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id: 8a587d7d-b52a-4220-8311-00869dd961e3
title: getMeta
slug: /node/reference/video/room-session/get-meta
description: getMeta method for the RoomSession class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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[link-1]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/video/room-session#properties

[roomsession-41]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/video/room-session

### getMeta

* **getMeta**(): `Promise`\<\{ `meta:` [`RoomSession.meta`][link-1]  }>

Returns the metadata assigned to this Room Session.

#### Returns

`Promise`\<\{ `meta:` [`RoomSession.meta`][link-1]  }>

A promise that resolves to a [`RoomSession.meta`][link-1] object containing the metadata assigned to this Room Session.

#### Example

In this example, we set metadata for a room as soon as it starts.
This example assumes that there is a [`RoomSession`][roomsession-41]
already active and that members are joining the room.

```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);

    // Set the room meta
    console.log("Setting room meta");
    await roomSession.setMeta({
      "foo": "bar",
      "roomName": roomSession.displayName
    });

    // Get the room meta
    let roomMeta = await roomSession.getMeta()
    console.log("Room meta", roomMeta);
  },
  onRoomEnded: async (roomSession) => {
    console.log("Room ended", roomSession.displayName);
  }
});
```