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External S3 Recordings

Overview

The Twilio Recording Settings REST API lets you configure Twilio to store your recordings in an external AWS S3 bucket. Recording Settings work per-account (i.e. project). If you activate external S3 storage, all Video Recordings in your account (or project) will be stored in the specified external bucket.

This document contains reference information about the Recording Settings REST API for external S3 storage. For a step-by-step guide you can also read the Storing into AWS S3 developer guide

URI Schemes

These are the URI schemes for the Recording Settings REST API and the supported methods:

/v1/RecordingSettings/Default
- GET: Retrieves current Recording Settings.
- POST: Updates the Recording Settings.

Recording Settings instance resource

The Default RecordingSettings resource holds the default recording settings for the given Twilio account (or project). Its configuration will be applied to all Recordings created in such account (or project).

Base URL

The Recording Settings default resource is located at the following Base URL:

1https://video.twilio.com/v1/RecordingSettings/Default
2

Resource Properties

A RecordingSettings resource has the following properties:

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

account_sidSID<AC>Optional

Not PII

The SID of the Account that created the RecordingSettings resource.

Pattern: ^AC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

friendly_namestringOptional

Not PII

The string that you assigned to describe the resource and show the user in the console

aws_credentials_sidSID<CR>Optional

Not PII

The SID of the stored Credential resource.

Pattern: ^CR[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

aws_s3_urlstring<uri>Optional

Not PII

The URL of the AWS S3 bucket where the recordings are stored. We only support DNS-compliant URLs like https://documentation-example-twilio-bucket/recordings, where recordings is the path in which you want the recordings to be stored. This URL accepts only URI-valid characters, as described in the RFC 3986.

aws_storage_enabledbooleanOptional

Not PII

Whether all recordings are written to the aws_s3_url. When false, all recordings are stored in our cloud.

encryption_key_sidSID<CR>Optional

Not PII

The SID of the Public Key resource used for encryption.

Pattern: ^CR[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

encryption_enabledbooleanOptional

Not PII

Whether all recordings are stored in an encrypted form. The default is false.

urlstring<uri>Optional

Not PII

The absolute URL of the resource.

In the table above, the following properties are reserved for the feature called Encrypted Recordings:

encryption_key_sid
encryption_enabled

If you have an interest in activating Encrypted Recordings in your account, please contact the Twilio Support Service.

HTTP GET: Get Settings

Retrieves your account's default Recording Settings.

For example:

Fetch Recording Settings

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function fetchRecordingSettings() {
11  const recordingSetting = await client.video.recordingSettings().fetch();
12
13  console.log(recordingSetting.accountSid);
14}
15
16fetchRecordingSettings();

Output

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "friendly_name": "string",
4  "aws_credentials_sid": "CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
5  "encryption_key_sid": "CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
6  "aws_s3_url": "https://my-super-duper-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/my/path/",
7  "aws_storage_enabled": true,
8  "encryption_enabled": true,
9  "url": "https://video.twilio.com/v1/RecordingSettings/Default"
10}

HTTP POST: Set Settings

Sets your account's default Recording Settings. POST requests support the following parameters:

Request body parameters

Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded

SchemaExample

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

FriendlyNamestringrequired

Not PII

A descriptive string that you create to describe the resource and be shown to users in the console

AwsCredentialsSidSID<CR>Optional

Not PII

The SID of the stored Credential resource.

Pattern: ^CR[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

EncryptionKeySidSID<CR>Optional

Not PII

The SID of the Public Key resource to use for encryption.

Pattern: ^CR[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

AwsS3Urlstring<uri>Optional

Not PII

The URL of the AWS S3 bucket where the recordings should be stored. We only support DNS-compliant URLs like https://documentation-example-twilio-bucket/recordings, where recordings is the path in which you want the recordings to be stored. This URL accepts only URI-valid characters, as described in the RFC 3986.

AwsStorageEnabledbooleanOptional

Not PII

Whether all recordings should be written to the aws_s3_url. When false, all recordings are stored in our cloud.

EncryptionEnabledbooleanOptional

Not PII

Whether all recordings should be stored in an encrypted form. The default is false.

In the table above, the following parameters are reserved for the feature called Encrypted Recordings:

EncryptionKeySid
EncryptionEnabled

If you have an interest in activating Encrypted Recordings and enable the use of these parameters in your account, please contact the Twilio Support Service.

Enabling external S3 storage for Recordings

The following code snippet illustrates how you can set your Recordings to be stored in an external S3 bucket:

Create or update the configuration to upload to an external S3 bucket

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function createRecordingSettings() {
11  const recordingSetting = await client.video.recordingSettings().create({
12    awsCredentialsSid: "CRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
13    awsS3Url: "https://my-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/recordings",
14    awsStorageEnabled: true,
15    friendlyName: "Upload to external bucket",
16  });
17
18  console.log(recordingSetting.accountSid);
19}
20
21createRecordingSettings();

Output

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "friendly_name": "Upload to external bucket",
4  "aws_credentials_sid": "CRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
5  "encryption_key_sid": "CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
6  "aws_s3_url": "https://my-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/recordings",
7  "aws_storage_enabled": true,
8  "encryption_enabled": true,
9  "url": "https://video.twilio.com/v1/RecordingSettings/Default"
10}

Disabling external S3 storage for Recordings

To stop storing recordings in an AWS S3 Bucket by default, you can create a new default configuration with AWS storage disabled. If you disable external AWS S3 storage, recordings will be stored in the Twilio cloud.

Disable external S3 storage for Recordings

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function createRecordingSettings() {
11  const recordingSetting = await client.video.recordingSettings().create({
12    awsStorageEnabled: false,
13    friendlyName: "Resetting default configuration",
14  });
15
16  console.log(recordingSetting.accountSid);
17}
18
19createRecordingSettings();

Output

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "friendly_name": "Resetting default configuration",
4  "aws_credentials_sid": "CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
5  "encryption_key_sid": "CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
6  "aws_s3_url": "https://my-super-duper-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/my/path/",
7  "aws_storage_enabled": false,
8  "encryption_enabled": true,
9  "url": "https://video.twilio.com/v1/RecordingSettings/Default"
10}

Known limitations

If you activate External S3 Storage in your account, you will not be able to use Compositions in such account given that Compositions require the source recordings to be stored in Twilio's cloud.

External S3 Recordings

Overview

Contents

URI Schemes

Recording Settings instance resource

Base URL

Resource Properties

HTTP GET: Get Settings

Output

HTTP POST: Set Settings

Request body parameters

Enabling external S3 storage for Recordings

Output

Disabling external S3 storage for Recordings

Output

Known limitations