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Twilio Video Chat

A Mendix widget for video chats on the Twilio platform.

Description

This widget provides video chat functionalities based on the Twilio platform.

As such, it can:

• Add a user to a chat room.
• Display video views with audio for all other participants in the room.
• Display a preview from your local camera on a separate box.
• Display a log of messages related to the events of joining and leaving the room by participants.

Example Application

• Here you can find a Mendix package of a simple example app that uses this widget.
• And, here is what it looks like: twiliovideochat-sandbox.mxapps.io.

Usage

Place the widget on a Data View which returns any entity that can provide configuration values for:

• Room name
• Nickname (identity)
• Join room (Boolean: on 'true', it will join the room and on ‘false’, it will leave it)
• Access Token string. You can generate this using a helper Java Action: GenerateAccessToken in our TwilioAccessTokenGenerator module.

In order to use the widget, you must have a Twilio account and:

• Account SID – your primary Twilio account identifier; you can find this in the console here.
• API Key SID – used for authentication; generate one here.
• API Key Secret – used for authentication; generate one here.