Create a template via dashboard

Introduction

A template is a collection of roles, room settings, recording and RTMP settings (if used), that are used by the SDK to decide which geography to connect to, which tracks to return to the client, whether to turn on recording when a room is created, etc. Each room is associated with a template.

Create a template via dashboard

Users can see or modify the templates by visiting Templates on Dashboard or via API(see below). After updating a template or some part of its like permissions, you need to rejoin or restart the session for the template updates to take place.

Template

Roles

Role is a collection of permissions that allows you to perform certain set of operations while being part of the room. It has the following attributes:

Name

Every role has a name that should be unique inside a template. This name will be used while generating auth tokens and referencing inside a template.

Priority

Priority will determine the order in which the roles will be degraded. A lower number represents a higher priority.

Publish Strategies

Publish strategies will be used to determine the tracks and their quality which can be published by this role.

StrategyDescription
Can share audioWhether the role is allowed to publish the audio track or not.
Can share videoWhether the role is allowed to publish the video track or not
Can share screenWhether the role is allowed to do screen share or not
Video qualityQuality of the video track which is going to be published by the role. Currently, 6 video qualities 1080p,720p, 480p, 360p, 240p and 120p are predefined and the user can select one out of these values. This option will be visible only if the Can share video is enabled.
Screenshare qualityQuality of the screen which is going to be shared by the role. Currently, 2 video qualities 720p and 1080p are predefined and the user can select one out of these values. This option will be visible only if the Can share screen is enabled.

Subscribe Strategies

Subscribe strategies will be used to determine what all roles, this role can subscribe to.

StrategyDescription
Subscribe toYou can select all the roles of the template which this role will subscribe
Subscribe DegradationWhen this flag is turned on, one or more remote video tracks will be muted automatically when the network condition worsens. Such tracks will be marked as degraded. When the network condition improves, the degraded tracks will automatically be unmuted.

Permissions

Permissions will contain a list of additional privileges that this role will have.

PermissionDescription
Can change any participant's roleWith this permission, user will be able to change the role of the other participant's who are present in the room
Can mute any participantWith this permission, user will be able to mute any participant's audio and/or video.
Can ask participant to unmuteWith this permission, user will be able to ask any participant to unmute their audio and/or video.
Can remove participant from the roomWith this permission, user will be able to remove any participant from the current session of the room.
Can end current session of the roomWith this permission, user will be able to end the current session of the room.
Can receive room stateWith this permission, user will be able to receive room state like peer-count and peer-list on the preview screen.
Can start/stop RTMP livestreamWith this permission, user will be able to publish live audio/video livestream externally to social media and custom platforms (e.g Youtube/Facebook/Twitter).
Can start/stop HLS livestreamWith this permission, user will be able to publish audio/video livestream in the HLS format.
Can start/stop Beam RecordingWith this permission, user will be able to record meeting/livestream via the browser recording approach where a bot will join the room and record the meeting/livestream as is.

Advanced Settings

As the name suggests, Advanced Settings section contains more settings and controls for the advanced user.

Template

Preview room state

Preview room state enables you to build a "preview" screen which shows the state of the room before joining. This room state includes a list of peers, which can be used to show who is in the room. Preview room state also includes recording and streaming state.

Preview room state settings define strategy of sending state updates to client SDKs.

SettingDescription
Room-state Message Interval (in seconds)Room-state data will be sent over a regular interval of these many seconds. Consequently, the room state displayed on the preview screen will refresh accordingly. This value must be a multiple of 5, between 5 and 3600 seconds, both inclusive.
Send Peer List in Room-stateEnabling this will send peer-list info of the room. If disabled, only the peer count is sent.
Enable Room-StateIf enabled, room-state data will be sent to the preview screen. If disabled, no such room-state data will be sent.
Roles with room-state permissionThis is the list of all the roles which will get the room-state data. You can also individually toggle these settings in the Roles tab under the Permissions section.

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