curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.daily.co/v1/rooms/{room_name}/recordings/start \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "width": 123,
  "height": 123,
  "fps": 123,
  "videoBitrate": 123,
  "audioBitrate": 123,
  "minIdleTimeOut": 123,
  "maxDuration": 123,
  "backgroundColor": "<string>",
  "instanceId": "<string>",
  "type": "cloud",
  "layout": {
    "preset": "default",
    "max_cam_streams": 123
  },
  "dataOutputs": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.daily.co/v1/rooms/{room_name}/recordings/start"

payload = {
    "width": 123,
    "height": 123,
    "fps": 123,
    "videoBitrate": 123,
    "audioBitrate": 123,
    "minIdleTimeOut": 123,
    "maxDuration": 123,
    "backgroundColor": "<string>",
    "instanceId": "<string>",
    "type": "cloud",
    "layout": {
        "preset": "default",
        "max_cam_streams": 123
    },
    "dataOutputs": ["<string>"]
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    width: 123,
    height: 123,
    fps: 123,
    videoBitrate: 123,
    audioBitrate: 123,
    minIdleTimeOut: 123,
    maxDuration: 123,
    backgroundColor: '<string>',
    instanceId: '<string>',
    type: 'cloud',
    layout: {preset: 'default', max_cam_streams: 123},
    dataOutputs: ['<string>']
  })
};

fetch('https://api.daily.co/v1/rooms/{room_name}/recordings/start', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.daily.co/v1/rooms/{room_name}/recordings/start",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'width' => 123,
    'height' => 123,
    'fps' => 123,
    'videoBitrate' => 123,
    'audioBitrate' => 123,
    'minIdleTimeOut' => 123,
    'maxDuration' => 123,
    'backgroundColor' => '<string>',
    'instanceId' => '<string>',
    'type' => 'cloud',
    'layout' => [
        'preset' => 'default',
        'max_cam_streams' => 123
    ],
    'dataOutputs' => [
        '<string>'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.daily.co/v1/rooms/{room_name}/recordings/start"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"width\": 123,\n  \"height\": 123,\n  \"fps\": 123,\n  \"videoBitrate\": 123,\n  \"audioBitrate\": 123,\n  \"minIdleTimeOut\": 123,\n  \"maxDuration\": 123,\n  \"backgroundColor\": \"<string>\",\n  \"instanceId\": \"<string>\",\n  \"type\": \"cloud\",\n  \"layout\": {\n    \"preset\": \"default\",\n    \"max_cam_streams\": 123\n  },\n  \"dataOutputs\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.daily.co/v1/rooms/{room_name}/recordings/start")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"width\": 123,\n  \"height\": 123,\n  \"fps\": 123,\n  \"videoBitrate\": 123,\n  \"audioBitrate\": 123,\n  \"minIdleTimeOut\": 123,\n  \"maxDuration\": 123,\n  \"backgroundColor\": \"<string>\",\n  \"instanceId\": \"<string>\",\n  \"type\": \"cloud\",\n  \"layout\": {\n    \"preset\": \"default\",\n    \"max_cam_streams\": 123\n  },\n  \"dataOutputs\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.daily.co/v1/rooms/{room_name}/recordings/start")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"width\": 123,\n  \"height\": 123,\n  \"fps\": 123,\n  \"videoBitrate\": 123,\n  \"audioBitrate\": 123,\n  \"minIdleTimeOut\": 123,\n  \"maxDuration\": 123,\n  \"backgroundColor\": \"<string>\",\n  \"instanceId\": \"<string>\",\n  \"type\": \"cloud\",\n  \"layout\": {\n    \"preset\": \"default\",\n    \"max_cam_streams\": 123\n  },\n  \"dataOutputs\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "status": "sent"
}

{
  "error": "invalid-request-error",
  "info": "missing required field"
}