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QuickStart: Add 1:1 video calling as a Teams user to your application

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Get started with Azure Communication Services by using the Communication Services calling SDK to add 1:1 voice & video calling to your app. You'll learn how to start and answer a call using the Azure Communication Services Calling SDK for JavaScript.

Sample Code

If you'd like to skip ahead to the end, you can download this quickstart as a sample on GitHub.

Prerequisites

Setting up

Create a new Node.js application

Open your terminal or command window create a new directory for your app, and navigate to the directory.

mkdir calling-quickstart && cd calling-quickstart

Install the package

Use the npm install command to install the Azure Communication Services Calling SDK for JavaScript.

Important

This quickstart uses the Azure Communication Services Calling SDK version 1.8.1-beta.1.

npm install @azure/communication-common --save
npm install @azure/communication-calling@1.8.1-beta.1 --save

Set up the app framework

This quickstart uses webpack to bundle the application assets. Run the following command to install the webpack, webpack-cli and webpack-dev-server npm packages and list them as development dependencies in your package.json:

npm install webpack@4.42.0 webpack-cli@3.3.11 webpack-dev-server@3.10.3 --save-dev

Create an index.html file in the root directory of your project. We'll use this file to configure a basic layout that will allow the user to place a 1:1 video call.

Here's the code:

<!-- index.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Azure Communication Services - Calling Web SDK</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h4>Azure Communication Services - Calling Web SDK</h4>
        <input id="user-access-token"
            type="text"
            placeholder="User access token"
            style="margin-bottom:1em; width: 500px;"/>
        <button id="initialize-teams-call-agent" type="button">Initialize Teams Call Agent</button>
        <br>
        <br>
        <input id="callee-teams-user-id"
            type="text"
            placeholder="Enter callee's Teams user identity in format: '8:orgid:USER_GUID'"
            style="margin-bottom:1em; width: 500px; display: block;"/>
        <button id="start-call-button" type="button" disabled="true">Start Call</button>
        <button id="hangup-call-button" type="button" disabled="true">Hang up Call</button>
        <button id="accept-call-button" type="button" disabled="true">Accept Call</button>
        <button id="start-video-button" type="button" disabled="true">Start Video</button>
        <button id="stop-video-button" type="button" disabled="true">Stop Video</button>
        <br>
        <br>
        <div id="connectedLabel" style="color: #13bb13;" hidden>Call is connected!</div>
        <br>
        <div id="remoteVideoContainer" style="width: 40%;" hidden>Remote participants' video streams:</div>
        <br>
        <div id="localVideoContainer" style="width: 30%;" hidden>Local video stream:</div>
        <!-- points to the bundle generated from client.js -->
        <script src="./bundle.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

Azure Communication Services Calling Web SDK Object model

The following classes and interfaces handle some of the main features of the Azure Communication Services Calling SDK:

Name Description
CallClient The main entry point to the Calling SDK.
AzureCommunicationTokenCredential Implements the CommunicationTokenCredential interface, which is used to instantiate teamsCallAgent.
TeamsCallAgent Used to start and manage Teams calls.
DeviceManager Used to manage media devices.
TeamsCall Used for representing a Teams Call
LocalVideoStream Used for creating a local video stream for a camera device on the local system.
RemoteParticipant Used for representing a remote participant in the Call
RemoteVideoStream Used for representing a remote video stream from a Remote Participant.

