element-call-Github/docs/url-params.md

Url Format and parameters

There are two formats for Element Call urls.

• Current Format

  https://element_call.domain/room/#
  /<room_name_alias>?roomId=!id:domain&password=1234&<other params see below>
  

  The url is split into two sections. The https://element_call.domain/room/# contains the app and the intend that the link brings you into a specific room (https://call.element.io/# would be the homepage). The fragment is used for query parameters to make sure they never get sent to the element_call.domain server. Here we have the actual matrix roomId and the password which are used to connect all participants with e2ee. This allows that <room_name_alias> does not need to be unique. Multiple meetings with the label weekly-sync can be created without collisions.
• deprecated

  https://element_call.domain/<room_name>
  

  With this format the livekit alias that will be used is the <room_name>. All ppl connecting to this url will end up in the same unencrypted room. This does not scale, is super unsecure (ppl could end up in the same room by accident) and it also is not really possible to support encryption. The url parameters are spit into two categories: general and widget related.

Widget related params

widgetId The id used by the widget. The presence of this parameter inplis that elemetn call will not connect to a homeserver directly and instead tries to establish postMessage communication via the parentUrl

widgetId: string | null;

parentUrl The url used to send widget action postMessages. This should be the domain of the client or the webview the widget is hosted in. (in case the widget is not in an Iframe but in a dedicated webview we send the postMessages same webview the widget lives in. Filtering is done in the widget so it ignores the messages it receives from itself)

parentUrl: string | null;

userId The user's ID (only used in matryoshka mode).

userId: string | null;

deviceId The device's ID (only used in matryoshka mode).

deviceId: string | null;

baseUrl The base URL of the homeserver to use for media lookups in matryoshka mode.

baseUrl: string | null;

General url parameters

roomId Anything about what room we're pointed to should be from useRoomIdentifier which parses the path and resolves alias with respect to the default server name, however roomId is an exception as we need the room ID in embedded (matroyska) mode, and not the room alias (or even the via params because we are not trying to join it). This is also not validated, where it is in useRoomIdentifier().

roomId: string | null;

confineToRoom Whether the app should keep the user confined to the current call/room.

confineToRoom: boolean; (default: false)

appPrompt Whether upon entering a room, the user should be prompted to launch the native mobile app. (Affects only Android and iOS.)

appPrompt: boolean; (default: true)

preload Whether the app should pause before joining the call until it sees an io.element.join widget action, allowing it to be preloaded.

preload: boolean; (default: false)

hideHeader Whether to hide the room header when in a call.

hideHeader: boolean; (default: false)

showControls Whether to show the buttons to mute, screen-share, invite, hangup are shown when in a call.

showControls: boolean; (default: true)

hideScreensharing Whether to hide the screen-sharing button.

hideScreensharing: boolean; (default: false)

e2eEnabled Whether to use end-to-end encryption.

e2eEnabled: boolean; (default: true)

password E2EE password when using a shared secret. (For individual sender keys in embedded mode this is not required.)

password: string | null;

displayName The display name to use for auto-registration.

displayName: string | null;

lang The BCP 47 code of the language the app should use.

lang: string | null;

fonts The font/fonts which the interface should use. There can be multiple font url parameters: ?font=font-one&font=font-two...

font: string;
font: string;
...

fontScale The factor by which to scale the interface's font size.

fontScale: number | null;

analyticsID The Posthog analytics ID. It is only available if the user has given consent for sharing telemetry in element web.

analyticsID: string | null;

allowIceFallback Whether the app is allowed to use fallback STUN servers for ICE in case the user's homeserver doesn't provide any.

allowIceFallback: boolean; (default: false)

skipLobby Setting this flag skips the lobby and brings you in the call directly. In the widget this can be combined with preload to pass the device settings with the join widget action.

skipLobby: boolean; (default: false)