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Realtime Kit
Recordings

Start recording participant audio tracks

POST/accounts/{account_id}/realtime/kit/{app_id}/recordings/track

Starts track recording for a meeting. Track recording currently records separate participant audio tracks as WebM files in the RealtimeKit bucket. Video track recording is in development. For more information, refer to Track recording.

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Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
Realtime AdminRealtime
Path ParametersExpand Collapse
account_id: string

The account identifier tag.

maxLength32
app_id: string

The app identifier tag.

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
meeting_id: string

ID of the meeting to record.

formatuuid
layers: optional map[object { file_name_prefix, media_kind } ]

Optional audio layer configuration. If omitted, RealtimeKit records all participant audio using the default file name prefix.

file_name_prefix: optional string

A file name prefix to apply for files generated from this layer

media_kind: optional "audio"

Media kind to record. Track recording currently supports audio only.

user_ids: optional array of string

Optional list of participant user IDs to record. Selective track recording (user_ids) is in early beta contact support to use this feature.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
success: boolean

Success status of the operation

data: optional object { recording }

Data returned by the operation

recording: object { id, audio_download_url, download_url, 9 more }
id: string

ID of the recording

formatuuid
audio_download_url: string

If the audio_config is passed, the URL for downloading the audio recording is returned.

formaturi
download_url: string

URL where the recording can be downloaded.

formaturi
download_url_expiry: string

Timestamp when the download URL expires.

formatdate-time
file_size: number

File size of the recording, in bytes.

invoked_time: string

Timestamp when this recording was invoked.

formatdate-time
output_file_name: string

File name of the recording.

session_id: string

ID of the meeting session this recording is for.

formatuuid
started_time: string

Timestamp when this recording actually started after being invoked. Usually a few seconds after invoked_time.

formatdate-time
status: "INVOKED" or "RECORDING" or "UPLOADING" or 3 more

Current status of the recording.

One of the following:
"INVOKED"
"RECORDING"
"UPLOADING"
"UPLOADED"
"ERRORED"
"PAUSED"
stopped_time: string

Timestamp when this recording was stopped. Optional; is present only when the recording has actually been stopped.

formatdate-time
recording_duration: optional number

Total recording time in seconds.

Start recording participant audio tracks

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/realtime/kit/$APP_ID/recordings/track \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "meeting_id": "97440c6a-140b-40a9-9499-b23fd7a3868a"
        }'
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "recording": {
      "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
      "audio_download_url": "https://example.com",
      "download_url": "https://example.com",
      "download_url_expiry": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "file_size": 0,
      "invoked_time": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "output_file_name": "output_file_name",
      "session_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
      "started_time": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "status": "INVOKED",
      "stopped_time": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "recording_duration": 0
    }
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "recording": {
      "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
      "audio_download_url": "https://example.com",
      "download_url": "https://example.com",
      "download_url_expiry": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "file_size": 0,
      "invoked_time": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "output_file_name": "output_file_name",
      "session_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
      "started_time": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "status": "INVOKED",
      "stopped_time": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "recording_duration": 0
    }
  }
}