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# promote

> promote method for the RoomSession class.

### promote

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

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

#### Parameters

**`params`** `object`

Object containing the parameters of the method.

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**`memberId`** `string`

Id of the audience participant to promote.

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**`joinAudioMuted`** `boolean`

Force the member's audio to be muted right after the promotion.

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**`joinVideoMuted`** `boolean`

Force the member's video to be muted right after the promotion.

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**`mediaAllowed`** `"all" | "audio-only" | "video-only"`

Specifies the media that the client will be allowed to *send*. A member participant can always receive all media.

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**`meta`** `Record<string, unknown toc={true}>`

Metadata to assign to the member.

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**`permissions`** `string[]`

List of permissions to grant when the Audience participant will become a Member.

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#### Returns

`Promise<void>`

#### Permissions

* `room.member.promote`

You need to specify the permissions when [creating the Video Room Token](/docs/apis/rest/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",
  ],
});
```

> promote method for the RoomSession class.