Dyte API

Dyte REST API — highly customizable real-time video and audio meeting infrastructure with programmable UI components, enabling agents to create meetings, manage participants, control recording, and build branded video experiences.

Evaluated Mar 06, 2026 (0d ago) vcurrent
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⚙ Agent Friendliness
61
/ 100
Can an agent use this?
🔒 Security
82
/ 100
Is it safe for agents?
⚡ Reliability
83
/ 100
Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality
--
Documentation
85
Error Messages
82
Auth Simplicity
78
Rate Limits
78

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement
100
Auth Strength
80
Scope Granularity
70
Dep. Hygiene
82
Secret Handling
80

SOC2 Type II. HIPAA BAA available. GDPR compliant. Multi-region data residency. End-to-end encryption available. API key with org-wide access — no scope granularity. Participant tokens are short-lived JWTs.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA
88
Version Stability
82
Breaking Changes
80
Error Recovery
82
AF Security Reliability

Best When

You need a customizable branded video experience where agents control meeting state server-side and UI components can be composed programmatically.

Avoid When

You need a simple drop-in video widget — Daily.co or Whereby are easier to integrate without custom UI composition.

Use Cases

  • Agents provisioning Dyte meeting rooms for on-demand video sessions with custom branding configurations
  • Telehealth platforms — agents creating HIPAA-compliant Dyte video sessions for patient-provider consultations
  • EdTech workflows — agents setting up Dyte classrooms with recording, whiteboard, and polling features for online education
  • Recording management — agents starting/stopping Dyte cloud recordings and retrieving media after session completion
  • Participant control — agents managing meeting participants (mute, kick, promote) via Dyte server-side API during live sessions

Not For

  • Simple video calls — use Daily.co for quick embeds without full platform customization overhead
  • High-scale broadcast to 10K+ viewers — use Mux or Agora for large audience live streaming
  • Audio-only podcasts — use Riverside or Zencastr for audio-optimized recording without video infrastructure

Interface

REST API
Yes
GraphQL
No
gRPC
No
MCP Server
No
SDK
Yes
Webhooks
Yes

Authentication

Methods: api_key
OAuth: No Scopes: No

API key (Organization ID + API key) via Basic auth or header. Keys from Dyte developer portal. Account-wide access. Participant auth tokens (short-lived JWT) generated server-side for client SDK access.

Pricing

Model: usage_based
Free tier: Yes
Requires CC: No

Generous free tier for development. Recording storage is separate from minutes. Enterprise plans include SLA and dedicated support.

Agent Metadata

Pagination
cursor
Idempotent
Partial
Retry Guidance
Not documented

Known Gotchas

  • Participant auth tokens expire (24h) — agents must generate fresh tokens for each new participant session
  • Meeting IDs and participant IDs are separate — both required for participant control operations
  • Recording compositing (custom layouts) requires preset configuration — default is grid layout
  • Dyte's UI Kit is framework-specific — React components differ from vanilla JS; agents must specify integration type
  • Active speaker and media events only available via client SDK — server-side API cannot subscribe to live media events

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.

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