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id: dd0917b2-b1c6-4a7d-8542-e1df35fa40f8
title: promote
slug: /js/reference/video/room-session/promote
description: promote method for the RoomSession class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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### promote

* **promote**(`params`): `Promise<void>`

Promotes a participant from "audience" to "member". See [join](#join) and [demote](#demote).

#### Parameters

<ParamField path="params" type="object">
  Object containing the parameters of the method.
</ParamField>

<Indent>
  <ParamField path="memberId" type="string">
    Id of the audience participant to promote.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="joinAudioMuted" type="boolean" required={false}>
    Force the member's audio to be muted right after the promotion.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="joinVideoMuted" type="boolean" required={false}>
    Force the member's video to be muted right after the promotion.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="mediaAllowed" type="&#x22;all&#x22; | &#x22;audio-only&#x22; | &#x22;video-only&#x22;" required={false}>
    Specifies the media that the client will be allowed to *send*. A member participant can always receive all media.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="meta" type="Record<string, unknown>" required={false}>
    Metadata to assign to the member.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="permissions" type="string[]" required={false}>
    List of permissions to grant when the Audience participant will become a Member.
  </ParamField>
</Indent>

#### Returns

`Promise<void>`

#### Permissions

* `room.member.promote`

You need to specify the permissions when [creating the Video Room Token](/docs/apis/video/room-tokens/create-room-token) on the server side.

#### Example

```javascript
await roomSession.promote({
  memberId: "de550c0c-3fac-4efd-b06f-b5b8614b8966",
  mediaAllowed: "all",
  permissions: [
    "room.self.audio_mute",
    "room.self.audio_unmute",
    "room.self.video_mute",
    "room.self.video_unmute",
    "room.list_available_layouts",
  ],
});
```