Encrypt captions

Sometimes audio and video streams are encrypted for security reasons. In this case, Real-Time STT uses a key to decrypt the audio stream for transcription and then encrypt the captions in the data stream payload. The app then uses the same key to decrypt the data stream payload and extract the captions on the client's side.

This page explains how to implement caption text encryption in your app.

Prerequisites

To follow this procedure, you must:

• Have a valid Agora Account.

• Have a valid Agora project with an app ID and a temporary token or a token server. For details, see Agora account management.

• Have a computer with access to the internet. If your network has a firewall, follow the steps in Firewall requirements.

• Join a Video SDK channel as a host and start streaming. Refer to the Voice SDK quickstart guide.

• Make sure Real-Time STT is enabled for your app.

• Be using Video SDK for native platforms v4.2.6.3 or for web v4.20.1 with support for datastreamEncryptionEnabled.

Implementation

To encrypt the captions, follow the API call sequence from the REST Quickstart and modify the start request to include encryption parameters as follows:

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.agora.io/api/speech-to-text/v1/projects/{appId}/join' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <credentials>' \
--data '{
  "name": "unique-agent-id",
  "languages": [
    "en-US"
  ],
  "maxIdleTime": 50,
  "rtcConfig": {
    "channelName": "<YourChannelName>",
    "subBotUid": "<YourSubscribeUid>",
    "subBotToken": "<YourSubscribeToken>",
    "pubBotUid": "<YourPublishUid>",
    "pubBotToken": "<PublishToken-IfRequired>",
    "cryptionMode": 7,
    "secret": "32-byte-encryption-key",
    "salt": "base64-encoded-32-byte-salt-if-mode-7-or-8"
  }
}'

Encryption mode