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       Ruby Python PHP Node.js Java curl C# twilio-cli    # Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/ruby/install require 'rubygems' require 'twilio-ruby' # Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console # and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure account_sid = ENV['TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID'] auth_token = ENV['TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN'] @client = Twilio::REST::Client.new(account_sid, auth_token) room = @client.video.rooms.create( type: 'go', unique_name: 'My First Video Room' ) puts room.sid  # Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/python/install import os from twilio.rest import Client # Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console # and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure account_sid = os.environ['TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID'] auth_token = os.environ['TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN'] client = Client(account_sid, auth_token) room = client.video.rooms.create(type='go', unique_name='My First Video Room') print(room.sid)  <?php // Update the path below to your autoload.php, // see https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md require_once '/path/to/vendor/autoload.php'; use Twilio\Rest\Client; // Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console // and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure $sid = getenv("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID"); $token = getenv("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN"); $twilio = new Client($sid, $token); $room = $twilio->video->v1->rooms ->create([ "type" => "go", "uniqueName" => "My First Video Room" ] ); print($room->sid); // Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install // Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console // and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID; const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN; const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken); client.video.rooms.create({type: 'go', uniqueName: 'My First Video Room'}) .then(room => console.log(room.sid));  // Install the Java helper library from twilio.com/docs/java/install import com.twilio.Twilio; import com.twilio.rest.video.v1.Room; public class Example { // Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console // and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure public static final String ACCOUNT_SID = System.getenv("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID"); public static final String AUTH_TOKEN = System.getenv("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN"); public static void main(String[] args) { Twilio.init(ACCOUNT_SID, AUTH_TOKEN); Room room = Room.creator() .setType(Room.RoomType.GO) .setUniqueName("My First Video Room") .create(); System.out.println(room.getSid()); } } curl -X POST https://video.twilio.com/v1/Rooms \ --data-urlencode "Type=go" \ --data-urlencode "UniqueName=My First Video Room" \ -u $TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID:$TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN // Install the C# / .NET helper library from twilio.com/docs/csharp/install using System; using Twilio; using Twilio.Rest.Video.V1; class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { // Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console // and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure string accountSid = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID"); string authToken = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN"); TwilioClient.Init(accountSid, authToken); var room = RoomResource.Create( type: RoomResource.RoomTypeEnum.Go, uniqueName: "My First Video Room" ); Console.WriteLine(room.Sid); } }  # Install the twilio-cli from https://twil.io/cli twilio api:video:v1:rooms:create \ --type go \ --unique-name "My First Video Room"         Ahoy, World!    React Quick Deploy  Android Quick Deploy  iOS Quick Deploy          Learn More  You’ve got an idea in mind. Let’s get it to production.

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