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id: b7baa247-2140-498a-b058-20dad17afc81
title: getMemberMeta
slug: /node/reference/video/room-session/get-member-meta
description: getMemberMeta method for the RoomSession class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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[roomsessionmember-28]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/video/room-session-member

[video-roomsessionmember]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/video/room-session-member#field-meta

### getMemberMeta

* **getMemberMeta**(): `Promise`\<\{ `meta:` [`RoomSessionMember.meta`][video-roomsessionmember] }>

Returns the metadata assigned to the specified member.

#### Parameters

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

<Indent>
  <ParamField path="memberId" type="string">
    ID of the member for which to obtain the metadata.
  </ParamField>
</Indent>

#### Returns

`Promise`\<\{ `meta:` [`RoomSessionMember.meta`][video-roomsessionmember] }>

A promise that resolves to an object containing the metadata assigned to the specified [`RoomSessionMember`][roomsessionmember-28].

#### Example

```javascript
import { SignalWire } from "@signalwire/realtime-api";

// Initialize the SignalWire client
const client = await SignalWire({ project: "ProjectID Here", token: "Token Here" })

// Access the video client from the main client
const videoClient = client.video;

// Setup listener for when a room starts
await videoClient.listen({
  onRoomStarted: async (roomsession) => {
    console.log("Room started", roomsession.displayName);

    roomsession.listen({
      onMemberJoined: async (member) => {
        console.log("Member joined", member.name);
        // set metadta for the member
        await roomsession.setMemberMeta({
          memberId: member.id,
          meta: {
            name: member.name,
            foo: "bar"
          }
        });
        // get member meta
        const memberMeta = await roomsession.getMemberMeta({
          memberId: member.id
        });
        console.log("Member meta", memberMeta.meta);
      }
    })
  }
})
```