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Laravel package for OpenTok.

Installation

Composer

composer require vincenzogambino/laratok

Open your config/app.php and add the following to the providers array:

'providers' => [

    /*
     * Laravel Framework Service Providers...
     */
    Illuminate\Auth\AuthServiceProvider::class,
    ...

    /**
     * Third Party Service Providers...
     */
    VincenzoGambino\LaraTok\LaraTokServiceProvider::class,

],

In the same config/app.php and add the following to the aliases array:

'aliases' => [

        'App' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\App::class,
        'Artisan' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan::class,
        ...
        'LaraTok' => VincenzoGambino\LaraTok\Facade\LaraTokFacade::class,
        
    ],

Run the command below to publish the package config file config/laratok.php:

php artisan vendor:publish

Create the database:

php artisan migrate

Set configuration on config/laratok.php:

Minimum configuration:

• api_key
• api_secret

You must have a tokbox account in order to have the parameteres above.

Admin Pages:

• /laratok

From this page you can see existing tokens grouped by sessions.

Example Pages:

• /laratok/examples

Pages showing example session and token. If example session and token does not exist it can be generated from there.

• /laratok/examples/simple

Simple video chat example

• /laratok/examples/signaling

Example page with videochat and messaging.

Usage:

Generate Session and persist it in the database:

$latarok = new Laratok();
$laratok->generateSession();

Generate Token and persist it in the database:

$latarok = new Laratok();
$laratok->generateToken();

Usage:

$laratok = new LaraTok();
$session_id = $laratok->generateSession();
$token_id = $laratok->generateToken($session_id);

return view('YOUR_VIEW', compact('session_id', 'token_id'));

OpenTok documentation:

https://tokbox.com/developer/