Create a room.

POST 
/rooms

Synchronously create a Room.

application/json

Body

required

Parameters that can be defined during room creation.

unique_name string

The unique (within the Telnyx account scope) name of the room.

max_participants integer

Possible values: >= 2 and <= 50

Default value: 10

The maximum amount of participants allowed in a room. If new participants try to join after that limit is reached, their request will be rejected.

enable_recording boolean

Enable or disable recording for that room.

webhook_event_url url

The URL where webhooks related to this room will be sent. Must include a scheme, such as 'https'.

webhook_event_failover_url urlnullable

The failover URL where webhooks related to this room will be sent if sending to the primary URL fails. Must include a scheme, such as 'https'.

webhook_timeout_secs integernullable

Possible values: <= 30

Specifies how many seconds to wait before timing out a webhook.

201: Create room response.

application/json

• Schema
• Example (from schema)

Schema

data

object

id uuid

A unique identifier for the room.

max_participants integer

Maximum participants allowed in the room.

unique_name string

The unique (within the Telnyx account scope) name of the room.

created_at datetime

ISO 8601 timestamp when the room was created.

updated_at datetime

ISO 8601 timestamp when the room was updated.

active_session_id uuid

The identifier of the active room session if any.

sessions

object[]

Array [

id uuid

A unique identifier for the room session.

room_id uuid

Identify the room hosting that room session.

active boolean

Shows if the room session is active or not.

created_at datetime

ISO 8601 timestamp when the room session was created.

updated_at datetime

ISO 8601 timestamp when the room session was updated.

ended_at datetime

ISO 8601 timestamp when the room session has ended.

participants

object[]

Array [

id uuid

A unique identifier for the room participant.

session_id uuid

Identify the room session that participant is part of.

context string

Context provided to the given participant through the client SDK

joined_at datetime

ISO 8601 timestamp when the participant joined the session.

updated_at datetime

ISO 8601 timestamp when the participant was updated.

left_at datetime

ISO 8601 timestamp when the participant left the session.

record_type string

]

record_type string

]

enable_recording boolean

Enable or disable recording for that room.

webhook_event_url url

The URL where webhooks related to this room will be sent. Must include a scheme, such as 'https'.

webhook_event_failover_url urlnullable

The failover URL where webhooks related to this room will be sent if sending to the primary URL fails. Must include a scheme, such as 'https'.

webhook_timeout_secs integernullable

Possible values: <= 30

Specifies how many seconds to wait before timing out a webhook.

record_type string

{
  "data": {
    "id": "7b61621f-62e0-4aad-ab11-9fd19e272e73",
    "max_participants": 50,
    "unique_name": "My Room",
    "created_at": "2021-04-16T09:46:20.954863Z",
    "updated_at": "2021-04-16T10:24:55.962200Z",
    "active_session_id": "7b61621f-62e0-4aad-ab11-9fd19e272e74",
    "enable_recording": true,
    "webhook_event_failover_url": "https://failover.example.com",
    "webhook_timeout_secs": 25,
    "webhook_event_url": "https://www.example.com",
    "sessions": [
      {
        "id": "7b61621f-62e0-4aad-ab11-9fd19e272e74",
        "room_id": "7b61621f-62e0-4aad-ab11-9fd19e272e73",
        "active": true,
        "created_at": "2021-04-16T09:46:20.954863Z",
        "updated_at": "2021-04-16T10:24:55.962200Z",
        "participants": [],
        "record_type": "room_session"
      }
    ],
    "record_type": "room"
  }
}

422: Unprocessable entity. Check the 'detail' field in response for details.

application/json

• Schema
• Example (from schema)

Schema

errors

Error[]

Array [

code intrequired

title stringrequired

detail string

source

object

pointer json-pointer

JSON pointer (RFC6901) to the offending entity.

parameter string

Indicates which query parameter caused the error.

meta object

]

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "string",
      "title": "string",
      "detail": "string",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "string",
        "parameter": "string"
      },
      "meta": {}
    }
  ]
}

Request samples

• cURL

---

curl -L 'https://api.telnyx.com/v2/rooms' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>' \
-d '{
  "unique_name": "My room",
  "max_participants": 10,
  "enable_recording": true,
  "webhook_event_url": "https://example.com",
  "webhook_event_failover_url": "https://failover.example.com",
  "webhook_timeout_secs": 25
}'

Response samples

• 201
• 422

---

{
  "data": {
    "id": "7b61621f-62e0-4aad-ab11-9fd19e272e73",
    "max_participants": 50,
    "unique_name": "My Room",
    "created_at": "2021-04-16T09:46:20.954863Z",
    "updated_at": "2021-04-16T10:24:55.962200Z",
    "active_session_id": "7b61621f-62e0-4aad-ab11-9fd19e272e74",
    "enable_recording": true,
    "webhook_event_failover_url": "https://failover.example.com",
    "webhook_timeout_secs": 25,
    "webhook_event_url": "https://www.example.com",
    "sessions": [
      {
        "id": "7b61621f-62e0-4aad-ab11-9fd19e272e74",
        "room_id": "7b61621f-62e0-4aad-ab11-9fd19e272e73",
        "active": true,
        "created_at": "2021-04-16T09:46:20.954863Z",
        "updated_at": "2021-04-16T10:24:55.962200Z",
        "participants": [],
        "record_type": "room_session"
      }
    ],
    "record_type": "room"
  }
}

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "string",
      "title": "string",
      "detail": "string",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "string",
        "parameter": "string"
      },
      "meta": {}
    }
  ]
}