aakatev / bigbluebutton-js

JavaScript layer to interact with BigBlueButton API

JavaScript layer to interact with BigBlueButton API. Supports WebHooks.

Read the Official Documentation

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Features

• Supports BBB API, and WebHooks
• Provides methods to construct URLs, and calculate SHA checksum
• Provides HTTP client that converts XML responses to JS objects
• Works with Node 10 or newer
• Works in browser dist/browser.js

Installation

npm i bigbluebutton-js

Usage

You will need to provide BigBlueButton URL and secret to the script. You can obtain them by logging into you BBB server, and running:

bbb-conf --secret

Use the obtained values in your script:

const bbb = require('bigbluebutton-js')
let api = bbb.api(
    process.env.BBB_URL, 
    process.env.BBB_SECRET
  )

For comprehensive getting started section, see official docs.

Examples

The following example shows how to create a room, and links for moderator and attendee to join:

const bbb = require('bigbluebutton-js')
 
// BBB_URL and BBB_SECRET can be obtained
// by running bbb-conf --secret on your BBB server
// refer to Getting Started for more information
let api = bbb.api(
    process.env.BBB_URL, 
    process.env.BBB_SECRET
  )
let http = bbb.http
 
// api module itself is responsible for constructing URLs
let meetingCreateUrl = api.administration.create('My Meeting', '1', {
  duration: 2,
  attendeePW: 'secret',
  moderatorPW: 'supersecret',
})
 
// http method should be used in order to make calls
http(meetingCreateUrl).then((result) => {
  console.log(result)
 
  let moderatorUrl = api.administration.join('moderator', '1', 'supersecret')
  let attendeeUrl = api.administration.join('attendee', '1', 'secret')
  console.log(`Moderator link: ${moderatorUrl}\nAttendee link: ${attendeeUrl}`)
 
  let meetingEndUrl = api.administration.end('1', 'supersecret')
  console.log(`End meeting link: ${meetingEndUrl}`)
})

For comprehensive examples section, see official docs.

Reference

Our reference is divided into two sections: API and WebHooks.

Tests

To run the test suites some prior configuration is required. First, create a .env file in library root. The file should have the following content:

BBB_URL=https://mysite.com/bigbluebutton
BBB_SECRET=MySuperSecretSharedToken

Make sure, you installed development dependencies (mocha, and dotenv). Now you can run npm run test:

npm run test

License

This project is licensed under the ISC License - see the LICENSE file for details

Acknowledgments

• Project started as a fork of bbb-promise