Web Component Reference

Our web component allows you to embed Whereby's pre-built UI on any webpage. It provides a simple readable integration and exposes local client events and commands between our platform and yours.

Installation

When using React or a bundler like Webpack, Rollup, Parcel, etc

npm install @whereby.com/browser-sdk

import "@whereby.com/browser-sdk/embed"

HTML

<whereby-embed room="https://subdomain.whereby.com/your_room?roomKey=3fe345a"></whereby-embed>

You can use a hostRoomUrl instead of the roomUrl, if you want to give the user host privileges

JSX

const MyComponent = ({ roomUrl }) => {
    return <whereby-embed room={roomUrl} />
}

export default MyComponent

You can use a hostRoomUrl instead of the roomUrl, if you want to give the user host privileges

If you aren't using a bundler or a library containing a bundler you can access the component code directly from our CDN using a simple Script tag in your site

Attributes of the component

Attribute	Value	Description
aec	Nothing (on) or "off"	Turn off acoustic echo cancellation on audio
agc	Nothing (on) or "off"	Turn off acoustic echo cancellation on audio
audio	"off"	Enter meeting with audio off
audioDenoiser	Nothing (on) or "off"	Enables/Disables the noise cancelation feature
autoHideSelfView	Nothing (off) or "on"	Automatically hide the self view in the bottom right
autoSpotlight	Nothing (on) or "off"	Automatically spotlight the local "host" on room join
avatarUrl	Image URL - Must be HTTPS and cannot contain query params	Set the avatar picture of the participant. The image must be a .png or .jpeg, and a square maximum of 64x64.
background	"off"	Render without background to let embedding app render its own
bottomToolbar	"off"	Hide the entire bottom tool bar. Useful if creating buttons using commands
breakout	Nothing (on) or "off"	Show/hide the Breakout Groups feature for the meeting host.
cameraAccess	Nothing (on) or "off"	Disable camera access for the local participant, allowing for only audio input
chat	Nothing (on) or "off"	Enable/disable chat
displayName	100 character string - Excluding $!<>:;	Set displayname of participant
externalId	Up to 36 alphanumeric characters (details)	Custom identifier for the participant. Can be searched in insights endpoints
floatSelf	Nothing (on) or "off"	Float the self view to the bottom right
groups	"Group Name(s)" - EX: "orange, banana, coconut"	Predefine up to 20 groups for the breakout groups function.
lang	Nothing (en) or fr | it | de | nb | da | nl | pt | pl | es | hi | cs | zh-hant | jp	Set the meeting UI language to match your product or service. Select from either English en, French fr, Italian it, German de, Norwegian nb, Danish da, Dutch nl, Portuguese pt, Polish pl, Spanish es, Hindi hi, Czech cs, Chinese (Complex) zh-hant or Japanese jp.
leaveButton	Nothing (on) or "off"	Enable/disable the leave button
localization	Nothing (on) or "off"	Show/hide the language picker
locking	Nothing (on) or "off"	Show/hide the room lock button and settings toggle
logo	Nothing (on) or "off"	Show/hide the logo in the room header
lowData	Nothing (on) or "off"	Use a lower resolution by default
metadata	<string>	<string> gets passed on to the corresponding webhooks
minimal	Nothing (on) or "off"	Apply minimal UI for embed scenarios
moreButton	Nothing (on) or "off"	Show/hide the “…” button
participantCount	Nothing (on) or "off"	Show/hide the participant counter
people	Nothing (on) or "off"	Show/hide the participant list
pipButton	Nothing (on) or "off"	Show/hide the Picture in Picture button
precallCeremony	Nothing (on) or "off"	Determines if users see the pre-call device and connectivity test
precallCeremonyCanSkip	Nothing (off) or "on"	Adds functionality for participants to skip the connectivity test
precallPermissionHelpLink	<url>	Specify custom help link in pre-call review step pointing users to additional support pages
room	A room URL	The full URL of the room you want to embed (required)
roomIntegrations	Nothing (off) or "on"	Enables YouTube and Miro integrations in the meeting
screenshare	Nothing (on) or "off"	Enable/disable screenshare
skipMediaPermissionPrompt	Nothing (on) or "off"	Skips request permissions UI and asks for devices directly. Required for links used in Android Apps
subgridLabels	Nothing (off) or "on"	Show/hide name labels in the subgrid
timer	Nothing (on) or "off"	Show/hide the meeting timer
video	"off"	Enter meeting with video off

There are additional room customizations and options that can be found in the URL parameters section. These options must be added as parameters on the room source URL, and are not currently supported as attributes directly on the component.

