Events

Emit events to the meeting

The emitEvent method is used to emit custom events to the (client SDK) meeting. These can be listened for inside client SDK.

Param	Type	Description	Default Value	Required
eventName	string	Name of the custom event.	-	true
data	any	Event payload.	-	false

plugin.room.emitEvent('myAwesomeEvent');

Inside the Client SDK

const plugin = meeting.plugins.all.get('...');
plugin.on('myAwesomeEvent', () => {
  // do something ...
});

Listen for events from the meeting

The on and addListener methods are used to listen for events (can also be user defined) coming from the client SDK.

| Param | Type | Description | Default Value | Required | | --------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------ | -------- | ---- | | eventName | RoomEvents | string | Name of the event. | - | true | | callback | Function | The callback method that gets execute when the event occurs. | - | true |

Event Name	Description
peerLeft	Emitted when a participant leaves the meeting. (not emitted for self)
peerJoined	Emitted when a new participant joins the meeting. (not emitted for self)
newChatMessage	Emitted when a chat message is sent to the room or the current user (self).

type RoomEvents = 'peerLeft' | 'peerJoined' | 'newChatMessage';

plugin.room.on('peerJoined', () => { ... });

Alias:

plugin.room.addListener('peerJoined', () => { ... });
    ```

### Remove event listeners
```tsx
plugin.room.removeListeners('peerJoined');