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id: b9da829c-670b-4c4f-8e06-7d9e3b776b42
title: createScreenShareObject
slug: /js/reference/video/room-session/create-screen-share-object
description: createScreenShareObject method for the RoomSession class.
max-toc-depth: 3
availability: deprecated
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* **createScreenShareObject**(`opts`): `Promise<RoomSessionScreenShare>` - See [RoomSessionScreenShare documentation](/docs/browser-sdk/v3/js/reference/video/room-session-screen-share) for more details.

<Warning>
  Deprecated. Use [startScreenShare](/docs/browser-sdk/v3/js/reference/video/room-session/start-screen-share) instead.
</Warning>

Adds a screen sharing instance to the room. You can create multiple screen sharing instances and add all of them to the room.

#### Parameters

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

<Indent>
  <ParamField path="audio" type="boolean | MediaTrackConstraints" required={false}>
    Audio constraints to use when joining the room. Default: `true`.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="autoJoin" type="boolean" required={false}>
    Whether the screen share object should automatically join the room.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="video" type="boolean | MediaTrackConstraints" required={false}>
    Video constraints to use when joining the room. Default: `true`.
  </ParamField>
</Indent>

#### Returns

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

#### Permissions

* `room.self.screenshare`

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

Sharing the screen together with the associated audio:

```javascript
await roomSession.createScreenShareObject({ audio: true, video: true });
```