Usage examples

Room w/ multiple customizations

<whereby-embed room="https://subdomain.whereby.com/your_room" displayName="John Smith" audio=off video=off background=off chat=off />

Basic room embed

<whereby-embed room="https://subdomain.whereby.com/your_room" />

Room w/ minimal UI

<whereby-embed room="https://subdomain.whereby.com/your_room" minimal />

Listening to events

You can listen for events on the <whereby-embed> component. The following events are supported:

Event type	Description	Properties (from "detail")
ready	Basic dependencies have loaded and the room is ready to be used	–
deny_device_permission	The local user denies permission to camera and microphone in the pre-call screen	{ denied: Boolean }
precall_check_completed	The local user completed the presented pre-call check steps. Possible values for all status properties: "passed | failed".	{ status: String, steps: { camera: { status: String; }, speaker: { status: String; }, microphone: { status: String; }, bandwidth: { status: String; }, } }
precall_check_skipped	The local user skipped the presented pre-call check steps	-
knock	The local user knocks to get into the room	–
join	The local user joins	–
leave	The local user leaves	{ removed: Boolean }
meeting_end	A host has ended the meeting via "end meeting for all"	–
participantupdate	A new participant join/leave	{ count: Number }
participant_join	A new participant joins the room	{ participant: { metadata: String } }
participant_leave	A participant leaves the room	{ participant: { metadata: String } }
microphone_toggle	The local user toggles the microphone	{ enabled: Boolean }
camera_toggle	The local user toggles the camera	{ enabled: Boolean }
chat_toggle	The local user toggles the chat	{ open: Boolean }
people_toggle	The local user toggles the people pane	{ open: Boolean }
pip_toggle	The local user toggles Picture-in-Picture mode	{ open: Boolean }
screenshare_toggle	The local user toggles the screenshare	{ enabled: Boolean }
streaming_status_change	Streaming status changes. Possible values: " | requested | starting | streaming | stopping | stopped"	{ status: String }
connection_status_change	User connection status changes. Possible values: "stable | unstable"	{ status: String }

You can use standard JavaScript to listen to the events. Here's an example:

  const elm = document.querySelector("whereby-embed");
  let output = "";

  function logEvent(event) {
    output = `got event ${JSON.stringify({ type: event.type, detail: event.detail })}\n`;
    console.log(output)
  }
  elm.addEventListener("ready", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("precall_check_skipped", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("precall_check_completed", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("knock", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("participantupdate", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("join", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("leave", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("participant_join", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("participant_leave", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("microphone_toggle", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("camera_toggle", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("chat_toggle", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("people_toggle", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("pip_toggle", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("deny_device_permission", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("screenshare_toggle", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("streaming_status_change", logEvent)
  elm.addEventListener("connection_status_change", logEvent)

Example output:

got event {"type":"ready","detail":null}
got event {"type":"deny_device_permission","detail":{"denied":false}}
got event {"type":"precall_check_completed","detail":{"status":"failed",steps: {"camera":"passed","speaker":"failed","microphone":"failed","bandwidth":"passed"}}}
got event {"type":"join","detail":null}
got event {"type":"participant_join","detail":{"metadata":"userId"}}
got event {"type":"participantupdate","detail":{"count":2}}
got event {"type":"participant_leave","detail":{"metadata":"userId"}}
got event {"type":"participantupdate","detail":{"count":1}}
got event {"type":"streaming_status_change","detail":{"status":"starting"}}
got event {"type":"connection_status_change","detail":{"status":"unstable"}}
got event {"type":"leave","detail":{"removed":false}}

Sending commands

For this feature to work, you must add the origin of your application to the "Allowed domains" section in your Whereby account. If not present, the following methods will not do anything.

The <whereby-embed> component exposes a set of methods your application can invoke to perform actions in the room. Currently, the following methods are available:

Method	Description
startRecording()	Start cloud recording on behalf of the local user, who needs to be a host in the room.
stopRecording()	Stop cloud recording on behalf of the local user, who needs to be a host in the room.
startStreaming()	Start streaming on behalf of the local user, who needs to be a host in the room.
stopStreaming()	Stop streaming on behalf of the local user, who needs to be a host in the room.
toggleCamera([true | false])	Toggle the local user's camera on or off. Without any arguments, it toggles depending on current state.
toggleMicrophone([true | false])	Toggle the local user's microphone on or off. Without any arguments, it toggles depending on current state.
toggleScreenshare([true | false])	Toggle the local user's screenshare on or off. Without any arguments, it toggles depending on current state.
toggleChat([true | false])	Toggle the local user's chat open or closed. Without any arguments, it toggles depending on current state.

Here is a small example showing uses of these methods:

const room = document.querySelector("whereby-embed");
room.startRecording(); // Start cloud recording
room.stopRecording(); // Stop cloud recording
room.startStreaming(); // Start streaming
room.stopStreaming(); // Stop streaming
room.toggleCamera(); // Camera will be turned on if off, and off if on
room.toggleMicrophone(); // Microphone will be turned on if off, and off if on
room.toggleScreenshare(); // Screenshare will be turned on if off, and off if on
room.toggleChat(); // Chat will be opened if on, and closed if off
room.toggleCamera(true); // Turn camera on
room.toggleMicrophone(true); // Turn microphone on
room.toggleScreenshare(true); // Turn screenshare on
room.toggleCamera(false); // Turn camera off
room.toggleMicrophone(false); // Turn microphone off
room.toggleScreenshare(false); // Turn screenshare off