Create a file in the root directory of your project called client.js to contain the application logic for this quickstart. Add the following code to client.js:

// Make sure to install the necessary dependencies
const { CallClient, VideoStreamRenderer, LocalVideoStream } = require('@azure/communication-calling');
const { AzureCommunicationTokenCredential } = require('@azure/communication-common');
const { AzureLogger, setLogLevel } = require("@azure/logger");
// Set the log level and output
setLogLevel('verbose');
AzureLogger.log = (...args) => {
    console.log(...args);
};
// Calling web sdk objects
let teamsCallAgent;
let deviceManager;
let call;
let incomingCall;
let localVideoStream;
let localVideoStreamRenderer;
// UI widgets
let userAccessToken = document.getElementById('user-access-token');
let calleeTeamsUserId = document.getElementById('callee-teams-user-id');
let initializeCallAgentButton = document.getElementById('initialize-teams-call-agent');
let startCallButton = document.getElementById('start-call-button');
let hangUpCallButton = document.getElementById('hangup-call-button');
let acceptCallButton = document.getElementById('accept-call-button');
let startVideoButton = document.getElementById('start-video-button');
let stopVideoButton = document.getElementById('stop-video-button');
let connectedLabel = document.getElementById('connectedLabel');
let remoteVideoContainer = document.getElementById('remoteVideoContainer');
let localVideoContainer = document.getElementById('localVideoContainer');
/**
 * Create an instance of CallClient. Initialize a TeamsCallAgent instance with a CommunicationUserCredential via created CallClient. TeamsCallAgent enables us to make outgoing calls and receive incoming calls. 
 * You can then use the CallClient.getDeviceManager() API instance to get the DeviceManager.
 */
initializeCallAgentButton.onclick = async () => {
    try {
        const callClient = new CallClient(); 
        tokenCredential = new AzureCommunicationTokenCredential(userAccessToken.value.trim());
        teamsCallAgent = await callClient.createTeamsCallAgent(tokenCredential)
        // Set up a camera device to use.
        deviceManager = await callClient.getDeviceManager();
        await deviceManager.askDevicePermission({ video: true });
        await deviceManager.askDevicePermission({ audio: true });
        // Listen for an incoming call to accept.
        teamsCallAgent.on('incomingCall', async (args) => {
            try {
                incomingCall = args.incomingCall;
                acceptCallButton.disabled = false;
                startCallButton.disabled = true;
            } catch (error) {
                console.error(error);
            }
        });
        startCallButton.disabled = false;
        initializeCallAgentButton.disabled = true;
    } catch(error) {
        console.error(error);
    }
}
/**
 * Place a 1:1 outgoing video call to a user
 * Add an event listener to initiate a call when the `startCallButton` is selected.
 * Enumerate local cameras using the deviceManager `getCameraList` API.
 * In this quickstart, we're using the first camera in the collection. Once the desired camera is selected, a
 * LocalVideoStream instance will be constructed and passed within `videoOptions` as an item within the
 * localVideoStream array to the call method. When the call connects, your application will be sending a video stream to the other participant. 
 */
startCallButton.onclick = async () => {
    try {
        const localVideoStream = await createLocalVideoStream();
        const videoOptions = localVideoStream ? { localVideoStreams: [localVideoStream] } : undefined;
        call = teamsCallAgent.startCall([{ microsoftTeamsUserId: calleeTeamsUserId.value.trim() }], { videoOptions: videoOptions });
        // Subscribe to the call's properties and events.
        subscribeToCall(call);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error);
    }
}
/**
 * Accepting an incoming call with a video
 * Add an event listener to accept a call when the `acceptCallButton` is selected.
 * You can accept incoming calls after subscribing to the `TeamsCallAgent.on('incomingCall')` event.
 * You can pass the local video stream to accept the call with the following code.
 */
acceptCallButton.onclick = async () => {
    try {
        const localVideoStream = await createLocalVideoStream();
        const videoOptions = localVideoStream ? { localVideoStreams: [localVideoStream] } : undefined;
        call = await incomingCall.accept({ videoOptions });
        // Subscribe to the call's properties and events.
        subscribeToCall(call);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error);
    }
}
// Subscribe to a call obj.
// Listen for property changes and collection udpates.
subscribeToCall = (call) => {
    try {
        // Inspect the initial call.id value.
        console.log(`Call Id: ${call.id}`);
        //Subsribe to call's 'idChanged' event for value changes.
        call.on('idChanged', () => {
            console.log(`Call ID changed: ${call.id}`); 
        });
        // Inspect the initial call.state value.
        console.log(`Call state: ${call.state}`);
        // Subscribe to call's 'stateChanged' event for value changes.
        call.on('stateChanged', async () => {
            console.log(`Call state changed: ${call.state}`);
            if(call.state === 'Connected') {
                connectedLabel.hidden = false;
                acceptCallButton.disabled = true;
                startCallButton.disabled = true;
                hangUpCallButton.disabled = false;
                startVideoButton.disabled = false;
                stopVideoButton.disabled = false;
            } else if (call.state === 'Disconnected') {
                connectedLabel.hidden = true;
                startCallButton.disabled = false;
                hangUpCallButton.disabled = true;
                startVideoButton.disabled = true;
                stopVideoButton.disabled = true;
                console.log(`Call ended, call end reason={code=${call.callEndReason.code}, subCode=${call.callEndReason.subCode}}`);
            }   
        });
        call.localVideoStreams.forEach(async (lvs) => {
            localVideoStream = lvs;
            await displayLocalVideoStream();
        });
        call.on('localVideoStreamsUpdated', e => {
            e.added.forEach(async (lvs) => {
                localVideoStream = lvs;
                await displayLocalVideoStream();
            });
            e.removed.forEach(lvs => {
               removeLocalVideoStream();
            });
        });
        
