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id: bc0adfff-87ec-4455-850d-5a0ac0190b82
title: startRecording
slug: /node/reference/video/room-session/start-recording
description: startRecording method for the RoomSession class.
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[roomsessionrecording-5]: /docs/server-sdk/v3/node/reference/video/room-session-recording

### startRecording

* **startRecording**(): `Promise<RoomSessionRecording>` - See [RoomSessionRecording][roomsessionrecording-5] for more details.

Starts the recording of the room. You can use the returned [RoomSessionRecording][roomsessionrecording-5] object to control the recording (e.g., pause, resume, stop).

#### Returns

`Promise<RoomSessionRecording>` - See [RoomSessionRecording][roomsessionrecording-5] for more details.

#### Example

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