LiveKit Server APIs
Access LiveKit server APIs and generate access tokens.
See https://docs.livekit.io/reference/server/server-apis for more information.
Authentication
Every request to the server APIs is authenticated. LiveKitAPI supports two modes:
- API key & secret — recommended for backend use. The SDK signs a short-lived token per request from your key and secret. Keep your API secret on the server; never ship it to a client.
- Access token — for client-side use where the API secret must not be exposed. Pass a pre-signed access token that already carries the grants for the operations you'll perform; the SDK sends it verbatim.
from livekit import api
# API key & secret: set LIVEKIT_URL, LIVEKIT_API_KEY, and LIVEKIT_API_SECRET,
# then construct with no arguments...
lkapi = api.LiveKitAPI()
# ...or pass any of them explicitly to override the corresponding env var:
lkapi = api.LiveKitAPI("https://my.livekit.host", api_key="api-key", api_secret="api-secret")
# Pre-signed access token (client-side): with LIVEKIT_URL set, pass just the token:
lkapi = api.LiveKitAPI.with_token("a-pre-signed-token")
The url and credentials fall back to the LIVEKIT_URL, LIVEKIT_API_KEY, LIVEKIT_API_SECRET, and LIVEKIT_TOKEN environment variables. Values you pass explicitly take precedence; the environment variables are used only as a fallback for arguments you omit — an ambient LIVEKIT_TOKEN, for example, won't override an explicitly-provided API key and secret.
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