Vonage Video Express
Vonage Video Express is a JavaScript library to quickly create a multiparty video conference web application. It works on top of the Vonage Video API for JavaScript.
A Quick Start
- Install the Video Express package:
Installation using the
npmpackagenpm i --save @vonage/video-expressWe can also use a script tag in the
<head>section of the HTML page, to include Vonage Video Express in our application
- Currently, Vonage Video Express doesn't include a default UI. So you will need to add CSS to style the room components in your app:
For a quick start, copy the video-express-styles.css file and include it in your head section:
- Add a
divelement within thebodysection. This will be the room container. The SDK will append all of its DOM components within this container:
- Use this code snippet to create a room and to join the video conference. To create the room object, you will need to provide your API key, a session ID, and a token for the session:
See the guide on Session Creation and Token Creation.
More resources
See the Video Express API reference and guide.