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A demo showcasing various daily-js methods using our prebuilt UI
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A demo showcasing various daily-js methods using our prebuilt UI

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# Daily Prebuilt UI demo



This demo highlights [Daily's prebuilt UI](https://www.daily.co/blog/prebuilt-ui/), and how it can be used to embed a video chat widget in a website or app. The demo also illustrates how to use [daily-js methods](https://docs.daily.co/reference#instance-methods) and [events](https://docs.daily.co/reference#events) to build custom interfaces outside of the callframe that control the call.



Check out a live version of the demo [here](https://prebuilt-ui.netlify.app/).



The demo's custom controls use these Daily methods:



- [`.setLocalVideo()`](https://docs.daily.co/reference#%EF%B8%8F-setlocalvideo)

- [`.setLocalAudio()`](https://docs.daily.co/reference#%EF%B8%8F-setlocalaudio)

- [`.startScreenShare()`](https://docs.daily.co/reference#%EF%B8%8F-startscreenshare)

- [`.stopScreenShare()`](https://docs.daily.co/reference#%EF%B8%8F-stopscreenshare)

- [`.startRecording()`](https://docs.daily.co/reference#%EF%B8%8F-startrecording)

- [`.stopRecording()`](https://docs.daily.co/reference#%EF%B8%8F-stoprecording)

- [`.requestFullscreen()`](https://docs.daily.co/reference#requestfullscreen)

- [`.participants()`](https://docs.daily.co/reference#%EF%B8%8F-participants)

- [`.getNetworkStats()`](https://docs.daily.co/reference#%EF%B8%8F-getnetworkstats)



![homescreen](./assets/homescreen.png)

![call ui](./assets/call_ui.png)



## Prerequisites



- [Sign up for a Daily account](https://dashboard.daily.co/signup) if you'd like to insert your own URL into the Room URL input field.



## How the demo works



The participant either clicks the "Create demo room" button, triggering a helper function that generates a temporary demo room, or enters their own Daily room URL into the input field.



Once a room has been created, the participant can click "Join call." This button calls the Daily [`.join()`](https://docs.daily.co/reference#%EF%B8%8F-join) method, letting the participant into the call. The app listens for this `meeting-joined` event, and displays the control panel when the event fires. Each button in the panel triggers a corresponding Daily method when clicked.



## Running locally



1. Install dependencies `npm i`

2. Start dev server `npm run dev`

3. Then open your browser and go to `http://localhost:8080`

4. Add your own room url in index.js and comment/uncomment the code as noted



OR...



## Running using Netlify CLI



If you want access to the Daily REST API (using the proxy as specified in `netlify.toml`) as well as a more robust local dev environment, please do the following (in this project's directory):



1. Deploy to your Netlify account

   [![Deploy with Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/img/deploy/button.svg)](https://app.netlify.com/start/deploy?repository=https://github.com/daily-demos/prebuilt-ui)



2. Install the Netlify CLI `npm i -g netlify-cli`

3. Login to your account `netlify login`

4. Rename `sample.env` to `.env` and add your API key

5. Start the dev server `netlify dev`



> Note: If the API proxy isn't working locally you may need to run `netlify build` first. This will put API key in the `netlify.toml` file, so make sure you don't commit this change.



## Contributing and feedback



Let us know how experimenting with this demo goes! Reach us any time at `[email protected]`.



## What's next



This demo shows off the [Daily prebuilt UI](https://www.daily.co/blog/prebuilt-ui/), but it's also possible to build an entirely custom video chat interface using [the Daily call object](https://docs.daily.co/docs/build-a-custom-video-chat-interface). Have a look at our [React tutorial](https://www.daily.co/blog/building-a-custom-video-chat-app-with-react/) to get started.