Calls and Recordings Data in Janus

[abdul basit]

Hi, I am making a SAAS platform something like Gotomeeting.com where I want to show users their previous call logs and recordings, just like skype shows that you called that person and also shows the time and date for the call. Also as I am recording data, I want to save path to them in database with information of which users and call they belong to. Would I have to wrap all janus api calls in my own server or is there any mechanism in janus that outputs call details once call ends etc? 

Thanks in advance :) 

[Lorenzo Miniero]

Tracking users is up to you. You don't have to wrap API calls yourself, you can also rely on Event Handlers to feed you live events behind the curtains.

L.

[abdul basit]

Ok but can you please give me some starting points, I want to show users selective sessions from their own organization only so that they can join anytime. I am planning to modify video room plugin but regarding recordings how to keep track of what users they belong to as I'll be originating call directly from browser to janus or should I call from browser to my server api and then call janus api? Your help would be highly appreciated. :) 

[Lorenzo Miniero]

You can check a couple of blog posts we wrote on event handlers:

http://www.meetecho.com/blog/event-handlers-a-practical-example/

http://www.meetecho.com/blog/correlating-janus-event-handlers/

and a presentation (slides+video) I gave last year at FOSDEM:

https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/janus/

These should give you an idea on how they work and how you can use them. Older posts also contain related discussions.

L.

[abdul basit]

Thanks a lot Lorenzo. One last question (sorry for being so annoying :P) I have to add functionality for audio call, video call and screensharing with recording capabilitites and ability for an admin to join any session, so should I write a new plugin combining the video room, recording and screensharing plugin or can they be used together without modifying them? 

[Lorenzo Miniero]

Combine and orchestrate them at an application level, no need for a new plugin.

L.

[abdul basit]

Thanks a lot.