{"categories":[{"label":"Python Modules","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries-python-modules/7"},{"label":"Communications","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/communications"},{"label":"Chat","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/communications-chat"},{"label":"Players","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/multimedia-sound-audio-players"},{"label":"Conferencing","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/communications-conferencing"},{"label":"Display","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/multimedia-video-display"},{"label":"Capture/Recording","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/multimedia-sound-audio-capture-recording"},{"label":"Capture","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/multimedia-video-capture"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Server-side SDK for generating OpenTok sessions, tokens, and managing session archives via the Tokbox/OpenTok platform API.","skillfed_tags":["video-conferencing","webrtc","session-management"],"use_cases":["Generate secure session tokens in a backend API to provision video rooms for client applications.","Start and manage session recordings (archives) with configurable output modes and resolution settings.","Create sessions with specific media routing and archiving modes for different application requirements.","Add or remove individual streams from an active archive during a session.","Implement role-based access control by generating tokens with different roles (moderator, subscriber) for session participants."],"what_it_does":"The OpenTok Python SDK is a server-side library for interacting with the Tokbox/OpenTok platform, which provides real-time video and audio communication infrastructure. It lets you programmatically create sessions, generate access tokens for clients, start and manage session recordings (archives), and configure session parameters like media routing and end-to-end encryption. The library wraps HTTP calls to the OpenTok API using standard dependencies like requests and JWT signing via pyjwt and rsa.\n\nYou use it in a backend service to provision sessions and tokens that your client applications (web, mobile, desktop) then use to connect to video rooms. It handles the server-side orchestration\u2014session creation, token generation with role-based access control, archive management\u2014while the actual media streaming happens client-side. The package is designed specifically for the Tokbox platform; the description notes that new projects should consider the Vonage Server SDK for Python instead, which supports the newer unified Vonage Video API.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you are actively using the Tokbox/OpenTok platform and need server-side session and token management. The package is stable, actively maintained, has low install friction, and carries no known vulnerabilities. However, if you are starting a new project, verify whether you should use the newer Vonage Server SDK for Python instead, which supports the unified Vonage Video API platform."},"id":"opentok","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/opentok","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/opentok.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/opentok/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-06-25","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"opentok","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"OpenTok server-side SDK"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":1023853,"position":4488,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"3.14.0"}