# Can not start recording in react openvidu with laravel backend

**URL:** <https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/can-not-start-recording-in-react-openvidu-with-laravel-backend/1986>\
**Category:** Issues developing apps\
**Tags:** v2\
**Created:** [September 9, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/can-not-start-recording-in-react-openvidu-with-laravel-backend/1986 "2020-09-09T09:55:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Babar\_Ali](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openvidu.discourse.group/babar_ali/32/792_2.png) [@Babar\_Ali](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/Babar_Ali)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/can-not-start-recording-in-react-openvidu-with-laravel-backend/1986/1 "2020-09-09T09:55:23Z")

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I am using openvidu react with backend of laravel.  
I posted startRecording successfully from react.  
On laravel i am getting response from the openvidu start recording:

My laravel side code:

```
function createSession()
    {
        $sessionProperties = new SessionProperties(MediaMode::ROUTED, RecordingMode::MANUAL, OutputMode::INDIVIDUAL, RecordingLayout::BEST_FIT);
        $session = OpenVidu::createSession($sessionProperties);

        $tokenOptions = new TokenOptions(OpenViduRole::PUBLISHER);
        try {
            $token = $session->generateToken($tokenOptions);
        } catch (OpenViduException $e) {
            return response()->json(['error' => $e->getMessage()]);
        }
        return response()->json($token);
}

```

Start Recording Function:

```
public function startRecording(Request $request)
    {
        $request->validate([
            'session_id' => ['required'],
            'recording_name' => ['required']
        ]);
        $recordingProperties = new RecordingProperties($request->session_id, $request->recording_name, OutputMode::INDIVIDUAL, RecordingLayout::BEST_FIT, '1920x1080', true, true, "");
        $recording = OpenVidu::startRecording($recordingProperties);
        return response()->json(['recording' => $recording]);
    }

```

My recording properties:

> ```
> session id is Mrnji2KWZPv6zl0Kavn6 recording name is rec_89 SquareetLabs\LaravelOpenVidu\RecordingProperties Object
> (
> [session:SquareetLabs\LaravelOpenVidu\RecordingProperties:private] => Mrnji2KWZPv6zl0Kavn6
> [customLayout:SquareetLabs\LaravelOpenVidu\RecordingProperties:private] => 
> [hasAudio:SquareetLabs\LaravelOpenVidu\RecordingProperties:private] => 1
> [hasVideo:SquareetLabs\LaravelOpenVidu\RecordingProperties:private] => 1
> [name:SquareetLabs\LaravelOpenVidu\RecordingProperties:private] => rec_89
> [outputMode:SquareetLabs\LaravelOpenVidu\RecordingProperties:private] => INDIVIDUAL
> [recordingLayout:SquareetLabs\LaravelOpenVidu\RecordingProperties:private] => 
> [resolution:SquareetLabs\LaravelOpenVidu\RecordingProperties:private] => 
> )
> 
> ```

In response i am getting below 404 error:

- `404` : no session exists for the passed `sessionId` parameter

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**Author:** ![pabloFuente](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openvidu.discourse.group/pablofuente/32/2536_2.png) [@pabloFuente](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/pabloFuente)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/can-not-start-recording-in-react-openvidu-with-laravel-backend/1986/2 "2020-09-09T11:15:14Z")

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> [@Babar\_Ali](#):
>
> sessionId

You are not providing a valid “session” parameter on this call: [OpenVidu Docs](https://docs.openvidu.io/en/2.15.0/reference-docs/REST-API/#post-apirecordingsstart)

404 means that the `session` body parameter is a session identifier that does not exits in openvidu-server.

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**Author:** ![Babar\_Ali](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openvidu.discourse.group/babar_ali/32/792_2.png) [@Babar\_Ali](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/Babar_Ali)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/can-not-start-recording-in-react-openvidu-with-laravel-backend/1986/3 "2020-09-09T14:29:48Z")

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@pabloFuente you mean to say i should provide the name of parameter as described in documentation rather than using my custom variable names ? And kindly note i am printing the value of session id in console and it is valid though…

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**Author:** ![pabloFuente](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openvidu.discourse.group/pablofuente/32/2536_2.png) [@pabloFuente](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/pabloFuente)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/can-not-start-recording-in-react-openvidu-with-laravel-backend/1986/4 "2020-09-09T15:21:40Z")

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`rather than using my custom variable names` ???

If you mean that if you should use the method parameter names as documented instead of making up your own parameter names to call those methods… then yes, you must follow the documentation.

But I’m not sure this is what you are asking… I think we are not understanding each other here.

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**Author:** ![Babar\_Ali](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openvidu.discourse.group/babar_ali/32/792_2.png) [@Babar\_Ali](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/Babar_Ali)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/can-not-start-recording-in-react-openvidu-with-laravel-backend/1986/5 "2020-09-09T16:43:13Z")

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Yes that is what i was asking. Thanks i will implement that as per documentation and if that works i will mark your reply as solution. Kindly don’t close this topic till tomorrow.