Tutorials
Get started with tutorials that will walk you through building a variety of practical applications
Creating basic video capturer
Learn how set up a basic video capturer using the Vonage Video SDK.
Creating a video chat app
Learn the basic concepts of the Vonage Video API platform, including how users can communicate through video, voice, and messaging. Explore a basic Vonage Video API flow.
Creating basic video renderer
Learn how to use a custom video renderer to display visual effects on top of the video
Client Observability
Learn how to use a client observability to you monitor real-time quality metrics for a video call with Vonage Video SDK.
Connect to a WebSocket
Learn how to connect an inbound Voice API call to a WebSocket
Create a CSV report using the command line
Create a CSV report using the command line tool, curl.
Create a CSV report using a graphical tool
Create a report using the graphical tool, Postman.
Receiving call events using webhooks
Create a webhook to receive events from calls
Creating custom audio driver
Learn how to use a custom audio driver to customize publisher and subscriber stream audio. You will use the custom audio driver when you want to start and stop the audio play your own audio file, and do anything outside the default behavior of live video chat provided by the SDK.
Get JSON records using the command line
Get JSON records using the command line tool, `curl`.
Anything-to-SMS with IFTTT and Nexmo
Send an SMS in response to any trigger by creating a serverless action in PHP that sends an SMS. Use IFTTT to send a webhook to the serverless action when your chosen event occurs
Smart Numbers IVR
Redirect calls from your Smart Number to another number
Build a Call Menu
Create an interactive voice response (IVR) menu to handle customer calls
Log incoming calls to Salesforce
Logging incoming calls into Salesforce
Getting Started with the Number Insight APIs and ASP.NET
Detailed tutorial on how you can get real-time intelligence about a phone number using ASP.NET and Vonage Number Insight APIs.
Picture in Picture
Learn how to implement Picture in Picture (PiP) functionality in your video application using the Vonage Video API.
Play Audio into a WebSocket
Learn how to connect an inbound Voice API call to a WebSocket, then play audio with JavaScript.
Play Audio into a Call
A tutorial showing you how to build an app that will play audio into a PSTN call
How to Receive an SMS Message with ASP.NET Core MVC
A tutorial to show how your ASP .NET MVC application can use the Vonage .NET SDK to receive SMS messages from your users and display them in your output window.
Receive SMS Messages with Java
This tutorial walks you through creating a servlet to receive incoming SMS messages from your users. You'll learn how to configure your Vonage number and account, set up the servlet, and have the incoming messages logged to the console.
Receiving an SMS with PHP
Walk through of how to receive an SMS in your PHP project
How to Receive SMS Messages with Ruby on Rails
Handle incoming SMS from users in your Ruby on Rails application.
Implementing screen sharing
Learn how implement screen sharing using the Vonage Video SDK.
Sending a Facebook message with failover
The Dispatch API provides the ability to create message workflows with failover to secondary channels. This task looks at using the Dispatch API to send a Facebook message with failover to the SMS channel.
Sending a Facebook Messenger message
The Messages API provides the ability to send messages to various channels, including Facebook Messenger, SMS, WhatsApp and Viber. This task looks at using the Messages API to send a Facebook Messenger message.
How to Send an SMS With ASP.NET Core MVC
Enhance your .NET application by adding the ability to send SMS messages to users. This tutorial walks you through adding a simple form to your web application, and sending an SMS message to the number provided.
How to Send SMS Messages with Python, Flask and Nexmo
This tutorial introduces you to sending SMS with Python, making use of the Nexmo Python library. It starts by showing how to send SMS from the REPL, then goes on to show you how to build a simple flask app with SMS capabilities.
How to Send SMS Messages with Java
Learn how to add the ability to send SMS messages from your Java application. This tutorial also shows how you can create a web service and use that to send the SMS messages.
Sending an SMS message
The Messages API provides the ability to send messages to various channels, including Facebook Messenger, SMS, WhatsApp and Viber. This task looks at using the Messages API to send an SMS message.
Sending SMS Messages with PHP
This short but detailed tutorial shows you how you can send SMS messages from your PHP application.
How to Send SMS Messages with Ruby on Rails
Detailed tutorial on how you can send SMS from your Ruby on Rails application using the Vonage SMS API
Sending a Viber message
The Messages API provides the ability to send messages to various channels, including Facebook Messenger, SMS, WhatsApp and Viber. This tutorial describes using the Messages API to send a Viber message.
Sending a WhatsApp message
The Messages API provides the ability to send messages to various channels, including Facebook Messenger, SMS, WhatsApp and Viber. This tutorial describes using the Messages API to send a WhatsApp message.
Getting Started with Silent Authentication
Silent Authentication takes quite a bit to understand. This tutorial shows you how to build an integration from scratch with Kotlin and Nodejs
Simple Multiparty
Learn how to use the Vonage Android SDK for a multi-party call. The application publishes audio/video from a device and can connect to multiple subscribers.
Show SMS Notifications in the Browser with Angular, Node.JS, and Ably
Use Node.js and Express to receive an SMS, send it via Ably to a web browser, and then use Angular to display it as a notification in a Single Page Application.
How to Receive SMS Delivery Receipts with ASP.NET Core MVC
Delivery receipts allow you to get information about when an SMS is delivered to a user's handset. This tutorial shows how you can receive these delivery receipt notifications in your ASP .NET application.
Receiving SMS Delivery Receipts with PHP
Get notifications when your SMS is actually delivered to the handset of the user. This tutorial uses Slim framework to log the delivery receipts of your sent messages.
Receive an SMS Delivery Receipt from a Mobile Carrier with Ruby on Rails
By enabling delivery receipts on the SMS messages that you send, you can get a notification when the message is successfully delivered. This tutorial show you how you can implement this in your Rails application.
Serverless SMS Fortune Cookies with Nexmo and IBM
Receive SMS from a user, and respond using a serverless function. This example uses IBM Cloud Functions to receive the webhook notification of the incoming SMS request, and respond by sending an SMS (containing a fortune cookie as a very simple example) back to the user. An ideal model for low-traffic use cases where users need up-to-date information by SMS.
Step-up authentication
Add an extra layer of security when users perform sensitive tasks
Two-factor authentication for security and spam prevention
Learn how to implement 2fa in your Ruby applications
Making an app to app voice call
You make a phone call from app to another app.
Making an in-app voice call
You make a voice call from app to a phone.
Creating a chat app
Create an application that enables users to message each other.
Receiving a Phone Call in an App
Your app receives an inbound phone call.
Creating a text chat app
Follow this tutorial to build basic text chat from scratch using Signals