Server Integration
Now that you have your RealtimeKit API Key, you can move on to integrating RealtimeKit's REST APIs with your server code. This diagram walks you through the flow request of starting a Live Video call via RealtimeKit.
It all starts with creating a meeting which is needed to start a live video call. After a meeting has been created on RealtimeKit's server, you can now add participants to the meeting. Each participant is given an authToken which is necessary for your client side to further interact with the meeting.
Let's dive into further details.
Create a meeting​
Create a RealtimeKit meeting using the Create Meeting API. The API returns a unique identifier for your meeting which you will be using later.
RealtimeKit meetings do not have a specific date or time associated to them, so you can either create them in advance or right when users need to join the meeting.
Add Participants​
Now that you have a meeting, it's time to add participants to the meeting. Call the Add Participant API with the unique identifier of your meeting. To specify the preset that your participant should use, remember to pass the preset_name parameter as well.
On successfully creating a participant, you will receive an authorization token (token) for each participant. Your server has complete control over when to distribute this token to the participants. Your client side needs the token to connect and interact with the meeting.
What's Next?​
Now, you can move now to integrating RealtimeKit on your client side or you can learn more about the different REST APIs that RealtimeKit provides and how you can utilise them.