Zoom Meeting Bot JavaScript sample

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This repo contains an HTML/CSS/JavaScript website that utilizes the Zoom Meeting SDK with a Node.js Express backend and the Chrome Headless browser to join Zoom meetings and request recording permission as a participant. The frontend is built with Vanilla JS to demonstrate the capabilities of headless browsers for bot development.

Requirements:

• Nodejs

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Installation

To get started, clone the repo : https://github.com/zoom/meetingsdk-web-bot-sample.git

Setup

1. Once cloned, navigate to the meetingsdk-sample-javascript directory:

$ cd meetingsdk-web-bot-sample-javascript

2. Then install the dependencies:

$ npm install

3. Copy .env.example to store your Meeting SDK credentials:

$ cp .env.example .env

4. In the frontend directory, open the client-view.js file, and enter values for the variables:

   Variable	Description
   authEndpoint	Required, your Meeting SDK auth endpoint that secuerly generates a Meeting SDK JWT. Get a Meeting SDK auth endpoint here.
   sdkKey	Required, your Zoom Meeting SDK Key or Client ID for Meeting SDK app type's created after February 11, 2023. You can get yours here.
   meetingNumber	Required, the Zoom Meeting or webinar number.
   passWord	Optional, meeting password. Leave as empty string if the meeting does not require a password.
   role	Required, 0 to specify participant, 1 to specify host.
   userName	Required, a name for the user joining / starting the meeting / webinar.
   userEmail	Required for Webinar, optional for Meeting, required for meeting and webinar if registration is required. The email of the user starting or joining the meeting / webinar.
   registrantToken	Required if your meeting or webinar requires registration.
   zakToken	Required to start meetings or webinars on external Zoom user's behalf, the authorized Zoom user's ZAK token.
   leaveUrl	Required for Client View, the url the user is taken to once the meeting is over.

   Example:

   var authEndpoint = 'http://localhost:4000'
   var sdkKey = 'abc123'
   var meetingNumber = '123456789'
   var passWord = ''
   var role = 0
   var userName = 'Web Bot'
   var userEmail = ''
   var registrantToken = ''
   var leaveUrl = 'https://zoom.us'

5. Launch a development local Server or open index.html in your browser (or serve over localhost).

6. Start the server:

npm run start

Usage

1. Enter Meeting SDK credentials values in index.html

2. Navigate to index.html in your browser (or serve over localhost).

3. In backend/helpers/meetingBot.js, enter local development url or site url.

await page.goto("{Enter local development url or site url}", {
    waitUntil: "load",


  });

4. In terminal run :

 npm run start

5. Meeting bot should enter the meeting as a participant and request recording permission.

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