This application should give you a ready-made starting point for writing your own video chatting apps with Twilio Video. 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.
This application uses the lightweight Spark Framework, and requires Java 8 and Maven.
Begin by creating a configuration file for your application:
cp .env.example .envEdit .env with the four configuration parameters we gathered from above. Export
the configuration in this file as system environment variables like so on Unix
based systems:
source .envNext, we need to install our depenedencies from Maven:
mvn installAnd compile our application code:
mvn packageNow we should be all set! Run the application using the java -jar command.
java -jar target/video-quickstart-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jarYour application should now be running at http://localhost:4567. Open this page in a couple browsers or tabs, and start video chatting!
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