anchorThe Meeting Instance

A Meeting instance represents a specific meeting session within the Webex Meetings SDK. Each meeting has its Meeting instance, which allows you to interact with and control the meeting's behavior.

anchorFetch a Meeting Instance

A meeting instance is typically created once a meeting is initiated through the SDK. If a meeting has already been created on the SDK, you can retrieve it using the SDK's meetings object by passing a meetingId.

const meeting = webex.meetings.getAllMeetings()[meetingId];

If participants have already joined the meeting, it can be retrieved from Webex Cloud. Refer to Sync Meetings.

anchorJoin a Meeting

Once you have a Meeting object, you can join the meeting using the join() method:

const join = await meeting.join(joinOptions);

You can specify options via a joinOptions object, including PSTN, video, and screensharing:

The join() method returns a JoinResponse object containing comprehensive details about the meeting.

The joinOptions Object

The joinOptions object determines how a participant joins a meeting:

Here's a sample joinOptions object:

const joinOptions = {
  pin: '123456',
  moderator: false,
  moveToResource: false,
  resourceId: '31c4a552-4167-49ef-8034-c8dc8c5de76f',
  receiveTranscription: false,
  meetingQuality: {
    local: '720p',
    remote: 'HIGH'
  },
  rejoin: false
};

Join a Meeting Without Media

A participant can join without any media connection initially and can set up media options later as required.

To join a meeting without media:

meeting.join().then(() => {
  // Meeting joined successfully
});

Add Media to a Meeting

To join with a meeting with media enabled, you must create media streams first, before adding the media to the meeting.

Set up Media Streams

To create various MediaStreams object streams like microphone, video, and screen sharing:

const audioVideoConstraints = {
  audio: { deviceId: audioDeviceId },
  video: { deviceId: videoDeviceId }
};

const microphoneStream =
  await webex.meetings.mediaHelpers.createMicrophoneStream(constraints.audio);
const cameraStream = await webex.meetings.mediaHelpers.createCameraStream(
  constraints.video
);
const [localShareVideoStream, localShareAudioStream] =
  await webex.meetings.mediaHelpers.createDisplayStreamWithAudio();

For more info on the MediaStreams object, see Media Streams Management.

The addMedia() method

Once a participant has joined the meeting, the participant's media streams can be added using the addMedia() method. Media streams can be of different types: LocalMicrophoneStream for audio, LocalCameraStream for video, and MediaStream that encapsulates audio or video.

Use addMedia() with LocalMicrophoneStream and LocalCameraStream

When we create a media stream object using createMicrophoneStream() and createCameraStream(), it returns a media stream of type LocalMicrophoneStream for audio and LocalCameraStream for video. This type of media stream can be passed in addMedia() :

const addMediaOptions = {
  localStreams: {
    microphone: microphoneStream,
    camera: cameraStream,
  },
  allowMediaInLobby: true,
};

await meeting.addMedia(addMediaOptions);

Use addMedia() with MediaStream

If the media stream is of type MediaStream, it needs to be typecast as LocalMicrophoneStream for audio and LocalCameraStream for video before passing it to the addMedia() method:

const microphoneStream = new LocalMicrophoneStream(mediaStream);
const camerStream = new LocalCameraStream(mediaStream)

const addMediaOptions = {
  localStreams: {
    microphone: microphoneStream,
    camera: cameraStream,
  },
  allowMediaInLobby: true,
};

await meeting.addMedia(addMediaOptions);

To add media, configure the streams using the localStreams attribute in the addMediaOptions object.

The LocalStreams object

The LocalStreams object is a collection of different LocalStream objects that define the media within a meeting context.

The LocalStream serves as a common interface implemented by various classes, each representing different types of media streams. The classes, which include LocalMicrophoneStream, LocalCameraStream, LocalSystemAudioStream, and LocalDisplayStream, implement the LocalStream interface to provide specific functionality for managing various media streams.

The LocalStreams contains the following attributes:

Join a Meeting with Media

To join a meeting with media enabled, define a joinOptions object and pass it to the Meeting object's join() method:

const joinOptions = {
  enableMultistream: false, // Multistream is an experimental feature
  pin: 'pin',
  moderator: false,
  breakoutsSupported: false, // Enable breakout rooms in the meeting
};

await meeting.join(joinOptions);

See above for information on the joinOptions object.

Update Media for a Meeting

At any time in the meeting, you can remove or add additional media streams using the following methods. While updating a media of the same type (e.g. camera stream), first unpublish the media streams before publishing the new streams.

Add Media Stream

If we already have media added to a meeting, we can add more streams by using the publishStreams() method as follows.

await meeting.publishStreams({camera: cameraStream}));

Remove a Media Stream

This method is used to remove a media stream from the meeting.

To remove media streams:

const streamsToUnpublish = [];

if (localMedia.screenShare.audio) {
  streamsToUnpublish.push(screenShare.audio);
}
if (localMedia.screenShare.video) {
  streamsToUnpublish.push(screenShare.video);
}

if (streamsToUnpublish.length) {
  await meeting.unpublishStreams(streamsToUnpublish);
}

Join a Meeting with Media

The joinWithMedia() method lets you join a meeting and add media in a single operation.

Join a meeting using joinOptions and mediaOptions:

const options = {
  joinOptions: {
    pin: '123456',
    moderator: false
  },
  mediaOptions: {
    localStreams: {
      microphone: microphoneStream,
      camera: cameraStream
    },
    audioEnabled: true,
    videoEnabled: true,
    shareVideoEnabled: true,
    shareAudioEnabled: false,
  }
};

await meeting.joinWithMedia(options);

Here are the various scenarios in which the joinOptions object can vary: