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id: a3dde548-2bc9-4b5b-a33c-9d275a76c8d3
title: getLayouts
slug: /node/reference/video/room-session/get-layouts
description: getLayouts method for the RoomSession class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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[roomsession-41]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/video/room-session

[video-roomsession-2]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/video/room-session/set-layout

### getLayouts

* **getLayouts**(): `Promise<\{ layouts: string[] \}>`

Returns a list of available layouts for the room. To set a room layout, use [`setLayout`][video-roomsession-2].

#### Returns

`Promise<\{ layouts: string[] \}>`

A promise that resolves to an object containing the list of available layouts for the room.

#### Example

In this example, we wait for a room to start and then get the available layouts for that room.
This example assumes that there is a [`RoomSession`][roomsession-41]
already active and that members are joining the room.

```js
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);
    const layouts = await roomsession.getLayouts();
    console.log("Layouts", layouts.layouts);
  }
})
```