How to join a session as a host with Web Video SDK (instant)?

Video SDK Web
1

There is no host on any sessions joined.
Even when changing the topic or password.
Based on other forum topic (49275) it is suppose that the first participant joining a topic will be a host.

Error

  • On every joined session when calling client.getCurrentUserInfo() i can see that isHost: false.
  • Since there is no host there is no way to set the chat privilege so i get the error INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGES: only host or co-host can do the operation.

Which Web Video SDK version?
1.0.3

To Reproduce

this.client = ZoomVideo.createClient();

const signature = generateInstantToken(
  this.APP_ZOOM_KEY,
  this.APP_ZOOM_SECRET,
  session_name,
  password
);

(async () => {
    await this.client.init('en-US', this.APP_URL+'dist/lib');
    await this.client
      .join(session_name, signature, user_name, password)
      .then(async () => {
        console.log('join success', this.client.getCurrentUserInfo());

        //this.client.makeHost(this.currentUserInfo.userId);

        this.chat = this.client.getChatClient();
        if(this.chat) {
          
          this.chat
            .setPrivilege(this.MEETING_PRIVILEGE_ALL)
            .then((v) => {
              this.chat.sendToAll('test');
            })
            .catch((v) => {
              console.error(v);
            });
        }
      });
})();

Device:

  • Device: Desktop
  • OS: Windows
  • Browser: Firefox, Chrome
2

I just find out that weirdly on joining a session there is multiple event triggered and at some point there is one that the participant is the host.

this.client = ZoomVideo.createClient();

this.client.on('connection-change', async (payload) => {
  console.log('connection-change', payload);
});

this.client.on('user-added', (payload) => {
  console.log('user-added', 'isHost: '+payload[0].isHost);
});

(async () => {
    await this.client.init('en-US', this.APP_URL+'dist/lib');
    await this.client
      .join(session_name, signature, user_name, password)
      .then(async () => {
        console.log('join()', 'isHost: '+this.client.getCurrentUserInfo().isHost);
      })
      .catch((error) => {
          console.error(error);
      });
})();

Capture

So when joining the participant is not the host and then the event user-added is called two times (even if it’s the same participant) and on the last event it is marked as the host.

3

Hey @Fran6 ,

You can also checkout our docs here to manage the users roles, including a host:

Thanks,
Tommy

4

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