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id: d8f68ef1-5232-4751-a121-35b58c71aec2
title: startRecording
slug: /js/reference/video/room-session/start-recording
description: startRecording method for the RoomSession class.
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### startRecording

* **startRecording**(): `Promise<RoomSessionRecording>` - See [RoomSessionRecording documentation](/docs/browser-sdk/v3/js/reference/video/room-session-recording) for more details.

Starts the recording of the room. You can use the returned [RoomSessionRecording](/docs/browser-sdk/v3/js/reference/video/room-session-recording) object to control the recording (e.g., pause, resume, stop).

#### Returns

`Promise<RoomSessionRecording>` - See [RoomSessionRecording documentation](/docs/browser-sdk/v3/js/reference/video/room-session-recording) for more details.

#### Permissions

* `room.recording`

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
const rec = await roomSession.startRecording();
await rec.stop();
```