index.js

'use strict';

/**
 * Load Twilio configuration from .env config file - the following environment
 * variables should be set:
 * process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID
 * process.env.TWILIO_API_KEY
 * process.env.TWILIO_API_SECRET
 */
require('dotenv').load();

const express = require('express');
const http = require('http');
const path = require('path');
const { jwt: { AccessToken } } = require('twilio');

const VideoGrant = AccessToken.VideoGrant;

// Max. period that a Participant is allowed to be in a Room (currently 14400 seconds or 4 hours)
const MAX_ALLOWED_SESSION_DURATION = 14400;

// Create Express webapp.
const app = express();

// Set up the paths for the examples.
[
  'bandwidthconstraints',
  'codecpreferences',
  'dominantspeaker',
  'localvideofilter',
  'localvideosnapshot',
  'mediadevices',
  'networkquality',
  'reconnection',
  'screenshare',
  'localmediacontrols',
  'remotereconnection',
  'datatracks',
  'manualrenderhint',
  'autorenderhint'
].forEach(example => {
  const examplePath = path.join(__dirname, `../examples/${example}/public`);
  app.use(`/${example}`, express.static(examplePath));
});

// Set up the path for the quickstart.
const quickstartPath = path.join(__dirname, '../quickstart/public');
app.use('/quickstart', express.static(quickstartPath));

// Set up the path for the examples page.
const examplesPath = path.join(__dirname, '../examples');
app.use('/examples', express.static(examplesPath));

/**
 * Default to the Quick Start application.
 */
app.get('/', (request, response) => {
  response.redirect('/quickstart');
});

/**
 * Generate an Access Token for a chat application user - it generates a random
 * username for the client requesting a token, and takes a device ID as a query
 * parameter.
 */
app.get('/token', function(request, response) {
  const { identity } = request.query;

  // Create an access token which we will sign and return to the client,
  // containing the grant we just created.
  const token = new AccessToken(
    process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID,
    process.env.TWILIO_API_KEY,
    process.env.TWILIO_API_SECRET,
    { ttl: MAX_ALLOWED_SESSION_DURATION }
  );

  // Assign the generated identity to the token.
  token.identity = identity;

  // Grant the access token Twilio Video capabilities.
  const grant = new VideoGrant();
  token.addGrant(grant);

  // Serialize the token to a JWT string.
  response.send(token.toJwt());
});

// Create http server and run it.
const server = http.createServer(app);
const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
server.listen(port, function() {
  console.log('Express server running on *:' + port);
});