        // Inspect the call's current remote participants and subscribe to them.
        call.remoteParticipants.forEach(remoteParticipant => {
            subscribeToRemoteParticipant(remoteParticipant);
        });
        // Subscribe to the call's 'remoteParticipantsUpdated' event to be
        // notified when new participants are added to the call or removed from the call.
        call.on('remoteParticipantsUpdated', e => {
            // Subscribe to new remote participants that are added to the call.
            e.added.forEach(remoteParticipant => {
                subscribeToRemoteParticipant(remoteParticipant)
            });
            // Unsubscribe from participants that are removed from the call
            e.removed.forEach(remoteParticipant => {
                console.log('Remote participant removed from the call.');
            });
        });
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error);
    }
}
// Subscribe to a remote participant obj.
// Listen for property changes and collection udpates.
subscribeToRemoteParticipant = (remoteParticipant) => {
    try {
        // Inspect the initial remoteParticipant.state value.
        console.log(`Remote participant state: ${remoteParticipant.state}`);
        // Subscribe to remoteParticipant's 'stateChanged' event for value changes.
        remoteParticipant.on('stateChanged', () => {
            console.log(`Remote participant state changed: ${remoteParticipant.state}`);
        });
        // Inspect the remoteParticipants's current videoStreams and subscribe to them.
        remoteParticipant.videoStreams.forEach(remoteVideoStream => {
            subscribeToRemoteVideoStream(remoteVideoStream)
        });
        // Subscribe to the remoteParticipant's 'videoStreamsUpdated' event to be
        // notified when the remoteParticiapant adds new videoStreams and removes video streams.
        remoteParticipant.on('videoStreamsUpdated', e => {
            // Subscribe to newly added remote participant's video streams.
            e.added.forEach(remoteVideoStream => {
                subscribeToRemoteVideoStream(remoteVideoStream)
            });
            // Unsubscribe from newly removed remote participants' video streams.
            e.removed.forEach(remoteVideoStream => {
                console.log('Remote participant video stream was removed.');
            })
        });
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error);
    }
}
/**
 * Subscribe to a remote participant's remote video stream obj.
 * You have to subscribe to the 'isAvailableChanged' event to render the remoteVideoStream. If the 'isAvailable' property
 * changes to 'true' a remote participant is sending a stream. Whenever the availability of a remote stream changes
 * you can choose to destroy the whole 'Renderer' a specific 'RendererView' or keep them. Displaying RendererView without a video stream will result in a blank video frame. 
 */
subscribeToRemoteVideoStream = async (remoteVideoStream) => {
    // Create a video stream renderer for the remote video stream.
    let videoStreamRenderer = new VideoStreamRenderer(remoteVideoStream);
    let view;
    const renderVideo = async () => {
        try {
            // Create a renderer view for the remote video stream.
            view = await videoStreamRenderer.createView();
            // Attach the renderer view to the UI.
            remoteVideoContainer.hidden = false;
            remoteVideoContainer.appendChild(view.target);
        } catch (e) {
            console.warn(`Failed to createView, reason=${e.message}, code=${e.code}`);
        }	
    }
    
