> ## Documentation Index
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# Recording Started

> The recording started webhook event

A recording started event emits when Daily begins to record a call. These can be activated via [`startRecording()`](/reference/daily-js/instance-methods/start-recording), via the [REST API](/reference/rest-api/rooms/recordings/start), or within [Prebuilt](/docs/prebuilt).

## Common fields

<ParamField body="version" type="string">
  Represents the version of the event. Uses semantic versioning to inform a consumer if the payload has introduced any breaking changes.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="type" type="string">
  Represents the type of the event described in the payload.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="id" type="string">
  An identifier representing this specific event.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="payload" type="object">
  An object representing the event, whose fields are described below.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="event_ts" type="number">
  Documenting when the webhook itself was sent. This timestamp is different than the time of the event the webhook describes.
</ParamField>

## Payload

<ParamField body="recording_id" type="string">
  An ID identifying the recording that was generated.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="action" type="string">
  A string describing the event that was emitted.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="layout" type="object">
  The layout used for the recording.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="started_by" type="string">
  The participant ID of the user who started the recording.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="instance_id" type="string">
  The recording instance ID that was passed into the start recording command.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="start_ts" type="integer">
  The Unix epoch time in seconds representing when the recording started.
</ParamField>

```json theme={null}
{
  "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
}
```