Meeting scheduling with Cronofy

Whereby's API and SDK allow you to seamlessly embed video calling into your platform. Often times in order for a video call to take place, you need to schedule something between multiple various parties. Enter Cronofy:

Cronofy offers a robust, reliable, and powerful scheduling infrastructure. Now, it has a custom integration built just for Whereby.

This feature is currently in beta and requires your Cronofy organization to be flagged for testing. If you would like to be a test user, please contact support@cronofy.com You can create a Cronofy account via their website

Whereby Setup

After creating your Whereby account, you'll need to create an API key:

  1. From the Configure section of the dashboard, select Generate Key

  2. Name it what you'd like, and then make sure copy or save the value

Cronofy Setup

After receiving Beta access from Cronofy support and logging into your account, you'll need to enable and setup Whereby:

  1. Select your Organization Settings->Manage Integrations

  2. Choose Set Up New Integration

  3. Scroll and select Whereby

  4. Input your Whereby API key and select Save

  5. After saving your API key, check the boxes for the Cronofy apps/projects you'd like to use Whereby as a conferencing solution

Creating events with Whereby

Cronofy has a complete API reference available, below is the basics to get things working:

  1. From the Whereby integration page, copy the profile_id

  2. Use the profile_id in the conferencing object in an event creation request

{
  "event_id": "cronofy-whereby-001",
  "summary": "Consultation with Dr R. Astley",
  "description": "We'll discuss what it means to never give up",
  "start": "2024-08-13T16:00:00Z",
  "end": "2024-08-13T17:00:00Z",
  "tzid": "America/Detroit",
  "conferencing": {
    "profile_id": "int_667c316c707e9e0a5ec87fe2_0000000000"
  }
}

Stay up to date with future features and how to use the Whereby integration via their documentation!

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