    remoteVideoStream.on('isAvailableChanged', async () => {
        // Participant has switched video on.
        if (remoteVideoStream.isAvailable) {
            await renderVideo();
        // Participant has switched video off.
        } else {
            if (view) {
                view.dispose();
                view = undefined;
            }
        }
    });
    // Participant has video on initially.
    if (remoteVideoStream.isAvailable) {
        await renderVideo();
    }
}
// Start your local video stream.
// This will send your local video stream to remote participants so they can view it.
startVideoButton.onclick = async () => {
    try {
        const localVideoStream = await createLocalVideoStream();
        await call.startVideo(localVideoStream);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error);
    }
}
// Stop your local video stream.
// This will stop your local video stream from being sent to remote participants.
stopVideoButton.onclick = async () => {
    try {
        await call.stopVideo(localVideoStream);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error);
    }
}
/**
 * To render a LocalVideoStream, you need to create a new instance of VideoStreamRenderer, and then
 * create a new VideoStreamRendererView instance using the asynchronous createView() method.
 * You may then attach view.target to any UI element. 
 */
// Create a local video stream for your camera device
createLocalVideoStream = async () => {
    const camera = (await deviceManager.getCameras())[0];
    if (camera) {
        return new LocalVideoStream(camera);
    } else {
        console.error(`No camera device found on the system`);
    }
}
// Display your local video stream preview in your UI
displayLocalVideoStream = async () => {
    try {
        localVideoStreamRenderer = new VideoStreamRenderer(localVideoStream);
        const view = await localVideoStreamRenderer.createView();
        localVideoContainer.hidden = false;
        localVideoContainer.appendChild(view.target);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error);
    } 
}
// Remove your local video stream preview from your UI
removeLocalVideoStream = async() => {
    try {
        localVideoStreamRenderer.dispose();
        localVideoContainer.hidden = true;
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error);
    } 
}
// End the current call
hangUpCallButton.addEventListener("click", async () => {
    // end the current call
    await call.hangUp();
});

Run the code

Use the webpack-dev-server to build and run your app. Run the following command to bundle the application host in a local webserver:

npx webpack-dev-server --entry ./client.js --output bundle.js --debug --devtool inline-source-map

Open your browser and on two tabs navigate to http://localhost:8080/. Tabs should show the similar result like the following image: Screenshot is showing two tabs in default view. Each tab will be used for different Teams user.

On the first tab, enter a valid user access token. On the second tab, enter another different valid user access token. Refer to the user access token documentation if you don't already have access tokens available to use. On both tabs, click on the "Initialize Call Agent" buttons. Tabs should show the similar result like the following image: Screenshot is showing steps to initialize each Teams user in the browser tab.

On the first tab, enter the Azure Communication Services user identity of the second tab, and select the "Start Call" button. The first tab will start the outgoing call to the second tab, and the second tab's "Accept Call" button becomes enabled: Screenshot is showing experience when Teams users initialize the SDK and shows steps to start a call to second user and way how to accept the call.

From the second tab, select the "Accept Call" button. The call will be answered and connected. Tabs should show the similar result like the following image: Screenshot is showing two tabs, with ongoing call between two Teams users, each logged in the individual tab.

Both tabs are now successfully in a 1:1 video call. Both users can hear each other's audio and see each other video stream.

Clean up resources

If you want to clean up and remove a Communication Services subscription, you can delete the resource or resource group. Deleting the resource group also deletes any other resources associated with it. Learn more about cleaning up resources.

Next steps

For more information, see the following articles: