Recording Started

A recording started event emits when Daily begins to record a call. These can be activated via startRecording(), via the REST API, or within Prebuilt.

Common fields

string

Represents the version of the event. Uses semantic versioning to inform a consumer if the payload has introduced any breaking changes.

string

Represents the type of the event described in the payload.

string

An identifier representing this specific event.

object

An object representing the event, whose fields are described below.

number

Documenting when the webhook itself was sent. This timestamp is different than the time of the event the webhook describes.

Payload

string

An ID identifying the recording that was generated.

string

A string describing the event that was emitted.

object

The layout used for the recording.

string

The participant ID of the user who started the recording.

string

The recording instance ID that was passed into the start recording command.

integer

The Unix epoch time in seconds representing when the recording started.

{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "type": "recording.started",
  "id": "rec-sta-c3df927c-f738-4471-a2b7-066fa7e95a6b-1692124183",
  "payload": {
    "action": "start-cloud-recording",
    "recording_id": "08fa0b24-9220-44c5-846c-3f116cf8e738",
    "layout": {
      "preset": "active-participant"
    },
    "started_by": "0a20567c-9e95-4fa7-aaa3-fb62f5be0449",
    "instance_id": "c3df927c-f738-4471-a2b7-066fa7e95a6b",
    "start_ts": 1692124183
  },
  "event_ts": 1692124183
}

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Common fields

Payload