmStrip')

• toggleChat - Hides / shows the chat. No arguments are required.

api.executeCommand('toggleChat')

• toggleContactList - Hides / shows the contact list. No arguments are required.

api.executeCommand('toggleContactList')

• toggleShareScreen - Starts / stops screen sharing. No arguments are required.

api.executeCommand('toggleShareScreen')

• hangup - Hangups the call. No arguments are required.

api.executeCommand('hangup')

• email - Changes the local email address. This command requires one argument - the new email address to be set.

api.executeCommand('email', 'example@example.com')

• avatarUrl - Changes the local avatar URL. This command requires one argument - the new avatar URL to be set.

api.executeCommand('avatarUrl', 'https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/3671647')

You can also execute multiple commands using the executeCommands method:

api.executeCommands(commands)

The commands parameter is an object with the names of the commands as keys and the arguments for the commands as values:

api.executeCommands({displayName: ['nickname'], toggleAudio: []});

You can add event listeners to the embedded Jitsi Meet using the addEventListener method. NOTE: This method still exists but it is deprecated. JitsiMeetExternalAPI class extends EventEmitter. Use EventEmitter methods (addListener or on).

api.addEventListener(event, listener)

The event parameter is a String object with the name of the event. The listener parameter is a Function object with one argument that will be notified when the event occurs with data related to the event.

The following events are currently supported:

• incomingMessage - Event notifications about incoming messages. The listener will receive an object with the following structure:

{
"from": from,    // JID of the user that sent the message
"nick": nick,    // the nickname of the user that sent the message
"message": txt   // the text of the message
}

• outgoingMessage - Event notifications about outgoing messages. The listener will receive an object with the following structure:

{
"message": txt   // the text of the message
}

• displayNameChanged - event notifications about display name changes. The listener will receive an object with the following structure:

{
"jid": jid,                 // the JID of the participant that changed his display name
"displayname": displayName  // the new display name
}

• participantJoined - event notifications about new participants who join the room. The listener will receive an object with the following structure:

{
"jid": jid   // the JID of the participant
}

• participantLeft - event notifications about participants that leave the room. The listener will receive an object with the following structure:

{
"jid": jid   // the JID of the participant
}

• videoConferenceJoined - event notifications fired when the local user has joined the video conference. The listener will receive an object with the following structure:

{
"roomName": room   // the room name of the conference
}

• videoConferenceLeft - event notifications fired when the local user has left the video conference. The listener will receive an object with the following structure:

{
"roomName": room   // the room name of the conference
}

• readyToClose - event notification fired when Jitsi Meet is ready to be closed (hangup operations are completed).

You can also add multiple event listeners by using addEventListeners. This method requires one argument of type Object. The object argument must have the names of the events as keys and the listeners of the events as values. NOTE: This method still exists but it is deprecated. JitsiMeetExternalAPI class extends EventEmitter. Use EventEmitter methods.

function incomingMessageListener(object)
{
// ...
}

function outgoingMessageListener(object)
{
// ...
}

api.addEventListeners({
    incomingMessage: incomingMessageListener,
    outgoingMessage: outgoingMessageListener})

If you want to remove a listener you can use removeEventListener method with argument the name of the event. NOTE: This method still exists but it is deprecated. JitsiMeetExternalAPI class extends EventEmitter. Use EventEmitter methods( removeListener).

api.removeEventListener("incomingMessage");

If you want to remove more than one event you can use removeEventListeners method with an Array with the names of the events as an argument. NOTE: This method still exists but it is deprecated. JitsiMeetExternalAPI class extends EventEmitter. Use EventEmitter methods.

api.removeEventListeners(["incomingMessage", "outgoingMessageListener"]);

You can get the number of participants in the conference with the following API function:

var numberOfParticipants = api.getNumberOfParticipants();

You can get the iframe HTML element where Jitsi Meet is loaded with the following API function:

var iframe = api.getIFrame();

You can remove the embedded Jitsi Meet Conference with the following API function:

api.dispose()

NOTE: It's a good practice to remove the conference before the page is unloaded.