Vonage Video Express

The Vonage Video Express is a JavaScript library to quickly create a multiparty video conference web application. It works on top of the Vonage Video API for JavaScript.

Documentation

The documentation and API reference can be found at https://tokbox.com/developer/video-express/

Accessing VideoExpress library

Via npm installed package

Install package:

1$ npm i --save @vonage/video-express

1import * as VideoExpress from "@vonage/video-express";
2// or
3import { Room, PreviewPublisher} from "@vonage/video-express";

Via script tag

In html:

1<script src="https://static.opentok.com/v1/js/video-express.js"></script>
2

In javascript, access via global VideoExpress object:

1/* global VideoExpress */
2
3// e.g usage:
4const room = new VideoExpress.Room({
5  ...
6});

Methods

See the OpenTok developer guide on Video Express Basics to learn more about the methods in Video Express. To learn more about Session Creation, please visit the Session Creation and Token Creation sections of the OpenTok Developer Guide.

Events

To learn about Video Express events, see the OpenTok developer guide on Video Express Events.