VideoSDK Server SDK

Server-side SDKs for the VideoSDK v2 APIs, available for Node.js and Go with the same capabilities: create rooms, mint access tokens, run recordings, HLS and live streams, drive telephony, and dispatch AI agents.

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Install

Node.js

npm install @videosdk/server-sdk

Requires Node.js 18+.

Go

go get github.com/videosdk-live/videosdk-server-sdk-go

Requires Go 1.23+.

Get your credentials

Create an API key and secret in the VideoSDK Dashboard. Pass them to the client, or set them in the environment (see Configuration).

note

Keep your secret on the server. It signs tokens, so it must never reach a browser or mobile app.

Quick start

Node.js

import { VideoSDK, Grant } from "@videosdk/server-sdk";

const client = new VideoSDK({
  apiKey: process.env.VIDEOSDK_API_KEY!,
  secret: process.env.VIDEOSDK_SECRET!,
});

// Create a room
const room = await client.rooms.create({ geoFence: "us002" });

// Mint a token your client app uses to join it
const token = client
  .accessToken()
  .setParticipant("user-123")
  .grant(Grant.AllowJoin)
  .forRoom(room.roomId)
  .expiresIn("2h")
  .toJwt();

Go

client, err := videosdk.NewClient(
	videosdk.WithAPIKey("YOUR_API_KEY"),
	videosdk.WithSecret("YOUR_SECRET"),
)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}
ctx := context.Background()

// Create a room
room, err := client.Rooms.Create(ctx, videosdk.RoomCreateParams{
	GeoFence: videosdk.String(videosdk.RegionUS002),
})

// Mint a token your client app uses to join it
b, _ := client.AccessToken()
token, _ := b.
	SetParticipant("user-123").
	Grant(videosdk.GrantAllowJoin).
	ForRoom(room.RoomID).
	ExpiresIn(2 * time.Hour).
	ToJWT()

The client signs and attaches its own management token on every request, so you never set an Authorization header for server-side calls.

What you can do

Area	Resources
Meetings	Rooms, Sessions, Participants
Recording & streaming	Recordings, HLS, RTMP, Transcription, Transcodings
Ingest	Ingress (WHIP / WHEP / Socket)
Telephony	SIP, Batch calls, Connectors
AI	Agents

Next steps

• Authentication & tokens
• Configuration
• Error handling
• Pagination