This application should give you a ready-made starting point for writing your own video chatting apps with Twilio IP Messaging. Before we begin, we need to collect all the credentials we need to run the application:
Credential | Description |
---|---|
Twilio Account SID | Your main Twilio account identifier - find it on your dashboard. |
Twilio Video Configuration SID | Adds video capability to the access token - generate one here |
API Key | Used to authenticate - generate one here. |
API Secret | Used to authenticate - just like the above, you'll get one here. |
When you generate an API key pair at the URLs above, your API Secret will only
be shown once - make sure to save this in a secure location,
or possibly your ~/.bash_profile
.
Create a configuration file for your application:
cp .env.example .env
Edit .env
with the four configuration parameters we gathered from above.
Next, we need to install our depenedencies:
bundle install
Now we should be all set! Run the application using the ruby
command.
bundle exec ruby app.rb
Your application should now be running at http://localhost:4567. Send an invite to another user in another browser tab/window and start video chatting!
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