API Tutorial

Posts that include tutorials with our best tips for using Daily's JavaScript and REST APIs. These tutorials cover a range of topics including how our APIs work with different front-end frameworks and browsers, as well as various use cases that demonstrate the flexibility of Daily's APIs.

Chat moderation in Daily using TensorFlow.js

Chat moderation in Daily using TensorFlow.js

Exploring aided moderation in Daily with the TensorFlow.js toxicity model

How to automatically summarize a video meeting with OpenAI and Daily's video APIs

How to automatically summarize a video meeting with OpenAI and Daily's video APIs

A tutorial to summarize Daily video call recordings with OpenAI APIs.

How to implement keyboard shortcuts in your Daily video app with VueUse

How to implement keyboard shortcuts in your Daily video app with VueUse

Adding keyboard shortcuts for video call controls

Migrating a basic video call app from Agora to Daily

Migrating a basic video call app from Agora to Daily

Converting core parts of the call experience to Daily’s video call API from Agora

Selecting and switching participants in a video call or live stream

Selecting and switching participants in a video call or live stream

Ready for your close-up? Why thinking like a director can make your WebRTC app development easier

Migrating a Twilio video demo to Daily

Migrating a Twilio video demo to Daily

A practical migration of a Twilio application to Daily’s video API

Sending server-side data to video call participants with Daily

Sending server-side data to video call participants with Daily

How to send "app-message" events to Daily call participants with our REST API

Implementing cursor sharing with Daily's video call API

Implementing cursor sharing with Daily's video call API

Cursor sharing with vanilla JavaScript and Daily’s "app-message" events

Add hand-raising to your custom video app with the Daily user data API

Add hand-raising to your custom video app with the Daily user data API

Use the new user data Daily API and the Daily React Hooks library to add hand-raising to your custom WebRTC video application

Stream with HLS while recording to a custom S3 bucket using Daily

Stream with HLS while recording to a custom S3 bucket using Daily

Stream directly from a low-latency WebRTC call using HLS while recording too!

Tutorial: Integrate CometChat’s chat widget into a Daily video app for an enriched chat experience

Tutorial: Integrate CometChat’s chat widget into a Daily video app for an enriched chat experience

Leverage CometChat's advanced chat APIs to enhance in-app engagement for specific use cases

Add a frame to your live stream host’s video with Daily’s VCS

Add a frame to your live stream host’s video with Daily’s VCS

Use margin settings and a background image trick to style your host’s video

Add a splash screen to live streams and cloud recordings with Daily’s VCS baseline composition

Add a splash screen to live streams and cloud recordings with Daily’s VCS baseline composition

How to display an opening splash screen, transition splash screen, and set an image as the background

VCS tutorial: Add a dynamic moving watermark to any live stream or recording

VCS tutorial: Add a dynamic moving watermark to any live stream or recording

Add a moving watermark graphic to your Daily live streaming or cloud recording with Daily VCS

Add text animations to Daily live streams with Daily's VCS baseline composition

Add text animations to Daily live streams with Daily's VCS baseline composition

Display dynamic live stream viewer feedback using Daily's new Video Component System (VCS) default compositions

Add chat to your custom video app with Daily React Hooks (Part 3)

Daily React Hooks

Add chat to your custom video app with Daily React Hooks (Part 3)

Use daily-js and the Daily React Hooks library to add chat to your WebRTC video application

Comparing domain, room, and meeting token REST API configurations for Daily calls

Comparing domain, room, and meeting token REST API configurations for Daily calls

How to override room and domain settings with Daily meeting tokens

Add a “prejoin” UI to a custom video app with the Daily React Hooks library (Part 2)

Daily React Hooks

Add a “prejoin” UI to a custom video app with the Daily React Hooks library (Part 2)

Use daily-js and the Daily React Hooks library to add a prejoin user interface to your WebRTC video application

Adding video backgrounds to a Daily call in a browser app

Adding video backgrounds to a Daily call in a browser app

How to add virtual backgrounds to a vanilla JS WebRTC video call app powered by Daily

Customize live streamed Daily Prebuilt video call layouts with Daily's VCS

Customize live streamed Daily Prebuilt video call layouts with Daily's VCS

Create dynamic live streaming layouts with images, text, and more using Daily’s new Video Composition System (VCS)

Build a custom video app with React and the Daily React Hooks library (Part 1)

Daily React Hooks

Build a custom video app with React and the Daily React Hooks library (Part 1)

Use daily-js and the Daily React Hooks library to create a custom video application from scratch

Fitness app use case: Adding an “incognito mode” for participants

Fitness use case

Fitness app use case: Adding an “incognito mode” for participants

Create more privacy for participants by letting them toggle who can see them

Extending a Daily Prebuilt Electron app with custom virtual backgrounds

Extending a Daily Prebuilt Electron app with custom virtual backgrounds

How to add a virtual backgrounds feature to an Electron Daily Prebuilt application

Add live captions to your Daily Prebuilt calls

Add live captions to your Daily Prebuilt calls

Use the daily-js transcription API to get subtitles with every video call